Pearse Doherty

Yes.

And I, I would've worked with Pearse Doherty, the, the party's-

Mm

... finance spokesperson, in particular every year on the alternative budget that he, um, would've produced on, on behalf of the party.

Mm

... uh, and then the opposition politicians like Cian O'Callaghan, Jennifer Whitmore, Pearse Doherty, et cetera, saying, "Well, you have those profits, and yet you have pensioners, et cetera, struggling to heat their homes this winter." And that's a particularly, uh, troubling image for the government that it needs to, to look at going into the, going into the next few months.

And there seem to be quicker wins.

Like, again, Jennifer Whitmore was raising this point about the plug-in solar that Barry Henahan has been talking about, that for, for people living in apartments who don't have control over s- putting solar panels on their roof, this would seem like an, an easy solution.

And, you know, among the suits, shall we say, in the front of the bus, you know, county minor and, yeah.

But there was a feeling, to borrow a phrase from Pearse Doherty, that, you know, we were not getting value for money out of Brian.

[laughs]

You know, nobody was saying anything to him.

This could have been a seismic moment for the FAI to, to, to seriously change perception of the association, maybe our game in general, um, by not fulfilling this fixture.

Tonight we're joined by Fianna Fáil TD, John Lahart, Sinn Féin TD and spokesperson on finance, Pearse Doherty, and news reporter with the Irish Examiner, Gráinne Nié.

But first, Taoiseach Micheál Martin is amongst world leaders attending the UN General Assembly today, and our news correspondent, Zara King, is in New York and currently at Ground Zero.

Uh, Zara, what's happening there at Ground Zero?

But the government's response, I just want to say this, you know, you either want a responsible, uh, approach to this and response to this, or a reckless approach to this, and I think Sinn Féin's approach to this, I was in the Dáil, chamber, uh, this morning listening to Mary Lou McDonald.

I felt some of her language was goading people into taking to the streets over that.

Okay, Pearse Doherty-

And that is not, that is not lessening the impact of the-

... fleeting dogs-

Sorry, Pearse Doherty

... like? Sorry

...

Pearse Doherty from Sinn Féin is on the line.

Go ahead there, Pearse.

Good morning, Ian.

Here we go again.