News Archives for October, 2009
31 October, 2009
As part of their National Congress, Ógra Shinn Féin are hosting a public talk titled; 'Ireland's Future? Free, Green and Left'. Read full article
31 October, 2009
Night at the Races Read full article
30 October, 2009
The 'shocking' gulf between the PSNI and Public Prosecution Service demonstrates the need for policing and justice powers to be transferred without further delay , Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
30 October, 2009
Creggan Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell said has appealed for those involved in defacing the Re-image Eastway wall arts project to stop. Read full article
30 October, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has appealed to people in Derry to vote for Little Orchids Centre at Gransha Park as go up against Holy Trinity P.T.A, Cookstown to win a share of £250,000 of Big Lottery Fund good cause money in The People's Millions TV contest. Read full article
29 October, 2009
The Auditor General is expected to criticise InvestNI over the investment body's record in the North West, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has revealed. Read full article
28 October, 2009
Commenting on a DUP motion in Westminster on the parading issue, Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) said that 'no amount of motions from unionist politicians will resolve the issue of contentious parades'. Mr McCartney went on to say that what is required is the Loyal Orders to step forward for the first time and making a contribution to the peace process. Read full article
28 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has appealed to those behind the irresponsible use of fireworks over the last few nights in the upper Creggan area to stop before someone is seriously injured and to stop the upset this is causing for many residents Read full article
28 October, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the announcement of a new inquest into the death of Derry youth, Daniel Hegarty who was shot dead by British troops during Operation Motorman in 1972. Read full article
28 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Waterside area Lynn Fleming has welcomed the news that 75 new retails jobs will be created at Crescent Link Retail Park with the opening of new stores by Next Home, Mothercare and Dreams Read full article
27 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Council Leader, Maeve McLaughlin will table a motion at todays Council meeting calling on the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, 'to ensure that any future spending by Invest NI is distributed in an equitable and accountable manner'. Read full article
27 October, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson is urging anti-poverty groups in the city to apply for new grant funding which has become available. Read full article
27 October, 2009
The Magee Sinn Féin Society has welcomed the news that for the first time in 5 years the British Army has not had a recruitment stand at the Careers Day in Magee University . Read full article
26 October, 2009
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy has pledged his support to the expansion of Magee University, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
26 October, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said failure to reach a resolution in the dispute between Royal Mail and the CWU (Communication Workers Union) will cause serious financial burdens for postal workers and their families and could have devastating consequences for small businesses in Derry and across the North Read full article
26 October, 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
26 October, 2009
Following a meeting today with University of Ulster Chancellor, Richard Barnett and Professor Deirdre Heenan who has responsibility for development of Magee Campus, Sinn Féin Council Leader, Maeve McLaughlin welcomed the commitment by Professor Richard Barnett to prepare a business plan for the development of the Derry Campus. Read full article
25 October, 2009
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams today expressed his 'deep sense of shock and sadness at the death of Redmond O Neill'. Read full article
23 October, 2009
Speaking after the weekly meeting of the Assembly Committee of CAL, Committee Member and Irish language spokesperson Francie Brolly MLA expressed his disappointment on two levels regarding the actions of the DUP minister McCausland today. Read full article
23 October, 2009
The clocks go back by one hour at 2am on Sunday 25th October 2009 Read full article
22 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said banks in the North should follow the example of the First Trust Bank on its decision to reduce its charge for duplicate statements from £10 per page to £10 per request Read full article
22 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Northlands Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has urged residents in Rosemount to be part of the consultation regarding the implementation of traffic calming on Hawthorn Terrace Read full article
22 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has condemned vandals who over the weekend attacked and caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to new homes being built at Dove Gardens Read full article
22 October, 2009
Sinn Féin East Derry MLA Francie Brolly has confirmed his decision to retire from the Assembly before the end of the year. Read full article
21 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has said that the creation of 100 new jobs at First Source in Derry is a welcome boost to the local economy just weeks before Christmas Read full article
21 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Tourism spokesperson Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has said that Derry is lacking public toilet facilities and secures overnight parking for coach tours visiting the city. Read full article
21 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Billy Page has appealed to parents to stop their children getting caught up in stone throwing incidents which he fears could lead to a serious accident on the main road between Hazlebank and Ballymagroarty. Read full article
21 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality and Human Rights spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) is to launch an information booklet which looks at a number of specific drugs in popular usage and the tell tale signs of abuse. It will also provide contact details of local support services in the Derry area Read full article
20 October, 2009
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA has dismissed comments attributed to him by Fianna Fáil TD, Niall Blaney. Read full article
20 October, 2009
The 'Tobias Molloy' Ógra Shinn Féin Cumann in Strabane have released a DVD detailing the history of Republican youth in Strabane. Read full article
