News Archives for July, 2008
31 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed a response from the Police Ombudsman Office clarifying the matter of suspension of officers. Read full article
31 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed the news that 13 new homes are to be built on the site of the former Lady of Lourdes Hall in the Brandywell. Read full article
31 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board member and Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has condemned an attack on a man at Lisnagelvin playing fields at the weekend. Read full article
31 July, 2008
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle, Bairbre de Brun has today commented on the rising cost of living that citizens are facing on a daily basis and called for a long term strategy to tackle the consumer impact of the soaring cost of living. Read full article
30 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor, Paul Fleming has called on the DVLNI to provide an explanatory note with Statutory Off Road Notices (SORN). Read full article
30 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the news that scientists have developed a new drug known as "Rember" which may halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease Read full article
30 July, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney speaking after attending a Conflict Resolution Forum seminar 'From the Margins to The Centre' in Beirut said, Read full article
30 July, 2008
Tá físeán nua ann, ar an Youtube! Seo é an scannán gearr den Slogadh na nÓg 2008! Read full article
29 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has called on people to heed warnings about skin cancer due to continuing rise in the number of cancers, particularly melanoma Read full article
29 July, 2008
Responding to comments in today's Irish News by PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Peter Sheridan claiming that the PSNI know the location of loyalist weapons dumps, Sinn Féin MLA and Policing Board member Martina Anderson said that if this is the case then it was time they went out and lifted them. Read full article
29 July, 2008
Sinn Féin's MLA Raymond McCartney has said he believes that culture Minister Gregory Campbell must show the same degree of commitment to the Irish Language as he has pledged to show to Ulster Scots. Read full article
29 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has backed calls for the underpass at the Old School Lane-Steelstown underpass to be closed as it has become a hive of anti-social behaviour. Read full article
29 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has congratulated "Da Young Fathers" Project for being short listed in the British National Lottery Awards and said that people across the North should vote for it. Read full article
28 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn welcomed improvements at City of Derry Airport for passengers with disabilities. Read full article
28 July, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called on statutory agencies to do more to help people living in the isolated Derry community of Lettershandoney. Read full article
28 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Council Leader Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed the appointment of Valerie Watts to the position of Derry City Council Town Clerk & Chief Executive Read full article
28 July, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called for the Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to implement a city centre lighting strategy which was commissioned over three years ago. Read full article
28 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has warned people to a take few extra home security measures during the current spell of good weather in efforts to curb opportunist thefts Read full article
28 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow area Tony Hassan commenting on the murder of Jean Quigley at Cornshell Fields Read full article
27 July, 2008
IRIS - The Greatest Escape Read full article
25 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area Tony Hassan has condemned those involved in the stoning of two buses in the Galliagh area on Thursday night Read full article
25 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has dismissed suggestions that members of the RIR should be given a so called 'homecoming parade' on return from Afghanistan. Read full article
25 July, 2008
Annual Vol Kevin Lynch Commemoration
Sunday 27th July 11.45AM
Assemble at The Grove
Dungiven
Main Speaker Martina Anderson MLA Read full article
24 July, 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 teenager in Winnipeg Canada. Read full article
24 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has said that the continuous registration being rolled out by the electoral office is bearing fruits. He was speaking after it was revealed there was in increase of more than 300% in the number of registration applications received compared with the same period the previous year. The figures were included in the annual report 2007/08 by the chief electoral officer, Douglas Bain. Read full article
24 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed news of a breakthrough in finding a new drug to help battle against aggressive prostate cancer Read full article
24 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney responding to the news that Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams, will launch the party's 'Text to Join' initiative today Thursday 24 July, at 3.30pm Read full article
24 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Human Rights, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has welcomed new legislation that will require Airports to provide services to assist passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility when travelling through airports in Europe. Read full article
24 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed the news that demolition work has now commenced at old United Technologies Factory on Blighs Lane Read full article
24 July, 2008
A short film has been produced promoting the upcoming National Republican Youth Weekend in Derry on 15 - 17 August. Read full article
23 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has backed resident's calls for the reclassification of the speed limit on sections of Creggan Road after a teenager was knocked down on the road on Tuesday night. Read full article
23 July, 2008
