News Archives for June, 2009
30 June, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA (Foyle) Raymond McCartney has said that Sammy Wilson's move to review the listed status of the buildings at Long Kesh is mere publicity seeking on his part. Read full article
29 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has congratulates all those involved with Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin who picked up a special category award at The Fourth Annual Top 50 Business as Gaeilge Awards. Read full article
29 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Rosemount area and DPP member Maeve McLaughlin commenting following a 26-year-old man was shot and injured , in the Florence Street area of Rosemount late on Sunday night. Read full article
29 June, 2009
A Sinn Féin motion calling for unequivocal leadership in the face of sectarian and racist attacks will today be debated on the floor of the Assembly. The motion has been tabled by Equality and Human rights spokesperson Martina Anderson MLA, Spokesperson on Ethnic Minorities Jennifer McCann MLA and South Belfast MLA Alex Maskey,. Read full article
29 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney today said he 'welcomed' the weekend statements from both the UVF and Red Hand Commando, that they had decommissioned all of their weapons. Read full article
29 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell areas Patricia Logue has condemned the attempted armed robbery of Whites News and Views in the Bogside early on Saturday morning Read full article
29 June, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has appealed to parents in Derry who have children attending local primary schools not to miss out on the new uniform grant which was recently announced by the Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane Read full article
27 June, 2009
On Friday Ógra Shinn Féin protested at Belfast City Hall opposing the move by the City Council to fly the British army flag as part of 'armed forces day.'
The republican youth group, alongside Sinn Féin activists, joined in solidarity with RFJ (Relatives for Justice) and the victims of British state murder and collusion to highlight their opposition to the controversial decision. Read full article
27 June, 2009
Policing Board member and Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson is calling for a review of the PSNI's use of Tasers following the decision to drop the case against Derryman Damien White - the first person in the North to be shot with the controversial weapon. Read full article
27 June, 2009
NAVAN TOWN has just got its first Sinn Féin mayor in 80 years when COUNCILLOR JOE REILLY accepted the chain of office. It was an historic moment for Sinn Féin in Meath and another landmark in a life that has had more than its fair share of epic moments. Read full article
27 June, 2009
The Mary Nelis Column Read full article
26 June, 2009
This weekend the Derry Republican Graves Association is to hold a series of events as part of the Annual Volunteers commemorations Read full article
26 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Local government Health Spokesperson,Councillor Billy Page will today raise at the Regional Services committee the issue of changing facilities in public toilets for those with disabilities Read full article
26 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Regional Development Spokesperson Raymond McCartney has welcomed the announcement by Minister Conor Murphy of a £21.5million investment for the Derry City council area this year Read full article
26 June, 2009
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 small fires in various parts of the city.
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26 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan is today calling on the regional services committee at Derry City Council to request that the DRD Road services carry out an urgent review of safety on a stretch of the Culmore Road where there has been several road fatalities and serious accidents in the last few years. Read full article
26 June, 2009
Sinn Fein MLA Raymond McCartney today called on all communities to begin respecting flags and emblems and to end the practice of using them to intimidate and cause offence. Read full article
25 June, 2009
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams MP MLA today launched his report 'Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, April 2009 - A Report'. Read full article
25 June, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the news today that Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said he would carefully consider the findings of a report by The Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE)on the health effects and risks arising from exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunbeds Read full article
25 June, 2009
Responding to the appointment of Aideen McGinley, the most senior female civil servant as the new Chief Executive of Ilex, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) said: "I welcome the fact that the new Chief Executive of ILEX has been announced and I wish her success in her new position. But I hope that she "leaves any Civil Service mindset behind." Read full article
24 June, 2009
Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) and Member of the Assembly Executive Review Committee will travel to Dublin this Thursday as part of the ongoing programme of work on delivery of Policing and Justice. Read full article
24 June, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the £2.5m investment by the Enterprise Trade and investment Minister into the social enterprise sector stating that all government departments must now maximise the support for this vital sector. Read full article
24 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney said that it is time for a new approach to the Irish Language from the Democratic Unionist Party. Read full article