20 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Peter Anderson has called on Environmental Services at Derry City Council and those agencies with responsibility for shrubbery at the Beechwood Avenue /New Road Steps and along sections of the Lone Moor Road to take action after being contacted by residents worried about an increase of rats being seen during daylight hours. Read full article
20 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has appealed for people using parks and open spaces in Derry not to leave glass bottles behind them as they often end up being smashed which brings many dangers. Read full article
20 October, 2009
Supporting an amendment to a motion on personal protection weapons in the Assembly today Sinn Féin Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson said: Read full article
20 October, 2009
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will speak later today in the European Parliament in Strasbourg regarding the need for the urgent implementation of an Irish Language Act in the North of Ireland Read full article
20 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Northlands area Maeve McLaughlin has said that residents in Rosemount views need to be taken on board as to what the future plans hold for the vacant site of the old Rosemount Barracks Read full article
19 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Waterside area Lynn Fleming has stated that the shooting of a 17 year old male in Waterside on Saturday night will achieve nothing and has called on those responsible to desist from these actions. Read full article
19 October, 2009
Parking restrictions in Bridge Street are to be relaxed ahead of the introduction of a residents parking scheme next year, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has revealed. Read full article
18 October, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA and member of the Culture, Art's and Leisure Committee Raymond McCartney has stated that monies received through the proceeds of crime by the NIO should be distributed to communities who are affected by crime in the form of aid and assistance to sporting, arts and community groups. Read full article
16 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Policing Board Member, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has said that the cost of contentious parades are clearly unsustainable and the organisers of such events should be required to take out public liability insurance. Read full article
16 October, 2009
Mayor of Derry and Derry Sinn Féin Councillor for the Rural Ward Paul Fleming commenting on the report of the Independent Working Group into outstanding issues relating to Draft PPS 21, which has been posted on the Planning Department website sai Read full article
16 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has dismissed today's meeting of several of the political parties on academic selection as a publicity stunt by some of the parties involved and as an attempt at levering some credibility on their failed positions in terms of academic selection. Read full article
16 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson commenting following an arson attack on flats at Kular Court in the city centre on Wednesday night which resulted in 30 residents having to be evacuated. Read full article
14 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Billy Page has appealed to people in Derry if they have a hospital, doctors, dentist appointment and are unable to attend to let the health provider know. Read full article
14 October, 2009
Chairperson of Derry District Policing Partnership Sinn Féin's Cllr Elisha McLaughlin has said that human rights must not be undermined through the application of any alternative to the prosecution programme. Read full article
14 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Cllr Tony Hassan has called on Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to explain the delay in the much lauded mortgage scheme for people in danger of loosing their homes, particularly given the current economic climate. Read full article
14 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for Bogside and Brandywell Patricia Logue has urged people to continue the trend of last year and ensure that injuries caused by fireworks over the Halloween period follow a downward pattern. Read full article
13 October, 2009
Sheena Campbell Memorial Talk - Bígí Linn! Read full article
13 October, 2009
Speaking after a meeting of the Sinn Féin Officer Board in Dublin today, party President Gerry Adams said: Read full article
13 October, 2009
The Felons Club are to host an event on Sunday 25th October in the Felons Club, West Belfast remembering the Republican prison protests resisting the British criminalisation policy. Read full article
13 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Equality Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) commenting on Finance Minister, Sammy Wilson's intention not to implement the recommendations contained in the Bain Report on decentralization of government departments said: Read full article
13 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has welcomed the news that from next year the history of the conflict in the North will be included in The Leaving Certificate Examinations (Scrúdú na hArdteistiméireachta), commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert and went on to call for the History Teachers Association of Ireland(HTAI) to hold their next annual conference in Derry Read full article
13 October, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Councillor Tony Hassan has said his party has written to the Housing Executive and housing associations to ask what measures they are taking to deal with tenants whose children are continuously involved in vandalism of properties which has left many neighbourhoods suffering from high levels of disrepair Read full article
12 October, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP speaking on the eve of the visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that: Read full article
12 October, 2009
Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) has called on Arntz management to come clean with the workers about its future plans for the Derry plant. Read full article
12 October, 2009
Speaking in advance of an expected statement today by the INLA, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said: Read full article
12 October, 2009
Derry City Council's Environmental Services Chair, Gerry MacLochloainn, Calls For Urgent Meeting With Environment Agency Regarding the Campsie Fire. Read full article
12 October, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed the decision to retain childcare facilities at Magee University. Read full article
12 October, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor for the Greater Shantallow Area, Cllr, Tony Hassan, has called on Derry City Council to put in place a bus shelter on the new Skeoge road Read full article
9 October, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP was joined by party spokesperson on victim's issues, Francie Molloy MLA, and West Belfast MLA Jennifer McCann at a press conference in Belfast this morning to launch the party proposals on truth recovery Read full article
