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26 May, 2009

By-election candidate calls on voters to shun Government parties

Sinn Féin's candidate in the Dublin South by-election Shaun Tracey has called on voters to send the Government a strong message by hitting Fianna Fáil and the Green Party hard at the polls. Mr. Tracey said voters should turn their anger into positive action by giving the Government a hammering at the polls. Read full article


12 May, 2009

Turn your anger into positive action - Sinn Féin South Dublin by-election candidate Shaun Tracey

Sinn Féin South Dublin by-election candidate Shaun Tracey today launched a registration drive entitled 'Sick and tired of the government, well give them a good balloting on June 5th' outside the DIT college on Angier Street in Dublin. Read full article


11 May, 2009

Transfer left - Sinn Féin by-election candidate urges voters to transfer to candidates of the left

Sinn Féin's by-election candidate in the Dublin South constituency Shaun Tracey has called on voters for his party to transfer left. He called on the electorate to not be star struck by the arrival of George Lee into the contest but to look at the policies of the party for which he has declared. Read full article


6 May, 2009

Gormley living in cloud cuckoo land - Tracey

Sinn Féin's candidate for the South Dublin By-election Shaun Tracey has said the Green Party Leader John Gormley mustn't be canvassing in Dublin South if his claims that his party are receiving a good response are true. Mr. Tracey said, having been canvassing in Dublin South for a number of months now he has not heard a good word said about the Greens and predicted a significant drop in support for the party. Read full article


28 April, 2009

Tracey welcomes announcement of by-election date

Sinn Féin's candidate for the South Dublin by-election Shaun Tracey has announced this evening's announcement in the Dáil that the poll will take place on June 5th, the same day as the local and European elections. Read full article


28 April, 2009

Ireland's History should not be for sale - Sinn Féin

Members of Sinn Féin today placed a picket on Adams Auctioneers on Stephen's Green in protest at the sale of significant Irish historical artefacts. Speaking at the picket South Dublin Sinn Féin by-election candidate Shaun Tracey called on the Government to compulsorily purchase the items and put them on public display in the National Museum for the benefit of all Irish people and tourists to our country. Read full article


3 April, 2009

Call for action as Dún Laoghaire Rathdown unemployment doubles in past year

South Dublin Sinn Féin representative Shaun Tracey has called on Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to embark on a new social housing building programme to tackle its chronic unemployment and housing crises. Mr. Tracey was speaking today as figures from the Central Statistics Office revealed that unemployment in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown has more than doubled in the past year. Read full article


24 March, 2009

Government must reign in Fingleton's million - Sinn Féin

Speaking at a protest outside the headquarters of Irish Nationwide on Charlemont Street today South Dublin Sinn Féin representative Shaun Tracey called on Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to ensure that Bank Executive Michael Fingleton is made to give back the €1million bonus he received last November and to instruct the bank to impose a cap on its pension arrangements with employees. Read full article


28 February, 2009

Dundrum Sinn Féin candidate calls on Greens to save bus services or leave Government

Dundrum Sinn Féin local election candidate Oonagh O'Reilly has challenged South Dublin Green Party TD and Minister Eamon Ryan to give a commitment that he will protect Dundrum Bus services which are under threat from the company's decision to withdraw 120 buses from the city. Read full article


19 February, 2009

M50 wasteland being used by burglars

Sinn Féin's local election candidate for the Sandyford Glencullen Ward Shaun Tracey has called on Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to urgently close off access to wasteland behind Sandyford Park which has been used in a spate of burglaries recently. Read full article