S2E19 - Pearse Doherty

Donegal Sinn Fein TD; Pearse Doherty is our guest this week. Pearse speaks openly to Eimear about his upbringing in both Scotland and then Ireland. How he became interested in politics to going on to becoming a founding member of Sinn Féin Republican Youth and served on its national executive. At the 2016 general election, after a redrawing of constituency boundaries, Doherty was elected to the new five-seater Donegal constituency on the 8th count. He topped the poll at the 2020 general election, and was appointed leader of Sinn Féin's negotiations team. Pearse also talks to Eimear about the Insurance Industry in Ireland as well as his thoughts on a possible United Ireland in the future.