24 June, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA, Martina Anderson has sent congratulations toSt Mary's College, Teacher Ms Anne Blanking and students, Nicole Lynch and Aoife White on their sucess at the Sentimus all-Ireland Young Innovators of the Year Awards at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast this week. Read full article
23 June, 2009
Hunger Strikers' Families Speak Out Read full article
23 June, 2009
As we approach the 28th Anniversary of Volunteer Martin Hurson, who died on Hunger Strike on 13th July 1981, the family of Martin Hurson has launched the Annual Martin Hurson Memorial Cup. Read full article
23 June, 2009
Mayor of Derry and Rural Sinn Féin Councillor, Paul Fleming has welcomed the plans to launch a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in the Eglinton area. Read full article
23 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said she believes that in the present economic climate both the Assembly and Oireachtas should give serious consideration for the establishment of a state Insurance Company similar to those operating in a number of Canadian Provinces as well as parts of the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Read full article
23 June, 2009
Knockatallon, County Monaghan, an area of outstanding beauty, with a rich history to match was the setting for the National Youth Camp 2009. Read full article
23 June, 2009
August 1969 was a watershed month for citizens of Ireland, and particularly for people living in the North, especially in Derry and Belfast. Read full article
23 June, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has urged the Derry public to come out and support the suicide awareness concert scheduled for the Millennium Forum on July 11th Read full article
23 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed the announcement by DRD Road service that a number of road resurfacing programmes are to take place in the Rosemount and Bishop Street areas over the next few months Read full article
23 June, 2009
Speaking on the Criminal justice Inspectorate report in the Assembly today Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson and Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) said Read full article
22 June, 2009
Sinn Féin MP and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has delivered the annual Wolfe Tone commemoration at Bodenstown, County Kildare Read full article
22 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has welcomed the apology from the BBC with regards to coverage of Bairbre de Brún's acceptance speech in Irish following her election to the European parliament Read full article
22 June, 2009
Speaking ahead of the Housing Executive meeting with Derry City Council this week, Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson, Cllr Tony Hassan has called for the Chief Executive of the Housing Executive, Paddy McIntyre, to state once and for all what is the Executive doing about the 1,450 Homeless people in this city Read full article
21 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality and Human Right spokesperson Martina Anderson has said groups working locally trying to ensure that anyone living or working in Derry from whatever origin is welcomed, need our full support. Read full article
20 June, 2009
THEOBALD Wolfe Tone was born at 44 Stafford Street (now Wolfe Tone Street), Dublin, in 1763. His father was a coachmaker and the family was relatively prosperous. Tone studied law at Trinity College Dublin and in London but never practised Read full article
20 June, 2009
New York Conference puts Irish unity on the agenda-BY RICHARD McCAULEY Read full article
20 June, 2009
In response to media queries, Sinn Féin have today been asked by the majority of the Hunger Strikers' families to issue, through our press office, a statement written by them in the wake of recent lies and false allegations made surrounding the events of 1981, and misrepresentation in the media and elsewhere of this week's meeting between the families and the Sinn Fein leadership. Read full article
19 June, 2009
Speaking at the launch of a badge to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Battle of the Bogside Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson said Read full article
19 June, 2009
Speaking after visiting the Republican Plot in Miltown cemetery which was desecrated overnight with Combat 18 slogans, Sinn Féin Assembly member for West Belfast Paul Maskey said: Read full article
19 June, 2009
Responding to media speculation that the UVF working with the IICD have put a significant amount of arms beyond use Sinn Féin Assembly member Gerry Kelly said: Read full article
18 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has called on parent to continue to apply to the school of their choice no matter if their child is not sitting one of the irregular exams set by some grammar schools. Read full article
18 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality and Human Rights spokesperson Martina Anderson MLA has welcomed the launch of Refugee Week at Stormont this week highlighting the challenges that those who flee persecution face when they come to live in the North of Ireland. Read full article
18 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Local Government Tourism Spokesperson, Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has questioned why the Tourist Board (NITB) has returned £4.6million from the Integrated Development Fund - and Capital grant from the Tourism Development Fund to the executive at a time when it is failing to meet tourist targets in the North West ? Read full article
17 June, 2009
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA, this morning visited those Romanian families who were forced to flee their homes in south Belfast following racist attacks and intimidation. Read full article
17 June, 2009
Speaking in advance of a meeting today in Downing Street with the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said that it was now time to move decisively ahead and implement all outstanding issues including the transfer of powers on policing and justice. Read full article
