Donegal TD urges government to introduce temporary mortgage interest relief
Ahead of the new Dáil term getting underway tomorrow a Donegal TD has urged the government to support proposals looking to introduce temporary mortgage interest relief for struggling homeowners. Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance, Pearse Doherty TD, says the government cannot continue to sit on their hands while…
Donegal TD calls for urgent ban on energy disconnections
Donegal TD and Sinn Féin spokesperson. Pearse Doherty was a guest on North West Today where he spoke about his party’s motion which was debated in the Dáil last night. The motion sought to introduce a ban on energy disconnections now and provide crucial protections for people who use…
Cost of living crisis to dominate Sinn Féin think in
A Donegal TD is calling for urgent measures to be taken in the upcoming budget to address the cost of living and housing crisis that is currently gripping the country. Housing and the cost-of-living crisis will dominate the Sinn Féin think-in today. The party’s TDs and senators will…
Donegal TD says struggling families can’t wait four months
Sinn Fein is continuing to push for an emergency budget ahead of a vote on Tuesday evening. The package would include measures to help low and middle income earners deal with rising prices across the board. The Government is opposing the motion as it believes the cost of living crisis…
Donegal TD says new energy scheme is not enough to address living costs
A Donegal TD has accused the Government of not showing enough urgency in addressing the rising costs of living . The calls were made by Deputy Pearse Doherty as a new ‘deep retrofitting’ scheme to increase the energy efficiency of homes across the country was signed off by…
Doherty confident of forming new Sinn Féin led government
A Donegal TD has claimed that a coalition between Sinn Fein, Independents and smaller parties is possible when it comes to the formation of the next government. Pearse Doherty Sinn Fein’s Finance Spokesperson expressed his confidence in such a coalition ahead of his party meeting with smaller parties and Independents…
Doherty to lead Sinn Féin’s efforts in forming government
Donegal TD Pearse Doherty will lead Sinn Féin’s efforts in forming a new government today. The finance spokesperson will be joined by Louise O’Reilly, Matt Carthy and Eoin Ó Broin. The Party are to hold talks on government formation with Solidarity-People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd later. …