The people of Derry should be informed how a proposed review of the benefits system will affect not just claimants but jobs here, local Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has insisted Read full article
23 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that her party is determined to resist attempts which are underway to repackage the PPS14 planning regulations. Read full article
23 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has commended community volunteers for helping prevent a petrol bomb attack on the Fountain Estate late on Tuesday night Read full article
22 July, 2008
Sinn Fein MEP Bairbre de Brun lent her support yesterday to farmers protesting outside Leinster House against Commissioner Mandelson's WTO proposals Read full article
22 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said proposed changes to the Benefits system announced by the Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell yesterday will hit the most vulnerable in society Read full article
22 July, 2008
Sinn Féin's Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has questioned the intentions of DUP MLA Iris Robinson in her latest attack against the gay community Read full article
22 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said that he is disappointed that no Foyle Cup matches will be played on the Leafair Pitches. Read full article
22 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Elisha McLaughlin has urged children to remove bonfire material from an electricity sub station in the Moss Park area. Read full article
22 July, 2008
Sinn Fein MLA Raymond McCartney has re-stated its commitment that no one will have to pay twice for water and sewerage services and a return to the system where water and rates form one single bill as a public consultation into the recommendations of the Independent Water Review Panel, led by Professor Paddy Hillyard, are scheduled to go out to public consultation in the autumn. Read full article
22 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has appealed to retail outlets in the Derry to encourage the practice of re-useable shopping bags and discourage the over use of plastic bags Read full article
22 July, 2008
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22 July, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that Mark Durkan's call for the Assembly to be recalled is nothing more than political posturing. Read full article
21 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has condemned a sectarian attack on two children in the city centre on Sunday afternoon. Read full article
21 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn welcomed comments from Unite representative Gareth Scott indicating that they will meet with Council on the issues concerning City of Derry Airport. Read full article
21 July, 2008
Speaking on learning of Mrs Conlon's death, Gerry MacLochlainn said
"I was very upset to hear of the sad loss of Sarah Conlon yesterday. Mrs Conlon was an example of the spirit of Irish women who rose to the almost unbearable challenge of seeing her son and then her husband falsely imprisoned in England along with other members of her family by a state that was out of control in its war against the Irish community. Read full article
21 July, 2008
Two senior surgeons who are due to leave Altnagelvin Hospital will be replaced with the minimum of delay, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
18 July, 2008
Ógra and Sinn Féin activists from Tyrone and Derry gathered in Strabane on Wednesday 16th July, to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the death of Tobias Molloy, Fianna Eireann. Read full article
18 July, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has written to the Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure Gregory Campbell asking him to detail the cost of the Ulster Scots Academy Implementation Group Read full article
17 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney MLA and former Hunger Striker has welcomed the announcement that the 2008 National H Block Hunger Strike March will be held in Derry on Sunday the 17th August.
This is the first time the event is being held outside of Belfast Read full article
17 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has appealed to parents to check the whereabouts of their children at night time after a number of incidents in the Blighs Lane area over recent nights .The latest being a fire at the site of the new St Cecilia's College on Tuesday night shortly after 10.00pm Read full article
17 July, 2008
Derry Ógra Shinn Féin has reacted angrily to this week's widespread and mainstream media coverage of the 12th July Parades.
Chairperson Niall Doran has questioned why similar coverage is not afforded particularly on BBC and UTV for the annual 1916 Easter Commemorations Read full article
16 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed to businesses throughout the city in the next few weeks to ensure that all packaging from stock, wooden pallets, tyres, building materials are securely locked up after receiving complaints about such items being used for starting fires in various parts of the city on a nightly basis Read full article
16 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that Safer neighbourhoods require united community and police response. Read full article
16 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has questioned what measures the Minister for the Environment Sammy Wilson MLA has taken to intervene on behalf of local government staff who are to strike for a pay increase. Read full article
16 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has warned that an organised gang is stealing home heating oil shortly after it is delivered to homes in the Ballymagroarty and Hazlebank areas. Read full article
16 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has urged motorists to adjust their driving habits to allow for the upsurge in the number of children that will be out and about now that the school holidays are underway. Read full article
16 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Environmental spokesperson Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has expressed deep frustration at a Westminster Public Accounts Committee report, which states that the Sellafield Plant will not be completely 'clean' until 2120 Read full article
15 July, 2008
de Brún calls for action on Palestinian prisoners, especially children
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has called for action in support of Palestinian political prisoners being held by Israel.
