News Archives for June, 2007
29 June, 2007
Sinn Féin's Seán Crowe has said the issue of illegal immigrants in the US is one which will not go away and will have to be dealt with sooner rather than later. Crowe, who has visited the US on a number of occasions to lobby for immigration reform, was speaking today after the Immigration Reform Bill was defeated by the US Senate. He called for a renewed effort from all those involved in the campaign. Read full article
29 June, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has called for a dedicated Garda Task Force to tackle the gangland feuds in the South Inner City. Deputy Ó Snodaigh was speaking this morning after a grenade attack on a house in Crumlin last night. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said the failure of the Government to re-target resources into tackling the feuds in the Crumlin and Drimnagh areas has led to the escalation of violence. Read full article
28 June, 2007
Speaking at a conference this morning on cocaine use, Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald called on the new Junior Minister with responsibility for the Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs to formulate, resource and implement a strategy to tackle the growing cocaine crisis in Ireland. Read full article
28 June, 2007
Speaking today Dublin Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh welcomed plans for a €1.3billion high capacity DART inter-connector for Dublin and expressed hope that this extension of the DART service will take a substantial amount of private cars off the road. Read full article
28 June, 2007
Speaking ahead of a conference this morning on cocaine use, which will be addressed by the new Junior Minister with responsibility for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs Pat Carey, Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD called on the new Minister to make a commitment, in his address to the conference, that he will immediately reverse the funding shortfall from Budget 2007 for local drugs services. Read full article
28 June, 2007
Speaking today at the National Forum on the Future of Europe, Sinn Féin's Dublin Spokesperson on European Affairs Cllr. Daithí Doolan has challenged the Irish government to stop attempting to opt of their commitment to the EU Rights Charter contained within the Reformed Treaty. Read full article
27 June, 2007
Sinn Féin's Dublin Spokesperson on the Environment, Cllr. Daithí Doolan, has today called on the Green Party Minister John Gormley to clearly and unequivocally state that he will stop the Poolbeg incinerator from going ahead or reconsider his position in government following Mr Gormely's apparent u-turn on the issue in response to a Parliamentary Question. Read full article
27 June, 2007
Sinn Féin International Affairs spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has said the recent EU Summit has not been a success for ordinary people across Europe. Speaking in the Dáil today Deputy Ó Snodaigh said the summit further weakened EU democracy and smaller member-states in particular are further marginalised. Deputy Ó Snodaigh also said Ireland's neutrality will be further undermined as we move further towards a militarised European Union. Read full article
26 June, 2007
Responding to a Report from the Parish of the Travelling People which draws attention to the starkly unequal life expectancies and health outcomes experienced by members of the Traveller Community Sinn Féin Spokesperson for Equality and Human Rights Aengus Ó Snodaigh called on the new Government to officiall recognise Travelling People as an ethnic minority deserving full protection under the UN Convention Against All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Read full article
26 June, 2007
Commenting on today's government motion restoring Bills to the Dáil order paper Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh expressed his disappointment that the controversial Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005 is to remain. Read full article
25 June, 2007
Sinn Féin will be holding a protest at the gates of Leinster House tomorrow, Tuesday 26th June, at the refusal of the Fianna Fáil/PD/Green Government to give adequate speaking time in the Dáil to opposition TDs outside of the Fine Gael and Labour parties. Read full article
25 June, 2007
Sinn Féin's Dublin Spokesperson on the Environment, Cllr. Daithí Doolan, has today expressed deep disappointment at this afternoon's statement by Dublin City Council management to push ahead with the proposed incinerator for Poolbeg Peninsula. Read full article
22 June, 2007
Sinn Féin's Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has said news that the exchequer is to lose €500 million in tax revenues because of a sharp drop in the number of houses built in the second half of 2007 is no surprise. Ó Snodaigh said that repeated warnings from Sinn Féin about the dependence of the exchequer on revenue related to property and consumption have continued to be ignored. Read full article
21 June, 2007
Sinn Féin Councillor Dessie Ellis has called on the Government to directly intervene in a situation which has seen a group of Roma families, including 16 children, living on a roundabout at an exit to the M50. Councillor Ellis said this situation is a direct result of the Government's failure to treat all EU Citizens equally. Read full article
21 June, 2007
Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has welcomed the fact that the Drugs portfolio and the Housing Portfolio now each have a full junior minister. Deputy Ó Snodaigh however said that Sinn Féin has genuine concerns regarding the formulation of some of the new positions. Read full article
20 June, 2007
Responding to reports that Gardaí have not sought to issue one ASBO in the six months since their introduction, but instead favour the use of pre-existing public order legislation Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh said: Read full article
19 June, 2007
Responding to reports today that the young man found dead on a road in Cork yesterday morning may be the latest victim of the cocaine epidemic Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has reiterated his party's call for the introduction of a Minister of State with responsibility solely for dealing with the drugs crisis. Read full article
16 June, 2007
