News Archives for July, 2007
31 July, 2007
BLANCHARDSTOWN Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has called on Fingal County Council to stop delays in processing the application for funding for the proposed Blanchardstown Women's Refuge. Council architects have requested that substantial changes are made to the project, months after the design, planning and tender process was complete which is now putting the project in jeopardy. Read full article
26 July, 2007
Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has accused Education Minister Mary Hanafin of being totally disingenuous in relation to her approach to Gaelscoileanna. He said 'the fact is that all of the evidence suggests that the total immersion approach used for younger pupils in Gaelscoileanna has been very successful.' He said 'It is the government which has taken an a la carte approach to Irish language education and this is what needs to be urgently addressed.' Read full article
21 July, 2007
Dublin Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has this morning called on the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to introduce a one-off payment for social welfare recipients qualifying for fuel allowance to cover additional fuel costs incurred due un-seasonal weather conditions throughout June and July. Read full article
20 July, 2007
Dublin Mid West Sinn Féin will picket Mary Harney's office in Clondalkin tomorrow, Saturday 21 July at 12pm. Sinn Féin representative for the area Joanne Spain said the picket was to highlight the continued inefficiencies in the health service and the anger Irish people feel at Mary Harney being returned to the role of Health Minister. Ms Spain added that the Sinn Féin members will join the Mastaction picket to highlight the dangers of mobile phone masts and ESB pylons in North Clondalkin, scheduled to take place at 1pm. Read full article
20 July, 2007
At today's meeting of the Dublin South Central Joint Policing Committee (JPC) Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD will call for more community involvement in dealing with social problems. Deputy Ó Snodaigh will call on the JPC to host public meetings in the area to discuss the problem of alcohol abuse and its implications for communities, anti-social behaviour and issues related to poor estate management. Read full article
19 July, 2007
The recent Garda drugs raids and arrests in the Dublin North East area, codenamed Operation Accessory, have been welcomed by Councillor Larry O'Toole. The raids occurred in Darndale, Edenmore, Belcamp, Baldoyle and Kilbarrack and resulted in the seizure of drugs and related equipment to the value of hundreds of thousands of Euros. Read full article
19 July, 2007
Dublin Sinn Féin Councillor Daithí Doolan has called on the Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan to allow the autistic Nigerian boy, Great Agbonlahor to stay in Ireland. Councillor Doolan made his comments today at a protest on burgh Quay organised in support of the Agbonlahor family. Read full article
18 July, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has strongly refuted the new Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan's claim that An Garda Síochána could not be placed in the hands of an independent authority because of its role in the State's security. Speaking today Deputy Ó Snodaigh said, "Not only is it possible because all members of a policing board could be bound by the Official Secrets Acts but it is also obligatory under the equivalence and security provisions of the Good Friday Agreement." Read full article
18 July, 2007
Dublin 15 Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has slammed a decision by Council officials to grant planning permission for a new shopping centre at Littlepace which has been strongly opposed by local residents. Read full article
15 July, 2007
Dublin North East Sinn Féin invites everyone to attend this years annual Volunteer Pat Cannon Commemoration taking place on Saturday 21st July at 2.30pm. Read full article
14 July, 2007
Speaking today at a rally to save and upgrade St. Michael's Hospital in Dún Laoghaire, South Dublin Sinn Féin representative Shaun Tracey said Sinn Féin is committed to supporting the staff and patients of St Michaels in ensuring that Dún Laoghaire retains the hospital and called for the return of 24 hour accident and emergency services. Read full article
13 July, 2007
Speaking today in support of a Shell to Sea organised protest in solidarity with the three Erris fishermen who were this week sentenced to three months in prison for allegedly assaulting a Garda, Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh slammed the State authorities and An Garda Síochána for their "concerted campaign of intimidation and assault against a local community and peaceful demonstrators". Read full article
12 July, 2007
Dublin 15 Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher is angered at his continued exclusion from the Fingal Joint Policing Committee and particularly the duplicitous role of the Labour Party. Sinn Féin is the only party in Fingal not represented on the committee, but this could have been resolved due to the occurrence of two vacancies. Read full article
12 July, 2007
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has expressed his disappointment and frustration at the failure to secure support from Labour and Fine Gael councillors to support his motion to rezone land adjacent to Mary Mother of Hope School from Residential to Open Space with a specific objective 'to provide for community or educational use'. Read full article
12 July, 2007
Dublin 15 Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has welcomed the resolution of a dispute which prevented hundreds of children from Clonee United using their pitches to train at Littlepace Park. Cllr. Gallagher has raised the issue repeatedly at council meetings and worked closely with Clonee United officials and the Community & Sports Manager of Fingal, Senan Turnbull. Read full article
12 July, 2007
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has reiterated his call for additional Garda resources for Dublin 15 and has highlighted the continued failure to fund the Fingal Policing Committee. Read full article
11 July, 2007
Sinn Féin's Cllr. Daithí Doolan, along with Cllr. Criona Ni Dhailigh and Aengus O'Snodaigh TD, met today with senior Health Service Executive management to discuss the proposed development of the Old Meath Hospital, Dublin 8. Read full article
11 July, 2007
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has expressed disappointment with today's adoption of the resolution in European Parliament on the Posting of Workers as it fails to send a strong signal to the European Commission that the protection of workers rights is of paramount importance to European citizens. Read full article