17 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has expressed his concern at reports in the media suggesting that the majority of funds raised for an Air Ambulance have been spent on administration costs. Read full article
17 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has urged Republicans in Derry to attend the 2009 Wolfe Tone Commemoration in Bodenstown, Co. Kildare, which will take place this coming Sunday June 21st at 1.30pm at which Joint First Minister Martin McGuinness will give the keynote address. Read full article
17 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has called on David Simspon and Stephen Moutray to explain to the public why the DUP voted against a motion in the Assembly on Tuesday the 19 May which called for; Read full article
17 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor and chair of the Derry District Policing Partnership Board Elisha McLaughlin is concerned by a new report launched this week by the University of Ulster which found that violence has become a daily occurrence for some young men in the North. Read full article
16 June, 2009
Ulster Unionist MLA for Strangford David McNarry was this morning ejected from the Assembly chamber following his refusal to withdraw comments he made about Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney. Read full article
16 June, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has said that new findings by Cancer Research UK in relation to men's attitude towards getting checked for signs of cancer and general health problems are extremely worrying. Read full article
16 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the news that Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has been assured that students from the North of Ireland will not be disadvantaged in applying to universities in the South of Ireland. Read full article
16 June, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Cllr Tony Hassan, has welcomed the clean up programme underway in Galliagh, Carnhill, Shantallow and Culmore area of the city over the last few weeks, Read full article
16 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the review of civil service pay and bonuses announced by Finance Minister, Nigel Dodds . Read full article
16 June, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Social Developments on the launch of a consultation process on the private rented sector however he raised concerns that the mandatory registration of landlords has been excluded. Read full article
16 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA and Policing Board Member Martina Anderson has welcomed a a new multi-agency campaign launched today which includes new television advertisements and a booklet designed to encourage and support parents to talk to their children about alcohol. Read full article
16 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell Patricia Logue has criticised the Department for Social Development for its handling of the much needed winter fuel payment. Read full article
15 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson today said that the ending of the Full Time Reserve was another necessary step on the road to building an accountable civic policing service. Read full article
15 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has strongly criticised the actions of the PSNI in the Creggan area over the past few weeks. Read full article
15 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the news that Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, has approved the establishment of Irish-medium nursery units at Gaelscoil Éadain Mhóir, Derry and Christian Brothers' Primary School, Armagh Read full article
15 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson, Councillor Tony Hassan has called on Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to move the £110 million which has became available within her budget, because the Royal Exchange project has been stalled, to cover the serious shortfall in the provision cyclical maintenance, egan contracts and other grants which have been suspended or seriously underfunded in this year's Housing budget Read full article
14 June, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams this morning held a press conference in New York to open the party's one day conference on achieving Irish Unity. Read full article
13 June, 2009
IRISH human rights activist Caoimhe Butterly provided an eyewitness report from Gaza at a meeting in St Mary's University College in west Belfast, organised by the Irish Palestine Solidarity Committee Read full article
13 June, 2009
The reality of 'traditional unionism'
The Mary Nelis Column Read full article
13 June, 2009
Gemma McKenna
National Gender Equality Officer
Ógra Shinn Féin
Hot of the trail of a European Election, where she helped doubled the Sinn Féin vote in the Southern constituency, narrowly missing out on becoming an MEP, Toireasa Ferris took time out of her busy schedule to do an interview with me for the women in struggle series. Read full article
13 June, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA and spokesperson on Human Rights Martina Anderson has stated that the publication of several reports in to the Prison Service highlights the need for a radical overhaul of how prisons are run and staff operate. Read full article
12 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Deputy Leader Mary Lou McDonald today announced that senior party colleagues Conor Murphy and Pearse Doherty will jointly head the Sinn Féin task force on Irish Unity. At a Press Conference in Dublin Ms McDonald outlined ambitious plans for the taskforce including events throughout Ireland and with the Irish diaspora in the USA, Australia, England and Scotland. Read full article
12 June, 2009
Join us for the 2009 Wolfe Tone Commemoration in Bodenstown, Co. Kildare, Sunday June 21st at 1.30pm. Keynote speech by Joint First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA.
