News Archives for December, 2008
31 December, 2008
Everyone at www.derrysinnfein.ie would like to wish our readers a very a happy and peaceful New Year and thank you for your continuing support Read full article
31 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has appealed for motorists to heed the festive anti drink campaign over the New Year period. His call comes after a 10% rise in the number of people detected drink driving during the first half of this years campaign Read full article
31 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle Martina Anderson MLA has called for solidarity with the people of Gaza following the fourth day of intensive air strikes of the Gaza Strip by Israel. The air strikes have killed over 360 people and injured 1,400. Read full article
31 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has said his party will continue with its campaign in 2009 for more social and affordable homes in the Derry area for the next five to ten years. Read full article
31 December, 2008
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the reduction of prescription charges from £6.85 to £3 from Thursday (1st January) by the Health Minister Michael McGimpsey .This move comes ahead of the abolition of prescription charges in the North of Ireland by 2010. Read full article
30 December, 2008
Foyle MLA Martina Anderson looks backs at 2008 on what has been a turbulent time for the economy of Derry, shares some of local highlights of the year and wishes everyone in the city a very happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year Read full article
30 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Environmental spokesperson Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has called for better labelling on household products to inform the public what products can be recycled. With the huge amount of waste that will be created over the Christmas and New Year period we need to be doing more to encourage people to recycle more of their household waste. Read full article
30 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has expressed his 'shock and sadness' at figures released highlighting the degree of river pollution across the North. Read full article
29 December, 2008
Sinn Féin International Affairs and Human Rights Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, speaking from Dublin today where he attended demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian People, said tough words from Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will have no affect on Israel's decision to continue is bombardment of Gaza Read full article
29 December, 2008
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has called for solidarity with the people of Gaza in the wake of repeated Israeli bombardment of the region, which has killed at least 270 people and wounded hundreds more. Read full article
28 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said it vitally important to continue to highlight the issue of Domestic Violence Read full article
28 December, 2008
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP MLA and National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald MEP have today, on behalf of the party's leadership and elected representatives in the Assembly, Oireachtas and local authorities throughout the island, condemned Israel's brutal attack on Gaza which has killed at least 155 people and wounded hundreds more. Read full article
26 December, 2008
SPEAKING during a debate in the North's Assembly on the impact of the global economic downturn, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams commended the 'efforts of the Executive in bringing forward measures to strengthen the local economy, to protect the most vulnerable in our society, and to alleviate hardship Read full article
24 December, 2008
Nollaig shona agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh ! Read full article
24 December, 2008
If you would like Irelands biggest selling political weekly newspaper delivered to your door in 2009 please contact the Derry Sinn Féin constituency office 02871 377551 Read full article
24 December, 2008
Interview : Former republican POW John Thomas speaks to Gearóid Mac Aodh Read full article
24 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that people need to be careful when organising Christmas Parties as over 30% of all crime reported over the Christmas period is domestic home related. Read full article
23 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has criticised reported plans by the British Government to charge interest on emergency loans known as "Social Funds" to the country's poorest households. Read full article
23 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed the news that the Consumer Council and the Utility regulator are to carry out joint research with the aim of making people aware of schemes available from energy companies to help them manage their bills. Read full article
23 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has stated that the legislation before Westminster regarding compensation for community halls in the North of Ireland is enshrining discrimination on statute as it ignores attacks on GAA halls and clubhouses. Read full article
22 December, 2008
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has appealed again for anyone with any information - no matter how small they may think it is - concerning any of those remains still missing to "either bring that information forward to the Commission or any of the official agencies, or to myself or any other Sinn Fein representative." Read full article
22 December, 2008
Speaking after the meeting Councillor MacLochlainn said: Read full article
22 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has slammed the treatment of local woman Katherine Devlin who is currently remanded in Hydebank Wood Prison Read full article
22 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has hit out at the thugs who robbed at knifepoint a female member of staff at a shop on Great James Street just before 9.00am on Friday morning Read full article
22 December, 2008
Sinn Féin councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Cllr Tony Hassan, has called on the road service to act now and clean all drainage gullies in the Pennyburn Area so as to prevent flooding this winter. Read full article
22 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has celled for a parity of services to assist street drinkers after establishing that much more is available in Belfast than Derry. Read full article
21 December, 2008
An Achievable Vision - Mitchel McLaughlin MLA Read full article
20 December, 2008
LIMERICK
COMMEMORATION: Seán Sabhat Commemoration, 2.30pm Sunday 4 January 2009. Assemble: Bedford Row. Speaker: Toireasa Ferris Read full article
20 December, 2008
Who's afraid of a Bill of Rights?
