Day 25: The Fiscal Treaty

Labour show Sinn Féin's Mistakes but fail to mention coalition partner's similar mistakes. Sinn Féin begins a weekend long Ard Fheis. The Workers Party show that the Government have no interest in Jobs.

Labour have called on Sinn Féin to "stop talking the country down". Reiterating what was said by Labour Party Leader, Eamon Gilmore, in the Dail, John Lyons said "There is no silver bullet, but there is hope if politicians like those in Sinn Féin stop constantly undermining every good thing that is being done." Labour are calling on a YES vote for a step by step approach to the crisis, which the government is progressing.

Ciara Conway again attacked Sinn Féin's understanding of the Fiscal Treaty. Again reiterating that only governments signed up the the treaty can borrow as long as they don't spend more then the receive. Again she said "This is a very necessary part of the overall solution, not the panacea, but a crucial part of the solution. That is why we are urging you to vote Yes for housekeeping rules, Yes for guaranteed funding, Yes for investment and Yes for greater certainty. Use your vote so your voice is heard."

Gerald Nash told voters that Labour oppossed the Bank Bailout unlike Sinn Féin and Fine Gael. According to him "How can we expect anybody to take them seriously now when they got it so disastrously wrong then." Labours Dominic Halligan also weighed in on this argument saying "they marched in lock-step with the Fianna Fail led Government in voting to support the disastrous Bank Guarantee. They may well try to deny this, but the Oireachtas record speaks for itself, and perhaps this is something they will reflect on at their party conference this weekend."

Sinn Féin Ard Fheis got underway today Martin Ferris welcomed delegates to the conference. A main feature will the the Austerity Treaty.

The Workers Party attacked government party posters saying that they are much the same as previous campaigns with YES to Jobs being replace with YES to Stablity and YES to Recovery remaining as a key feature to the YES campaign. Worker's Party President Michael Finnegan said that the EU summit had "hatched nothing more than a plan to neutralise the massive rejection of austerity in elections across Europe, stitch up the Greek people and wave a carrot at Irish voters to entice them to accept the EU Fiscal Treaty which last night’s meeting both endorsed and threw in the bin".