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Socialist Party stand candidate in Letterkenny

category donegal | politics / elections | press release author Saturday May 29, 2004 01:55author by Mark O'Connell - Socialist Partyauthor email socialistparty at eircom dot netauthor phone 0749120908 Report this post to the editors

In whose interests is Letterkenny run? Wealthy developers and property speculators with the right political connections or the people who live and work in the town?

Francis McCafferty has been nominated by the Socialist Party to be their candidate for Letterkenny Town Council in the coming local elections.

Originally from Oldtown, he has witnessed the massive changes to the town over the years. Having worked for a period in England and returned 5 years ago, he also understands the perspective of the many who have settled in Letterkenny in recent years. He now lives in Glencar Park. He has been active in politics throughout his life on a wide range of issues. Recently he has been one of the local residents who campaigned against the building of apartment blocks in Glencar, an experience which has convinced him that planning and development are not being carried in the best interests of the people of Letterkenny.

“Letterkenny is growing fast and development is a good thing when it benefits the people of the town”, he said, “But too many developments have been carried out which suit only the financial interests of the developers and builders involved, often in the teeth of total opposition from local residents. It is a scandal that the council has allowed this to happen.”

“The question needs to be asked: In whose interests is Letterkenny run? Wealthy developers and property speculators with the right political connections or the people who live and work in the town?”

“I will demand consultation with local residents for all major developments which affect their area before any approval can be given. At the moment the onus is on residents to keep up to date with planning applications and to navigate through the minefield of planning law if they wish to object. This is wrong.”

“The destruction of protected structures and historic buildings amounts to vandalism of what remains of the town’s heritage. It is a disgrace that the former Gallagher’s Hotel has been razed to the ground. Protecting something of the town’s heritage cannot be allowed to come a poor second to the wishes of property developers.”

“The Socialist Party believes that planning and development should be in the interests of all the people of Letterkenny and not the profit of the few.”

“In this election we are also highlighting the deafening silence from the other parties and candidates on the issue of service charges. There is no doubt that
Fianna Fail are planning on introducing a raft of new charges on local councils once the elections are out of the way. These back-door taxes will be dressed up as ‘service charges’, including the return of water rates.”

“Workers already pay too much tax while the super-wealthy use tax avoidance schemes to pay little or nothing. There is no equity or fairness in the taxation system and that is why we are committed to opposing all ‘service charges’ on local councils.”

“We are challenging the other parties to come clean about their intentions on these charges and to tell the people of Letterkenny during this election which charges they support.”

“Housing is another important issue we will highlight. House prices have been pushed through the roof by the failure of the supply of affordable housing and the inadequate local authority housing programme to meet demand. Many people are being pushed into getting private rented accommodation as a result. We believe that current housing policy need to be changed from one which is currently dictated by property developers to one which is dictated by the need for affordable housing, particularly for first-time buyers and those who need local authority housing.”

“The lack of regulation of privately rented accommodation also needs to be addressed as it has been shown that very few private landlords are complying with the obligation to register with the council.”

