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Latest News: National

24 July, 2006

Hunger Strike Exhibition Major Success

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15 July, 2006

Republicans in Co Louth marked the 25th Anniversary of the death of Vol.

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15 July, 2006

Residents angered over bus route change.

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13 July, 2006

Reilly demands that Housing Minister meet Meath County Council to discuss An Bord Pleanala's subvertion of the Planning Act

Meath West General Election Candidiate Cllr. Joe Reilly

Sinn Féin Councillor Joe Reilly has demanded that Housing Minister Noel Ahern meet with the members of Meath County Council immediately to discuss the decision of An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission for a large residential development in Johnstown without any provision for social and affordable housing.' Councillor Reilly said 'It is the Minister's job to uphold this legislation. This decision is a disgrace and should be immediately reversed." Read full article


10 July, 2006

John Joe McGirl Commemorative Weekend Media file available

Sinn Fein's Declan Kearney delivered the main address. Read full article


9 July, 2006

Republicans gather to mark 25th anniversary of the death on hunger strike of IRA Volunteer Joe McDonnell

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26 June, 2006

Louth Councillors visit Brusels over Waste Management Plans

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4 June, 2006

Taking Issue with Paul Bell and Labour over Northern Environs Plan

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4 June, 2006

A commemorative stone was unveiled in Drogheda last night to commemorate the

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3 June, 2006

Sinn Fein members and supporters in Dundalk will hold a black flag vigil

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Latest News: National

7 January, 2009

North West A&E crisis deepens

Sinn Féin North West EU Candidate and Donegal Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has described as 'unacceptable' the numbers of patients left on trolleys and chairs in A&E hospital departments across the North West this week. Read full article


Belfast Mayor urges ceasefire as more Palestinian children killed

Sinn Féin Belfast City Mayor Tom Hartley joined the torchlight procession organised by Tuesday's Child from Clonard Monastery in West Belfast to the Belfast City Hall last night, Tuesday 6th January. Read full article


Warm homes scheme leaves families in the cold

At least thirty five percent of all homes in the North of Ireland are in fuel poverty. That is one of the shock findings in the Public Accounts Committee's report on the Warm Homes Scheme. Read full article


Criminalisation of Dialogue is the wrong path for Spanish Government - Maskey

Sinn Fein MLA Alex Maskey will travel to the Basque Country today, Wednesday the 7th January, in order to attend as an observer the trial of the former Basque Country Assembly President, Juan José Ibarretxe, and the Basque leader of the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Party), Francisco Javier "Patxi" López. Read full article


Ó Snodaigh sends condolences to Tony Gregory’s family and friends

With hundreds of other Dubliners Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh this morning attended the funeral of Tony Gregory along with party colleagues Gerry Adams MP MLA, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD, Mary Lou McDonald MEP and Councillor Christy Burke. Read full article


Adams – Three hour humanitarian window for Gaza is not enough

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has today criticised the three hour daily window that Israeli forces said they would allow for Humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. Read full article


Sinn Féin submit Assembly motion on Gaza crisis

Sinn Fein Assembly Group Leader John O’Dowd MLA has today give details of a Sinn Féin motion to the Assembly stating ‘This Assembly condemns the appalling loss of life in Gaza and calls on those responsible for all attacks on civilians to cease.’ Read full article


Maskey urges support for anti-social vigil

South Belfast Sinn Fein MLA Alex Maskey has urged residents in the Lower Ormeau area to support a vigil organised by the local community for this Thursday 8th January at 6:30pm (to take place on the Ormeau Road, at the top of Rutland Street and Farnham Street) to show solidarity with those residents who have been victims of crime and to send a clear message to these local thugs that the community will not tolerate their criminal behaviour. Read full article


Sinn Féin seeking PSNI meeting to discuss community policing

South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey and East Belfast representative Niall Ó Donnghaile have welcomed the announcement by the PSNI that they are to create neighbourhood policing teams within the South and East Belfast areas, and have said that they will be seeking a meeting with the PSNI in order to help them to identify their priorities and to develop a strategy of engagement with the local community. Read full article


EU talking tough - Israel not listening - Time for Action

Following yesterdays attack by Israel on a number of UN shelters and schools in Gaza Sinn Féin North West EU Candidate and Donegal Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has said the time for tough talk has passed; it is now time for action. He called on the Irish government to immediately convene a meeting with its EU counterparts to agree the suspension of the Unions preferential trade agreements with Israel. Read full article