5 February 1998 Edition
Activism keynote of candidate
By Marcas Mac Ruairí
SINN Féin has announced that Paul Donnelly will represent the party in the Dublin North by-election.
Married to Angela, Paul has four young children, and is involved in a wide variety of work to improve the quality of life in the area.
The keynote of Paul's work has always been activism.
He initiated a campaign against drugs in Dublin North and is Chairperson of his local Anti-Drugs campaign. He is also a community representative on the local drugs task force which was recently awarded £780,000 to fight the serious drugs problem.
He has worked alongside communities to rid the area successfully of several drugs pushers and is working towards the provision of facilities to help end addiction and prevent young people from taking drugs.
Paul is a member of SIPTU and is the health and safety representative in his place of work. He worked in Aer Lingus in the early 1990s and is fully aware of the problems facing the workers in the company, particularly in Team Aer Lingus.
Paul has also been very active in initiatives to minimise the production of waste and encourage recycling. He has opposed the building of a national incinerator and the extension of landfill sites in the constituency.
He was also involved in the successful campaign against the imposition of water/service charges. He has consistently called for an amnesty for those who defaulted on payment of this double tax.
Paul was unanimously selected to stand for Sinn Féin in the forthcoming by-election. Accepting his nomination, he said, ``The time has come for the parties involved to put an end to the weeks and months of speculation and set a date for the by-election.
``I am calling on the Fianna Fáil and Labour Parties in particular to ensure that the election takes place on a Friday to allow for the maximum participation of young people and not on a Thursday as currently proposed.
Sinn Féin, he said, would be standing on four main issues: peace, job creation, environmental protection and empowering local communities to fight drugs and crime.
SINN Féin has announced that Paul Donnelly will represent the party in the Dublin North by-election.
Married to Angela, Paul has four young children, and is involved in a wide variety of work to improve the quality of life in the area.
The keynote of Paul's work has always been activism.
He initiated a campaign against drugs in Dublin North and is Chairperson of his local Anti-Drugs campaign. He is also a community representative on the local drugs task force which was recently awarded £780,000 to fight the serious drugs problem.
He has worked alongside communities to rid the area successfully of several drugs pushers and is working towards the provision of facilities to help end addiction and prevent young people from taking drugs.
Paul is a member of SIPTU and is the health and safety representative in his place of work. He worked in Aer Lingus in the early 1990s and is fully aware of the problems facing the workers in the company, particularly in Team Aer Lingus.
Paul has also been very active in initiatives to minimise the production of waste and encourage recycling. He has opposed the building of a national incinerator and the extension of landfill sites in the constituency.
He was also involved in the successful campaign against the imposition of water/service charges. He has consistently called for an amnesty for those who defaulted on payment of this double tax.
Paul was unanimously selected to stand for Sinn Féin in the forthcoming by-election. Accepting his nomination, he said, ``The time has come for the parties involved to put an end to the weeks and months of speculation and set a date for the by-election.
``I am calling on the Fianna Fáil and Labour Parties in particular to ensure that the election takes place on a Friday to allow for the maximum participation of young people and not on a Thursday as currently proposed.
Sinn Féin, he said, would be standing on four main issues: peace, job creation, environmental protection and empowering local communities to fight drugs and crime.