David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to send congratulations from Seanad Éireann to Jeremy Corbyn on the remarkable result he gained for the Labour Party in Great Britain. It was so exciting. I stayed up until 6 a.m. watching the results. This was despite the vicious and dishonest attacks by the Murdoch yellow press. When he went out on the campaign, people saw him as he was - somebody who spoke in a moderate tone of voice and whose values were humane. He inspired young people. It is time for my colleagues in Sinn Féin to re-visit the abstentionist policy. It is complete nonsense. It is leaving the nationalist people of Northern Ireland, for whom they claim to care so deeply, unrepresented in Westminster-----