Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)

The economic crisis was just beginning at that stage and people's concerns were heightened, which made that a powerful combined message and promise to the people. They believed and voted "Yes", but they did not get jobs, growth and prosperity. Did they even get solidarity? No.

When economists across the world, both left and right, analyse the situation in Ireland, they all agree that the fact that our people were saddled with horrendous banking debt, which was a result of the failure of regulation at European level, was completely unfair and unjust. Have we got justice and did we get jobs, prosperity and all the good things promised? We did not. Yet, you wonder why Irish people are turning against the institutions of Europe and why people across Europe have lost confidence.

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