Move over Gerry?
Pearse Doherty was being cross questioned on RTE radio today about how Sinn Fein could implement cuts in Northern Ireland whilst opposing them in the Republic (the same charge of double standards which was levelled at the party by the eirigi General Secretary Breandán Mac Cionnaith). The Donegal TD defended Sinn Fein by pointing out that the Stormont Executive can't raise taxes, whilst the Irish government can.
The pundits on the programme felt Pearse Doherty held his own against Pat Rabbitte and would be "a thorn in Labour's side" as the campaign got underway. Then Noel Whelan ( a former Fianna Fail candidate and author of the Tallyman's campaign handbook) chipped in with a bit of advice for Sinn Fein: "keep Gerry Adams in Dundalk".
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