9 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Patricia Logue has welcomed the news that funding has been secured for the Play Board After School Projects until March 2010 while economic appraisal work on childcare strategy options progresses. Read full article
8 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney welcomed the bringing forward of new proposals for dog control. Read full article
8 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has warned those entitled to free travel on public transport for the over 60s that the scheme does not extend to England, Scotland and Wales or the 26 counties. Read full article
8 October, 2009
Derry Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson on Derry City Council Councillor, Tony Hassan has challenged Mary Bradley MLA and the housing minister Margaret Ritchie as to where are all the new social houses promised for Derry in 2008 ? Read full article
7 October, 2009
National Na Fianna Éireann 100th Anniversary Celebration Dinner Dance Read full article
7 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has welcomed moves from the Consumer Council to open a public consultation on Fuel Poverty and social Tariffs. Read full article
7 October, 2009
Voluntary and Community Groups across rural Derry are being reminded that they have just a few weeks left to apply to the Rural Challenge Programme. The deadline for receipt of applications is 5pm on 30th October 2009. Read full article
6 October, 2009
The Education Minister has outlined her position on Transfer 2010 during an Assembly Motion today on Grammar school entrance tests. Read full article
6 October, 2009
Victory for No to Lisbon campaign in Donegal is remarkable- Sinn Féin
"Government must focus on the needs of this county's people" Read full article
6 October, 2009
The failure to hold an inquest into the killing of two unarmed IRA Volunteers by the SAS in October 1990 can be challenged, a Belfast court has ruled. Judge Weatherup granted permission to relatives of the two men to seek a judicial review due to the "undeniable inordinate delay" in holding an inquest into the deaths. Read full article
6 October, 2009
In a 'special investigation' this week The Irish News has rehashed the claim made by Richard O'Rawe in 2005 that a deal was on offer from the British government to resolve the 1981 Hunger Strike and that this alleged deal was scuppered by the leadership of the Republican Movement. Read full article
6 October, 2009
A plaque with an image depicting 1916 Easter Uprising leader James Connolly will be unveiled by Sinn Féin President and West Belfast MP Gerry Adams at the front of Sinn Féin's Andersonstown constituency office, Connolly House, on Friday October 9 at 3pm. Read full article
6 October, 2009
Freshers 2009 - Join Sinn Féin
Watch the video on the link below Read full article
6 October, 2009
Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has hit out after it emerged that Magee University has missed out on a possible multi-million pound investment. Read full article
6 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has heaped praise upon Sean Dolans GAC as the club made history on Sunday at Celtic Park by winning the Junior championship final Read full article
6 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has condemned attacks on Derry City supporters buses at Drumahoe on Saturday night. Read full article
6 October, 2009
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster is guilty of 'defending the indefensible' failings of Invest NI, Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said. Read full article
6 October, 2009
Derry City Sinn Féin Council Leader and Tourism Spokesperson, Maeve McLaughlin will host a visit to Derry today (Tuesday 6th Oct) of Tourism Ireland CEO, Niall Gibbons. Read full article
6 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said that the motion before the Assembly from the UUP on academic selection is 'an old agenda in an new era'. Read full article
5 October, 2009
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has extended his condolences to the family of a local man who died while in custody at the PSNI Strand Road Barracks in Derry yesterday. Read full article
5 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Bogside and Brandywell Patricia Logue has appealed to parents not to buy or allow their children to play with illegal fireworks after being inundated with complaints for the second weekend in a row about their usage in several areas of the city Read full article
5 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan has said that the hoax device left on Saturday morning in the Culmore area of Derry only served to cause hardship to the local population. Read full article
5 October, 2009
Sinn Féin MP and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said that outbursts from the DUP are becoming increasingly 'bizarre'. Read full article
4 October, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin will be hosting their biggest event of the year in Belfast Read full article
4 October, 2009
Speaking from Dublin Castle today following the announcement of the result in the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said: Read full article
2 October, 2009
Please Support the 11 families affected by the Ballymurphy Massacre Read full article
2 October, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has heaped praise upon Sean Dolans GAC as the club bids to make history in the Junior championship final on Sunday. Read full article
2 October, 2009
Annual Vol Seámus McIlwaine 10 Mile Memorial Hike Read full article
2 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Tourism spokesperson, Councillor Maeve McLaughlin has said Derry cannot afford to continue to miss out on the Cruise Ship Market. Read full article
2 October, 2009
Policing Board member Martina Anderson has challenged the new PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott over the failures of the police in Derry. Read full article
1 October, 2009
Annual Vol Ethel Lynch Competition -35th Anniversary presentations and Function Read full article
1 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Hassan who is a member of the Environmental services committee on Derry Council has welcomed the announced plans for a "Clean Neighbourhoods Bill" by the Environment Minister Edwin Poots Read full article
1 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has called on energy companies to provide affordable tariffs for people vulnerable to fuel poverty. Read full article
1 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson is to make a submission today Thursday 1st Oct to the appeals panel at Stormont as part of the campaign to help establish a community pharmacy in the Bogside Read full article
1 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has slammed Nelson McCausland, the Minster for Culture, Arts and Leisure, for questioning funding for GAA clubs that are named after republicans. Read full article
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