General Election must usher in major Changes in Irish Politics

County Wexfords Sinn Féin candidate Anthony Kelly has welcomed the setting of the general election date. He said he would have preferred to see an immediate election, but at least now the days of the chronically incompetent Fianna Fail/Green government were numbered.
"The people of Ireland have been calling for this election for many months now," Cllr Kelly said. "Their calls have landed on deaf ears until now. On the eleventh of March, I want Fianna Fail and the other gombeen parties calls to fall on deaf ears. Don't allow them to trick you into voting for more failed policies. Only one party offers a truly alternative vision of Ireland, by pushing progressive economic policies, sound political reform and calling for a full reversal to the recent cuts to social welfare and the minimum wage. That party is Sinn Féin."
"We welcome the setting of the General Election date. The election could and should still be held earlier - on 11 February if the Dáil were to be dissolved today, the 92nd anniversary of the inaugural meeting of An Chéad Dáil Éireann. That said, there will be widespread relief and satisfaction that the end of this Fianna Fáil/Green Government is now finally in sight."