Sinn Fein? They have gone away, you know.

Started by Trevor Hill, January 18, 2010, 12:28:52 AM

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ashman

SFs big problem in the south is that the economy is going ok .

Hereiam

Can people in Donegal confirm that the Irish economy is going ok

Rossfan

Not going great round here but voting for Sinn Féin won't do anything for us.
Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

armaghniac

Quote from: Hereiam on January 22, 2018, 11:07:53 AM
Can people in Donegal confirm that the Irish economy is going ok

The best cure for Donegal's economic problems is SFs other project of uniting Ireland.
If at first you don't succeed, then goto Plan B

GJL

Quote from: armaghniac on January 22, 2018, 11:10:29 AM
Quote from: Hereiam on January 22, 2018, 11:07:53 AM
Can people in Donegal confirm that the Irish economy is going ok

The best cure for Donegal's economic problems is SFs other project of uniting Ireland.

I would imagine the completion of the A5 project would be of great benefit to Donegal and the North West in general. Sinn Fein have been a bit quiet on this. Should have been finished by now....

Farrandeelin

Quote from: Rossfan on January 22, 2018, 11:09:36 AM
Not going great round here but voting for Sinn Féin won't do anything for us.

Perhaps Not, but has any other party done anything?
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Hereiam

GJL do you think this road will ever be completed. The unionist are going to everything within their power to bring it to a halt.

Rossfan

Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 22, 2018, 11:20:44 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on January 22, 2018, 11:09:36 AM
Not going great round here but voting for Sinn Féin won't do anything for us.

Perhaps Not, but has any other party done anything?
No as we all know too well.
Need some form of tax incentives to get companies to move some of their operations out of overcrowded Dublin  to underprivileged areas.
But with th'internet at 1997........
Davy's given us a dream to cling to
We're going to bring home the SAM

GJL

Quote from: Hereiam on January 22, 2018, 11:24:59 AM
GJL do you think this road will ever be completed. The unionist are going to everything within their power to bring it to a halt.

They are now grasping at straws with their reasons to stop it. The road will definitely be completed eventually. The people that are responsible for stalling it should hang their heads in shame. People have died as a direct result of this not been done. 

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Quote from: Rossfan on January 22, 2018, 11:52:16 AM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 22, 2018, 11:20:44 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on January 22, 2018, 11:09:36 AM
Not going great round here but voting for Sinn Féin won't do anything for us.

Perhaps Not, but has any other party done anything?
No as we all know too well.
Need some form of tax incentives to get companies to move some of their operations out of overcrowded Dublin  to underprivileged areas.
But with th'internet at 1997........
Contrary to eu law.
And anyway you will have some nimbly act the bollix like in Athenry.  People in rural areas can't have it both ways and our Dublin 4 Taisce pals will object so as to keep our natural boglands or such
Lee Harvey Oswald , your country needs you

Applesisapples

Dublin is a problem for the Island as a whole and not just the South. Its a kinda Dublin GAA and Leinster Rugby sorta thing. How you solve it though is another question, but Brexit sure isn't the answer.

Owen Brannigan

Quote from: GJL on January 22, 2018, 11:17:06 AM
Quote from: armaghniac on January 22, 2018, 11:10:29 AM
Quote from: Hereiam on January 22, 2018, 11:07:53 AM
Can people in Donegal confirm that the Irish economy is going ok

The best cure for Donegal's economic problems is SFs other project of uniting Ireland.

I would imagine the completion of the A5 project would be of great benefit to Donegal and the North West in general. Sinn Fein have been a bit quiet on this. Should have been finished by now....

Given that the Strabane-Lifford bridge is the gateway to the A5 route to Monaghan and SF shifted the initial works to Derry Strabane which has the low through flow of traffic just to buy votes in Foyle would be enough to keep them quiet.  Not sure why the Donegal TDs haven't been making much noise given that RoI money is essential to the project and the building of the least used part of the road from Strabane to Derry and the section with the highest traffic flow between Strabane and Omagh won't be built until the other two sections are completed and the by-pass of the main bottleneck in Omagh will be the last piece to be built many years into the future.

Keyser soze

Quote from: Owen Brannigan on January 22, 2018, 08:20:38 PM
Quote from: GJL on January 22, 2018, 11:17:06 AM
Quote from: armaghniac on January 22, 2018, 11:10:29 AM
Quote from: Hereiam on January 22, 2018, 11:07:53 AM
Can people in Donegal confirm that the Irish economy is going ok

The best cure for Donegal's economic problems is SFs other project of uniting Ireland.

