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Buncrana woman among Labour Party
'great hopes'
27.03.07
A Buncrana woman offers
‘great hope’ for the Labour Party in the future, the
party leader has said.
Pat Rabitte said Donegal North East candidate
Siobhan McLaughlin was among the young members who
would help reorganise and rebuild the party in
Donegal.
Mr. Rabbitte conceded that Donegal had never been a
Labour stronghold. But he said candidates like
Siobhan McLaughlin in the North East constituency and
Seamus Rodgers in the South West, could reverse that
trend in future elections. |
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“Donegal has never been
a Labour stronghold. I would concede that the Labour
Party has gone through a hard time in the two
Donegal constituencies in the recent past, but the
fact of the matter is that there is great buoyancy
in the Labour Party nationally,” said Mr. Rabbitte. |
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“I think more people
are coming around to the need for change. I think
they are attracted to the five commitments for
change that I set out in my annual conference
speech.
“In Siobhan McLaughlin and Seamus Rodgers we have a
very well balanced team in Donegal,” Mr. Rabbitte
told Highland Radio on Monday.
Mr. Rabbitte said he couldn’t say how well the
Labour Party would do in Donegal in the forthcoming
general election.
But he indicated that the two current candidates
could help build loyalty to the party in the coming
years.
“Seamus Rodgers has a long and honourable record of
public service in Donegal South West and Siobhan
McLaughlin is a young woman that offers great hope
for us in the future.
“We are committed to rebuilding and reorganising the
party in the two Donegal constituencies because I
think that people ought to be given an alternative,”
he said. |
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