Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The policies and cuts the Labour Party implemented when it was in government crushed the dreams, hopes and ambitions of a generation of young people.

Is Labour being wilfully ignorant about how its devastating cuts and policies when in government resulted in a lost generation? It is all very well to get hot and bothered now that it is in opposition, but it had the chance when it was in government to make a real difference to people's lives, but it did not take it.

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