Speaking after attending a hearing on the issue in the European Parliament in Strasbourg , and in advance of the debate with the European Commission and Council, Ms de Brún commented: Read full article
15 July, 2008
Commenting on a new report entitled 'Spotlight on older people' published by Help the Aged, Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has expressed his shock and disgust at the figures highlighting that one in seven older people live below the poverty line. Read full article
15 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has condemned those involved in the a number of incidents in the Bogside area on Friday night /early hours of Saturday morning with an attempt made to set fire to a car belonging to a number of tourists car parked on Fahan Street and later a car being set on fire at the bottom of the Lecky Road Flyover . Read full article
10 July, 2008
Gerry Adams to discuss his writings at An Grianan on Saturday as part or Earagail Arts festival Read full article
10 July, 2008
Commenting today on the publication of the Policing Board Report into the Omagh Bomb investigation, Sinn Féin Board member Martina Anderson said that the report lacked substance in a number of key areas, was published without reference to other outstanding reports and left many of the questions raised by the trial judge unanswered Read full article
9 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has welcomed the decision by the Derry City Council to transfer lands at Lowry's Lane to Doire Colmcille GAA Club. Read full article
9 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed the decision by DRD Road Service to upgrade the street lighting in the Coshowen area. Read full article
8 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has questioned the use by Ministers of the efficiency savings requirement as a pretence to introduce staff reductions and service cuts. Read full article
8 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson, Martina Anderson has welcomed the comments by the Human Rights Commissioner, Monica McWilliams on the 42 Day Detention Bill which is before the British House of Lords today. Read full article
8 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has expressed deep concern at stories in the media today regarding cuts to the ambulance service. Read full article
8 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has expressed deep shock at figures released from the Department of Health that the Fire and Rescue Service spends 40% of its budget each year on dealing with malicious fires. Read full article
7 July, 2008
Responding to a report from the British NI Affairs Committee on the cost of holding investigations into killings during the conflict, Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson said that the monetary cost did not come directly from the inquiries themselves but from the British State policy of concealment, cover-up and suppression of the truth Read full article
7 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said that new figures released by the Department of Education highlight how dramatically the education environment is changing. Read full article
7 July, 2008
Food costs increase by 21% as supermarket profits spiral-Anderson Read full article
7 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson MLA commenting on the Crompton Report into the Omagh bomb investigations initiated by the Policing Board has called for the publication of the Police Ombudsman's Report. Read full article
7 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has appealed for drivers to show due care and attention when negotiating many of the busy road junctions throughout the city. Read full article
4 July, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that while any proposal to introduce a rates relief for homes meeting or installing energy efficient measures or micro-generation would contribute to a sustainable energy policy that there were genuine concerns that the proposals from Finance Minister Nigel Dodds would penalise those most at risk from fuel poverty. Read full article
3 July, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the news that over 400,000 people in the North of Ireland have claimed or renewed Irish passports over the past ten years. Read full article
3 July, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the investment of £120 million announced by Seagate Technologies to be invested on their Springtown plant. Read full article
2 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Waterside ward Lynn Fleming has condemned a recent car theft from Cuthbert Street. Read full article
2 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the news that the legal age to purchase cigarettes will rise to 18 in September. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has demanded movement on plans to develop a key site in Derry city centre. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has said that an attack on the House on the Wells was a despicable act against some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has expressed disappointment at the predetermined attitude of Douglas Bain of the Electoral Office expressed at a meeting called by the Electoral Commission this morning. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called on Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster to respond positively to the call by the Consumer Council to extend the range of Financial Services available from Credit Unions. Read full article
1 July, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has demanded movement on plans to develop a key site in Derry city centre. Read full article
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