News Archives for January, 2008
31 January, 2008
The European Parliament Regional Development committee have taken an initiative in Brussels today to push for action in releasing the potential of the proposed European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC). Read full article
31 January, 2008
Mark Doherty Local Organiser of Ógra Shinn Féin has welcomed a call from SDLP Youth backing All Ireland Presidential Elections and urged other youth wings to join the campaign. Read full article
31 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has questioned the decision of the Public Prosecution Service to drop the cases involving the Hospital deaths of Lucy Crawford and Adam Strain. Read full article
31 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Fleming has said that the PSNI must hold their officers to account over harassment issues. Speaking during a District Policing Partnership meeting Councillor Fleming said, Read full article
31 January, 2008
Responding to a EU directive on opening the market in postal services, Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has said that this will be detrimental to Royal mail workers, local post offices and the public and will pave the way to privatisation in public services Read full article
31 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has urged bank or building society customers to check if they have any money laying in dormant accounts and make efforts to reclaim their money via a new web site set up by a number of banks and building societies and all NS&I products, which should hopefully will make it easier and quicker for consumers to reclaim lost money Read full article
31 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that there is no place in political life for nepotism and said that people should only be employed by politicians on the basis of merit. Read full article
31 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson MLA has called for the immediate withdrawal of controversial TASER weapons here following new concerns about their safety. Read full article
31 January, 2008
Derry Ógra Shinn Féin are officially to be reconstituted as Derry Na Fianna Martyrs Ógra Shinn Féin. The officially name change will take place during the Bloody Sunday weekend. Read full article
30 January, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA has welcomed a commitment from Employment and Learning Minister Reg Empey to review the provision of apprentice training here. Read full article
30 January, 2008
Responding to the SDLPs announcement that they intend to support the Lisbon Treaty vote in Westminster tonight Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brun has said that she "is not surprised by the SDLP's willingness to uncritically accept the Lisbon Treaty". Read full article
30 January, 2008
At the Derry Sinn Féin AGM held in the Everglades Hotel Martina Anderson nomination to represent Sinn Féin at the next Westminster election was ratified. Read full article
30 January, 2008
Sinn Féin equality Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has described the equality measures contained in the Programme for Government and Investment Strategy as a potential path-breaking experiment towards government of the people by the people. Read full article
30 January, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has hailed a new £500 million agricultural development scheme as an unprecedented opportunity for rural Derry. Read full article
30 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Representatives from Donegal and Derry visited the ERNACT offices on Friday 25th January to obtain an update on the current and future work of ERNACT. Read full article
30 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has called for the clearer labelling of the amount of salt contained in food products to reach targets for it reduction by 2010 Read full article
30 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that any attempt by the British Government to remove card account contracts from the Post Office would have devastating consqences for the remaining buisnesses. Read full article
29 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson commenting on the SDLP decision to vote against the power-sharing Executive's, of which it is a member, Programme for Government has said that the party 'has been unable to come to terms' with the new political realities. Read full article
29 January, 2008
Speaking following yesterday's debate in the Assembly on the Programme for Government and Investment Strategy, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Regional Development, Raymond McCartney welcomed the Minister, Conor Murphy's commitment to the development of the Derry/Coleraine stretch of railway line. Read full article
29 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has highlighted the need to use public procurement to benefit local communities and ensure progress in tackling discrimination faced by women. Read full article
29 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for Shantallow Tony Hassan has called on those responsible for dumping rubbish and other materials on the Springfield road / Ballyarnett area of Culmore to desist from this anti-community behaviour. Read full article
29 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Environmental spokesperson Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has welcomed the news that MEP Bairbre de Brún will today take part in a debate hosted by the organisation 'People Against Climate Change' in the Cultivate Centre in Temple Bar. Read full article
29 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Equality and Human rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has called for greater protection for Agency workers. Read full article
29 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for Shantallow Tony Hassan has called on those responsible for dumping rubbish and other materials on the Springfield road / Ballyarnett area of Culmore to desist from this anti-community behaviour. Read full article
28 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has called on people to wear a black ribbon and remember the dead of Bloody Sunday. Read full article
28 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Regional Development Spokesperson, Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the publication of the second and final report of the Independent Water Review Panel chaired by Paddy Hilliyard. Read full article
28 January, 2008
Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the announcement of a four person Victims Commission and said that this represents an important step forward in ensuring that ALL victims can be represented equally. Read full article
28 January, 2008
This Tuesday, January 29th, marks the formal establishment in 1967 of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA). Four decades later Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP MLA, who was one of the small number people present at the founding of the Association, expresses his best wishes to all of those who participated in or supported the efforts to achieve fundamental civil and human rights in those difficult days. Read full article
28 January, 2008
Ógra Shinn Féin is to host a major conference on collusion and state violence during the Bloody Sunday weekend. The 'Youth 4 Truth' conference is being organised for Saturday 2nd February at 3pm in Pilots Row, Derry. Read full article
28 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has described Euro exchange charges on ATM withdrawals by some banks including Bank of Ireland, Northern and Ulster Banks as just another example of the greed of some Financial Institutions in Ireland. Read full article
28 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Education spokesperson Councillor Paul Fleming has urged students in the North to check if they have received all their entitlements for this year after it was revealed that 12,000 students from low income homes in England failed to claim bursaries they were entitled to last year, according to a universities' watchdog the Office of Fair Access (Offa) Read full article
28 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and DPP member Elisha McLaughlin has criticised the Chairperson of the Derry- District Policing Partnership (DPP) SDLP Councillor Shaun Gallagher after her request to raise issues on the deployment of Tasers by the PSNI was blocked at Friday's meeting and deferred until next months meeting Read full article
28 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Deputy Mayor Councillor Patricia Logue has hit out at the thugs who robbed at knifepoint a local shopkeeper at Great James Street on Saturday afternoon Read full article
25 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson MLA has reiterated the party's opposition to TASERS after it emerged that the PSNI will began deploying the controversial weapons from today (Friday). Read full article
25 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for Greater Shantallow and Culmore area Elisha McLaughlin has expressed concern at the recent rape statistics that claim that rape and attempted rape reports have increased by 50 per cent in the past 6 years. Read full article
25 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has called on the Israeli Government to immediately end its harsh blockade of Gaza. Read full article
25 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney responding to reports that two off duty police officers were among more than 600 motorists caught drink driving over the Christmas period, has said that given the recent out cry over Constable Geraldine Donnelly, there can be no hiding place or justification for the individuals to retain their positions within the force. Read full article
25 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson, Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the Michael McGimpsey announcement of new standards for care Homes. The announcements comes two weeks after party colleague John O'Dowd exposed the extent of poor management in a number of Nursing and Care Homes across the North. Read full article
24 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson, Councillor Tony Hassan has stated that it is now the end game for Housing Minister Margaret Ritchie's catchphrase "Show me the money" and what people want now is action. Read full article
24 January, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA has called for more investment in Derry's tourism industry after it was revealed that just £18,000 in public money was spent on hotel development here last year - a fraction of the amount spent in other areas of the North. Read full article
24 January, 2008
Sinn Fein Councillor Tony Hassan has condemned those involved in the theft of radiators from a works site in the Galliagh Park area this morning (Thursday 24th) Read full article
24 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has urged all elderly residents in the Bogside and Brandywell areas to check the authenticity of anyone calling at their homes after an incident in the area in recent days Read full article
24 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said the Audit Office Report into Social Security Benefit fraud must not be used as a witch hunt against the poor or an excuse to make benefits even less accessible to those in need. Read full article
24 January, 2008
National Organiser Address: Turn our words and thoughts into unstoppable action!
Barry McColgan
National Organiser
Ógra Shinn Féin Read full article
24 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Fleming has said that any attempt to introduce a Stop and Search policy against Nationalist youths will not be tolerated and will be resisted at every level Read full article
24 January, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called on the public to support Action Cancer after she visited the charity's Big Bus mobile unit when it visited the Hazelbank area of the city Read full article
23 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Education spokesperson Councillor Paul Fleming , responding to Sammy Wilson's comments objecting to the Education Minister Caitríona Ruane's proposals for children attending local schools regardless of the border, has said that he welcomes the debate surrounding All Ireland education. Read full article
23 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the Executive agreement on the Budget, Programme for Government and Investment Strategy and particularly agreement that equality mechanisms, the Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) process, would by used to determine future funding and policy decisions. Read full article
23 January, 2008
Responding to comments by DUP MLA Peter Weir lambasting a recent Human Rights Consortium opinion poll in favour of a Bill of Rights, Sinn Féin Human Rights and Equality spokesperson Martina Anderson has that he is out of sync with public opinion. Read full article
23 January, 2008
Derry Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has given a broad welcome to the latest news that the capital budget for social and affordable housing is to be increased by £205m.
