Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I mentioned County Tyrone because if we consider the past 50 years and see how the island has developed, for example, as regards motorways, the A5 was never touched, and rail was lost and is not part of the island. County Tyrone, however, has become this powerhouse. Most infrastructure west of the River Bann, from a Northern Ireland perspective, is very weak but County Tyrone stands out as a powerhouse in manufacturing. I was in Belfast a number of weeks ago. Whether it is a nationalist or unionist area, we see poverty and hopelessness because politics is not working and there is significant unemployment, but County Tyrone is working.