Comments on: New Labour candidate Donie Daly tackles Railway Issue http://www.youghalonline.com/2009/05/14/new-labour-candidate-donie-daly-tackles-railway-issue/ Your online community news... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Donie Daly http://www.youghalonline.com/2009/05/14/new-labour-candidate-donie-daly-tackles-railway-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1974 Donie Daly Fri, 15 May 2009 18:06:49 +0000 http://www.youghalonline.com/?p=5182#comment-1974 I appreciate your Comments, Martin. However I cant see how I have committed an offense against the 'intelligence of the good people of Youghal'. I along with the vast majority of people that I have canvassed do not believe that this rail line will be opened by the present Fianna Fail Govt. and I'm certainly not promising that a Labour Govt. will have the money to open it either. All I'm saying is that if we have a definitive answer from Irish Rail that it wont be opened in the near future - then we can arrange to do something with the abandoned station and surrounding land i.e use it as an amenity for the Town. I have not promised or misled anyone- I had an article in last Mondays Evening Echo setting out what I want to see happen with the railway station. I'm a realist. I certainly will not try and mislead people with false promises such as 'Rail line to Youghal to reopen' which is basically lies! The TD, that lied on RTE about the rail line reopening was either FF or FG! Your right they have treated the people of Youghal with disdain. I am currently canvassing the town and I would certainly welcome the chance to sit down with you and discuss my proposals for the town. If you wish you may email me your address or failing that an email address and we can meet. Failing that if elected, the Youghal branch of the Labour Party will be looking for intelligent, articulate members to help us improve the town - maybe you might be interested. I appreciate your Comments, Martin. However I cant see how I have committed an offense against the ‘intelligence of the good people of Youghal’. I along with the vast majority of people that I have canvassed do not believe that this rail line will be opened by the present Fianna Fail Govt. and I’m certainly not promising that a Labour Govt. will have the money to open it either. All I’m saying is that if we have a definitive answer from Irish Rail that it wont be opened in the near future – then we can arrange to do something with the abandoned station and surrounding land i.e use it as an amenity for the Town.

I have not promised or misled anyone- I had an article in last Mondays Evening Echo setting out what I want to see happen with the railway station. I’m a realist. I certainly will not try and mislead people with false promises such as ‘Rail line to Youghal to reopen’ which is basically lies!

The TD, that lied on RTE about the rail line reopening was either FF or FG! Your right they have treated the people of Youghal with disdain. I am currently canvassing the town and I would certainly welcome the chance to sit down with you and discuss my proposals for the town. If you wish you may email me your address or failing that an email address and we can meet. Failing that if elected, the Youghal branch of the Labour Party will be looking for intelligent, articulate members to help us improve the town – maybe you might be interested.

]]> By: Martin Finn http://www.youghalonline.com/2009/05/14/new-labour-candidate-donie-daly-tackles-railway-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 Martin Finn Fri, 15 May 2009 15:24:10 +0000 http://www.youghalonline.com/?p=5182#comment-1970 I think your headline overplays what has been done here. Rather than tackling "the railway issue", it strikes me that this candidate has on the one hand pointed out some obvious cheap electioneering, and then on the other hand committed the same offense himself. Offense that is to the intelligence of the good people of Youghal. We all want a railway link. But I fail to see how the election of any local town councilor or other will bring this about. This is surely an issue for county and mostly national representatives to try and effect. But until we have TD's who care are act in Youghal's interest this won't happen. Maybe I am jaundiced to this issue. But I was on an RTE interview with one of the current TD's on the eve of the last election. He happily and knowing lied that if elected he would "be sure that the railway would be in Youghal within 7 years". When I questioned him afterwards, certain that he was lying, he acknowledged the fact and said "It does no harm to give them hope". While we have TD's who treat our needs with such distain we will get nothing. PS: I am not affiliated, in any way, to any political party. I think your headline overplays what has been done here.

Rather than tackling “the railway issue”, it strikes me that this candidate has on the one hand pointed out some obvious cheap electioneering, and then on the other hand committed the same offense himself. Offense that is to the intelligence of the good people of Youghal.

We all want a railway link. But I fail to see how the election of any local town councilor or other will bring this about. This is surely an issue for county and mostly national representatives to try and effect. But until we have TD’s who care are act in Youghal’s interest this won’t happen.

Maybe I am jaundiced to this issue. But I was on an RTE interview with one of the current TD’s on the eve of the last election. He happily and knowing lied that if elected he would “be sure that the railway would be in Youghal within 7 years”. When I questioned him afterwards, certain that he was lying, he acknowledged the fact and said “It does no harm to give them hope”.

While we have TD’s who treat our needs with such distain we will get nothing.

PS: I am not affiliated, in any way, to any political party.

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