News Archives for March, 2008
31 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that there is clear need to help promote and develop the enterprise spirit amongst young people in Derry and encourage a can do attitude Read full article
31 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney, has said that the formation of the recently formed Assembly All Party Autism Working Group is a positive step in continuing to focus the many major concerns in relation to the issue. Read full article
31 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has said that Health Authorities needs to act on warnings from the British Medical Association Read full article
31 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the publication of the latest Audit Office Report which examines the Tourist Board's (NITB) handling of a senior official's conflict of interest Read full article
31 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has described as very worrying the findings in a new study by "Opinium Research" Read full article
31 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney commenting on the announcement by the Health Minister Michael McGimpsey of the composition of a panel which is to investigate services for patients with acquired brain injuries has said that it is essential that the provision of and access to services for older people be part of the consultation. Read full article
29 March, 2008
The European Parliament Regional Development committee has overwhelmingly backed a report on the EU-funded PEACE programme written by Sinn Féin Six-County MEP Bairbre de Brún. Read full article
28 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has called for immediate measures to be taken to secure a number of communal bin outhouses at Clarendon Manor after receiving a number of complaints from residents that they have become a focal point at the weekends for late night noise ,underage drinking, which is causing upset to local residents. Read full article
27 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Deputy Mayor Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed a review carried out by psychologist Dr Tanya Byron, who has recommended new ratings for video consul games aimed at children aged 12 plus. Read full article
27 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson MLA has said that republicans are as entitled as anyone else to be appointed as independent members of the local District Policing Partnerships Read full article
27 March, 2008
STARTING THIS THURSDAY (27 March), An Phoblacht, the Sinn Féin weekly, carries the first instalment of a three-part interview with Brian Keenan, one of the foremost strategists of the Irish Republican Army in the war with Britain throughout the 1970s and leading up to the 1994 IRA cessation of military operations Read full article
26 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has expressed his concern over the news of 450 job losses in the Housing Executive and has said this crisis will affect those most in need. Read full article
26 March, 2008
Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey will be urged to save the Malin Head Marine Rescue Coordination Centre when he visits Derry next month, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has revealed. Read full article
26 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Deputy Mayor Councillor Patricia Logue has said there is shock in the local community after it emerged that a women was indecently assaulted in the grounds of St Columba's-Long Tower Chapel on Saturday afternoon. Read full article
26 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the Irish Governments response to northern citizens' calls for Presidential voting rights is 'nothing short of second class'. Both the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, have consistently not responded to letters from party colleague North Antrim Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay on the issue for the past 15 months. Read full article
26 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle Martina Anderson MLA has welcomed the €30 million funding of an all-Ireland Scholarship fund by Irish racehorse owner and well known Philanthropist J P MCManus. Read full article
25 March, 2008
Ógra Shinn Féin took to the streets of Derry last weekend in their campaign to press the Equality Commission into considering and reviewing the current guidelines in regards to the status of the Easter lily in relation to their legal position in the workplace. Read full article
25 March, 2008
Senator Pearse Doherty - Derry Easter Speech 2008 Read full article
24 March, 2008
Waterside Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has welcomed the redevelopment of the Rose Court area of Top-Of-The-Hill, after work began this week Read full article
24 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said the decision by the British Government to press ahead with the closure of 2,500 sub post offices will have a devastating effect in many communities in both urban and rural areas Read full article
24 March, 2008
Sinn Fein Equality spokesperson, Foyle MLA Martina Anderson, has described today's Labour Force Survey report that highlights higher levels of inequality among the Catholic community as providing a 'compelling and unanswerable case for the primacy of the equality agenda'. Read full article
24 March, 2008
Sinn Féin councillor for the greater Shantallow area Tony Hassan who campaigned vigorously for the opening of the Skeoge By-Pass has welcomed the benefits the new road will bring to the local community and businesses, including the reduction in heavy traffic through both Shantallow and the Galliagh areas Read full article
22 March, 2008
Commenting as we approach the tenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the then Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator and now Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said Read full article
22 March, 2008
On this the 92nd anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, Ógra Shinn Féin proudly remembers all of those who died for the freedom of Ireland. Read full article
22 March, 2008
Transferring policing and justice powers to the Assembly would be the most fitting way to mark the tenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
22 March, 2008
Could we be approaching a 'Battle a Day'? - Mitchel McLaughlin MLA Read full article
19 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Anderson has welcomed OFCOM's proposals to combat Mobile phone mis-selling Read full article
