And people wonder why FG won’t deal with SF!
Frank Flannery must be feeling like a complete idiot right now.
This photo taken during the week shows Kerry North TD, Martin Ferris collecting the two men convicted for the murder of Garda Jerry McCabe as they were released from Castlerea prison.
The Sinn Féin TD, once believed to be a member of the IRA Army Council has been condemned for his actions and I strongly condemn it as well.
Jerry McCabe was an innocent Guard who didn’t even have time to draw his own gun as he was struck down by 14 bullets in 1996. He was protecting an An Post van with another detective on June 6th when a jeep rammed their car forcing them to stop. The men from the van then riddled him an his parter with bullets killing him instantly and seriously injuring his partner.
Sinn Féin has consistently campaigned for the release of these thugs under the Good Friday Agreement and this week Pearse McCauley and Kevin Walsh walked free into the arms of Martin Ferris.
It’s clear form this that Sinn Féin are still a party of violence and a party of the IRA. This collusion is surely the nail in the coffin of the short lived FG/SF co-alition rumour. Not under any circumstances will Fine Gael do business with Sinn Féin in national government and if such a deal comes to pass after the next general election I will have no problem in canceling my membership with the party.
August 28th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Just reading this post now as i came accross it when i was looking at your constituency annalysis. Martin Ferris is something most politicians arent and thats honest.
Martin Ferris met friends on there release from prison he didnt hide he didnt cower and he didnt deny. Youve made broad statement about the characters of three men you dont know.You have incited people to burn a mans house down and have shown the narrowness of views that borders on ignorance.
A man who will stand by his friends no matter what has to be admired. I wouldnt expect a FGer to understand that as loyalty is not a concept practiced within your party. As recent events have shown.
August 28th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
I made this post a year ago. Looking back I shouldn’t have called for his house to be burned down and so I’ve removed that from the post. One of those “what was I thinking” moments. However I stand by the rest of the article. I appreciate Martin greeting his friends on their release from prison but it’s inexcusable that a TD of Dáil Eireann is friends with two convicted murderers in the first place! Also I haven’t attacked their character, it’s already been proven in a court of law that they committed this crime!