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24 April, 2008

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Public are committed to process and want it to work

A FORMER Ulster Unionist member, who now works for a Church of Ireland reconciliation group, took the unusual step of openly praising the series of public meetings that the Sinn Féin Cuige Uladh has held over recent weeks.

Meetings across North mark Agreement's 10th anniversary

A section of the large crowd in Derry’s Guildhall

A SERIES of well-attended public meetings organised by Sinn Féin took place across the North over the past two weeks to mark the first anniversary of the restoration of the political institutions and 10 years since the Good Friday Agreement.

Photo: A section of the large crowd in Derry’s Guildhall

HSE plan 'death sentence' for Monaghan Hospital with 'sentence of hard labour' for Cavan General

Brian McKenna, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Matt Carthy, Pádgraigín Uí Mhurchadha and Matt Carthy at Monday’s press conference in Monaghan

SINN FÉIN Health spokesperson and Cavan/Monaghan TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin last weekend obtained the leaked plan by the Health Service Executive to end acute inpatient care at Monaghan General Hospital by November 2008, closing Monaghan's 50 inpatient beds, six critical care beds and transferring all inpatient and critical care to Cavan General Hospital without increasing bed numbers in Cavan.

Photo: Brian McKenna, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Matt Carthy, Pádgraigín Uí Mhurchadha and Matt Carthy at Monday’s press conference in Monaghan

Government's Lisbon scaremongering

More than 10,000 farmers took part in a protest march in Dublin against EU proposals on world trade

AS MORE than 10,000 farmers took part in a protest march in Dublin city centre on Thursday, 17 April, against EU proposals in negotiations on world trade, Sinn Féin Agriculture spokeperson Martin Ferris TD said he was fully behind the protest and would discuss the implications which the Mandelson proposals will have when he met farmers in Cork that day.

Photo: More than 10,000 farmers took part in a protest march in Dublin against EU proposals on world trade

Adams meets Goggins on Safer Neighbourhood Project for West Belfast

Fra McCann and Gerry Adams

GERRY ADAMS and Sinn Féin colleague Fra McCann MLA met again last Tuesday, with British Direct Rule Minister Paul Goggins to discuss Sinn Féin proposals to extend the Upper Springfield Safer Neighbourhood model for community safety across West Belfast.

Photo: Fra McCann and Gerry Adams

Ferris in West Cork

Martin Ferris urges West Cork to say ‘No to Lisbon’ at a meeting in Bantry with Clonakilty Councillor Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin and Bantry Councillor Tim O’Leary

MARTIN FERRIS, Sinn Féin's Agriculture and Rural Affairs spokesperson and TD for North Kerry was in West Cork last Thursday.

Photo: Martin Ferris urges West Cork to say ‘No to Lisbon’ at a meeting in Bantry with Clonakilty Councillor Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin and Bantry Councillor Tim O’Leary

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