News Archives for August, 2009
31 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow area and Chair of the local DPP Elisha Mc Laughlin commenting on reports that two young boys, aged five and seven have been the target of a child abduction attempt at Amelia Court in the city around 10pm on Friday night. Read full article
29 August, 2009
HUNDREDS of convictions of teenagers secured in non-jury Diplock courts at the height of the conflict are set to be overturned following a series of landmark rulings. Read full article
29 August, 2009
The Republican Movement in Derry lost a great friend with the death of Maureen Campbell on Saturday 1 August Read full article
28 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson said the concerns over jobs at Fujitsu further reinforced the need for Derry to be designated an area of special economic status. Read full article
28 August, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson commenting on the news that it will take £6 million to decontaminate land at the Fort George site in Derry City which is earmarked for major developments to take place in the city over the next few years including Project Kelvin Read full article
28 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the news that two so-called "party" drugs and a man-made cannabis substitute Spice will be banned by the end of the year. Read full article
28 August, 2009
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane has appointed Mr Seán Hogan Chairperson (Designate) of the new Education and Skills Authority (ESA). Read full article
28 August, 2009
Hope amid the gloom
Martina Anderson MLA Read full article
28 August, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the news from the Education Minister Caitríona Ruane that all schools have been given guidance on how to manage the outbreak of swine flu. Read full article
28 August, 2009
Sinn Féin's Equality and Human Rights spokesperson Martina Anderson has stated her party's total commitment to creating a truly inclusive and equal society in Ireland. Read full article
28 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor and party leader in Council Maeve McLaughlin has called on Derry City Council not to squander the opportunity that exists to invest in the Brandywell Stadium regenerations plans. Read full article
27 August, 2009
Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, today congratulated young people on this year's GCSE results. Read full article
27 August, 2009
Reacting to the news that Senator Edward Kennedy has passed away after a long battle with illness, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said: Read full article
27 August, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin unveiled a commemorative marble plaque to mark the exact 100th anniversary of the founding of Na Fianna Éireann on 16th August. The youth wing of Sinn Féin and members of the public gathered at the Tyrone Garden of Remembrance in Carrickmore for the unveiling of the plaque. Read full article
27 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area and Housing spokesperson on Derry City Council, Tony Hassan, has said that 500 new social homes are needed today and an additional 200 homes each year for the next 3 years to solve the homeless problem in the city Read full article
27 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA and Policing Board member Martina Anderson , has said that the internal PSNI report, leaked to the local media, only goes to highlight what people have known for some considerable time. Read full article
26 August, 2009
Speaking after the PSNI's Historical Enquiries Team (HET) made direct contact with a number of eye-witnesses to the killings of 11 unarmed civilians over three days during internment from August 9th - 11th 1971 by the British army's Parachute Regiment Read full article
26 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has welcomed reports that Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann are considering holding this year's Fleadh Cheoil in the Six Counties, the first time in the 59 year history of the event. Read full article
26 August, 2009
Commenting after Jeffery Donaldson announced he intended to travel to Libya to lobby on behalf of certain victims groups, Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney said Read full article
26 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said raised concerns over the rise in the number of students going to University who are facing rising levels of debt Read full article
26 August, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page commenting on a new report out this week which found that NHS care for patients with muscle-wasting disorders is often "inadequate and not acceptable" Read full article
26 August, 2009
Commenting as PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde prepared to leave his post Foyle MLA Martina Anderson said: Read full article
25 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Northlands Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed the news that a number of new street lighting schemes are to be introduced in the Glen area by the DRD Roads services in the coming months Read full article
24 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has called on the Housing Minister Margaret Ritchie and the Housing Executive to explain why up to 10,000 grant applications have been cancelled by the Housing Executive. Read full article
23 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell area Patricia Logue has condemned a robbery in the area on Thursday afternoon in which a female member of staff at a business premises at Westland Terrace had a knife held to her throat during a robbery in which money and cigarettes were taken Read full article
22 August, 2009
Videos of the 2009 National Hunger Strike Commemoration which took place in Galbally Co Tyrone Read full article
22 August, 2009
Massive tribute to hunger strikers in republican Tyrone
By Peadar Whelan Read full article
22 August, 2009
Sinn FÉIN Councillor and Chair of Moyle Council, Cara McShane, welcomed the continued support of Irish Americans for Irish unity and independence during a recent series of engagements in Chicago where she updated people on the progress of the Irish peace process. Read full article
22 August, 2009
Despite all signs indicating otherwise, the Parole Commission has refused Leonard
Peltier's request for parole. He will not be eligible for parole again until he is 79 years old Read full article
21 August, 2009
Cllr Gerry MacLochlainn, Chair of the Environmental Services Committee of Derry City Council, is to request a meeting with community and youth workers in those areas of the City affected by bonfires Read full article
