27 September 2007 Edition
New deal for rural Ireland needed - Ferris
27 September 2007
THE 76th annual Irish National Ploughing Championship was held at Tullamore, County Offaly from 25 to 27 September 2007. Free article
Minister challenged over u-turn on Causeway Visitors Centre
27 September 2007
North Antrim Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay has challenged Six County Environment Minister Arlene Foster to clarify if there was a u-turn made within her Department from recommendation to decline the private sector application for a Visitors Centre at the Giant's Causeway to being of 'a mind' to approve it. Free article
State's top 50 earners paid less than 5% tax
27 September 2007
FIGURES published this week by the Revenue Commissioners in the 26 Counties show that the top 50 earners in the state paid less than 5% tax. Free article
Orde wrong to retain PSNI full-time reserve
27 September 2007
SOUTH BELFAST Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey has said Hugh Orde has made the wrong decision in retaining 382 PSNI full time reserve officers, a decision which is in direct violation of the Patten recommendations on policing. Free article
Non-Garda phone line for serious crime urged for Dublin
27 September 2007
THE shooting of an unarmed motorcycle traffic Garda in Dublin during the rush hour on Tuesday morning is being seen as a further escalation in the capital's gun and drugs problem. Free article
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Eircom slammed for scrooging on senior citizens
27 September 2007
Sinn Féin's Dublin City Councillor, Críona Ní Dhálaigh has accused Eircom of 'scrooging' senior citizens by pursuing them for hefty reconnection fees following their move to a new senior citizens complex. Calling on the company to reconsider, she pointed to the vast profits made by Eircom and its top executives and asked whether the company's commitment to 'corporate social responsibility' was mere hypocrisy. Free article
36,000 on North's Housing waiting list
27 September 2007
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson, West Belfast MLA Fra McCann has said that the North's Housing Minister must start to bring forward initiatives to tackle the housing crisis after she revealed that 36,000 people are now on the waiting list for social housing. Free article
No rubber-stamp for Policing Board
27 September 2007
POLICING BOARD member and Sinn Féin party spokesperson on Human Rights and Equality Martina Anderson MLA has said that Sinn Féin will not rubber-stamp reports by the North's Policing Board. Free article
Wall for Truth and Justice
27 September 2007
RELATIVES of those who have lost loved ones as a result of state collusion with unionist paramilitaries and British state murder are to join forces in the creation of a 'Wall For Truth and Justice' at the Oakman Street end of Beechmount Avenue in Belfast. Free article
Maskey reiterates demand for equal pay across Ireland
27 September 2007
ALEX MASKEY, South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA, has written to Ian Paisley, Martin McGuinness and An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Dermot Mannion, the Chief Executive of Aer Lingus, to highlight his concerns that Aer Lingus staff to be based in Belfast could be employed under less advantageous terms and conditions than their counterparts in the 26 Counties. Free article