News Archives for September, 2009
30 September, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams speaking in Dublin today as the Lisbon referendum campaign enters it's final stage Read full article
30 September, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has reiterated criticism of Invest NI and described the report into the agency by the Independent Review of Economic Policy as a damning indictment of the agency's lack of strategic vision. Read full article
30 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has told a gathering of international legal experts in Paris ,Britain's role in causing and sustaining the conflict here cannot be omitted from any genuine truth and reconciliation process, Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has told a gathering of international legal experts in Paris. Read full article
30 September, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin Function Read full article
30 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has stated that the DUP 's Finance Minister has not grasped fully the implications of the affect NAMA would have on the local economy if £5bn worth of assets currently held in the north were released onto the market under the Irish Governments proposals. Read full article
30 September, 2009
Policing Board member Martina Anderson has called upon the PSNI in Derry to review the use of controversial Section 44 stop and search powers. Read full article
30 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the announcement from the Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy of a new winter gritting arrangements for areas around rural schools. Read full article
30 September, 2009
A large crowd attended the unveiling of a new commemorative stone and rededication ceremony at the Bogside and Brandywell Republican Monument on Sunday organised by the Derry Republican Graves Association. Read full article
30 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality spokesperson and Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has today reiterated Sinn Féin's position that the issue of equal pay for civil servants must be addressed and resolved by the Minister for Finance without any further delay. Read full article
30 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness this morning addressed a fringe event at the British Labour Party Conference in Brighton Read full article
29 September, 2009
Speaking after a report on MLA expenses was leaked to the media , Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney said; Read full article
29 September, 2009
Assembly Ministers held talks with Stream employees and local politicians last night as efforts continued to save 450 jobs at the company's Derry plant. Read full article
28 September, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson warned in July that the job losses at Stream were likely to be worse than originally feared. Read full article
25 September, 2009
Speaking today from the Ploughing Championships in Athy, Co Kildare where Sinn Féin is holding an information day on the Lisbon Treaty, Director of Sinn Féin's referendum campaign Cllr Pádraig Mac Lochlainn described the Lisbon Treaty as 'the single biggest threat to the future of family farming in a decade.' Read full article
25 September, 2009
Speaking following a debate on Civil Service recruitment in the Assembly Sinn Féin Equality and Human rights spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson called on the Minister for Finance to publish without further delay the latest (ninth) Equal Opportunities Unit Report (EOU) which is already overdue by nine months. Read full article
25 September, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Environmental spokesperson Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has welcomed the progress made on the Forestry Bill in the Assembly after it had its second reading this week Read full article
24 September, 2009
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams this afternoon met President Bill Clinton and a number of his senior staff while attending the Clinton Global Initiative event in New York. Read full article
24 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has today said that the continued failure by successive DUP Culture Ministers, as well as the British Government, to bring forward effective Irish language legislation and meet their current obligations under the European Charter is completely unacceptable. Read full article
24 September, 2009
Speaking in response to Conradh na Gaeilge's report to the Joint Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has said that Sinn Féin will do every thing in its power to resist the forthright attacks on the Irish language and the Gaeltacht as contained in the McCarthy report Read full article
24 September, 2009
Speaking in relation to media reports which suggest the introduction of water charges by 2011, Sinn Fein Minister for Regional Development Conor Murphy has in response to such reports said; Read full article
24 September, 2009
The Derry Republican Graves Association is to unveil a new commemorative stone and hold a rededication ceremony at the Bogside and Brandywell Republican Monument on the Lecky Road this Sunday (27th September) at 12.00pm Read full article
24 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has congratulated all those involved in organising the fresher's fayre at Magee University in Derry Read full article
24 September, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed proposals by the Finance Minister Sammy Wilson to include small post offices in the new rates relief scheme for businesses which is set to be in place in 2010. Read full article
24 September, 2009
Sinn Féin have accused the SDLP of aligning themselves with rejectionist republicans following the disruption of today's District Policing Partnership meeting. Read full article
23 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has revealed that only two of the 'big four' banks in the North have taken advantage of a €15 billion European fund set up to assist small and medium businesses here. Read full article
23 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle , Bairbre de Brún has said that 'a close working relationship between all three MEPs will be to the advantage of the agri-food and fishing industries here in the time ahead'. Read full article
23 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) today said that the SDLP is in complete and total disarray. Her comments came after the SDLP today announced they are now opposing the legislation to transfer powers on policing and justice. Read full article
23 September, 2009
