News Archives for November, 2006
30 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, will meet National Roads Agency chiefs in Dublin next Friday to prioritise the need for a motorway system in Donegal. Read full article
30 November, 2006
In a joint statement, Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative Councillor Pearse
Doherty and his party colleague Thomas Pringle have described the final
closure of Hospira in Donegal town as "another example of the need for
proper and planned development in Donegal". Read full article
29 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative, Pearse Doherty, has again called on the Government to refuse the use of Irish airports and airspace to all planes associated with the United States' rendition programme. Cllr Doherty was speaking today after the publication of a report from a European Union Committee which has exposed Ireland as the third most culpable EU state having hosted 147 secret CIA flights. Read full article
28 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has called for an immediate halt to the closure and downgrading of rural post offices in Donegal. Read full article
28 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has described new moves (announced on Monday) to track convicted sex offenders who travel between the North and South of the country as an "important first step". Read full article
27 November, 2006
Sinn Féin councillor Gerry Monagle has called on householders to be vigilant after an apparent theft of home heating oil in Letterkenny last week. Read full article
27 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal North East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has welcomed increased co-operation between the Garda, and local communities in Muff and Carndonagh, aimed at tackling problems of crime and anti-social behaviour. Read full article
27 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South-West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has welcomed a commitment from Donegal County Council to finance urgent improvements to the Curransport Road. Read full article
24 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South-West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has revealed that Donegal County Council refused to provide him with the list of voters deleted from the electoral register. Read full article
22 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal North-East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has stressed the importance of getting the public bus initiative around Letterkenny up and running as soon as possible. Read full article
22 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal North-East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has expressed his support for the Irish Nurses Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association who are today meeting at a pay rally in Dublin. Read full article
20 November, 2006
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20 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South-West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has warmly welcomed the official re-opening of Ostan na Rosann's leisure complex in Dungloe after a period of substantial refurbishment. Read full article
20 November, 2006
"Attacking Sinn Féin is the only thing that unites Fianna Fail TDs in Donegal.", Sinn Féin's Donegal North-East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, declared. Read full article
17 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South-West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has described himself as "profoundly disturbed by further details emerging about the Hovid jobs crisis". Read full article
17 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South-West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has criticized the Department of Transport after a series of recent bridge collapses in Donegal. Read full article
17 November, 2006
Commenting on the Estimates for Health released yesterday, Sinn Féin's Donegal North-East representative Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn stated:
"While the Health budget has risen, the reality is that it continues to be ploughed into a system that is both inefficient and inequitable because of the two-tier delivery of healthcare.". Read full article
17 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal North-East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has intervened to secure assurances from various sections of Donegal County Council that roads works in Carndonagh should be completed within a fortnight. Read full article
16 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South-West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has expressed concern about the emerging jobs crisis at the Hovid company in Dungloe, which has been grant-aided by Udaras na Gaeltachta. Read full article
15 November, 2006
Sinn Fein's Donegal North-East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has expressed anger at the "dishonourable treatment" of former Clubman workers in Buncrana who have now been on an official SIPTU strike for 32 weeks. Read full article
15 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal North-East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has expressed anger at the "dishonourable treatment" of former Clubman workers in Buncrana who have now been on an official SIPTU strike for 32 weeks. Read full article
14 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal North-East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has welcomed news that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has agreed to meet the family of murdered Donegal Sinn Féin Councillor Eddie Fullerton in Dublin this Thursday (November 16). Read full article
14 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal North-East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has warned against increasing efforts to privatise the health service, particularly at Letterkenny Hospital. Cllr Mac Lochlainn also called for "an urgent and honest all-party debate" about the future of healthcare throughout the North-West region, particularly in a national all-Ireland context. Read full article
10 November, 2006
Letterkenny Town Council will be urged to champion workers' rights and uphold full labour entitlements by Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry McMonagle at Monday night's monthly meeting. Read full article
10 November, 2006
Sinn Féin Councillors in Strabane and Donegal are continuing to co-ordinate their efforts to secure additional infrastructure improvements for communities along the Tyrone/Donegal Border. Read full article
8 November, 2006
The vice-chairperson of the Letterkenny Joint Policing Committee, Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle, has welcomed this week's recommendation from the Garda Inspectorate for the employment of civilians in many positions at all levels of An Garda Siochana. Read full article
7 November, 2006
Sinn Fein's Donegal South-West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty,
has declared that the present Government appears "...incapable of delivering on
Donegal's development.". Read full article
7 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Údarás na Gaeltachta Member Grainne Mhic Giidigh has expressed concern over the stance adopted by the body in relation to the Shell to Sea campaign. Read full article
6 November, 2006
Sinn Féin's Donegal South-West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has described the Government's proposals to force people out of the salmon drift-net fishing industry as 'a black day for costal communities'. Read full article
6 November, 2006
Donegal Sinn Féin have announced that they are facilitating a public meeting on healthcare on Monday 13th November in Gallaghers Hotel, Letterkenny at 7.30pm. The speakers on the night have been confirmed as John Quinn, Chairperson, Donegal Action for Cancer Care, Noel Trainor, Regional Spokeperson, Irish Nurses Organisation, and Deputy Caomhghin O Caolain, Sinn Féin spokesperson on health. Following the speakers contributions, the public will have an opportunity for a questions and answers session. Read full article
4 November, 2006
Sinn Féin candidate for Donegal North East, Cllr Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has described the reference by Bertie Ahern in his address to the Fianna Fáil Ard Fhéis about "improving access to Donegal, to Derry and to the North West" as a tribute to Sinn Féin and our relentless pursuit of this issue. Read full article
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