SINN FÉIN Assembly member Conor Murphy has challenged both the UUP and SDLP to wake up, show some political maturity and get down to the business of delivering for ordinary people through the political institutions.

Conor Murphy said:

Given the performance of UUP Health Minister Michael McGimpsey in recent weeks – who has gone AWOL from the Executive and the Assembly as his... Free article

LAUNCHING Sinn Féin's healthcare proposals Healthcare in Ireland – There is a Better Way, Health & Children spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said that the current two-tier system must be replaced with a new system based on equality of access for all based on need alone.

Sinn Féin wants:-

1. A new universal public healthcare system for Ireland that provides care to all free... Free article

LIMERICK CITY Councillor Maurice Quinlivan has hit out at further attacks on the wages and living standards of low-paid workers in the pipeline by employers’ group IBEC and Fianna Fáil.

IBEC has called for the incoming government to review the operation of Employment Regulation Orders, and Registered Employment Agreements. These regulations set minimum rates of pay across a... Free article

Excerpts from Deirdre McQuillan’s piece in Saturday’s Irish Times . . .

Fashion on the hustings

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SINN FÉIN has launched the party’s proposals for dealing with crime. Tackling Crime – Making Communities Safe contains 24 proposals which Dublin South Central TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh says could make huge inroads into tackling crime "and making our communities a safer place to live".

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PEOPLE with disabilities who have difficulty gaining access to their local polling station can apply in writing to the returning officer – by Friday 18 February – for permission to vote at another polling station.

The National Disability Authority has welcomed Department of Environment guidelines for returning officers and presiding officers for the 2011 General Election. They... Free article

RECENTLY-ELECTED TD Pearse Doherty and County Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn submitted their nomination papers at Letterkenny Courthouse today.

Deputy Doherty was nominated by his mother, Gráinne, while Cllr Mac Lochlainn was nominated by Dinah Fullerton – wife of the late Cllr Eddie Fullerton. Eddie, a high-profile, popular and very active Sinn Féin councillor, was shot dead... Free article

A VISIT by the English queen to Dublin is premature when there are still unresolved issues between Ireland 'and our neighbour, our nearest offshore island', Gerry Adams said yesterday.

These issues include the British state's stonewalling of an Oireachtas all-party request for full-co-operation into allegations about the role of the British military and security agencies about the... Free article

UNEMPLOYMENT reached a then record figure when the last Fine Gael/Labour Government was in power, Sinn Féin’s Aengus Ó Snodaigh reminded Fine Gael Finance spokesperson Michael Noonan’s in response claim that Sinn Féin economic policy would force young Irish people to leave the country.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh said:

First of all, our young people are already leaving the country in... Free article