News Archives for March, 2008
28 March, 2008
Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has called on the Irish
Government to join with the vast majority of world nations in supporting strong rights for people in poverty ahead of negotiations in Geneva next week. The Irish Government is due to attend negotiations on whether individuals who have had their rights violated should be allowed to appeal to the UN however they have failed to make clear whether they
will support the proposal. Read full article
28 March, 2008
Dublin South West Sinn Féin representative Seán Crowe has expressed
dismay at the death of two young people from Tallaght as a result of a lethal cocktail of drink and drugs.Crowe said that the parish of Killinardan in Tallaght which has seen far too many drug related deaths over the years was reeling from these latest victims and called for an increase in the Tallaght Drugs Unit to effectively respond to the easy availability of drugs in the area. Read full article
28 March, 2008
South Dublin Sinn Féin representative Shaun Tracey has welcomed the seizure of €200,000 worth of herbal cannabis in Rathfarnham yesterday evening. Speaking today Mr. Tracey called for resources for the Garda Drugs Squads to be at least doubled and said while the state is awash with cocaine it is essential that Gardaí continue to target dealers of cannabis. Read full article
28 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Dáil leader and spokesperson on Health & Children Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD has called on people to come out in huge numbers to participate in Saturday's march and rally in Dublin demanding a decent
health service. Read full article
28 March, 2008
Speaking in response to Fianna Fáil Minister Willy O Dea, Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has called on the minister "to name the time and the place for a high profile public debate on the economic implications of the Lisbon Treaty for Ireland." Read full article
26 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald is today launching the party's 'No to Lisbon Campaign' throughout the South East. Ms McDonald is attending a series of meetings and giving interviews with local media in
Wicklow, Kilkenny and Wexford. Read full article
26 March, 2008
Dublin South West Sinn Féin representative Seán Crowe this morning joined the Tallaght Hospital Action Group to hand in to the Department of Health over 12,000 postcards signed in support of Tallaght Hospital. Crowe used the opportunity to call on people to support the rally this Saturday in protest against the downgrading of Tallaght hospital. Read full article
26 March, 2008
Sinn Féin representatives and activists from throughout the country will
this week be mobilising support for a major health rally to be held on Saturday in Dublin demanding a decent public health service. The rally is being organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, the Youth Committee of ICTU and Patients Together. Read full article
26 March, 2008
Reacting to the gun attack on six houses in Limerick last night Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD once again called on the Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan to free up more Gardaí to fight crime by fast-tracking the process of civilianisation of administrative Garda duties. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said Gardaí must be at maximum strength to tackle specific feuds such as the one in Limerick and the one in his own constituency. Read full article
24 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald speaking at the Easter Commemoration in Dún
Laoghaire this afternoon challenged Dick Roche to a public debate on the
implications of the Lisbon Treaty for Ireland. The Dublin MEP also called for cross party unity for the cause of Irish re-unification. Read full article
20 March, 2008
Sinn Féin International Affairs Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has said
the best way for Ireland to mark the fifth anniversary of the US & British led illegal invasion of Iraq would be to end the use of Shannon Airport by those complicit in the war. Read full article
19 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has accused the
Government of wasting billions of Euros on sub-standard accommodation
for those on the Rent Supplement Scheme. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said had the
Government properly invested in social and affordable housing then
during the years of the Celtic Tiger then we would not be continuing to
spend up to €400million per year on private accommodation for local
authority tenants. Read full article
19 March, 2008
Responding to research which shows that the vast majority of children appearing in court are from disadvantaged areas Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD said, "You can be sure that the post-codes from which a disproportionately high majority of young
offenders are drawn are the very same post-codes from which recruitment to the Gardaí is disproportionately low." Read full article
13 March, 2008
Speaking in response to reports of children as young as ten being
