Sinn Féin the only real alternative – Gerry Adams

AT the official launch of Sinn Féin’s General Election 2011 campaign today, party President Gerry Adams said Sinn Féin’s platform marks it out as the only real alternative in the election.

Speaking at the National Gallery in Dublin, he said Sinn Féin is putting those on middle to low incomes first and is the only party... Free article

AFTER Permanent TSB'S warning on Friday that it is increasing interest rates on fixed rate mortgages by 1%, Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has contrasted the pressure on home-owners with the bail-out for banks.

An increase of 1% on a €150,000 mortgage will mean that homeowners have to pay an extra €97.40 per month.

The past year has seen a steady rise in the numbers of households... Free article

SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams formally launched his General Election 2011 campaign on Friday night. Here's a video of the event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ofJLO4OP0

A REQUEST for tenders to provide an evaluation of the lands under its control proves that Coillte is preparing itself to be privatised, Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris says.

The company issued a request for a tender for the ‘Evaluation of the Public Goods Value on the Coillte Forest Estate’ on January 31st.  The request was placed on the website for public tenders. Coillte is... Free article

JOAN BURTON has been challenged by her Sinn Féin rival in Dublin West on why Labour are insisting on government only with Fine Gael when Eamon Gilmore’s last speech in the 30th Dáil accused Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil of being “the Celtic Tory consensus that has brought us to where we are”.

Sinn Féin Dublin West candidate Paul Donnelly asked:

If Eamon Gilmore and the Labour... Free article

THE BICKERING about which leaders do which debate is “sickening” to people when parties should be dealing with serious issues such as thousands losing jobs and thousands more being forced to emigrate, Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said on Saturday.

The Sinn Féin TD was speaking as he and Dublin Mid-West candidate Eoin Ó Broin were attending a conference in Dublin City Centre... Free article

THE RACIST British National Party has registered as a political party in the North for the first time, allowing it to field candidates in May's Assembly and council elections.

The BNP has been split down the middle by the antics of leader Nick Griffin and the BNP's former fund-raiser, Jim Dowson, a businessman in the North of Ireland

Dowson, a former Orangeman and hardline... Free article

MARY LOU McDONALD says she’s “absolutely” up for the challenge of debating Mary Hanafin and the other three deputy leaders the Fianna Fáil Number 2 named this morning – Fine Gael, Labour and the Greens.

Mary Lou said:

I fully endorse the call for a deputy leaders’ debate and look forward to the opportunity of putting Sinn Féin’s strong alternative message before the people.

The... Free article

SINN FÉIN TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has today called for the scrapping of the Universal Social Charge and its replacement with a higher tax band for people earning in excess of €100,000.

Deputy Ó Snodaigh said:

The Universal Social Charge is basically a flat tax: everyone with an income above €16,000 pays it at the same rate of 7%. As such it breaches the fundamental principle of... Free article

THE Labour Party are "all over the place" on tax and changing policy every day in their haste to get into power with Fine Gael, Sinn Féin Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North-East) has said after the Labour Party said it would increase the VAT rate by 1%.

Describing VAT as "a stealth tax", Councillor Mac Lochlainn said another increase will hit the least-well-off... Free article