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 Fáil (FF) and the Greens formed the government coalition, while Fine Gael (FG), Labour (LAB), and Sinn Féin (SF) were in opposition.
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