groomed by criminal gangs Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó
Snodaigh TD said the Government must remember that it is their duty to
focus on children who are at risk of becoming involved in criminal
activities with early intervention programmes. Read full article
13 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has called on
Justice Minister Brian Lenihan to ensure that the Garda Síochána
Ombudsman Commission is properly resourced to do the job that it was
established to do. Deputy Ó Snodaigh, who met the commission last month, said proposals to restrict the admission of complaints about the
Gardaí would have to be carefully considered with great caution. Read full article
11 March, 2008
Clondalkin Sinn Féin welcome funding for new scanner at Tallaght Hospital: Read full article
11 March, 2008
Dublin 15 Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Donnelly has criticised the Green Party Environment Minister John Gormley for not implementing his party policy in relation to social and affordable housing. Fingal has one of the biggest social housing waiting lists in the State, with thousands waiting to be housed. Read full article
11 March, 2008
Clondalkin Sinn Féin Councillor Shane O' Connor has slammed the Local TD and Present Minister for Health Mary Harney for the ongoing vacancies at Tallaght Hospital. Read full article
11 March, 2008
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Donnelly has urged the Housing Minister to set in place a mortgage repayment support package to help homeowners who are at risk of losing their homes as a result of negative equity. Donnelly was speaking after it was announced that house repossessions increased by 33% last year. Read full article
11 March, 2008
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Donnelly has called on Education Minister Mary Hanafin to reverse her decision to abandon her commitment in the programme for Government to cut class sizes. Cllr. Donnelly said that the commitment was only ever a paper one and parents in overcrowded schools across Dublin 15 never believed it. Read full article
11 March, 2008
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Donnelly has called on Justice Minister Brian Lenihan to immediately expedite a programme of civilianisaion of Garda duties to free up fully-trained Gardaí to be re-deployed into the fight against crime. Read full article
11 March, 2008
Blanchardstown Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Donnelly has welcomed his party's support for a Private Member's Motion calling for the Capitation Grant for Primary Schools to be doubled. Read full article
11 March, 2008
Speaking in the Dáil today Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó
Snodaigh TD raised serious concerns over increased gun crimes including
two recent murders over the past week. Deputy Ó Snodaigh again called
on the Government to expedite a robust process of civilianisation of as
many administrative and other appropriate tasks as possible in order to
free-up fully trained Gardaí to fight serious drug and gun crime. Read full article
10 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has accused Dick Roche of talking
nonsense. She said 'the lack of information available to the electorate
only months out from a referendum is a disgrace.' She said it is clear
that the government have no interest in debating the facts. Read full article
10 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has called on the
Minister of State with responsibility for Housing to set in place a
mortgage repayment support package to help homeowners at risk of losing
their homes as a result of negative equity. Deputy Ó Snodaigh was
speaking today after it was revealed that house repossessions increased
by 33% last year. Read full article
7 March, 2008
Sinn Féin will hold an International Women's Day celebration event
tomorrow evening, Saturday March 8, in Liberty Hall, Dublin. The Celebratory event will be hosted by Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou Mc
Donald. Read full article
7 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has called on Justice Minister Brian Lenihan to immediately expedite a robust programme of civilianisation of Garda duties to free up fully trained Gardaí to be re-deployed into the fight against crime. Deputy Ó Snodaigh was speaking today after two men were shot in Dublin last night one of whom subsequently died. Read full article
6 March, 2008
"Today the government published its legislation on the Lisbon Treaty. And once again they have avoided naming a date for the referendum. It is clear at this stage that they are avoiding naming the date in order to delay the starting of the debate. They don't want to debate the facts in the Treaty. Read full article
6 March, 2008
Sinn Féin International Affairs and Human Rights Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has called on the Government to use next week's European Council meeting to propose a suspension of the EU preferential trade agreement with Israel in a protest action against Israel's illegal collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza. Read full article
6 March, 2008
