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Our public services under attack as never before - Ó Caoláin
Sinn Fein TD Caoimhghin O Caolain addressing the Ard Fheis on cuts to public services.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams' Speech to the 2010 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis
A half a million citizens unemployed. Social welfare payments cut. Wages cut. Health and Education in crisis. Families facing eviction. Mass emigration back again. Parts of the country under water.…
Martin McGuinness Address to Ard Fheis 2010 – Saturday.
Martin McGuinness Address to Ard Fheis 2010 – Saturday.
Arthur Morgan TD moves motion to adopt 'Financing the Future' as party policy
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance, Arthur Morgan TD, introduces Emergency motion to the Ard Fheis to adopt 'Financing the Future' as party policy.
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Revoke pay increases for NAMA Board – Morgan
March 12th, 2010 - Arthur Morgan TD
Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Arthur Morgan has called on the Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to revoke the increases in pay for the members of the Board of NAMA which were revealed yesterday. Deputy Morgan described the massive pay increases as an insult to ordinary public sector workers who are…
NI Water Chairman and a number of Board members dismissed
March 12th, 2010 - Newry/Armagh - Conor Murphy MP
Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy, today announced that he has dismissed the Chairman and a number of non-executive directors of the Board of NI Water (NIW).
McCartney welcomes decisive action on NIW governance failings
March 12th, 2010 - Newry/Armagh - Conor Murphy MP
Sinn Féin MLA and member of the regional development committee Raymond McCartney has today welcomed the move by the Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy MP MLA in relation to the dismissal of several board members of NI Water.
PPS must now act in Hamill case – O’Dowd
March 12th, 2010 - Upper Bann - John O'Dowd
Sinn Féin MLA John O’ Dowd has said the recommendation in the Interim report of the Robert Hamill inquiry for the Public Prosecution Service to reconsider a decision not to prosecute a retired RUC officer must be acted on without further delay by the PPS.
Fianna Fáil/Green Government could learn from actions of Minister Conor Murphy
March 12th, 2010 - Martin Ferris TD
Responding to the news that Sinn Féin's Minister for Regional Development in the Northern Executive Conor Murphy has sacked a number of members of Northern Ireland Water Board, including the chairperson, for mismanagement, North Kerry TD Martin Ferris has suggested that the Fianna Fáil/Green government could learn a thing or…
SDLP vote against GAA community development in North Belfast
March 12th, 2010 - North Belfast - Carál Ní Chuilín
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín has slammed the decision by the SDLP, at Belfast City Council tonight to vote against the proposed GAA community development in North Belfast at the Cricky Pitch on the Clintonville Road. The much needed development would have seen changing facilities built at the site…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD ag glacadh páirt i Rith 2010 inniu
March 11th, 2010 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD
"Tacaigh le Rith 2010 i mBaile Átha Cliath"
Ferris calls for payment of REPS money
March 11th, 2010 - Martin Ferris TD
The Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Agriculture, Martin Ferris TD, raised in the Dáil today the issue of the failure to pay farmers in Kerry payments due under the REPS IV scheme.
Board of NAMA receive huge salary increases as ordinary workers get paycuts – Morgan
March 11th, 2010 - Arthur Morgan TD
Speaking today in the Dáil after it was revealed that the salaries of members of the NAMA board were revised upwards after the paycuts announced in Budget 2010, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Finance Arthur Morgan has asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Finance to justify the 70% increase in the…
Fears for the future at Tyrone Crystal – Gildernew
March 11th, 2010 - Fermanagh/South Tyrone - Michelle Gildernew MP
Sinn Féin Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Michelle Gildernew has expressed her solidarity with staff at the Tyrone Crystal plant in Dungannon and has committed herself to doing all that she can to support workers at this uncertain time.
30,000 GP letters “even more serious than x-rays” – Ó Caoláin
March 11th, 2010 - Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD
Sinn Féin Health & Children spokesperson and Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has described as “astounding” the fact that an estimated 30,000 GP referral letters were left unopened or did not reach the consultants for whom they were intended at Tallaght. Deputy Ó Caoláin called for the recall of Health…
Gerry Adams warned of another threat to his life
March 11th, 2010 - West Belfast - Gerry Adams MP
Sinn Féin west Belfast MP Gerry Adams has revealed today that he has received a further warning from the PSNI that there is a threat to his life.
Holyland area needs strategic approach – Maskey
March 11th, 2010 - South Belfast - Alex Maskey
Sinn Féin MLA for south Belfast Alex Maskey has said that “CCTV in the Holyland will only solve the symptoms of the problems faced by that community but cant resolve the core issues faced by the community”.