Regional Development Committee Member Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has welcomed the opportunity for his Committee to visit Rathlin Island today (Wednesday 23rd September) to assess for itself the needs of the islanders. Read full article
22 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has said that it is essential that the Executive continues to develop and deepen its working relationship with the EU. Read full article
22 September, 2009
Birds of a Feather - Gerry Adams latest blog entry Read full article
22 September, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has welcomed the news of the uptake success of a new programme to offer vaccination against cervical cancer for 12 and 13-year-old girls in the North Read full article
22 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has questioned the validity of Peter Robinson's claim that a reduction in Assembly Departments would result in substantial savings. Read full article
22 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell area Patricia Logue has said she is disgusted at the latest vandalism spree in the Bogside, in which the lights at the pedestrian crossings at the Lecky Road Flyover were cut down on Sunday night. Read full article
22 September, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed moves to increase North-South co-operation on child protection and called for these measures to be expanded further to clamp down on sex offenders. Read full article
22 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has urged residents in Culmore to attend a Public Information Session hosted by Derry City Council in Thornhill College on Tuesday night (22nd September Read full article
21 September, 2009
The Magee Sinn Féin society will be hosting a stall at this years freshers day at the University campus on Tuesday 22nd September between 9.30am -1.30pm at the Sports Hall. Read full article
21 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said that an Assembly Progress Report compiled by the Economic Policy Unit within OFMDFM shows that Sinn Féin's Ministers are delivering real change for the people of the North. Read full article
21 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has condemned the intimidatory tactics deployed by Unionist elements attempting to frustrate the process to change the City name back to Derry. Read full article
19 September, 2009
Writing in today's Belfast Telegraph, Sinn Féin mid-Ulster MP Martin McGuinness has said he is 'disappointed' with the DUP's current position on the issue of equality. Read full article
19 September, 2009
Sympathy and solidarity on death of Juan Almeida Bosque Read full article
19 September, 2009
Police must deliver - Martina Anderson MLA Read full article
19 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the call from the MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún for more support for the struggling dairy sector. Read full article
19 September, 2009
McGuinness welcomes Brian Chivers bail decision Read full article
18 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún today voted for a resolution condemning the recent anti-gay law set to come into force in Lithuania in 2010 Read full article
18 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming has said that loyalists should remove a paramilitary flag at Drumahoe on the outskirts of Derry. Read full article
18 September, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor for the Greater Shantallow area, Tony Hassan, is calling on parents in the Galliagh area to be mindful of a series of street lighting vandalism that has occurred. Read full article
17 September, 2009
DVD Launch of this years National Hunger Strike March which took place in Galbally Co Tyrone Read full article
17 September, 2009
Launching Donegal Sinn Féin's Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign at a public meeting in Ballybofey, last evening, Read full article
17 September, 2009
Sinn Féin has today set out its approach to the development of a cross-party Executive strategy on Cohesion, Sharing and Integration. Read full article
17 September, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has slammed the Housing Minister Margaret Ritchie over the continued suspension of home improvement grants. Read full article
17 September, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has called on the Environment Minister, Edwin Poots to amend the current policy to allow "social clauses" t Read full article
17 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has commended the people of the Derry City Council district on their response to the Equality Impact Assessment on the Council's decision to initiate a process to change the name of the city to Derry. Read full article
17 September, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called for a special Assembly debate on job losses in Derry as latest figures show that almost 5,000 in the local council area are now out of work. Read full article
16 September, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Heath spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has encouraged people to take part in a public consultation launched today by the Education and Health Ministers to improve nutritional standards in our schools and educate children on healthy food choices available Read full article
16 September, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has slammed the Housing Minister Margaret Ritchie over the continued suspension of home improvement grants. Read full article
16 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney said that any attempts by the DUP to create a hierarchy of victims will be vigorously opposed by Sinn Féin. Read full article
16 September, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has demanded the introduction of social tariffs to reduce fuel bills following today's 'miserly' five percent cut in electricity prices. Read full article
16 September, 2009
The PSNI will be asked to explain their process of managing sex offenders living in Derry, the Chair of the local District Policing Partnership has revealed. Read full article
15 September, 2009
Following the death of two motor cyclists over the weekend, Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has raised concerns that year to date figures show that while deaths from Road Traffic Accidents seem to be on a continuing downward trend in the 26 Counties, they are rising in the North Read full article
15 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has welcomed moves towards new legislation that will make it illegal for transport providers to discriminate against people with disabilities. Read full article
15 September, 2009
