Media blackout of RSF candidates

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Thursday March 01, 2007 03:01

by Saer - Irish Republican Bulletin Board

saoirse at iol dot ie

Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street , Dublin 1, Ireland

+353-1-872 9747

Media blackout of RSF candidates

Press Release/Preas Ráiteas

Media blackout of RSF candidates

IN A statement on February 28, Brendan Casey, PRO for Joe O’Neill’s election campaign in West Tyrone said:

“As PRO of Joe O’Neill, Republican Sinn Féin candidate in the Stormont election in West Tyrone, I feel that some of the hurdles that are consistently being encountered in this campaign need to be enumerated.

“On a number of occasions statements have been sent to the news media in relation to this election. To date no statements have been carried. This is not a recent development and we in Republican Sinn Féin feel there is an unofficial policy of ignoring us in favour of the major political parties on this island.

“Recently BBC were contacted to state that as a candidate in West Tyrone Joe O’Neill felt it was important to be involved as a panellist on Noel Thompson’s political talk show.

“The main topic for debate was policing. The fact that Joe us the only anti-British policing candidate standing in West Tyrone was still not enough to secure him a place on the panel. This quite simply is astonishing considering this is the main issue being encountered on the doorsteps by his canvassers.

“Republican Sinn Féin states that this is undemocratic as it denies a sizeable amount of people in this constituency a voice. This should be seen for what it is – exclusion politics and we in Republcian Sinn Féin state we will continue to highlight this lack of democracy in the media.”

Contact Details:
Republican Sinn Féin
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill,
223 Parnell Street
Dublin 1, Ireland

Sinn Féin Poblachtach
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223 Sráid Pharnell, BÁC 1, Éire

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