News Archives for August, 2008
31 August, 2008
Sinn Féin has launched a new website for the Enniskillen by-election Read full article
31 August, 2008
Speaking this afternoon at an international event on the Lisbon Treaty in Porto, Portugal Sinn Féin Campaign Director Cllr. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn told the thousands in attendance that the Lisbon Treaty is dead and a new and better deal must be negotiated for the people of Europe. Read full article
29 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has urged Finance Ministers North and South to explore the possibilities that could be available if the Credit Unions powers to offer a wider range of financial services were extended to mirror those available by other financial institutions Read full article
29 August, 2008
Commenting after Peter Robinson sent a letter to DRD Minister Conor Murphy complaining about presentational changes made to the Regional Development Strategy, Sinn Féin Foyle Assembly member Raymond McCartney said 'it was time for the First Minister to stop engaging in petty politics and get down to the business of sorting out real issues' Read full article
29 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan commenting following a number of stone throwing incidents in the Shantallow area on Wednesday night. Read full article
29 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has welcomed the commencement of work to build 63 new houses on the site of the old Dove Gardens complex in the Bogside area Read full article
28 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the greater Shantallow area Elisha McLaughlin commenting on the reported rise in the number of people seeking help from the Society of St Vincent de Paul and the Consumers Councils new findings that 80 % cent of people questioned in a recent study here are worried about their finances Read full article
28 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed confirmation from The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) that work is now well underway on an assessment of the damage arising from recent flooding. Read full article
28 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the greater Shantallow area Elisha McLaughlin has expressed her concern that all those entitled to winter fuel payments are not claiming their allowance. Read full article
27 August, 2008
Commenting on the announcement that Invest NI Chief Executive Leslie Morrison is stepping down, Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson said that an opportunity for change of policy, remit and direction is now available to the Executive. Read full article
27 August, 2008
Responding to Minister of State for Europe Dick Roche's comments that the government may re-run the Lisbon Treaty referendum the Donegal Sinn Féin councillor and Director of the No to Lisbon campaing, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, has called on local Fianna Fáil representatives to stand up to their government and make clear statements in opposition to such a scenario. Read full article
27 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has condemned those involved in a number vandalism attacks on the gardens of homes in the Beechwood Avenue area over the past few nights. Read full article
27 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Equality and human rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has called for the immediate removal of racist slogans and symbols including Swastikas and Ku Klux Clan signs which have appeared on walls in various parts of Derry over the weekend Read full article
26 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and DPP member Maeve McLaughlin has condemned those involved in an attempted knife robbery of two tourists on the city's walls on Monday night Read full article
26 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Assembly member Martina Anderson today said that it is important that the DUP now act upon the commitment they made in Downing Street in June to enter a period of intensive discussions to resolve the outstanding issues. Read full article
25 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle Assembly member Raymond McCartney today said that comments made by Jeffery Donaldson expressing regret that the six counties would miss out on 2012 Olympic action because of the failure to proceed with the Maze/ Long Kesh stadium ignored completely the fact that all of the delays are because the DUP is internally split on the issue. Read full article
25 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that the SDLP MLA Margaret Ritchie was either suffering from 'extreme paranoia or delusions of grandeur' after she attempted to suggest that there was a grand conspiracy underway to stop her party becoming justice minister Read full article
25 August, 2008
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson on Derry city council, Cllr Tony Hassan, has claimed that the Minister for Social Development, Margaret Ritchie, could help create hundreds of jobs in the city by introducing a programme of new build of social housing in the council area. Read full article
25 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said that hundreds of homeowners across the north affected by the recent flooding should have been told about the risks when they were applying for planning permission. Read full article
25 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Environmental spokesperson Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has welcomed the acquisition of the electricity transmission system in the North (SONI) by the southern transmission body (EirGrid) as a further consolidation of the all-Ireland Energy Market. Read full article
25 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has expressed concern after discovering that some students graduating from university are having their diplomas withheld because the Student Loan Company has failed to pay their fees. Read full article
22 August, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the innovative Leaner Driving facility which has recently opened in Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Read full article
22 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said that someone will be killed if manhole covers continue to be lifted which has been happening in the Lenamore area. Read full article
22 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has said that the people who vandalised the Republican Memorial in the Top of the Hill will not detract the community from fulfilling the ideals for which the people whose names are on the monument died for. Read full article
22 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson, Councillor Billy Page has expressed serious concerns about the evidence of poor hygiene at five hospitals in the North of Ireland. Read full article
22 August, 2008
Republicans from throughout Ireland will converge in the village of Loughmacrory and in the townland of Foremass, Sixmilecross next weekend to take part in a series of events to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the deaths of IRA volunteers Gerard and Martin Harte and Brian Mullin. Read full article
