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Donegal’s bid to secure historic victories in General Election 2011 (Free article)
9 February 2011
RECENTLY-ELECTED TD Pearse Doherty and County Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn submitted their nomination papers at Letterkenny Courthouse today. Deputy Doherty was nominated by his mother, Gráinne, while Cllr Mac Lochlainn was nominated by Dinah Fullerton – wife of the late Cllr Eddie Fullerton. Eddie, a high-profile, popular and very…
Polling station access for people with disabilities (Free article)
9 February 2011
PEOPLE with disabilities who have difficulty gaining access to their local polling station can apply in writing to the returning officer – by Friday 18 February – for permission to vote at another polling station. The National Disability Authority has welcomed Department of Environment guidelines for returning officers and presiding…
Student nurse pay cuts would be reversed by Sinn Féin TDs in government (Free article)
9 February 2011
SINN FÉIN would reverse the Fianna Fáil Government’s cut to student nurses' pay on work placements, Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said today as nurses held lunchtime protests at 13 hospitals across the State. The Cavan/Monaghan TD said the cut is an “unfair and unjust Government decision”. He added: Sinn Féin…
‘Tackling Crime – Making Communities Safe’ anti-crime policy unveiled (Free article)
10 February 2011
Video > http://bit.ly/i4GuBt SINN FÉIN has launched the party’s proposals for dealing with crime. Tackling Crime – Making Communities Safe contains 24 proposals which Dublin South Central TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh says could make huge inroads into tackling crime "and making our communities a safer place to live". Speaking…
Style Council > Mayo Sinn Féin's Thérèse Ruane in Saturday's 'Irish Times' (Free article)
13 February 2011
Excerpts from Deirdre McQuillan’s piece in Saturday’s Irish Times . . . Fashion on the hustings THÉRÈSE RUANE of Sinn Féin, deputy mayor of Castlebar, says becoming a public figurehead is a huge transition. Presentation is very important in politics and you have to get used to seeing your face on a poster and having to get…
IBEC and FF threaten more attacks on lower-paid, warns Maurice Quinlivan (Free article)
13 February 2011
LIMERICK CITY Councillor Maurice Quinlivan has hit out at further attacks on the wages and living standards of low-paid workers in the pipeline by employers’ group IBEC and Fianna Fáil. IBEC has called for the incoming government to review the operation of Employment Regulation Orders, and Registered Employment Agreements. These…
Free health service based on need – not wealth – proposed by Sinn Féin (Free article)
14 February 2011
LAUNCHING Sinn Féin's healthcare proposals Healthcare in Ireland – There is a Better Way , Health & Children spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said that the current two-tier system must be replaced with a new system based on equality of access for all based on need alone. Sinn Féin wants:- A new universal public…
UUP and SDLP challenged to 'show some political maturity' (Free article)
17 February 2011
SINN FÉIN Assembly member Conor Murphy has challenged both the UUP and SDLP to wake up, show some political maturity and get down to the business of delivering for ordinary people through the political institutions. Conor Murphy said: Given the performance of UUP Health Minister Michael McGimpsey in recent weeks – who has gone…
100,000 jobs for Dublin > Sinn Féin launches ‘Let’s Get Dublin Working’ (Free article)
17 February 2011
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND jobs can be created and saved, according to Let’s Get Dublin Working , an initiative launched by Sinn Féin County Councillor Seán Crowe and Martin McGuinness at the Jacob’s factory in Tallaght on Wednesday. Seán Crowe said that although Dubliners have been particularly hard hit by unemployment, the capital was only…
Jobs biggest issue, Sinn Féin’s Jonathan O’Brien tells Chamber of Commerce (Free article)
17 February 2011
ADDRESSING the Blarney Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday evening, Sinn Féin Cork North Central candidate Jonathan O'Brien said that the issue of the jobs was the most important issue facing the country and resources need to be put into job creation not zombie banks or bond-holders. Jonathan O'Brien said: Jobs are nearly…
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