Speeches and document-level variables from the debate over the Irish budget of 2010.
data_corpus_irishbudget2010
The corpus object for the 2010 budget speeches, with document-level variables for year, debate, serial number, first and last name of the speaker, and the speaker's party.
At the time of the debate, Fianna F<U+00E1>il (FF) and the Greens formed the government coalition, while Fine Gael (FG), Labour (LAB), and Sinn F<U+00E9>in (SF) were in opposition.
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