For information on buses to the event contact us at sinnfeinadmin@eircom.net. Read full article
12 June, 2009
Bairbre de Brún acceptance speech Read full article
12 June, 2009
JUST 2 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL ANNUAL DERRY REPUBLICAN GRAVES GRAND DRAW Read full article
12 June, 2009
Foyle MLA Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed an offer of free health checks for local people who care unpaid for ill, frail or disabled friends or family members during this year's Carers Week. Read full article
11 June, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin fully endorses the campaign to end the political persecution of Inaki and Benat and support the call for them to live freely in Ireland. Read full article
11 June, 2009
Sinn Fein MEP Bairbre de Brún will give evidence today Thursday 11th June, to the Climate Change Inquiry being carried out by the Assembly Environment Committee. Read full article
11 June, 2009
Commenting on the announcement of increases in some Social Security benefits , Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell Patricia Logue said: Read full article
11 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Regional Development Spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has welcomed the decision by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure to host a Townland Names Seminar at the Assembly on Wednesday 17th June. Read full article
11 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokespwerson and Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has slammed the NIO announcement that they plan to extend the use of Diplock courts for another two years. The announcement was placed on the NIO website on the day the EU election count was taking place. Read full article
10 June, 2009
Sinn Féin European Election success video Read full article
10 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has urged the Irish government to register strong opposition to plans by the British Government to reintroduce legislation allowing wide powers to carry out document checks on people crossing the border. Read full article
10 June, 2009
Speaking in an Assembly debate on social housing today Sinn Féin's Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) said: Read full article
10 June, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Cllr Tony Hassan, has welcomed further traffic calming measures in Carnhill. Read full article
9 June, 2009
Sinn Féin's Martina Anderson speaking as the European election count was progressing at the Kings Hall, Belfast said: Read full article
8 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed to those using the grass banking on Fahan Street to enjoy the current spell of good weather to make sure they take their litter and rubbish home with them at night to avoid any accidents and keep the green spaces there clean and family friendly. Read full article
8 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed a new advertising campaign which seeks to raise awareness of the drug driving problem here and highlight the ultimate consequences of driving under the influence of drugs. Read full article
7 June, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said this election has been a good election for the party and that key gains have been made "in several constituencies, such as Wicklow where we took two county seats, in Limerick Maurice Quinlivan broke through, in Waterford, Kerry, Carlow, Offaly, Mayo and Cork." Read full article
7 June, 2009
GAZA: Looking back at the Convoy of Hope taking medical aid and supplies to besieged Palestinians
BY GERRY Mac LOCHLAINN
Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Read full article
6 June, 2009
Campa Náisiúnta Óige 2009 will take place in Knockatallon, County Monaghan. The national event is being held in the beautiful setting from the 19th - 21st June. Read full article
6 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality and Human Rights spokesperson Martina Anderson MLA has stated that we all have a responsibility to face down the scourge of homophobia and homophobic attacks Read full article
4 June, 2009
European Election Day Read full article
3 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called for men to 'Get a Grip' along with the Action Cancer 'Action Man' Campaign. The campaign will be part of Men's Health Month which takes place this June. Read full article
3 June, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún speaking during a visit to Derry has said the British Government and the Executive must act following the call from the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for them to implement an Irish Language Act. Read full article
2 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Fleming has stated that it is an honour to be chosen by the party to represent the people of this city as Mayor in the coming year. Read full article
2 June, 2009
Speaking after the funeral of sectarian murder victim, Kevin McDaid, deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness said: Read full article
2 June, 2009
Sinn Féin's Spokesperson on Equality, Martina Anderson MLA,(Foyle) has expressed concern that the Minister for Finance and Personnel, Nigel Dodds, has not contacted the British Treasury on the Civil Service equal pay dispute for over six months. Read full article
2 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin is encouraging people in Derry to come and use their vote at this Thursday's European election Read full article
2 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has encouraged people in Derry to visit the University of Ulster's Magee Campus School of Creative Arts' annual End of Year Show which is taking place this week. Read full article
1 June, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Fleming has stated that it is an honour to be chosen by the party to represent the people of this city as Mayor in the coming year. Read full article
1 June, 2009
Opinion piece by Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) Read full article
1 June, 2009
The past 24 hours have been quite surreal, as the delegates from the convoy of hope who were finally permitted to enter Gaza, awoke to see Gaza City. Read full article
1 June, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the commitment by British Telecom (BT) to develop the 'next generation' network roll out across the entire North West.region. Read full article
1 June, 2009
Confusion over Polling cards -Entitlement to vote?-Councillor Patricia Logue Read full article
1 June, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has stated he is worried over the reports contained in the medical Journal The Lancet that the number of children in Europe found to suffer with type 1 diabetes could be set to double in the years from 2005 and 2020 Read full article
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