By Mary Nelis Read full article
19 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has said the news that all Woolworths are set to close on 5th January will be a body blow to local workers who had hoped a new owner could have been found to buy the company and safeguard jobs at the Derry branch Read full article
19 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney commenting on the continuing plight of the undocumented Irish in America has said that many Irish emigrants will not be experiencing the joy of travelling home for Christmas to visit their loved ones Read full article
19 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has warned local University students and parents of students studying outside the city about the threat of burglaries over the Christmas and New Year period Read full article
19 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Cllr Maeve Mc Laughlin has written to NITB and Tourism Ireland to request a meeting in Derry to devise a strategy to maximise tourism in the city. Read full article
19 December, 2008
Following a statement being issued last weekend by Ógra we have been asked for more information on Leonard Peltier Read full article
19 December, 2008
The £150 fuel credit for vulnerable households here could be in place by the end of January, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
19 December, 2008
Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn expressed his opposition to the
fact that the SDLP moved a motion in favour of incineration at the North West Regional Waste Management Joint Committee. Read full article
19 December, 2008
Sinn Féin's Councillor Patricia Logue has urged the public to be particularly mindful of the dangers of house fires over the Christmas period. Read full article
18 December, 2008
An Ógra Shinn Féin delegation visited Castlerea jail within the past week. The visit was a part of the annual Republican prisoner's month. Whilst a delegation visited the jail members of Ógra Shinn Féin were engaging in protests, white line pickets and candlelit vigils for our imprisoned comrades in streets and town centres nationwide. Read full article
18 December, 2008
Online tribute to Vinny Coyle
An online tribute to one of the Civil Rights campaign's best known figures has been watched by thousands times during its first week online.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=B4uIM0VPUXE Read full article
18 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA and spokesperson on Human Rights Martina Anderson has today called for the establishment of Commissioners Forum to deliver clear and binding proposals to address the serious failings in the delivery of prison facilities in the North of Ireland. Speaking following the publishing of today's report by the Independent Monitoring Board on prisons Ms Anderson said: Read full article
18 December, 2008
The following short film shows some of the actions which where organised for Ógra Shinn Féin's weekend of action in solidarity with IRA POWs. Read full article
18 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page said he was shocked to learn that in 2007 there were over 6,000 cases of abuse against healthcare staff across the North . Read full article
18 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has this afternoon voted in favour of the European Parliament's Climate Change Package. Today's vote is a landmark in tackling climate change as it is the first time such a package has been addressed through EU legislation. Ms de Brún is an active member of the European Parliament's Environment and Climate Change Committees and has actively worked on the package that is being voted on today. Read full article
18 December, 2008
Foyle MLA Martina Anderson commenting on the need for funding for the restoration of St. Columb's Cathedral in Derry Read full article
17 December, 2008
Fáiltíonn Bairbre de Brún FPE roimh leabhar '50 Bliain i Stair Pharlaimint na hEorpa'. Léirítear san leabhair seo le grianghraif stair Pharlaimint na hEorpa ó 1958 i leith. Foilsíodh an leabhair i ngach teanga oifigiúil den AE, an Ghaeilge san áireamh. Read full article
17 December, 2008
Bairbre de Brún said that "the way the Irish 'No' vote has been dealt with is not creating goodwill" and warned that "it could even fuel opposition to the EU". Speaking in the European Parliament Ms de Brún said that "the gap between EU leaders and citizens has been deepened by the response to 'No' votes in Ireland and elsewhere." Read full article
17 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has slammed Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie's incompetence after it emerged that she failed to allocate almost £40 million of DSD budget . Read full article
17 December, 2008
Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the statement from the Executive, that they will consider proposals to extend the range of services provided by Credit Unions here in the North Read full article
17 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has said a community response is needed to ensure that recent attacks on Gritter Lorries in the Ballymagroarty area stop Read full article
