Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

They want a new Government, new thinking and new ideas. We have the team to take the country out of the deep recession. The people got rid of the Progressive Democrats and they will get rid of the Green Party and Fianna Fáil. We will have a new bright lively Fine Gael team that will put the country first, will put people back to work and will give people security. The Government has lost its way. It is like a football team going for relegation; everything it does goes wrong and it is time to relegate it and put its Members in the backbenches.

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