Arthur Morgan (Irish politician)
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| Born | 23 July 1954 Omeath, County Louth |
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| Political party | Sinn Féin |
Arthur Morgan (Irish: Artúr Ó Muireagáin,[1] born 23 July 1954) is a Sinn Féin TD for Louth and is party spokesperson on the Environment, Local Government and Employment. [1][2]
Arthur Morgan was born in Omeath in County Louth. Educated locally, he joined the family fish processing company, of which he is currently a director.[3] He is a founding member of Cooley Environmental and Health Action Committee which campaigns against Sellafield nuclear power station. [2]
Morgan is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoner. He was sentenced to 14 years in jail after being arrested on a boat on Carlingford Lough during an operation in 1977. [1] He served seven and a half years at Long Kesh prison, where he participated in the blanket protest, before being released in 1984. [3]
In the 1999 European Election Morgan polled over 20,000 votes in the Leinster constituency but failed to be elected. He was however elected to Louth County Council on the same day for the Dundalk Carlingford area. In the 2002 General Election he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin TD [2] and retained his seat in the 2007 General Election.
In a Dáil debate on the budget on 6 March 2008, Morgan launched a strong attack on the government's economic policy, saying that "There is more social conscience in a cat’s arse than there is in the entire Fianna Fáil parliamentary party." Condemning a Government proposal to give tax breaks for the development of private hospices, he asked "Why would I expect any different from a Tánaiste and a Government over this partial Parliament in this little semi-statelet over which he is presiding?" His remarks were criticised by Fianna Fáil deputy Martin Mansergh, who claimed that Sinn Fein "does not have any coherent economic policy that I am aware of" and said that he has "always had great difficulty understanding so called republicans who do not recognise this Republic".[4][5] Deputy Michael Finneran added that "if it was not for him and his fellow travellers we would have had considerably more money to invest in many projects over the years instead of needing to spend it on security to protect the State."[4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b From Long Kesh to Leinster House An Phoblacht, 14 December, 2006
- ^ a b c Arthur Morgan TD Louth, Sinnfeinonline.com, retrieved 8 November 2007
- ^ a b Roy Hattersley, Ballots are triumphing over bullets, The Observer, 30 June, 2002
- ^ a b Official Report (Dáil Éireann), Vol. 649 No. 3: Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages. Oireachtas (6 March 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ a b Michael O'Regan. "Mansergh and Morgan clash over private hospitals", The Irish Times, 7 March 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
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