17 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson MLA has stated that the revelations by Amnesty International at today's Policing Board meeting with regards Taser's deaths is yet more evidence that they should be withdrawn. Read full article
16 December, 2008
As last month saw Donegal losing 30 jobs each day, Senator Pearse Doherty has called on An Tánaiste, and Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Mary Coughlan to outline her plan for the economic recovery of Donegal. Read full article
16 December, 2008
Sinn Féin's MEP on the European Parliament's Climate Change Committee has today spoken on the latest proposed EU plan on Climate Change which will be voted in the European Parliament tomorrow. Read full article
16 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has broadly welcomed announcements made on Monday in relation to assisting the Education sector here in the North. While welcoming much of the news, Mr McCartney expressed his and Sinn Féin's disappointment that there was no extra money made available by DFP to cover the pay rise for classroom assistants working in the voluntary and independent sector. Read full article
16 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the intervention of the Office of the First and deputy First Minister to expand the fuel poverty to ensure that it now includes an additional 36,000 pensioners Read full article
16 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page commenting after a meeting was held in Ballymagroarty following fears that young people making hoax phones calls to emergency services from a public phone box in the area are risking lives across the city Read full article
16 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson commenting of Brian Lenihan's proposed Bank recapitilisation package said: Read full article
16 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed to drivers to respect residents in the Bogside after an upsurge of complaints about indiscriminate parking in recent day Read full article
16 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Human Rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has called for people to think of their elderly relatives and neighbours this Christmas Read full article
16 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has condemned those involved in an attempted break-in at St Brigids Chapel over the weekend in which three collection boxes and two external doors were damaged. Read full article
15 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said that while Eoghan Quigg may not have won the X-Factor he has won the hearts of the people of Derry Read full article
15 December, 2008
Speaking following the Executive announcement on financial measures being introduced to address the present economic downturn Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson said Read full article
15 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called for a new scheme that has been announced for multiple occupancy houses in the University areas of Belfast to be extend to Derry Read full article
15 December, 2008
Sinn Féin deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA and Peter Robinson have this morning announced that the Executive will make a payment of £150 to householders on pension credit and income support. Read full article
15 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún responding to personal attacks from the Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has said that the minister cannot keep running away from his responsibility to provide leadership on the environment. Read full article
15 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has welcomed the news that leading credit card companies have agreed to offer some breathing space to consumers struggling with repayments. Read full article
15 December, 2008
LOOKING for a present that's an antidote to Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson? Here's a selection of books that can be ordered from the Sinn Féin Bookshop online or direct. Read full article
15 December, 2008
Ógra Shinn Féin held a vigil in the Derry on Saturday (13th December) to highlight the launch of the annual campaign calling for the release of all Political Prisoners. Read full article
15 December, 2008
Sinn Fein MEP Bairbre de Brún has rejected the views of the Northern Executive's Brussels Office as described by fellow MEP's Jim Nicholson and Jim Allister. Read full article
15 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson has called for a rigourous investigation after it emerged that seven PSNI officers have been suspended from duty for alleged 'joyriding' offences. Read full article
15 December, 2008
MEPs representing the European United Left/Nordic Green Left Bairbre de Brún (Ireland), Jens Holm (Sweden) and Roberto Musacchio (Italy), who are attending the UN climate change talks in Poznan this week, were strongly critical of the draft decisions emerging from the European Council on climate change today and said that the European Parliament must do everything in its power to strengthen these over the next few day Read full article
13 December, 2008
Gemma McKenna
Gender Equality Officer-
Cuige Uladh Ógra Shinn Féin-
To continue our series of Women in Struggle interviews, I have sat down with Derry Ógra Chairperson Aoife McNaught.