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
 1   Nice one     Darren C    Sat May 29, 2004 10:06 
 2   give them hell in Letterkenny.     .    Sat May 29, 2004 10:16 
 3   Personal Capacity     SWP - Belfast    Sat May 29, 2004 10:33 
 4   Good luck.     KaM    Sat May 29, 2004 15:36 
 5   A Dirty (but truthful) Observation From De Cork Coalface     Anarchist Electoral Monitor    Sat May 29, 2004 16:11 
 6   Anarchristy     WE ARE THE SP    Sat May 29, 2004 18:53 
 7   And in fact     Cork SP member    Sat May 29, 2004 19:11 
 8   The racist referendum     Antif    Sat May 29, 2004 21:37 
 9   Referendum     Interested    Sun May 30, 2004 16:48 
 10   Already been answered on a number of occasions     Jonno    Sun May 30, 2004 17:20 
 11   The SP Prefers a "Glove Puppet" Approach to Broad United Campaigns     John Meehan    Sun May 30, 2004 18:04 
 12   Hi John     Jonno    Sun May 30, 2004 18:30 
 13   Best of luck to the letterkenny cmds     hs    Sun May 30, 2004 19:50 
 14   The reality     f    Mon May 31, 2004 00:46 
 15   elections and the referendum     reality check    Mon May 31, 2004 09:59 
 16   So, what about...     Realist    Mon May 31, 2004 11:54 
 17   YAW     Jonno    Mon May 31, 2004 13:08 
 18   Race issue     Mark H    Mon May 31, 2004 16:07 
 19   Referendum     Interested    Mon May 31, 2004 16:19 
 20   Labour not afraid?     Mark H    Mon May 31, 2004 16:33 
 21   This Is Not About Coalition     Interested    Mon May 31, 2004 16:39 
 22   Not dodging the issue     Mark H    Mon May 31, 2004 16:55 
 23   On The Doorstep     TrotSPot    Mon May 31, 2004 16:56 
 24   Racist confusion     Chekov    Mon May 31, 2004 16:57 
 25   Ambiguity     Interested    Mon May 31, 2004 16:59 
 26   Just in case anyone believes it     Mark H    Mon May 31, 2004 17:01 
 27   Mark     Curious    Mon May 31, 2004 18:41 
 28   Sorry     Mark H    Mon May 31, 2004 19:15 
 29   Mark     Anarcho    Mon May 31, 2004 19:25 
 30   Final Reply     Jonno    Mon May 31, 2004 19:25 
 31   Clarification     Mark H    Mon May 31, 2004 19:38 
 32   Francis McCafferty     Tir Chonaill    Mon May 31, 2004 19:50 
 33   Jeez, I might as well have a final word then...     Chekov    Mon May 31, 2004 20:05 
 34   Lies, Lies and Indymedia     sp member (personal capacity)    Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:39 
 35   If you are going to accuse me of 'lies'     Chekov    Tue Jun 01, 2004 13:28 
 36   elections     charlie    Tue Jun 01, 2004 14:47 
 37   Because the world doesn't revolve around elections     Ray    Tue Jun 01, 2004 15:26 
 38   SP Nonsense     SPuppySPotter    Tue Jun 01, 2004 16:16 
 39   a reply     sp member (personal capacity)    Tue Jun 01, 2004 16:48 
 40   "If the SP don't win at least one more seat I will run down O'Connell St. naked on mid-day on the 13     radek    Tue Jun 01, 2004 16:56 
 41   Time for a name, I think     Ray    Tue Jun 01, 2004 17:00 
 42   the left's chances in the elections     Dublin Tallyman    Tue Jun 01, 2004 17:22 
 43   How about a bet?     Turf Accountant    Tue Jun 01, 2004 17:29 
 44   SP Lies     Republican    Tue Jun 01, 2004 17:39 
 45   Two problems     Ray    Tue Jun 01, 2004 17:48 
 46   I'm not anonymous.     sp member    Tue Jun 01, 2004 18:04 
 47   How wonderful - the sun is shining and the socialists and anarchists . . .     aramennoc    Tue Jun 01, 2004 18:10 
 48   As I said     Ray    Tue Jun 01, 2004 18:14 
 49   :-)     sp member    Tue Jun 01, 2004 18:19 
 50   You don't have to give your full name     Ray    Wed Jun 02, 2004 09:22 
 51   Ray...     Chollima    Thu Jun 03, 2004 01:18 
 52   Reply to Tir Chonaill     Francis McCafferty    Thu Jun 03, 2004 01:47 
 53   "SP will definitely win 3 seats"     tallyman    Thu Jun 03, 2004 09:44 
 54   SP gains     Ray    Thu Jun 03, 2004 10:12 
 55   SP chances in Dundrum and Cork     Anonymous    Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:22 
 56   SP in Dundrum     Ray    Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:44 
 57   Dundrum     Anonymous    Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:59 
 58   Dundrum     Ray    Thu Jun 03, 2004 13:19 
 59   Labour Must Wait     Labour Hater    Thu Jun 03, 2004 13:31 
 60   Ray ordering humble pie for June 12th     Anonymous    Thu Jun 03, 2004 13:35 
 61   Elections     Ray    Thu Jun 03, 2004 13:54 
 62   Dundrum     tallyman    Thu Jun 03, 2004 13:59 
 63   named and shamed     Cian Watcher    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:14 
 64   Cian what?     tallyman    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:21 
 65   The various anonymous rival pundits     Jonno    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:23 
 66   Mick Barry of SP to win a seat according to Irish Times     Irish Times Reader    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:35 
 67   I haven't made any predictions about Barry     Ray    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:36 
 68   yes you did ray     Irish Times Reader    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:42 
 69   Three seats guaranteed?     Ray    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:47 
 70   Put a sock in it.     Jonno    Thu Jun 03, 2004 14:54 
 71   SP Heading For A Hiding     Tally Ho    Mon Jun 07, 2004 20:00 


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