Ó Caoláin urges Referendum on Children's Rights
March 11th, 2010 - Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD
Sinn Féin Health and Children Spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has welcomed the third and final report of the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children. Speaking in the Dáil this afternoon Deputy Ó Caoláin called on the Government to table legislation to hold a referendum on the issue of…
New EU Foreign Policy Chief snubs our Minister as Israel embarks on further illegal settlements in Palestine
March 10th, 2010 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD
Sinn Féin International Affairs spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has called on the Government to end its consent for the continuation of the preferential trade agreement with Israel after the Israeli Government announced it’s intention to build a further 1,600 illegal settlement houses in Palestine.
Problems at Tallaght Hospital highlighted two years ago
March 10th, 2010 - Dublin 24 - Seán Crowe
Dublin South West Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Crowe has said he warned of serious problems and shortages of resources at Tallaght Hospital two years ago but no action was taken by Health Minister Mary Harney. He said Minister Harney should resign or be removed from office by the Taoiseach.
SDLP ‘celebrities’ will not win Fermanagh South Tyrone
March 10th, 2010 - Fermanagh/South Tyrone - Michelle Gildernew MP
Commenting on the decision of Fearghal McKinney to stand for the SDLP in Fermanagh and South Tyrone in the next Westminster election, Sinn Féin MP for the area Michelle Gildernew said:
Ombudsman report on Wheelock death raises serious questions – Ó Snodaigh
March 10th, 2010 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has said the findings of the Garda Ombudsman Commission's report into the death in custody of young Dublin man Terence Wheelock raises serious questions about Garda procedures and detention arrangements.
Concerns as former Tallaght Hospital patients struggle to get through to helpline
March 10th, 2010 - Dublin 24 - Seán Crowe
Dublin South West Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Crowe has expressed concern that the helpline set up for former Tallaght Hospital patients who are concerned about their health following yesterday’s revelations about unexamined x-rays.
Ó Caoláin expresses sympathy with Cullen on his ill health
March 9th, 2010 - Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD
Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has expressed sympathy with Martin Cullen on his resignation due to ill health. Deputy Ó Caoláin said Minister Cullen’s further resignation as a Dáil Deputy was a shock that will no doubt have an effect on the stability of the Government.
AIB staff should be supported in standing up against top managers’ pay - Morgan
March 9th, 2010 - Arthur Morgan TD
Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Arthur Morgan TD, responding to AIBs annual report which showed the bailed-out bank paid its top managers €3.6 million last year, called on unions and ordinary staff at the bank to join Sinn Féin in the fight against these wages at the top.
€150 million seized by CAB since its establishment
March 9th, 2010 - Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has revealed that approximately €150million has been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau since its establishment in 1996.
MEPs from delegation to Gaza meet with President Buzek
March 9th, 2010 - Bairbre de Brún MEP - Six County
Six MEPs who participated recently in the largest delegation of European parliamentarians to visit Gaza met this morning in the name of that delegation with Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, accompanied by Mazen Kahel and Arafat Shoukri, Chair of the European Campaign to End the siege of Gaza,…
de Brún report – Protecting Our Pets
March 9th, 2010 - Bairbre de Brún MEP - Six County
A report authored by Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún was voted on and passed through the European Parliament in Strasbourg today.
Ellis calls for urgent intervention to resolve taxi dispute
March 9th, 2010 - Dublin 11 - Dessie Ellis
Cllr Dessie Ellis has called on the Minister for the Environment Noel Dempsey to intervene as a matter of urgency to resolve the dispute which has led to a sit in by members of the Irish Taxi Council at the Office of the Commission for Taxi regulation in Fitzwilliam square.
Long term traffic solution needed for Park Avenue
March 9th, 2010 - Derry -- Maeve McLaughlin
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Northlands Maeve McLaughlin has said a long term solution is needed to solve traffic problems along the Park Avenue area of Rosemount
Sinn Féin meets DRD Road service over Temple Road Access
March 9th, 2010 - Foyle - Raymond McCartney
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney and Councillor for the Rural Ward Paul Fleming have held a meeting with DRD Road Service to discuss access to the Temple Road area from the dual carriageway between Gransha and Maydown roundabouts
‘Health Minister to present abuse inquiry options’ - Anderson
March 9th, 2010 - Foyle - Martina Anderson
The Executive will soon be presented with an options paper exploring the possibility of establishing an inquiry into historical child abuse here.
Anderson slams Minister over cancer payment snub
March 9th, 2010 - Foyle - Martina Anderson
Sinn Féin Human Rights Spokesperson, Martina Anderson MLA, (Foyle) has slammed the Social Security Minister Margaret Ritchie for refusing to lobby for winter fuel payments to be extended to cancer patients.
Statement from Sinn Fein MLA Paul Butler on his meeting today with the ACC Finlay, PSNI.
March 9th, 2010 - Lagan Valley - Paul Butler
"I asked for today's meeting to seek a ban by the PSNI of a planned march by the 'Pride of the Village Flurte' band through the village of Stoneyford on St Patrick's Day. This band has never before paraded on St Patrick's Day but they have paraded many times on…