If you would like to suggest someone for an interview contact myself at uladh.equality@yahoo.com; or leave a commen Read full article
13 December, 2008
Responding to the agreement reached in Brussels today on re-running the Lisbon Treaty between the Irish government and EU leaders Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has described the deal as "one that raises more questions than answers." Read full article
13 December, 2008
deputy First Minster Martin McGuinness wishes X Factor finalist all the best Read full article
12 December, 2008
An Opinion piece on Social Housing by Councillor Tony Hassan Read full article
12 December, 2008
We must concentrate on youth, salvation of the country lies in this both boys and girls, the Fianna ideal can save the future". Na Fianna Éireann organiser, Liam Mellows. Read full article
12 December, 2008
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12 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has urged the Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster to honour a decade old commitment to establish an innovative science park in Derry. Read full article
12 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Elisha McLaughlin has slammed the current proposals that the British Government are attempting to bring forward with regards to benefit changes. Read full article
12 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has called on people to be sensible and safe over Christmas when it comes to Christmas shopping. Read full article
12 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that he is worried that a Derry institution could be lost if job cuts continue at The Derry Journal Read full article
11 December, 2008
IRIS (Winter 2008)- Towards a United Ireland new edition out now Read full article
11 December, 2008
Political unity and a new standard of patriotism by Declan Kearney Read full article
11 December, 2008
Speaking from Brussels where EU leaders are attending the December Council meeting Sinn Féin Lisbon Campaign Director and EU candidate for the North West Cllr. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has described the proposed deal that Brian Cowen is to agree the basis on which to re-run the failed Lisbon Treaty in Ireland as a "sham that not only fails to address the reasons why the people rejected the Treaty but it's a package of proposals that deliberately seeks to sell the Irish people a pup." Read full article
11 December, 2008
Derry Republican Graves 2009 Calendar on sale at the following venues Read full article
11 December, 2008
View our recently updated photo gallery -
Work of MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún-
Volunteer Ethel Lynch Football tournament -
25th anniversary of the Great Escape remembered in Derry Read full article
11 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin, MLA, Martina Anderson, has welcomed the next stage of the Bill of Rights process as the Human Rights Commission finally made its recommendations on what the new legislation should contain. The HRC advice was handed over to the British secretary of state, on International Human Rights Day (10th December 2008, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Read full article
11 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the meeting between Regional Development committee and Jim Beattie of DRD Road Service. Read full article
11 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has welcomed the meeting between Sinn Féin and Chief Executive the Electoral Office Douglas Bain, to raise concerns about barriers that are stopping people coming onto the live electoral register Read full article
11 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has said he is worried by news that nearly three-quarters of landlords are bracing themselves for a rise in the number of tenants falling behind with their rent. Read full article
11 December, 2008
Ógra Shinn Féin this month saw the launch of the annual campaign calling for the release of all Political Prisoners. Read full article
11 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed to people in the North West to support local charities this Christmas .Her comes after fears that the current credit crunch is affecting donations to many charities this year. Read full article
11 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has said that young people attacking vehicles has forced the DRD Road Service to halt gritting operation in Ballymagroarty and this could have serious consequences for the local population Read full article
10 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún (Ireland) and GUE/NGL colleague Roberto Musacchio (Italy) have been participating in discussions at the UN climate change conference in Poznan since the beginning of this week with representatives from NGOs, political movements, the European Commission and the United Nations. Read full article
10 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has expressed his concern at reports that the Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie is proposing to give NIE £13 million as part of her response to the fuel poverty crisis Read full article
10 December, 2008
Cllr Johnny McGibbon
Cuige Uladh Organiser
Ógra Shinn Féin Read full article
10 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has praised all those involved in the organising of the Eoghan Quigg homecoming concert at the Guildhall and in particular paid tribute to the behaviour of the young people who attended the event Read full article
10 December, 2008
Video-Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams address Ógra Shinn Féin National Congress held today in Cork Read full article
10 December, 2008
Anderson slams £700 fee for investment conference Read full article
10 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has called on the Minister for Social Development, Margaret Ritchie, to lift the inflationary freeze imposed by her department on groups delivering the Supporting People programme Read full article
9 December, 2008
Around 150 Delegates and representives from all over Ireland attended the recent Ógra Shinn Féin Congress in University College Cork this weekend. Read full article
