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Thu 09 Sep 2009Yes side using economic fears - SF
The main political parties are using the current economic crisis to scare people into supporting the treaty, Sinn Féin’s Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has told the Joint Committee on European Affairs.
Mr Ó Caoláin said today Fianna Fáil, Labour and Fine Gael were deliberately playing on voters’ fears by telling them the country would lose investment, jobs, and support from other EU member states if the electorate voted No again.
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