21 August, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has called on Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to explain her about turn on neighbourhood renewal category schemes which will cost hundreds of jobs in the community sector across the north. Read full article
21 August, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA and Policing Board member Martina Anderson has said that the investigation by the Police Ombudsman into the use of a Taser by the PSNI in Derry at the weekend needs to be exhaustive and transparent. Read full article
21 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and Pilot Row Committee member Peter Anderson has said that the arsonists who burnt the centre's mini-bus have deprived the whole community of an important asset. Read full article
21 August, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney in welcoming the initiative for first time buyers introduced today by Ulster Bank in conjunction with a number of developers has called on other Banks to follow suit and introduce other products to stimulate the market. Read full article
21 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has appealed for an end of petrol bombs being thrown into the Fountain Estate. Read full article
20 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson has called on Ian Paisley Junior to withdraw his call for the PSNI to return to the tactics of the RUC shoot-to-kill era. Read full article
20 August, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has appealed to anyone eligible for 60+ Smartpass to ensure that they applied for it before the deadline of the 29th August. Read full article
20 August, 2008
On the death of INLA Volunteer Michael Devine at 12 minutes to eight on Thursday, 20 August 1981, his brother-in-law Frankie McCauley said, "One thinks,'Ten men, how many more have to die? We have ours now over us. Next week it will be big Laurence's people waiting for the same thing. Then the Devlins after that and another boy will go on hunger strike and another. They'll never break them.' Read full article
20 August, 2008
Ballymurphy Massacre Information Read full article
19 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has welcomed the announcement by Minister of Development Conor Murphy that a 6km stretch of the road leading to the City of Derry Airport is to be converted into a dual carriageway. Read full article
19 August, 2008
Sinn Fein MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed news that Education Minister Caitriona Ruane is to increase investment to further expand Sports and Language Programmes for primary schools across the north. Read full article
19 August, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney will today travel to Stormont for an emergency meeting of the Development Committee to discuss the recent flooding. Read full article
19 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has said that there are elements within the Fountain Estate determined to raise tensions and community leaders and political leaders must act to stop them before someone is killed or seriously injured. Read full article
18 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has called on the DRD Road Service to ensure that the work works being carried out on the Northland road are clearly marked. Read full article
18 August, 2008
Deputy First Minister Sinn Féin MLA Martin McGuinness has said that the death of Ronnie Drew has left a massive void in the cultural life of Ireland. Read full article
18 August, 2008
Gerry Adams, President Sinn Fein, MP, MLA
Hunger Strike March August 17th 2008 Read full article
18 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said that those people who lit a fire on the Skeoge Road last night were in danger of destroying the catalyst for redeveloping the entire area. Read full article
18 August, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has requested a meeting with the Minister of Health Michael McGimpsey to push for the retention of the minor ailment scheme operated by community pharmacists here. Read full article
15 August, 2008
Directions for Sundays march Read full article
15 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Environmental spokesperson Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has said that a larger percentage of new homes and factories being built should be installed with solar panels in a bid to cut soaring energy bills. Read full article
15 August, 2008
It has been claimed that people are risking their lives by buying prescription tranquilisers on the black market. Commenting on this issue, Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has said that the growth in dependance on legal, prescription drugs is deeply worrying. Read full article
15 August, 2008
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA has told graduates of the University Of Ulster's Step-Up programme that qualified employees are the key to a dynamic innovative economy Read full article
15 August, 2008
Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams is to be the keynote speaker at one of the biggest Republicans rallies ever seen in Derry. The rally to commemorate the 1981 Hunger Strike takes place in the city on Sunday .Thousands from across the country and abroad are expected to attend. With up to 20 bands, many from Scotland, floats, and various campaign groups taking part it promises to be a day to remember. Read full article
15 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and party spokesperson on housing, Tony Hassan, has condemned Monday night's arson attack on a vacant house on the Steelstown Road. Read full article
14 August, 2008
Sinn Féin will on Friday publish the party's annual financial statements for both the north and south. Both statements will be available on the party's website www.sinnfein.ie on Friday afternoon. Read full article
14 August, 2008
This coming weekend for the first time ever a tour of the plaques erected by the Derry Republican Graves Association in memory of Volunteers of Briogáid Dhoire Óglaigh na h-Éireann who died on active service in the Bogside / Brandywell area will take place on Saturday. The tour will be given by friends and former comrades of the fallen volunteers. Read full article
13 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has called on all the people of Ballymagroarty to do all in their power to ensure that attacks on the Fire Service are stopped and that they are allowed to do their jobs with out fear and go about the business of making our community safer. Read full article
13 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page commenting on the latest figures released that have revealed a 46% increase in the amounts of physical attacks on staff at Altnagelvin Hospital Read full article
13 August, 2008
Sports and Languages programmes introduced by the Department of Education have been an early success and are to be expanded across the North of Ireland. Read full article
13 August, 2008
Donegal Sinn Féin Chairperson, Mick Quinn has called on republicans from throughout the county to support the annual National Hunger Strike Commemoration being held in Derry on Sunday 17th August. Read full article
12 August, 2008
