Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In his speech on the first day he was elected, the Taoiseach delivered a powerful observation of where the State stood. He said our Republic had been betrayed, that people were afraid of losing their homes, and that parents were being rendered speechless at the sight of their children boarding planes to countries where our spring is their autumn and our today is their tomorrow.

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