Following today's publication of the Lisbon Treaty - Referendum Bill Sinn Féin National Chairperson and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald will give the party's response to the Bill at 2:45pm today (Thursday March 6th) at the Kildare Street entrance to Leinster House. Read full article
6 March, 2008
Speaking during the launch of the first ever Irish language Sinn Féin cumann in Dublin, Thursday March 6th, Buswells Hotel @10.30am, Sinn Féin Irish language spokesperson Aengus O'Snódaigh has said, Read full article
5 March, 2008
Dublin Sinn Féin Councillor Daithí Doolan has called on the public to support tomorrow's protest against the use of sweatshops by Marks & Spencer's. The protest will be held outside Marks & Spencer's, Grafton Street, at 11.00 am, tomorrow, Thursday March 6th. Read full article
5 March, 2008
Ag caint roimh seoladh an chéad Cumann Gaelach Shinn Féin i mBaile Átha Cliath, Déardaoin (amarach) 6 Márta 2008, Óstan Buswells @10.30rn le Aengus Ó Snódaigh TD, Séanna Breathnach, Cathaoirleach Roinn an Chultúir, Sinéad Ní Chaoláin UCD Sinn Féin agus Áine Downes, Ógra Shinn Féin. Read full article
5 March, 2008
Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has called on the Government to halt the continuing destruction of national monuments on the Tara site. Speaking in the Dáil today Deputy Ó Snodaigh made an eleventh hour appeal to the Government to consider re-routing the M3 to avoid the devastation of our national heritage. Read full article
5 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh will meet the Department of Justice Head of Crime Division Brendan Callahan this afternoon to discuss the role of Joint Policing Committees in community policing and the fight against crime. Read full article
4 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has moved an amendment in the Dáil to the Government's amendment of the Fine Gael Private Members Motion on crime and anti-social behaviour. Deputy Ó Snodaigh called for resources to be pumped into crime prevention measures, drugs schemes, services to victims of crime, rehabilitation and diversionary programmes. Read full article
4 March, 2008
Sinn Féin International Affairs and Human Rights Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, speaking in the Dáil today called on the Government to reassess Ireland's relationship with Israel. Deputy Ó Snodaigh was speaking after Israel vowed to continue attacking Gaza despite killing 116 Palestinians including 22 children in the last week. Read full article
4 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has tabled an amendment to the Government's amendment of the Fine Gael Private Members' Motion on crime which will be debated in the Dáil over the next two evenings. Deputy Ó Snodaigh, speaking today, said Sinn Féin would be happy to support the Fine Gael motion but it does not go far enough. He said the Government amendment contains nothing new and shows that the Government does not recognise the gravity of the problem. Read full article
3 March, 2008
Dublin South West Sinn Féin representative Seán Crowe has called on the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline what measures he plans to take to replace jobs in Tallaght. Speaking after another company in Tallaght announced its closure, with the loss of 130 jobs Crowe said no other area could sustain such a haemorrhaging of jobs as Tallaght has had to sustain. Read full article
3 March, 2008
Dublin Sinn Féin Councillors Christy Burke and Dessie Ellis have tabled an emergency motion for tonight's City Council meeting which calls on the City Manager to explain the closure and problems associated with the Port Tunnel. Read full article
3 March, 2008
Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has criticised Green Party Environment Minister John Gormley for not implementing his party policy in relation to Part 5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said the Minister is now supporting a housing policy that delays the provision of social housing and promotes class segregation which is contrary to current Green Party policy. Read full article
3 March, 2008
Sinn Féin's Dublin Environment Spokesperson, Councillor Daithí Doolan, has today called on all party's to support his motion to, "ensure that the City Council will not attempt to impose water rates on the residents of Dublin." Read full article
3 March, 2008
Speaking at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis on the need for greater financial resources for suicide prevention phone-lines Sinn Féin representative Seán Crowe highlighted the wide gaps in services and urged the new Minister Jimmy Devins to fund groups like Teen-line as a matter of urgency. Read full article
3 March, 2008
Sinn Féin representative Seán Crowe speaking at his party's annual Ard Fheis in the RDS Dublin at the weekend highlighted the difficulties facing Tallaght hospital during the debate on Health. Read full article
2 March, 2008
Speaking at the weekends Sinn Féin Ard Fheis Sinn Féin Dún Laoghaire representative Eoin Ó Broin challenged Labour party leader and Dún Laoghaire TD Eamon Gilmore on his claims that the Lisbon Treaty is "good for public services". Read full article
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