While still falling short of what is required to resolve the serious issue of housing shortage Tony Hassan said that it was good news that there would be funding available to build 5,000 new homes over the next 3 years. Read full article
22 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that there are serious concerns about the Department of Employment and Learning's 'Training for Success' apprenticeship training programme and the decreasing number of apprenticeships in manufacturing industries.
She also highlighted regional disparities with not enough training available West of the Bann. In 2005/06 320 electrical trainees were trained across the North but just four in Derry. Read full article
22 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has called on the small group of people involved in attacking the Gobnascale bus to desist immediately. Read full article
22 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that he is disappointed that there was no equality impact assessment taken before the decision to remove out of hours services from the West Bank of the Foyle Read full article
22 January, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has praised all those who took part in Monday's cavalcade to Stormont as part of the 'Stand Up For Derry' campaign. Read full article
22 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Cllr Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has described claims from Fine Gael Deputy Joe McHugh that his recent publicity initiatives on the issue of rail are "non party political" as nonsense. He stated that the evidence of this is in the fact that Deputy McHugh's Fine Gael party did not support a Sinn Féin proposal at the recent budget meeting of Donegal County Council for the council to employ a dedicated rail officer to push for a rail network for the county. Read full article
21 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has called on Hugh Orde to reconsider his position on the acquisition of TASERS in light of the death of a man in Bedford, England. Read full article
20 January, 2008
Figures that reveal the massive extent of job losses in Derry prove the need for rapid investment in the city, Sinn Féin's Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has said. Read full article
19 January, 2008
Seasaigí Suas do Dhoire Read full article
18 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Irish language spokesperson Councillor Kevin Campbell has said that Sinn Féin' motion to Derry City Council regarding the Irish language outlines the need for parity for the language. Read full article
18 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has called on people to treat the City Cemetery with respect and refrain from fly tipping in the grounds. Read full article
18 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that the latest job losses in Derry are a stark warning that manufacturing industry in the North West will become extinct unless urgent action is taken. Read full article
18 January, 2008
Bloody Sunday Weekend Programme Read full article
18 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that the cavalcade organised for Monday to Stormont is an opportunity for everyone including those sniping from the sidelines to put all the Ministers to the test . Read full article
17 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the decision by the Housing Executive to suspend Housing Grant Payment Inspection appointments from the 16th of January will have a catastrophic impact on not only those in most need of having their homes and facilities brought up to an acceptable standard but on the local building trade. Read full article
17 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Deputy Mayor Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed the news that work on the replacement of the watermain in parts of the Bogside will begin on Monday 21st January following representations made to Northern Ireland Water Read full article
17 January, 2008
Ógra Shinn Féin National Congress Clár
Ógra Shinn Féin National Congress
ATGWU Hall, Middle Abbey Street
Dublin
18 - 20 January
Clár Read full article
16 January, 2008
Ag caint sa parlaimint inné, chuir Bairbre de Brún fáilte roimh an scéal is deanaí ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe go mbeidh an bhliain seo 2008 mar bhliain idirnáisiúnta do teangacha Read full article
16 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue said that the public realm plan intended for the city centre is an opportunity to breathe new life into the lower end of the city centre. Read full article
16 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has stated that SDLP MLA Mary Bradley either doesn't understand the workings of the Assembly or is deliberately misleading the public after claiming that free transport for the elderly was to be delayed Read full article
16 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has appealed to people who will booking their annual summer holiday in the next few weeks to ensure that they take out travel insurance. Read full article
16 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Deputy Mayor Councillor Patricia Logue has called on parents whose children may have received computers as Christmas presents to ensure that there are fully aware of all aspects of the internet, chat rooms and the sites such as youtube and bebo. Read full article
16 January, 2008
The Auditor General has been asked formally to investigate the 'scandalous' system which led to major apprentice training schemes being taken out of Derry. Read full article
16 January, 2008