19 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that the announcement by Lumen Christi that it will introduce an academic aptitude test is not only disappointing but is also disingenuous. Read full article
19 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called on local Republicans to attend the annual Easter Sunday commemorations taking place across the city this weekend Read full article
19 March, 2008
The Gibraltar/Miltown Martyrs DVD now on sale at the Ráth Mór Office or through your local Sinn Féin Cumann -£5.00 Read full article
19 March, 2008
IRIS SPRING 2008
ON SALE NOW Read full article
18 March, 2008
Apprenticeship training should be returned to the North West Regional College following the decision to end a contract with controversial training provider, Carter and Carter, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
18 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and Deputy Mayor Patricia Logue has congratulated everyone who made the St Patrick's Day carnival a huge success for the city. Read full article
18 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Regional Development, Raymond McCartney MLA has expressed grave concern over the news that the co-ownership scheme cannot cater for the demand of those wishing to avail of the programme. Read full article
18 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has described as staggering figures just released by the Citizen Advice Bureau which show that that nearly a third of the 5.7 million new problems dealt with by their staff in 2006-7 concerned debt Read full article
18 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has said that the sectarian violence marred what was a very successful day for the city. Read full article
18 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Elisha McLaughlin has said that a new survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers members which found that more than half know of pupils being "cyber bullied" and 16% have been victims themselves, shows the need for more awareness programmes to tackle the scourge of cyber bullying Read full article
18 March, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA and Policing Board member Martina Anderson has called for greater protections against the possible importation of deadly stun guns disguised as mobile phones. Read full article
18 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Deputy Mayor Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed to motorists using the Lone Moor Road to slow down whilst work to replace the water mains in the area is being carried out Read full article
18 March, 2008
Rural Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Fleming has slammed the latest incident of low-flying British Army helicopter activity in Derry. Read full article
17 March, 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
16 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Padraig MacLochlainn has extended his deep condolences to the families of the two fishermen who lost their lives when their boat went down off the coast at Inishowen. Read full article
15 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson, Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that delivering on the Bill of Rights will protect women, political and religious freedoms and establish rights to housing and to join trade unions. Read full article
13 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has stated that it is important that the Council make a commitment to secure the long term future of the sensory play park in Belmont. Read full article
13 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has expressed concern about the future of a number of projects funded through the Neighbourhood Renewal Scheme and called for further clarification following the statement from the Minister of Social Development on the 10th of March. Read full article
13 March, 2008
Speaking following the launch of a report by Amnesty International and the Southall Black Sisters, "No recourse to public funds", a report on domestic violence Sinn Fein Councillor Lynn Fleming has asked local Political representatives to support the campaign. Read full article
13 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney said that Child Support Agency has failed to address child poverty. Read full article
13 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has welcomed a new website www.irish-roots.net that will provide assistance to the millions of people of Irish descent across the world who may wish to trace their ancestral roots. Read full article
13 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has said that the new lighting system at O'Riada Court and Shaw Court will give confidence to people attending the nearby community centre and also to the local residents. Read full article
13 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said proposed changes to Incapacity Benefit in 2010 announced by the British Chancellor Alistair Darling in the Budget yesterday will hit the most vulnerable in society. Read full article
13 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has given his support to Prostate Cancer Awareness Week 2008 and has called on any man who thinks he may have the symptoms of the illness to go their GP straight away Read full article
12 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney says that he now believes that the case for developing a Satellite Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin has now been conceded in principle by the Departments of Health North and South but says that there is no reason why the people of the north west should have to wait until after 2015 before this Centre becomes operational. Read full article
12 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said that the DRD Water Service must be more accessible to its customers and elected representatives. Read full article
12 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and Chair of Environmental Services on Derry City Council Gerry MacLochlainn has welcomed the latest recycling scheme to be piloted by Derry City Council. Read full article
12 March, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martin Anderson has called for people to support Sport Relief after taking part in a sponsored walk with fellow politicians for the charity at Stormont Read full article
12 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson is encouraging Derry citizens to stay local this St Patrick's weekend and make the events organised in the city a success.