9 December, 2008
The annual Derry Sinn Féin Christmas Post has been launched in the city by Councillor Kevin Campbell. Read full article
9 December, 2008
Sinn Féin councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Tony Hassan, has hit out at the status of the old Budget site on the Strand Road. Cllr Hassan also claimed that the area facing the Budget site, which consists the Old Fort George Army Base, is in such a state of despair that it is an eyesore to the public. Read full article
9 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has appealed to people in Derry with the onset of the busy Christmas holiday season to check if they have a hospital or doctors, dentist appointment during that period and to let the health providers know if they can't attend Read full article
9 December, 2008
The 25th anniversary of the escape of 38 Republican prisoners from Long Kesh Camp in 1983 was remembered in Derry at the weekend at the annual Pól Kinsella Sinn Féin Cumann function Read full article
9 December, 2008
Sinn Fein Cllr Maeve Mc Laughlin has called for a concise action plan and clear financial commitment from NITB and Tourism Ireland in advance of the consultation process on Derry's' emerging Tourism Strategy Read full article
9 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has condemned a number of incidents in the Bogside area over the weekend including the attack on the home of a local pensioner. Read full article
9 December, 2008
Derry Sinn Féin councillor, Gerry MacLochlainn warned of the dangers of proliferation of dioxins, which are amongst the most dangerous of chemical pollutants, if municipal waste is incinerated . Read full article
8 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called for the reinstatement of a grant which was used to assist people to start their own businesses. Read full article
7 December, 2008
Go raibh maith agaibh as an seal le bheith ag labhairt libh inniu, ag comhdháil Ógra Shinn Féin agus tá fáilte romhaibh uilig anseo fosta. Read full article
5 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Climate Change MEP Bairbre de Brún speaking in Brussels today during a debate on EU Climate Change Policy has stated that the EU must not back down on it climate commitments. Read full article
5 December, 2008
Dúirt an BTR Raymond McCartney inniu go 'beartas éifeachtach' de dhíth ó Gregory Campbell i dtaca leis an Ghaeilge agus an Straitéis Teanga do na Sé Chontae.
Bhí an tUasal McCartney ag labhairt sula gcuireann an tAire plécháipéis os comhair an choiste CEF amárach.
Dúirt Raymond McCartney inniu, Read full article
5 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called for people to support the events which are taking place today (Friday) to mark Carer's Rights Day. Read full article
5 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and local DPP Member Elisha McLaughlin has welcomed the moves by the PSNI and An Garda Siochana in an operation targeting a human trafficking gang operating across the island of Ireland Read full article
5 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the issue of gritting rural roads and areas outside schools can be addressed when DRD Road Service come before the Regional Development Committee next Wednesday at Stormont. Read full article
5 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the signing of a £40 million pound contract for the building of new schools for both St Cecilia's and St Mary's. Read full article
4 December, 2008
You can find all the information you need about our MEPs and their political work in and outside the Parliament. http://www.sfguengl.com/ Read full article
4 December, 2008
Gemma McKenna
Gender Equality Officer
Cuige Uladh Ógra Shinn Féin
To continue our series of Women in Struggle interviews, I have sat down with Lurgan Ógra activist Catherine Seeley.
If you would like to suggest someone for an interview contact myself at uladh.equality@yahoo.com; or leave a comment Read full article
4 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLAs Martina Anderson, Barry McElduff and Francie Molloy and Dublin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh today took part in a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs and the Assembly Committee of the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister. Read full article
4 December, 2008
Sinn Féin's Regional Development MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has welcomed moves by the European Commission to allow EU funds be used for energy-efficiency projects in low-income housing Read full article
4 December, 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
4 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow area and housing spokesperson Tony Hassan has welcomed the official opening of 10 news houses at the travellers halting site in Ballyarnett (Labara Park) which afford travellers the opportunity to live in proper conditions for the first time. Read full article
4 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the news that the Malin Head Marine Rescue Coordination Centre has not only been saved from closure but will be upgraded over the next few years Read full article
4 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has hailed the decision of the European Parliament today to postpone the vote for the foreseeable future on the EU proposal to upgrade relations between the EU and Israel. Read full article
3 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLAs Martina Anderson, Barry McElduff and Francie Molloy and TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh will attend today's meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs and a Committee for the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister in the Northern Assembly Read full article
3 December, 2008
Sinn Fein MLA Raymond McCartney has called for greater emphasis to be placed upon the provision of rights and entitlements of people with disabilities. Speaking to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities Mr McCartney said: Read full article
3 December, 2008