For more details on Sundays National H Block commemoration taking place in Derry
Contact Committee at Tar Abhaile, 02871266675, or the Sinn Féin Ráth Mór Office 02871 377551, Read full article
11 August, 2008
Sinn Féin says that North West Gateway Initiative (NWGI), the intergovernmental initiative originally announced in May 2005 and billed as the primary vehicle which would take forward the socio-economic regeneration of this part of Ireland, must now concentrate on delivery on the ground for areas like Derry and its Donegal hinterlands- areas that have bourn the brunt of marginilasation and neglect down through the years. Read full article
11 August, 2008
Ógra Shinn Féin National Organiser Barry McColgan has urged young republicans to mobilise for the annual Hunger Strike march, on Sunday 17th August and which is due to be held in Derry for the first time in 27 years. Read full article
11 August, 2008
Seminar on British use of CR Gas Read full article
11 August, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson commenting after attending the launch of the Hooley on the Hill festival in the Waterside Read full article
11 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has condemned an attack on a number of community workers who were trying to prevent a second car from being set on fire at Fahan Street on Saturday night. Read full article
8 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has said that the Housing Minister Margaret Ritchie must do more to tackle the housing crisis after the latest figures from the Court Service revealed a 59% increase in the number of actions for mortgage default over the last year Read full article
8 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson, Billy Page , commenting on planned cuts to the ambulance service across the North has expressed deep concern for people in need of these essential services, particularly those living in rural communities. Read full article
8 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson, Tony Hassan has called on Social Development Minister, Margaret Ritchie, to bring forward her proposals for building new affordable social housing as a matter of urgency to address the growing homelessness and assist the embattled quarry and construction industries Read full article
8 August, 2008
In August 1971 the unionist regime at Stormont, under prime minister Brian Faulkner and supported by Edward Heath's Tory government in London, introduced internment without trial in the North of Ireland. More than 340 men were taken to prison camps in the initial swoop Read full article
7 August, 2008
Speaking after an emotional and informative discussion at West Belfast festival last night by Gilian Slovo, daughter of, leading ANC activists Joe Slovo and Ruth First, Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson said that Gilian's experience has a strong resonation within the Republican community. Read full article
7 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed the publication of a new guide by the Childminding Association, helping parents to select suitable childcare. Read full article
7 August, 2008
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson on Derry City Council, Cllr Tony Hassan, has called on the Housing Executive and the Department of Social Development, to look for more land that could be made available for social housing in the city. Read full article
7 August, 2008
Invest NI's failure to deliver jobs and investment to Derry, is expected to be investigated by the Auditor General, local Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has predicted. Read full article
7 August, 2008
Thomas McElwee, at the age of 23, was the 10th man to join the 1981 Hunger Strike. From Bellaghy in South Derry, he was imprisoned in 1976 after a premature bomb explosion in which he lost an eye. Read full article
7 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has said that the annual 'George and Pop Football Tournament' will take place on Saturday 16th August to coincide with the Annual Hungerstrike commemoration taking place that weekend in Derry Read full article
6 August, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that the Department of Health must work with the Pharmaceutical Contractors Committee (PCC) to ensure that the minor ailment scheme is maintained. Read full article
6 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has said that the young people who stoned a pharmacy deliver van in the Hazlebank area are putting lives at risk. Read full article
5 August, 2008
Speaking after it was revealed that Sinn Féin and the DUP had reached an agreement on the model to which policing and justice powers would be transferred, Sinn Féin Assembly member Martina Anderson said: Read full article
5 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed the announcement of a new consultation process on whether the ratings for video /consol games should replicate the system for movies
Councillor Logue said Read full article
5 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has called on RTE to ensure that its service is available throughout the 32 Counties when it converts to digital in 2012. Read full article
5 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has congratulated the organisers of the Picnic in the Park which took place on Saturday 2nd August at Brooke Park as part of Féile '08 Read full article
4 August, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA and former Hungerstriker Raymond McCartney has said that the people who vandalised the Hungerstrike memorial acted against the whole community. Read full article
2 August, 2008
Today 2nd August marks the 27th anniversary of Kieran Doherty, who was one of the ten men who gave their lives on Hunger Strike in 1981. Read full article
2 August, 2008
Policing Board member Martina Anderson has called for more support for victims of domestic violence following new evidence about the extent of the problem here. Read full article
1 August, 2008
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1 August, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has praised the Fire Service for extinguishing a burning car in the laneway behind homes in Elmwood Terrace /Westland Villas in the early hours of Friday morning (1st August) and said had this fire spread to adjacent homes the consequences could have been very serious.
Councillor Logue also appealed for an end to hoax calls to the emergency services Read full article
1 August, 2008
A large crowd turned out in Dungiven, County Derry, on Sunday, 27 July, for a commemoration marking the 27th anniversary of the death of republican Hunger Striker Kevin Lynch. Lynch was the seventh Hunger Striker to die in 1981.
The main address at the commemoration was delivered by Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson.
In the course of her address, Anderson said: Read full article
1 August, 2008
Sinn Féin's Spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has once again called on DCAL Minister, Gregory Campbell, to secure the rights and entitlements of Gaelgóirí in the North of Ireland through an Irish Language Act regardless of problems being experienced in the Ulster Scots Movement. Read full article
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