If you would like Irelands biggest selling political weekly newspaper delivered to your door please contact the Derry Sinn Féin constituency office 02871 377551 Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has slammed attempts by the SDLP to portray itself as 'The Civil Rights Party'. Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson, Councillor Tony Hassan has welcomed confirmation that the Department of Social Development ahs been allocated an additional £45 million towards housing and an additional £2 million towards the Warm Homes Scheme. Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has tabled a question to Department of Trade and Enterprise Minister Nigel Dodds to ask if he has applied to a European fund to access funding for those people laid off by Seagate in Limavady. Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has said he is worried by the findings in a survey by the mental health charity "Mind" which found the added pressures of Christmas spending can have on people's mental health. Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow area, Cllr Tony Hassan, has welcomed the Road Service decision to upgrade and repair the Coney Road in Culmore area of the city.. Read full article
15 January, 2008
Ógra Shinn Féin will launch a major National campaign on Drugs and Alcohol this coming weekend in Dublin Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has voiced his concern at the large increase in business failures in the North over the last year. Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin has held an intra-party meeting in the Assembly in order to coordinate an effective regional development strategy with a clear all-Ireland focus. Those present were Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy, Derry MLA Raymond McCartney and Cathal Boylan MLA for Newry Armagh, as well as Donegal Senator Pearse Doherty and Inisowen Councillor Padraig MacLochlainn and other party activists Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has questioned why the Department of Social Development, as one of the lead departments with responsibilities for tackling poverty, failed to make a submission to the Inquiry into Child Poverty until Wednesday 9th January, after the publication of the interim report by the OFMDFM (Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister) Committee Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has put forward a priority question on the closure of the out of hours service at Great James Street Medical Practice. Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson is in Venezuela this week to attend a conference organised by President Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan Government as part of the formation of the Venezuelan United Socialist Party (PSUV). This party brings together many of the individual parties which currently support the Chavez government Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has said he hopes that a case taken to the High Court this week by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on overdraft charges levied by banks and building societies is successful Read full article
15 January, 2008
Sinn Fein Spokesperson on Health, Cllr. Billy Page said that he is outraged that the out of hours G P services are to be moved from the Cityside to Altnagelvin. Cllr Page said that this will effectively leave the 100,000 people in the Cityside without effective coverage , in cases of emergency or sudden illness. Read full article
14 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has paid tribute the contribution of an umbrella group representing over 1,100 victims of the conflict in working to find a way forward in dealing with the issue of truth and the past.
The consortium of groups represent the families of over 1,100 victims of the conflict across Ireland and include The Pat Finucane Centre, Relatives for Justice, Justice for the Forgotten, Ardoyne Commemoration Project, An Fhirinne, and Firinne Fermanagh. Read full article
14 January, 2008
THE STAND UP FOR DERRY CAMPAIGN GOES TO STORMONT ON MONDAY 21ST JANUARY
LETTER FROM MARTINA ANDERSON MLA Read full article
14 January, 2008
Derry Sinn Féin housing Spokesperson and Councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Tony Hassan, has said that the Minister for Social Development Margaret Ritchie address to the Housing Council on the 10th January was pathetic to say the least. Read full article
14 January, 2008
Sinn Fein Councillor, Gerry MacLochlainn, who is chair of Derry City Council Environmental Services Committee, has intervened on the case of a disabled person who is seeking to avail of Derry City Council's assisted bin collection service. Read full article
12 January, 2008
The Stormont Assembly is to hold a special debate on the Derry
apprenticeships 'scandal', ( Tuesday 15th January) following an intervention by local Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson. Read full article
11 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the draft Budget will lead to reduction in Youth Service Funding that will affect disadvantaged areas most. He also said that Community, voluntary and sporting groups whose projects cater for at risk and disadvantaged young people in their own communities face uncertain futures because of the lack of mainstream funding Read full article
11 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson, a member of the Policing Board has said that the PSNI Gender Action Plan due to be published soon is fundamentally incapable of addressing the under-representation and advancement of women and ethnic minorities within the police service. Read full article
11 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the formal decision today from the British government to proceed with building a new generation of nuclear power plants is short-sighted and will represent a major threat to the health and safety of everyone living in Ireland . Read full article
11 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson has said that the party will monitor the pilot introduction of TASERs to the PSNI and that the party remained firmly opposed to their introduction. Read full article
11 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has called on DSD Minister Margaret Ritchie not to make the same mistake with the former Rosemount Barrack site as she did with the Andersontown Barrack site in Belfast. Read full article
10 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson councillor Billy Page has warned people buying prescription drugs and other medicines online to check if the company they are buying from has the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPSGB) logo on their site.
