10 January 2008 Edition
Poots must do more for Irish language broadcasting - Adams
10 January 2008
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams has said that Six-County Culture Minister Edwin Poots must do more to safeguard the future status of Irish-language broadcasting in the North once the current allocation of funding ends. Free article
Bomb alert at home
10 January 2008
Sinn Féin North Antrim MLA Daithí McKay has condemned a bomb threat against local Sinn Féin Councillor Oliver McMullan. Free article
Gender equality must be central to North's Bill of Rights
10 January 2008
Sinn Féin Derry City Cllr Maeve McLaughlin has said that it is imperative that a Bill of Rights in the North of Ireland includes social and economic rights in its broadest sense and that it is crucial that we do not limit our view of rights in order to ensure that this Bill of Rights is the correct framework to support the rights of those most disadvantaged and marginalised in society. Free article
Need for devolution of Policing and Justice reaffirmed
10 January 2008
Sinn Féin Assembly Member Carál Ní Chuilín, speaking this week after a meeting of the Executive Review Committee with Hugh Orde as part of its Inquiry into the devolution of Policing and Justice Powers has said that it is no longer a question of if but of when and how policing and justice powers are devolved. Free article
Health apartheid "biggest reason for Taoiseach to resign"
10 January 2008
The Taoiseach's financial affairs as raised at the tribunals and the doubts about his tax compliance are serious but they "pale into insignificance" when compared to public-private apartheid in our health services over which he has presided, according to Sinn Féin Dáil leader and Health & Children spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. Commenting on the latest survey showing quicker access to cancer services for fee-paying patients as against public patients, Deputy Ó Caoláin said: Free article
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Sinn Féin steps up opposition to Eirgrid pylon plan
10 January 2008
SINN FÉIN elected representatives from both sides of the border met in County Monaghan on 4 January to plan an intensified, co-ordinated cross-border opposition to proposals by Eirgrid and NIE to erect new power structures. Free article
Irish Medical Aid for Palestinians launched
10 January 2008
A NEW charitable organisation has been launched - Irish Medical Aid for Palestinians (Irish MAP). Free article
All Irish political institutions opposed
10 January 2008
North Antrim Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay has said that British Government plans to introduce nuclear power plants would be met with political opposition from across Ireland. In October McKay tabled a motion calling for the closure of Sellafield Nuclear Power Plant which was backed by the Assembly. Free article
New Sinn Féin Councillor in Dublin
10 January 2008
On Monday, 7 January Seamus McGrattan was co-opted onto Dublin City Council in place of Nicky Kehoe as the Sinn Féin Councillor in the Cabra/Glasnevin ward. Free article
School inspection for healthy eating needed
10 January 2008
ALL SCHOOLS should have healthy eating programmes, Sinn Féin senator Pearse Doherty said this week after it was revealed that although some have excellent initiatives in others they are non-existent. He called on the Education Minister to carry out an audit of school healthy eating programmes. Free article