21 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said that a recent speech given by US President Barrack Obama is cause for cautious optimism for 'undocumented' Irish immigrants living in America, Read full article
21 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow area Tony Hassan has made a renewed appeal to parents to warn their children about the dangers of collecting flammable materials for summer bonfires or being in the vicinity of them Read full article
21 August, 2009
Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) in response to information supplied by the Department of Finance and Personnel on the cost of Quangos and other publicly funded bodies said: Read full article
20 August, 2009
The Lecture Theatre in Strule Arts Centre, Omagh was packed to capacity on Friday the 14th August with Ógra activists and members of the public alike, crammed into their seats, eager to hear an intimate and personal account of the 1981 hunger strike. Read full article
20 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay has said that people in Rasharkin cannot understand why the Parade Commission has turned down the opportunity to review their decision to allow 41 loyalist bands to march through the village on Friday night. Read full article
20 August, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson is seeking the introduction of interim measures to alleviate parking problems in Derry ahead of the planned introduction of residents parking schemes. Read full article
20 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the news for the approval of a new facility at Gransha Hospital for people requiring mental health care Read full article
19 August, 2009
Thousands of people descended on the county Tyrone village of Galbally at the weekend to remember the hunger strikers of 1981. Read full article
19 August, 2009
'This morning the 40th anniversary of the burning of Bombay Street was remembered with a march retracing some of the main sites of the August 1969 pogroms. Read full article
18 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Mayor of Derry Councillor Paul Fleming with members of Ógra Shinn Féin at the launch of a commemorative book to mark the 100th Anniversary of Na Fianna Éireann . Read full article
18 August, 2009
Commenting on the news that Long Kesh escapee Pól Brennan has lost his final appeal against deportation from the US, Sinn Féin Foyle Assembly member Raymond McCartney said: Read full article
17 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell area Patricia Logue commenting following the Lecky Road being blocked for three days due to a bonfire there Read full article
17 August, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP MLA speaking at the National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Galbally, Co. Tyrone Read full article
17 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the greater Shantallow area Tony Hassan has welcomed the news that DRD Roads services is to introduce a number of safe pedestrian crossing points on one of the busiest arterial routes into the city . Read full article
17 August, 2009
Conor Murphy MP, MLA has travelled to Canada to attend the centenary events marking the unveiling of the celtic cross at Grosse ile, Read full article
16 August, 2009
To mark the beginning of the events surrounding the 28th anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Stike Sinn Féin MP for Fermanagh South Tyrone, Michelle Gildernew MLA addressed a gathering at the Black Flag protest and candle lit vigil in Dungannon tonight. Below is her speech Read full article
14 August, 2009
Sinn Féin's Housing spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has called on the Social Development Minister to state how the additional £20million allocated from the June monitoring round to ensure maintenance and replacement contracts went ahead has been allocated and spent. Read full article
14 August, 2009
Speaking after meeting with Noel Williams, head of the Energy Saving Trust, Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has said that energy efficiency and sustainable transport must be priorities in the time ahead. Read full article
13 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson, on Derry City Council Cllr Tony Hassan has called on Minister Margaret Ritchie, and the Chief Executive of the Housing Executive, Paddy McIntyre, to state once and for all what is the Housing Executive and DSD doing about the 1,450 Homeless people in this city which is growing each month. Read full article
13 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has called on the Executive and Dublin government to immediately designate the North West region as an area of Special Economic Need. Read full article
13 August, 2009
Sinn Fein MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has called for the repeal of an anti-Irish law the 1737 Administration of Justice Act ahead of a conference organised on this theme by Irish language organisation POBAL this weekend. Read full article
13 August, 2009
Tyrone republicans were busy this week in their final preparations for the National Hunger Strike rally which will be held on the county this coming Sunday. Read full article
13 August, 2009
The latest unemployment statistics reaffirm the need for pro-active economic interventions in the north-West, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has insisted. Read full article
12 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney commenting on a number of shooting incidents in the Creggan area overnight Read full article
12 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney is urging republicans from throughout Derry to make a special effort to attend this year's National Hunger Strike Read full article
12 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson has said that agreement on the process to deliver policing and justice powers into the hands of locally elected politicians is in place. Read full article
11 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Education Minster, Caitríona Ruane, has launched a 12 week consultation on the Department of Education's Review of Special Educational Needs and Inclusion Read full article
11 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Tourism Spokesperson, Cllr. Maeve McLaughlin has called for a robust marketing strategy to develope the full tourist potential of the Craft Village. Read full article
11 August, 2009
Limited edition commemorative badge marking 40th Anniversary of Battle of the Bogside Read full article
11 August, 2009
