So the Referendum is over and the Lisbon Treaty has been passed. This has been a marathon session for the Irish. Political activists on all sides must be exhausted and the voters must be glad that self amending clauses, legally binding guarantees and qualified majority voting will leave everyday conversation. That is not to say that many politicians understood the Treaty.
I don't intend to be a sore loser. I am a proud politician tonight. Proud that we in Sinn Féin successfully informed ourselves on complex issues and did out best to campaign on the facts. I am proud of all the people who helped us out and those who voted with us.
I am proud that Louth had the 7th highest No vote. Donegal beat us to it as did Cork North Central and 3 Dublin constituencies. Louth is a small county with serious social divisions.
We are proud and glad of our actions in intervening during Labour's pro government stint in Dundalk last week. My brother Paul is my strongest role model. He tells me that if you do something it is because you mean to do it. We intervened last week because we meant to. Labour can't jump up and down on a Tuesday seeking backing for Brian Cowen and tell us to vote Yes for jobs only to turn around on Saturday demanding FF go so that jobs can be created.
We have an ongoing project in Louth - Save Our Hospital. All efforts must go into this for the time being. So to everybody who is fed up of Lisbon speak, we will be talking of patients, lives, golden hours and the like from here on.
Le Meas
Tomás
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