Motion 176. This Ard Fheis records its alarm at the spiralling emigration taking place across the 32 Counties. We recognise the particularly devastating effects of emigration upon rural communities on the island.
We consider this to be a national emergency. At present over 1,000 Irish citizens leave the Six Counties and 26 Counties every week, many of them young single people and young families.
This Ard Fheis calls upon Sinn Féin ministers in the Northern Executive and Sinn Féin TDs in the Dáil to ensure that the North/South Ministerial Council and the Irish Government address as an absolute priority the current emigration crisis and through it seek the formulation of an all-island cross-departmental strategy to intervene in this worsening situation in our country.
Kevin Lynch Cumann
Park/Craigbane, Co Derry
East Cork Comhairle Ceantair
Omagh Comhairle Ceantair