I would imagine the completion of the A5 project would be of great benefit to Donegal and the North West in general. Sinn Fein have been a bit quiet on this. Should have been finished by now....

Given that the Strabane-Lifford bridge is the gateway to the A5 route to Monaghan and SF shifted the initial works to Derry Strabane which has the low through flow of traffic just to buy votes in Foyle would be enough to keep them quiet.  Not sure why the Donegal TDs haven't been making much noise given that RoI money is essential to the project and the building of the least used part of the road from Strabane to Derry and the section with the highest traffic flow between Strabane and Omagh won't be built until the other two sections are completed and the by-pass of the main bottleneck in Omagh will be the last piece to be built many years into the future.

When did this happen and what SF person made this decision?

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Quote from: Keyser soze on January 23, 2018, 11:53:07 AM
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on January 22, 2018, 08:20:38 PM
Quote from: GJL on January 22, 2018, 11:17:06 AM
Quote from: armaghniac on January 22, 2018, 11:10:29 AM
Quote from: Hereiam on January 22, 2018, 11:07:53 AM
Can people in Donegal confirm that the Irish economy is going ok

The best cure for Donegal's economic problems is SFs other project of uniting Ireland.

I would imagine the completion of the A5 project would be of great benefit to Donegal and the North West in general. Sinn Fein have been a bit quiet on this. Should have been finished by now....

Given that the Strabane-Lifford bridge is the gateway to the A5 route to Monaghan and SF shifted the initial works to Derry Strabane which has the low through flow of traffic just to buy votes in Foyle would be enough to keep them quiet.  Not sure why the Donegal TDs haven't been making much noise given that RoI money is essential to the project and the building of the least used part of the road from Strabane to Derry and the section with the highest traffic flow between Strabane and Omagh won't be built until the other two sections are completed and the by-pass of the main bottleneck in Omagh will be the last piece to be built many years into the future.

When did this happen and what SF person made this decision?
Whoever it was must have a loaf of bread for brains
Lee Harvey Oswald , your country needs you

Owen Brannigan

Quote from: Keyser soze on January 23, 2018, 11:53:07 AM
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on January 22, 2018, 08:20:38 PM
Quote from: GJL on January 22, 2018, 11:17:06 AM
Quote from: armaghniac on January 22, 2018, 11:10:29 AM
Quote from: Hereiam on January 22, 2018, 11:07:53 AM
Can people in Donegal confirm that the Irish economy is going ok

The best cure for Donegal's economic problems is SFs other project of uniting Ireland.

I would imagine the completion of the A5 project would be of great benefit to Donegal and the North West in general. Sinn Fein have been a bit quiet on this. Should have been finished by now....

Given that the Strabane-Lifford bridge is the gateway to the A5 route to Monaghan and SF shifted the initial works to Derry Strabane which has the low through flow of traffic just to buy votes in Foyle would be enough to keep them quiet.  Not sure why the Donegal TDs haven't been making much noise given that RoI money is essential to the project and the building of the least used part of the road from Strabane to Derry and the section with the highest traffic flow between Strabane and Omagh won't be built until the other two sections are completed and the by-pass of the main bottleneck in Omagh will be the last piece to be built many years into the future.

When did this happen and what SF person made this decision?

The original scheme was:
Ballygawley to Omagh
Strabane to Derry
Omagh to Strabane
Ballygawley to Aughnacloy

After the mess up with the environmental surveys under Danny Kennedy, the project went into abeyance while all matters were resolved.  SF in West Tyrone ran the A5 Action campaign to force the project back on track but when the PoG was agreed between DUP and SF partners in government, M McGuinness insisted as part of this negotiation that the A5 project would begin with Derry-Strabane and the incoming Infrastructure Minister carried out this requirement. 

The route required for a Donegal-Monaghan connector is Aughnacloy to Strabane hence RoI government providing 75m over three years to have the project continuing.  The bulk of the traffic is on this route and a much lower level is on the Strabane-Derry route.  The next logical step to bringing industry and employment to the West is to continue the dual carriageway from Ballygawley to Omagh, then Omagh to Strabane with Strabane to Derry.  Step by step the infrastructure would move forward into the west and onto the Donegal hinterland.