Speaking as the bill to bring forward the Transfer of Powers on Policing and Justice went before the Assembly for its first reading, Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson said Read full article
15 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell Patricia Logue has described as "irresponsible and reckless" those involved in a spate of vandalism in the area over the weekend during which several metal lampposts were cut down Read full article
15 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said that all victims of the conflict deserve the necessary respect and consideration from the Assembly Read full article
15 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed the clean up at the former Tillie and Henderson factory site on Foyle Road Read full article
14 September, 2009
A sunshine baked Strabane saw hundreds of local people turn out to take part in the annual commemoration in memory of local republican dead Read full article
14 September, 2009
Speaking during a Sinn Féin canvass in Dublin city centre today Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has urged voters to reject the Lisbon Treaty '"in order to build a Fairer Ireland and a Better Europe". Read full article
14 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the news that a series of public roadshows on the Review of Special Educational Needs and Inclusion (SEN) will take place this month. Read full article
14 September, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has said lives will be lost as a result of Michael McGimpsey's decision to implement plans to cut the ambulance cover available. Read full article
14 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Regional Development Spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has welcomed Minister Conor Murphy's intervention on the issue of the revised Derry train timetable. Read full article
13 September, 2009
The Mary Nelis Column Read full article
13 September, 2009
NEW DVD LAUNCH Read full article
12 September, 2009
Slógadh 2009 -Doire Read full article
12 September, 2009
Describing the bombing of a van belonging to a local businessman in Shantallow as an attack on the community Sinn Féin spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) said Read full article
11 September, 2009
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has removed one of the main arguments of Yes campaigners by saying that there will be no discrimination against Irish people if there is a second No vote on the Lisbon Treaty. Read full article
11 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson , has stated the meeting between the two Finance Ministers, Sammy Wilson and Brian Lenihan dealing with the implications of NAMA highlights that the DUP can no longer ignore the reality of an All Ireland economy. Read full article
11 September, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Tony Hassan has said that rather than a reason for delay in introducing rates on vacant properties the present economic conditions would dictate that we can not afford to postpone the decision. Read full article
11 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality Spokesperson, Martina anderson MLA (Foyle) has commented that Mark Durkan and Peter Robinson are now singing from the same hymn-sheet with regards to their position to power-sharing as defined by the Good Friday Agreement (GFA). Read full article
11 September, 2009
Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has welcomed the decision by Derry City Council to support the Sinn Féin proposal to develop the Brandywell Stadium and regenerate the general neighbourhood as a correct and timely decision. Read full article
11 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the news that the appeal date for establishing a community pharmacy in the Bogside has been set for Thursday 1st October at Stormont. Read full article
10 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Culmore area Tony Hassan, has welcomed the announcement from the Roads Minister, Conor Murphy, today that a new road scheme at Culmore Road / Madam's Bank Road Roundabout is underway
Councillor Hassan said, Read full article
10 September, 2009
Sinn Féin mid-Ulster MP Martin McGuinness has today reiterated the fact that Sinn Féin will not allow the equality mechanisms enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement to be diluted or undermined in any way. Read full article
10 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said the latest motion from the SDLP to the Assembly calling for the reintroduction of the 11plus finally confirms what he has suspected for a long time that they are in fact "closet selectionists" who have now jumped out of the closet! Read full article
10 September, 2009
EAMON 'BRONCO, BRADLEY
7 A SIDE CUP FINAL Read full article
9 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Spokesperson, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) has welcomed the report from the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) which confirms that the UVF/RHC have dealt with the issue of putting its arms beyond use. But he also raised concerns about the UDA. Read full article
9 September, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has called on the Government to seek a mandate for its policies. Speaking in Dublin this morning Read full article
9 September, 2009
Creggan Sinn Féin Councillor, Kevin Campbell has described a question posed by PSNI Inspector Jon Burrows as a 'fudge'. Read full article
9 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell area Patricia Logue has said the group who forcibly removed new gates at Joseph Place /Fahan Street have gone against the clear wishes of the vast majority of residents in the area which has suffered badly with anti community activity in recent years. Read full article
9 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MP Martin McGuiness today dismissed as 'fantasy politics' the comments from DUP leader Peter Robinson on the current arrangements in the Assembly and Executive. Read full article
8 September, 2009
Donegal Sinn Féin have announced that they are to host a public information meeting on the Lisbon Treaty, next Tuesday 15th September, at 7.30pm in Jackson's Hotel, Ballybofey Read full article
8 September, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has demanded immediate ministerial intervention amid growing concerns for the future of Derry's Perfecseal plant which employs 300 people. Read full article
8 September, 2009
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams blogs on the British Government's stance in relation to the demand for compensation from the Libyan Government for victims of IRA actions Read full article
8 September, 2009