A march and rally to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the pogroms of August 1969 will take place in West Belfast on Sunday, 16th August. Read full article
11 August, 2009
peaking following a meeting of the Sinn Féin Ard Comhairle today the party's Vice President Mary Lou McDonald confirmed that the party will launch a vigorous campaign for a second no vote on the Lisbon Treaty. Read full article
11 August, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has criticised a five-figure bonus paid to head of the Strategic Investment Board (SIB) David Gavaghan Read full article
10 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor and spokesperson on Housing Tony Hassan has welcomed the new protocol for courts dealing with home repossessions and said it is the best way forward for the courts in the absence of any Mortgage Relief Scheme for DSD. Read full article
10 August, 2009
Zero tolerance needed over attacks on health service staff -Cllr Billy Page Read full article
10 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the greater Shantallow area Tony Hassan has condemned an arson attack in the grounds of Carnhill Primary school and anti social activity taking place in the area Read full article
8 August, 2009
Tyrone Hunger Strike Commemoration Weekend 2009 Read full article
8 August, 2009
'Too many women are jailed'
Poverty related offences bring women before the courts
LAURA FRIEL TALKS TO MARTINA ANDERSON Read full article
8 August, 2009
In August 1969 the Six Counties erupted in civil unrest and loyalist pogrom. It was the prelude to the latest phase in the struggle against British misrule in Ireland. In Belfast loyalist mobs, supported by the RUC, drove people from their homes and burned whole streets to the ground. Read full article
8 August, 2009
The Battle of the Bogside: Spirit of resistance
The Mary Nelis Column Read full article
7 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has appealed to the organisers of the 32CSM protest planned for Free Derry Corner tomorrow to rethink their plans. Read full article
7 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney commenting on media reports suggesting that there may be confrontation surrounding the Apprentice Boys march in Derry on Saturday said: Read full article
7 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Policing Board member and Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed today's decision to close 26 police stations across the North. Read full article
7 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Waterside Councillor Lynn Fleming has appealed to the organisers of the Apprentice Boys demonstration on saturday to ensure that those participating or supporting the march pay proper regard to the rights of the residents of the Lower Waterside area. Read full article
6 August, 2009
Sinn Fein Assembly Chief Whip Carál Ní Chuilín has announced changes to theSinn Féin line up in a number of Assembly committees. Read full article
6 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has praised the all those involved in the 2009 Gasyard Wall Féile Read full article
6 August, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has appealed to people with the onset of the local Derry summer holidays if they are going away on holidays to check if they have a hospital or doctors, dentist appointment during that period and to let the health providers know if they cant attend
Councillor Page said Read full article
5 August, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin welcomes home Pearse McCauley and Kevin Walsh and we also wish them the best of luck. Both men have been released this morning from Castlerea jail in Roscommon after 10 years of imprisonment. Read full article
5 August, 2009
Annual Plastic Bullet Vigil Read full article
5 August, 2009
Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has welcomed the decision of the British Attorney General to stop extradition proceedings against a number of republicans. Read full article
5 August, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, speaking following this morning's release of Kevin Walsh and Pearse McCauley Read full article
5 August, 2009
As part of the National Hunger strike weekend in Tyrone, Ógra Shinn Féin are organising a public talk in Strabane Library on Saturday 15th August at 2pm. Read full article
5 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA and Member of the Policing Board Martina Anderson has stated that the recommended disposal of twenty six police stations as the review of the police estate is accelerated, is welcome and that the monies saved should be placed into front line services to deliver up to date effective policing service for local communities. Read full article
4 August, 2009
The 40th Anniversary of the Bombay Street pogroms of 1969 Read full article
4 August, 2009
The Mitchel McLaughlin Column Read full article
4 August, 2009
Martina Anderson commenting after visiting the The Roaring Meg Bike Show charity event which took place on Derrys Wall on Saturday afternoon Read full article
4 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has called on InvestNI to explain exactly what initiatives it is taking to halt the hemorrhaging of jobs in the North West and to attract new investment. Read full article
4 August, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin have announced plans for a weekend of events in Tyrone from the 14th - 16th August. The weekend of events will coincide with the National Hunger Strike Commemorative Weekend being hosted in Tyrone. Read full article
2 August, 2009
BY GERRY ADAMS MP
President of Sinn Féin Read full article
1 August, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams today issued an open letter to the Orange Order Grand Secretary Drew Nelson. The letter published in the Belfast Telegraph challenges the Order to talk to Sinn Féin and also details links between the Order and loyalist paramilitaries. Read full article
1 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the announcement by DETI Minister Arlene Foster that £177.000 funding, from the £1.9 million Broadband Fund, is being allocated to two companies Net1/Simpliphone and North West Electronics to provide high quality, affordable wireless broadband access to certain rural areas west of the Bann where line broadband provision is still inaccessible. Read full article
1 August, 2009
Commenting after the Bill to allow for the transfer of powers on policing a justice passed through the Executive on Thursday , despite opposition from the SDLP, Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson said Read full article
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