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Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2007 : Health and Education (Free article)
8 March 2007
The Health and Education section of this year's Ard Fheis was opened by Seán Crowe TD, Sinn Féin's 26 County spokesperson on education, whose address outlined the party policy that "education should be at the core of our society and equality must be at the core of our education. Although this state is one of the wealthiest in the world, our…
Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2007 : Housing and the economy debated (Free article)
8 March 2007
Seán Crowe TD opened the Ard Fheis debate on housing with an endorsement of the new policy document Housing is a Right. Crowe lambasted the Fianna Fáil/PD Government's non-strategic, laissez-faire approach at a time when buying a home is beyond the means of most.
Ard Fheis Shinn Féin 2007 Acht Gaeilge anois (Free article)
8 March 2007
Le linn dhíospóireachtaí na hArdfheise, bhí rannóg ar leith den chlár dírithe ar cheist na Gaeilge agus athbheochan chultúr na nGael. Bhí trí rún ar an gClár ag plé le: a) athghaelú ar ghluaiseacht na poblachta; b) comhghairdeas a dhéanamh le 'An Droichead' a bhuaigh duais náisiúnta Ghlór na nGael do 2005; agus c) ag moladh do Shinn Féin…
Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2007 : Rural Development and Agriculture (Free article)
8 March 2007
The Rural Development and Agriculture section of Sinn Féin's Ard Fheis last Saturday was chaired by Kerry County Councillor Toiréasa Ferris. General election candidate for North Tipperary, Councillor Seamus Morris, a postman, addressed Emergency Motion 1 opposing the proposed closure of rural post offices.
Equality and Human Rights (Free article)
8 March 2007
"First they came for the communists..." Quoting Martin Niemoller's famous poem about the Nazis' rise to power in Germany, Caitríona Ruane opened the Ard Fheis section on equality and human rights. The outgoing South Down MLA said republicans should stand with all those suffering denial of their human rights and paid tribute to NGOs, trade…
International solidarity a key theme (Free article)
8 March 2007
Solidarity was the key theme in this year's EU & International Affairs section. Motions extending solidarity to the peoples of Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Kurdistan, the Basque Country, Cuba and South America were prominent, as was support for the release of Leonard Peltier and for the struggles of Native American peoples.
Fianna Fáil hypocrisy derided (Free article)
8 March 2007
Dublin South Central TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh opened Friday's final session by speaking in favour of Motion 36, opposing mandatory minimum sentences. He acknowledged the "frustration" that working class communities feel when drug offenders are let off lightly, but said that international evidence has proven mandatory minimums to be an "expensive…
An Phoblacht, Irish emphasised in debate on party development (Free article)
8 March 2007
Motion 139 from the Ulster Cúige, calling on the Ard Chomhairle to establish an information technology unit within the party, was just one of a series of complicated and at times hotly contested motions in the Ard Fheis debate on party development, constitution and rules.
Interview : Francie Molloy, Sinn Féin National Commemorations Committee (Free article)
8 March 2007
In January, FRANCIE MOLLOY was appointed Chairperson of Sinn Féin's National Commemorations Committee. He has big plans in particular to build the annual republican Easter commemorations, especially in the run-up to the 100th anniversary of 1916, which should be a huge national event involving people throughout the island and the Irish diaspora…
Dáil general election profile : Liam Browne - Tipperary South (Free article)
8 March 2007
LIAM BROWNE, son of Sinn Féin Councillor Michael Browne, is the party's general election candidate in Tipperary South. Thirty-five years old, he's an up-beat and enthusiastic young man who - like Séamie Morris, his counterpart in the neighbouring North Tipp constituency - has a strong appetite for politics and community work. Currently doing a…
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