She also appealed that outdoor events are family friendly and alcohol free Read full article
12 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney, has voiced his concerns that Irish people working in the USA without proper documentation are being treated like hardened criminals when apprehended by the authorities. Read full article
12 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has said that the Goldsmith Report proposals on 'British' citizenship and suggestions that school-leavers are to be encouraged to swear an oath of allegiance to the British Queen would find little support among Irish nationalists and Republicans living in this part of Ireland Read full article
12 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Elisha McLaughlin today launched the party's country wide Easter Lily Campaign remembering the men and women of 1916 and has made an appeal for people to wear an Easter lily this year in their memory Read full article
12 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has said parents and other adults have a responsibility to give a good example to our youth on the issue of underage drinking Read full article
12 March, 2008
The Free the Cuba 5 campaign have now placed this impressive billboard, prominently displayed on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles to help increase awareness of the case of the Five and plan to take it to other large cites Read full article
11 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson MLA has said that the publication and debate of the Assembly Executive Review Committee report into the Transfer of Policing and Justice Powers is 'the next stage on the road to transferring these powers away from London and into the hands of locally elected politicians'. Read full article
11 March, 2008
The Gibraltar/Miltown Martyrs DVD now on sale at the Ráth Mór Office or through your local Sinn Féin Cumann - £5.00 Read full article
10 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Equality Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has said that if the Assembly is going to be blocked from being a shared public space then it should become a neutral space. Ms Anderson was speaking after the DUP, UUP, Alliance and the SDLP voted to block a Sinn Féin event to celebrate the life of Mairead Farrell in the Long Gallery in the Assembly. Read full article
10 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the call by the Joint Business Council (JBC) of the Northern and Southern Business confederations - IBEC and CBI - for convergence on North-South infrastructure spend. Read full article
10 March, 2008
On Thursday March 6th, the 20th Anniversary of the Gibraltar/Milltown , Derry Ógra Shinn Féin held a showing of the recently produced film on the tragic events of 20 years ago. Read full article
7 March, 2008
On the eve of International Women's Day 2008 Sinn Féin Equality and Human rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that as a society we still have some way to go to get the full implementation of Gender Equality Read full article
7 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the news that Queens University Centre for Vision Science (CVS has received grants of over £500,000 from three charities to help investigate the two leading causes of blindness Read full article
7 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney shall be part of a Sinn Féin delegation including Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún to a conflict settlement conference in Berlin today. Read full article
6 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Fleming has called on the management of Calcast Engineering to move immediately to secure the long term future of the plant. Read full article
6 March, 2008
IRIS Spring 2008
On sale now Read full article
5 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan, has challenged the Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to spell out her position on the house sales scheme. Read full article
5 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said that the Skeoge Road must be utilised as a catalyst for regeneration of the Greater Shantallow area and not just as a shortcut for traffic. Read full article
5 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has called on Senators to support a request he has made to the Committee on Procedures and Privileges to invite Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness to address the Seanad to mark the tenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Read full article
4 March, 2008
Colin McShane is from Portglenone, County Antrim and a 3rd year student at Queens University Belfast studying History and Politics.
Today and tomorrow (tues 4th and wed 5th of March), he is running in an election for the position of VP Education as a Queens sabbatical officer and as he is a republican activist, we would urge Republicans nationally to assist in the campaign. Read full article
4 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has called on Sports Minister Edwin Poots to make available sufficient upgrade funding to ensure that sporting facilities in Derry are capable of securing designation to host Olympic athletes. Read full article
4 March, 2008
Derry Ógra Shinn Féin will be holding an event this coming Thursday night to mark the 20th Anniversary of Gibraltar /Milltown Read full article
4 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond Mc Cartney has welcomed today's statement from the Education Minister Caitríona Ruane setting the next steps in the transformation of the education system Read full article
4 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has said Sinn Féin will be pressing the Minister Michael McGimpsey to listen to the call by the Health Committee and set up an Independent Public Inquiry into Clostridium Difficile related deaths in Hospitals. Read full article
4 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that the first Policing Plan agreed between the Board and the PSNI with Sinn Féin input includes a number of important developments and additions as a direct result of Sinn Féin's engagement Read full article
4 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has challenged the Housing Minister, Margaret Ritchie to explain why she failed to bid for money, during the December Monitoring Round, after it emerged that the Housing Executive had run out of money to carry out essential repairs Read full article
4 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Fleming has welcomed the decision by DRD Road Service to improve the lighting in the Prehen area. Read full article
4 March, 2008
Waterside Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has hit out at those involved in a weekend paint bomb attack on the home of a Romanian family in the City. Read full article
4 March, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has insisted that residents parking schemes will not be introduced without widespread consultation with local people. Read full article
3 March, 2008
On Saturday 1st March Derry Ógra Shinn Féin successfully launched the national N.A.R.C (Not Another Ravaged Community) Campaign by taking part in a public demonstration near the Foyle Embankment Read full article
3 March, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the decision by Carter and Carter a company which was awarded the mechanics and motor vehicle training contract ahead of the North West Regional College to withdraw from the contract Read full article
3 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has said there needs to be an end to the of the intolerable blockade of the Gaza Strip and the brutal isolation of its people Read full article
3 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said that the Skeoge Road must be utilised as a catalyst for regeneration of the Greater Shantallow area and not just as a shortcut for traffic Read full article
3 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Regional Development Spokesperson Raymond McCartney has said that the public should not be forced to pick up the multi-million pound bill for the miscalculations of the water company, NI Water. Read full article
3 March, 2008
The campaign to end the University of Ulster's controversial 'political protocol' which censors political activity on campus, gained further momentum at the weekend when the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis voted overwhelmingly in support of a motion calling for the scrapping of the protocol. Read full article
3 March, 2008
Martina Anderson is an MLA for Foyle and party spokesperson on Equality and Human Rights, brought the 'Stand Up for Derry' campaign to the floor of the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis at the week-end. Read full article
3 March, 2008
Martin McGuinness MP,MLA - Address to Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2008 Read full article
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