Commenting on the news that PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has applied to become the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson has said that changes at the top management level of the PSNI bring challenges and opportunities in identifying the new team who will drive forward the necessary changes and reforms Read full article
3 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for Creggan Kevin Campbell has called on those responsible for dumping rubbish and other materials on the Glassagh road and Creevagh areas to desist from this anti community behaviour Read full article
3 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor and member of the District Policing Partnership Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed the resolution to the funding shortfall facing policing in the current financial year Read full article
3 December, 2008
The Executive must grasp the new opportunities for early access to EU funding announced today by Commissioner Huebner according to Sinn Féin Regional Development MEP Bairbre de Brún. Read full article
3 December, 2008
Addressing the student protest against rising tuition fees at Magee on Tuesday 2nd December, Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn said, Read full article
3 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the report from Save the Children which was launched in the Long Gallery Stormont today; highlighting the very real impact that fuel poverty is having on children and young people Read full article
3 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has urged people experiencing problems with debt not to 'suffer in silence'. Read full article
3 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Cllr Tony Hassan, is calling on the Road Service to implement traffic calming measures in the area of Carnhill Estate that currently does not have any. Read full article
2 December, 2008
The annual Pól Kinsella Sinn Féin Cumann function in Derry will mark the 25th anniversary of the escape of 38 Republican prisoners from Long Kesh Camp in 1983 by honouring the people involved in the Great Escape Read full article
2 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed ETI Minister Arlene Foster's announcement of an Independent review of economic development Policy of both DETI and Invest NI Read full article
2 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has said the fact that new research has found some supermarkets are selling alcohol 'cheaper than water' is sending out a completely wrong message at a time when efforts are being made to redress the problem caused by binge and underage drinking Read full article
2 December, 2008
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said she is extremely encouraged by the huge public support in a petition carried out over recent weeks calling for the provision of a community pharmacy in the Bogside and Brandywell Read full article
2 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the 'Happy Hour Over' event organised by Brandywell and Bogside health initiative. Read full article
2 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has said that people need to heed the warning over drink driving if we are prevent lives being lost this Christmas. Read full article
1 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Fleming has called on the DRD Road Service to be pro active in supplying road salt to isolated areas. Read full article
1 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called for the harmonisation of VAT across the island of Ireland. Sinn Féin TD Arthur Morgan has also criticised Finance Minister Brian Lenihan for his "skin deep patriotism as it is his Budget that continues to squeeze small retailers out of business along the border by refusing to put in place an interim measure to support small retailers already struggling. In Donegal for example the live register has increased by 58% in the last year alone. Patriotism does not stop at either side of the border." Read full article
1 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney , has welcomed news today indicating an increase in the number of 17 years olds getting on the electoral register and said that this is a sign of young people's increasing desire to effect change within society Read full article
1 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson speaking today, World Aids Day, has called on the Executive and Assembly to play their part in increasing awareness and assisting those sufferers of HIV/Aids Read full article
1 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has called for support for the protest by students against rising student fees tomorrow at Magee Campus Student union. Read full article
1 December, 2008
Sinn Féin organised a Public Information session on how residents can help themselves tackle the fuel poverty issues they may be experiencing or faced with over the winter months. It was held in Hillcrest House, Gobnascale. Read full article
1 December, 2008
Speaking in Donegal at the weekend at the commemorative dinner marking the 125th anniversary of the execution of Patrick O'Donnell President of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams MLA MP criticised the government for failing the people of Donegal and vowed that Sinn Féin will continue to be to the fore in tackling Fianna Fáil and the Green's unjust economic policy decisions. Read full article
1 December, 2008
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said she hopes that the tradition of the Christmas savings club is kept alive in Derry and that people worried about reports in the media over the future of such clubs operated by several of the leading Churches can avail of other clubs ,such as the one introduced earlier this year by the Post Office. Read full article
1 December, 2008
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed comments from Irish Government Minister, Micheál Martin TD, that the provision of a regional passport office in the North is "under ongoing and active review". The opening of such an office would deliver numerous benefits to those living in northern counties who are seeking an Irish passport. Read full article
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