11 July, 2007
At a discussion on the forthcoming EU Inter Governmental Conference (IGC) during a meeting of the European parliamentary group of which Sinn Féin is a member (GUE/NGL), Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald commented that "At this stage the Reform Treaty appears to be a hasty attempt by the European elite to complete the EU Constitution project." The IGC will begin the process of negotiating the repackaged EU Constitution now renamed the Reform Treaty on 23 July. Read full article
11 July, 2007
Sinn Féin's Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald today expressed concern for the future of An Post after the European Parliament backed an EU Commission plan to open the letters market to competition. Mc Donald dismissed any delay in the opening-up of the market as essentially irrelevant. Read full article
10 July, 2007
Sinn Féin Cllr. Daithí Doolan has today called on the Department of Justice to acknowledge the exceptional circumstances of six-year old Nigerian Great Agbonlohar who is diagnosed with autism by granting him permission to stay in Ireland. Read full article
9 July, 2007
Speaking this morning Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald welcomed Dublin City Councils decision to bring a new Quality Bus Corridor into operation on the north quay. Read full article
6 July, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has said there should be a significant role for communities in the determination of alcohol licensing regulations. Deputy Ó Snodaigh has made a detailed submission to the Joint Policing Committee (JPC) Sub Group on Alcohol which meets today. In the submission Sinn Féin outlines its proposals for the liberalisation of licensing laws towards European models involving flexible opening and closing times to prevent drink-related disorder. Read full article
5 July, 2007
Dublin 15 Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has called on the government to urgently bring forward legislation for Property Management Companies. Gallagher was responding to a question he put forward to the Minister for the Environment. Read full article
5 July, 2007
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has welcomed the purchase of 0.9 hectares of land next to Mary Mother of Hope by the Council for the expansion of the school campus. Read full article
5 July, 2007
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has criticised the 'emerging' preferred route of the Metro West that was published today. Read full article
5 July, 2007
Speaking in the Dáil today Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has said the shooting in Stillorgan yesterday, which is reported to be part of the ongoing Crumlin/Drimnagh feud, highlights the need for extra Garda resources to be put into ending this feud. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said he discussed this feud with the Assistant Garda Commissioner this week however he could not get a commitment from him to establish a special Garda Task force with the specific aim of bringing this feud to an end. Read full article
5 July, 2007
Speaking today during the debate on the next steps for Europe with Minister Dick Roche at the National Forum on Europe, Sinn Féin's Dublin Spokesperson on European Affairs Cllr. Daithí Doolan has outlined what the next steps for Europe must be if the EU is to maintain any public confidence. Read full article
4 July, 2007
Councillor Larry O'Toole has called on the new Minister with responsibility for Drugs Policy, Pat Carey, to restore spending budgets removed in the last Budget. The new Minister is to visit the Dublin North East Drugs Task Force on Friday July 20th next, when he will tour existing projects. Read full article
4 July, 2007
Councillor Larry O'Toole, Vice-Chair of the Joint Policing Committee has welcomed a new initiative by the Committee whereby a number of Public Parks will be prioritised for the targeting of anti-social behaviour. Read full article
4 July, 2007
Councillor Larry O'Toole has condemned as 'insensitive, ignorant and offensive' the remarks by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern at an Irish Congress of Trades Unions conference today. The Taoiseach stated that he couldn't understand why certain people who were always 'cribbing and moaning' didn't commit suicide. The comments have also been condemned by a range of people and organisations working to combat suicide and to generate an understanding of the issue. Read full article
4 July, 2007
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has called on the Government to amend the proposed Passenger Name Records (PNR) agreement before its full adoption by the European Council on Tuesday. Read full article
3 July, 2007
In light of yesterday's massive cocaine find in the sea off West Cork, reported to be worth at least €100 million, Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD said the scale of the seizure is indicative of the market for the drug in Ireland and called on the Government "use every resource available to underpin and implement all five pillars of the national drugs strategy". Speaking in the Dáil this morning Deputy Ó Snodaigh said the funding shortfalls for local drugs task forces from Budget 2007 must be reversed. Read full article
2 July, 2007
Dublin City Council is set to take the lead in tackling climate change in Ireland. It will be co-ordinating a regional response so Dublin's four local authorities will meet the demands outlined in the Kyoto Agreement. Read full article
2 July, 2007
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD will this evening ask the Assistant Garda Commissioner to establish a special Garda Task Force to tackle the escalating feud between Crumlin and Drimnagh criminal gangs. The feud between these gangs resulted in a grenade attack on a house in Crumlin last week. Deputy Ó Snodaigh will put his proposals to tackle the feud to the Assistant Commissioner at the meeting of the Dublin Joint Policing Committee this evening. Read full article
2 July, 2007
BLANCHARDSTOWN Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has welcomed the appointment of a Junior Minister with responsibility for the Drug Strategy and has urged him to produce an action plan to tackle the cocaine crisis. Read full article
2 July, 2007
BLANCHARDSTOWN Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher has welcomed plans for a €1.3 billion DART inter-connector for Dublin that will see a DART service introduced for Dublin West. Gallagher said that the best complement to the proposal would be a LUAS along the N3. Read full article
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