His comments follows new research published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPSGB) which found that more than two million people now buy their drugs online and that up to a third of these medicines may be fake and could seriously damage people's health. Read full article
9 January, 2008
Sinn Fein Cllr Maeve Mc Laughlin says that a number of opportunities exist to address enterprise, infrastructure and economic issues in the North West through the next round of Interreg IV funding from Europe.
Speaking following submission of the North West bid to Europe Cllr Mc Laughlin said that this was an opportunity to address some of the deficits all too familiar to us and the reasons why investment and regeneration is lagging in the region.
Councillor McLaughlin stated, Read full article
9 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney said he is shocked and appalled by the extent of poor care and proper management in some Nursing and Care homes.
Mr McCartney comments come following a written response to Sinn Féin following a series of questions put to Health Minister Michael McGimpsey by Sinn Féin's Mr O'Dowd about the work of the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA), the body tasked with ensuring the highest standards of care and well being are being provided to some of the most vulnerable people in our society who reside in Care and Nursing homes. Read full article
9 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has said that British Government plans to introduce nuclear power plants would be met with political opposition from across Ireland. In October Sinn Féin tabled a motion calling for the closure of Sellafield Nuclear Power Plant which was backed by the Assembly Read full article
9 January, 2008
Following the publication of the interim report on child poverty, Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that Sinn Fein's response to the draft Programme for Budget needs to be taken on board in order that to help turn the aim of eradicating child poverty into reality. Read full article
9 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has today described the thousands of 'undocumented Irish' in America facing an uncertain future as simply wrong. Read full article
8 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the war is over and encouraged people to focus on winning the peace including addressing key issues such as victims and survivors and how we deal with the past.
Mr McCartney was commenting on reports that the group set up to examine ways of dealing with the past may recommend that the British government acknowledge that it was involved in a war. Read full article
8 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has criticised the under spending by the government departments.
Her comments came after the Assembly Finance and Personnel Committee published a report identifying millions of pounds that was not spent each year. Read full article
8 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has welcomed a new report into the treatment of patients diagnosed with MRSA at home and said that such a scheme could save thousands here. Read full article
8 January, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the decision by Education Minister Caitríona Ruane to establish autism support units at St Brigid's school in Derry.
Key Stage 1 Autistic Spectrum Disorder Units will be established at St Brigid's Primary School, Carnhill, Derry and Holy Trinity Primary School, Enniskillen. Key Stage 2 Learning Support Centres will also be established at each school, to provide for children who require continuing support Read full article
8 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has warned credit card users not to be caught out by a new credit card scam currently happening in England and has advised consumers against giving personal details out over the phone Read full article
8 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Deputy Mayor Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed to both motorists and pedestrians to show due care and attention as the big return to work and school begins after the holidays. Read full article
7 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has said that investment is the key to tackling hospital infection. Read full article
5 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney whilst welcoming the fact that 2007 had seen the lowest deaths on the roads in the north in 60 years, (112 being equal with the 1947 figures) has said that statistics matter little to the families and friends of those who had lost their lives Read full article
5 January, 2008
Responding to recent comments made by the Church of Ireland publication and the DUP with regard to the Bill of Rights for the North Sinn Féin's Equality and Human Rights spokesperson, Foyle MLA Martina Anderson said: Read full article
3 January, 2008
Derry Sinn Féin housing spokesperson and Councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Tony Hassan, has called for more urgent action plans to be developed and implemented in 2008 than there were in 2007 so that the city's housing crisis is properly dealt with Read full article
1 January, 2008
Sinn Féin Equality and Human Rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson today described the challenges facing us in the battle to stamp out racism here in 2008 as very real and urgent, and the need to embrace the opportunities to create a better future, based on tolerance and respect for cultural diversity Read full article
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