News Archives for August, 2006
31 August, 2006
"It is very unfair that our new citizens cannot avail of the Theory Test in
their native language outside Dublin" stated Sinn Fein Cllr Thomas Pringle
at a recent meeting of the County Council. Read full article
29 August, 2006
"Lifford needs a 'Polestar'- Sinn Féin's McDaid
Lifford-based Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Mc Daid has this week once again appealed to Donegal Co. Council to acknowledge Lifford's status as the administrative capital of the county by making major environmental improvements to the 'Hospital Roundabout' area of the town. Read full article
28 August, 2006
Lifford-based Sinn Féin Councillor Tony McDaid has this week said that his Party fully supports the recent call from the Society of St Vincent de Paul for investment to help impoverished Donegal. Read full article
23 August, 2006
Donal Cullen the Sinn Féin representative for the Milford Electoral Area has welcomed the road works being carried out at present in Carrigart from the Presbyterian Church to the Health Centre. Read full article
17 August, 2006
A Sinn Féin delegation will travel to the European Parliament in Strasbourg
in the coming weeks to meet with the European Commissioner for Transport
Jacques Barrot. Read full article
15 August, 2006
Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Mc Daid has this week repeated the call for men to find a voice in condemning the continuing sexual assaults and rape of women. Cllr Mc Daid's call comes in the wake of three alleged sexual assaults in Gweedore and Loch an luir on the August Bank Holiday weekend and in Lifford in the last few days. Read full article
9 August, 2006
Sinn Féin Councillor Daren Lalor has said that it is time to expose one the
major myths in local politics and for some councillors or TDs to start and be
honest with the public about the nonsense that they can get a housing applicant
a house. He said that any one who is allocated a house by the local authorities
is perfectly entitled to one as of right and was not given the house as some
sort of favour by an elected representative. Read full article
9 August, 2006
Sinn Féin candidate for Donegal North East, Cllr Padraig Mac Lochlainn has called on the Fianna Fail/Progressive Democrat government to scrap plans to allocate land at public hospital sites to the developers of private hospitals. Read full article
8 August, 2006
The Sinn Fein Representative for the Milford Electoral Area Donal Cullen is asking people to be careful when ringing FONCLUB no. 57080 for a RING TONE as advertised in the papers. Read full article
7 August, 2006
Sinn Féin Cllr Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has said the only way to end the ongoing crisis in Letterkenny General Hospital's accident and emergency department is to invest public money in the public hospital and immediately deliver or fast track the extra beds and promised new A&E ward. The Sinn Féin candidate for Donegal North East said the HSE's latest plan to reward hospitals for high performance with additional consultants as an incentive for improvement is like putting the cart before the horse and is a ridiculous concept. Read full article
1 August, 2006
Today's announcement from Island oil and gas that they have discovered a significant gas find of the south coast of Ireland reinforces correct decision taken by the council
Donegal County Council has unanimously supported a Sinn Fein motion calling on the government to ensure that any future oil and gas exploration licences are only granted when clear benefits can be guaranteed for the people of Ireland. The council also called for the suspension of the current round of applications that are due to be granted this week, until the terms and conditions attached to the licences are reviewed and a better deal struck for the people. Read full article
1 August, 2006
Sinn Fein Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle is appealing to young people to refrain from carrying knives. He was speaking after another stabbing incident in the Meadowbank area of the Town in the early hours of Saturday morning, which left a 17-year-old youth seriously injured. Read full article
1 August, 2006
Donegal Sinn Fein Cllr. Pearse Doherty has welcomed todays announcement by
Roads Minister David Cairns of a #130 million upgrade package for the A5
Road between Derry to Strabane and onto Victoria Bridge and a #10 million
package for the A32 between Omagh and Eniskillen. Read full article
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