Its not just Europe that's angry

The result is not in question, 33 out 43 constituencies agreed to disagree with Lisbon. Theres no doubt that the people came out and the people said no. The only question is why?
Jimmy Devins would have us believe that 'Sligo was one of the better results', if 57% No was a good result, then what would they call a bad result? Maybe Mary Coughlan could answer that, Donegal South and North both returned No results above 60%.
Theres a hundred different reasons people voted no, some valid, some a little less so. In the northwest there was definitely one good reason, the people don't trust Fianna Fail, they simply don't trust their own government. When a newly appointed Tánaiste can't carry a vote in her own constituency, you know theres more than uncertainty.
Call it what you will, explain it anyway that makes you comfortable but its hard to escape the truth, mere doubt doesnt make people leave their houses to vote.
I suppose it sort of answers one particular question; How many times can you lie to people before those same people stop believing your lies? I guess last week, people stopped believing the lies but its probably a year to late.
Mary Coughlan lied about the northwests cancer services, Jimmy Devins and Eamonn Scanlon too, around the country similar groups of people vented their anger at a government that turned its back on them. The vote was a NO to the government, a no to corruption, a no to a crumbling health system, a no to a failing economy, it was simply no.
No more.