Sinn Fein Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has welcomed Helen Quigley's U-turn on support for Sinn Féin proposals to redevelop the Brandywell. Read full article
8 September, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has backed calls for more people to donate blood after it was revealed by the Department of Health that only 6% of the North of Ireland's population are currently donating blood Read full article
8 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell Patricia Logue has appealed to parents in the area to warn their children about the dangers of starting fires after receiving a number of complaints from residents in Westland Mews following several malicious fires being started in the area over recent weeks. Read full article
7 September, 2009
West Tyrone MLA Barry Mc Elduff will be the main speaker at this year's commemoration held in memory of republican dead from the West Tyrone area. The annual event will take place this Sunday (13th September) Read full article
7 September, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP MLA this morning spoke to Downing Street and the British Secretary of State on the issue of compensation to victims. Read full article
7 September, 2009
Sinn Féin's Assembly team in the north today held its annual planning day in Gulladuff, County Derry. It follows a similar planning day held by the Leinster House team last week Read full article
7 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brun has said that we must see an end to the practice where chicken is reared, processed in Thailand and then is frozen and shipped to the EU defrosted and sold as 'fresh poultry Read full article
7 September, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn today called on the Israeli government to immediately end its siege of the Gaza Strip. Read full article
7 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has appealed to students from Derry planning to go to university and who are looking for new accommodation to fully check out the letting agencies and the track record of private landlords who advertise on the internet before they sign any tenancy agreements or hand over large deposits for rent Read full article
7 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Education Minister Caitríona Ruane attended the official opening of Cultúrlann Uí Chanaín in Derry on Friday night Read full article
6 September, 2009
Sinn Fein Foyle MLA and member of the Policing Board Martina Anderson has stated the use of plastic bullets should never have occurred and such a use has breached the guidelines set by the PSNI themselves for their deployment. Ms Anderson has secured a dedicated meeting to deal with their use in Ardoyne and the Short Strand on the 13th of July and the 30th of August respectively. Read full article
5 September, 2009
HUNDREDS of republicans gathered in Gulladuff, County Derry, last Sunday to hear Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney deliver a moving tribute at the Annual Counties Derry & Antrim Republican Commemoration at the Garden of Remembrance at Gulladuff. Read full article
5 September, 2009
The Sinn Féin Assembly team along with party members from across Ireland will hold an 'away day' in the Gulladuff Centre, Co Derry on Monday 5th September. Read full article
5 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún today set out the arguments for a 'No' vote in the second referendum being held in the 26 counties on the Lisbon Treaty to the SDLP Youth Conference in Belfast Read full article
4 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell area Patricia Logue has welcomed the commencement of major repair work at Jacqueline Way and Nualamont Drive to secure the safety of the steps there and carry out landscaping in the area. Read full article
4 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA, Martina Anderson is to seek the intervention of Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness MP, MLA to stem the economic decline in Derry and the North West. Read full article
4 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the greater Shantallow and Culmore area Tony Hassan has welcomed proposals from DRD Road service to reduce the speed limits on several roads within the Derry City Council area Read full article
4 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said Banks and Building societies here need to scrap excessive charges for many of their services .Her call comes after the Consumer Council revealed some of the bank charges for duplicate statements Read full article
4 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the greater Shantallow area and Chair of the local DPP Elisha McLaughlin commenting on the news that a man indecently exposed himself to a women walking in the Bracken Park area around 7.30pm on Monday night Read full article
3 September, 2009
On Saturday 12th September, Republicans from the Lenadoon community in West Belfast will be joined by Republicans from other areas as we hold commemorative events to remember those on the Lenadoon Roll of Honour Read full article
3 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA has welcomed the launch today of the Rural Challenge Programme by Minister of Agriculture, Michelle Gildernew MP, MLA Read full article
3 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Greater Shantallow area Tony Hassan has welcomed the introduction of a new "Toucan" pedestrian/cycle crossing on the busy Templemore Road Read full article
3 September, 2009
EAMON 'BRONCO, BRADLEY
7 A SIDE CUP
SEMI FINAL FIXTURES Read full article
2 September, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP for Foyle Bairbre de Brún has questioned the Swedish EU Presidency about their concrete proposals on biodiversity and for the protection of ecosystems Read full article
2 September, 2009
Commenting on the 'No Home from Home' report by the Human Rights Commission, Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA Read full article
1 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell area Peter Anderson has appealed to parents in the area to help prevent attacks on the Bogside Inn premises which have been vacant for several months now. Read full article
1 September, 2009
Representatives from the Rossport Campaign have visited Derry this week to inform people in the City about the current situation in their campaign to prevent Shell and a number of other multi-nationals building a high powered untested gas pipe-line within yards of their homes. Read full article
1 September, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Northlands Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed extensive resurfacing work that has been carried out on Creggan Road . Read full article
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