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has welcomed the decision to increase the Green Bin collection service from a monthly to fortnightly service. In response to a question put forward by Gallagher, the Manager has confirmed that the frequency of service will be doubled starting this year. Read full article
16 June, 2007
Dublin 15 Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has called for the targeting of illegal dumpers in the Old Hansfield Road area of Castaheany and sought the use of mobile CCTV to catch the culprits. Read full article
16 June, 2007
Dublin West Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has called on the new Justice Minister Brian Lenihan to carry out an independent review of the selection process for the proposed super prison at Thornton Hall. Read full article
16 June, 2007
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has called for a major overhaul of Garda resources in Dublin 15, including two new stations. Gallagher made the call at a meeting of the Fingal Community Safety committee, which revealed statistics showing the lack of Garda services for the Blanchardstown area. Read full article
14 June, 2007
Sinn Féin's Dublin Spokesperson on the Environment, Cllr. Daithí Doolan, has today expressed deep disappointment at the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Programme for Government's failure to exclude the proposed incinerator for Poolbeg Peninsula. Read full article
13 June, 2007
Speaking ahead of roundtable discussion today with service providers on domestic violence organised by AkiDwA Sinn Féin Justice and Equality Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD said the specific difficulties faced by migrant women suffering domestic violence must be recognised. Deputy Ó Snodaigh commended AkiDwA for calling the conference today. Read full article
13 June, 2007
Responding to reports that the new Gardaí Síochána Ombudsman Commission received almost 400 complaints in its first month of operation Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh said he is concerned at the carry-over from the Gardaí into the Commission but is hopeful that it will be effective in building community trust and confidence in the Gardaí. Read full article
12 June, 2007
Speaking tonight after a large public meeting in Dún Laoghaire local Sinn Fein representative Eoin Ó Broin has endorsed calls for a major campaign to defend and improve local hospital services. Read full article
11 June, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has said the incoming Government must take a new approach to tackling the drugs crisis in this state. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said the first step in this approach must be a recognition of the problem as a crisis which the previous Fianna Fáil/PD administration stubbornly refused to admit causing huge problems for those on the front line tackling drugs in their communities. Read full article
8 June, 2007
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has once again welcomed Dublin's Gay Pride festival which is being launched today. However, Deputy Ó Snodaigh was critical of the outgoing Government when he said, "Shamefully, another year has passed without provisions being made for equal treatment and the recognition of the rights of gay, lesbian and transsexual people in Ireland." Read full article
8 June, 2007
Sinn Féin's Seán Crowe has expressed his disappointment at the failure of the US Senate to pass a crucial Bill that planned to reform immigration laws to allow most undocumented immigrants, including thousands of Irish people, to remain in the US legally. Crowe, who has travelled to the US on numerous occasions to lobby of immigration reform, said today that the result of the vote will be a blow to the Irish community in the US and their families back home who have suffered throughout the years due to a the restrictions of non recognition. Read full article
7 June, 2007
Speaking today Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald welcomed the EU backed decision to reduce the cost of cross-border mobile phone calls. However Ms. McDonald said while this is a positive move it has not gone far enough. She said Sinn Féin wishes to see a single All-Ireland mobile phone tariff introduced to ensure that the border will no longer be a financial burden on mobile phone customers." Read full article
7 June, 2007
Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has said one of the first priorities for the incoming Government must be to tackle the housing crisis by initiating a major housing programme to meet the needs of the many thousands of families on waiting lists throughout the state. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said 70,000 new social housing units are required and must be built by 2012. Read full article
6 June, 2007
Speaking in support of today's Europe-wide protest which will call on safeguards to be put in place to protect the postal service throughout the EU in the face of liberalisation, Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said, "Sinn Féin is totally opposed to the right-wing agenda being pushed by the EU and it is imperative that our postal network is retained as a postal service and not turned into a postal business". Read full article
6 June, 2007
Sinn Féin Dublin South Central TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has said that staffing cuts at Crumlin Children's Hospital must be resisted and the new Health Minister must "fully fund hospital services for children and rein in the HSE bureaucracy". Read full article
5 June, 2007
A cross party community led campaign group was formed this evening at a public meeting in the Kingston Hotel Dún Laoghaire, called o discuss the future of St Michaels Hospital. The meeting, organized by Sinn Féin, was attended by over 70 people, including hospital staff, former patients and local residents. Read full article
5 June, 2007
Speaking today Sinn Féin Dún Laoghaire representative Eoin Ó Broin has called on the St Vincents Hospital Group to provide more clarity on future plans for St Michaels Hospital. Read full article
1 June, 2007
Speaking in response to a statement today by St Vincent's Health Care Group on the future of St Michaels Hospital, Dún Laoghaire Sinn Féin representative Eoin Ó Broin has called on the St Vincent's Health Care Group to 'engage in a widespread public consultation with staff, patients and the local community before any decision is taken on the future of the hospital.' Read full article
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