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Gaza and Lisbon Ard Fheis focus (Free article)
26 February 2009
TWO key themes dominated the International and European Union sections of the 2009 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, namely Gaza and the Lisbon Treaty. Speaking on Friday evening, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD proposed the Ard Chomhairle emergency motion on Gaza. West Belfast MLA Paul Maskey urged people to support a related motion criticising the BBC and Sky TV for…
Final steps to freedom (Free article)
26 February 2009
IN HIS opening address to the 2009 Ard Fheis, outgoing Sinn Féin Vice-President Pat Doherty roused activists to get themselves ready for the political struggles we face, not least the upcoming elections this year.
Defending community services (Free article)
26 February 2009
THE Ard Fheis welcomed the progress made by Minister for Regional Development Conor Murphy in achieving balanced development aimed at addressing the legacy of inequality and investment disparities across the island. Some key achievements noted were the minister's fundamental review of the Six-County Regional Development Strategy and the…
Childcare and housing provision pilloried (Free article)
26 February 2009
DUBLIN Sinn Féin Cllr Críona Ní Dhálaigh spoke in favour of Motion 88 on childcare for the first Ard Fheis section on Saturday morning. The motion reaffirmed Sinn Féin's commitment to the provision of universal public childcare as a right, paid for through direct and representative taxation, and called for support for the SIPTU trade union's…
Farming and fisheries at our heart (Free article)
26 February 2009
OPENING the 'Rural Regeneration' section of the Clár after lunch on Saturday, Sinn Féin Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Michelle Gildernew MP MLA made clear that an all-Ireland future for rural Ireland was a priority for Sinn Féin. "At the heart of our rural communities are rural families, small-farm families and local indigenous…
Teachtaireachtaí láidre (Free article)
26 February 2009
Tháinig cupla teachtaireachtaí láidre as an mhír ar chlár na hArdfhéise seo a bhain le is an Ghaeilge: is le gach duine an teanga gan monaplachtapolaitiúil ag aon ghrúpa uirthi; agus beidh Acht Gaeilge ann sna Sé Chontae in ainneoin iarrachtaí an DUP agus an duine reatha i mbun na ranna cultúir Gregory Campbell.
Against privatisation, for an all-Ireland health service (Free article)
26 February 2009
PARTY spokesperson on Health and Children and Dáil group leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin opened the Health section of the clár with a passionate condemnation of "an inequitable and inefficient, two-tier, public-private system". The Cavan/Monaghan TD said: "Those with wealth will be looked after by the private system which the Government has built up…
Reforming local government and planning (Free article)
26 February 2009
IN the 'Local Government, Planning and Environment' section, Dublin South East councillor Daithí Doolan told delegates that Sinn Féin is committed to achieving the maximum possible reform of local government and planning processes "in order to build communities that are socially, economically and environmentally sustainable". Sinn Féin's National…
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