News Archives for April, 2007
29 April, 2007
Sinn Fein councillor Thomas Pringle has today slammed the government's
decision to move community welfare officers' en-mass into the department of
Social and Family Affairs. Read full article
29 April, 2007
Welcoming the announcement that the General Election will be held on May 24, Sinn Fein's Donegal election candidates, Cllr Padraig Mac Lochlainn and Cllr Pearse Doherty, have issued a joint statement declaring that Donegal Sinn Féin is "fighting for Donegal's future and determined to return two new TDs to join ever-increasing Sinn Fein representation in Leinster House". Read full article
29 April, 2007
Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, MP, MLA, (Deputy First Minister designate in the Six Counties) has declared that dedicated cancer care provision for the North West will be a "major political priority" in the new Executive. Read full article
26 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Donegal North East election candidate, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has called for a Health Funding Commission to plan for a single public healthcare system available to all, which would be based on need and funded from general and progressive taxation. Read full article
24 April, 2007
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23 April, 2007
Sinn Fein's Donegal South West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has welcomed news that 'new build' plans for Gort a Choirc National School are nearing the design and construction stage. Read full article
17 April, 2007
Sinn Féin will hold a protest outside the offices of James Adams Auctioneers on St. Stephens Green this morning at 11am to oppose the sale of important historical documents from 1916 and the Tan War. Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle member Councillor Pearse Doherty will be available to talk to the media. Mr. Doherty said "important historical document should be the property of all the people of Ireland and not sold off to the highest bidder." Read full article
16 April, 2007
Sinn Féin candidate for Donegal North East, Cllr Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has welcomed Fianna Fáil's acknowledgement of the need to reform the taxation system. Responding to the launch of Fianna Fáil's economic policy document in which that party admits there is inequity in the taxation system, Cllr Mac Lochlainn said Sinn Féin in Government would immediately lower the tax burden on low and average income earners and remove unfair tax advantages for the wealthy. Read full article
16 April, 2007
Around 500 hundred Republicans from across the North West gathered at Jackson's Hotel in Ballybofey on Sunday to jointly launch Donegal Sinn Fein's election campaign for Cllr Padraig Mac Lochlainn in Donegal North East and Cllr Pearse Doherty in Donegal South West. Read full article
16 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty attended last Saturday's ILIR rally in Dublin for undocumented Irish in the US, along with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Sean Crowe TD. Read full article
13 April, 2007
Speaking ahead of work stoppages by nurses at three hospitals this morning Sinn Féin have again called on the Minister for Health Mary Harney to cede to the
nurses just demands for a 35-hour working week and fair pay. Read full article
12 April, 2007
In a joint statement, Donegal Sinn Féin candidates Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Councillor Pearse Doherty, have announced that Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator and Deputy First Minister designate in the Six Counties, Martin McGuinness, MP, MLA, will officially launch the party's General Election campaign this Sunday, April 15. Read full article
12 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has appealed for widespread support for this Saturday's rally in Dublin supporting the plight of undocumented Irish in the USA. Read full article
12 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Donegal North East representative, Councillor Padraig MacLochlainn, is once again appealing for Donegal County Council to abandon plans for a sewage treatment plant at Carnagarve, Moville. Read full article
8 April, 2007
Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh achan duine anseo, go h irithe na teaghlaigh, cairde agus comraidithe d'achan duine a fuair b s ar son saoirse na h ireann.
I want to welcome all those in attendance, particularly the families, friends and comrades of all those who died during the fight for Irish freedom. I make special mention of those who took part in what became known as the Border Campaign the 50th anniversary of which we commemorate this year. Read full article
6 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Donegal North East representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has welcomed Donegal County Council's decision to further investigate the roll out of sponsored bus shelters with counterparts in the 6-Counties. Read full article
5 April, 2007
Donegal North east representative, Councillor Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has revealed that residents in the Killea area experienced serious water supply problems last week, with many households unable to use washing machines and electric showers. Read full article
4 April, 2007
Sinn Fein's Donegal South West representative Councillor Pearse Doherty has called on the Government to follow the example of the American Congress and renegotiate all the oil and gas licences it has issued over the last thirty years. Read full article
4 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has welcomed confirmation that Donegal County Council is about to start implementing Sinn Féin's proposal for a full feasibility study on a future railway network in the county. Read full article
3 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has welcomed news that the Council's civic amenity site for Glenties Electoral Area is now proceeding. Read full article
3 April, 2007
Letterkenny Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry McMonagle has called for a "concerted community response" to incidents of drunken anti-social behaviour at Glencar last weekend. Read full article
3 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Donegal South West representative and Ard Chomhairle member, Councillor Pearse Doherty, has called on the Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney to intervene directly to help to resolve the nurses' dispute. Read full article
3 April, 2007
Sinn Féin's Chief Negotiator, and Deputy First Minister designate, Martin McGuinness MP, MLA, will deliver the keynote address at this Sunday's annual Drumboe Commemoration, Donegal Sinn Féin has announced. Read full article
3 April, 2007
Sinn Fein's leadership publicly launched the party's North West Charter document in Letterkenny on Monday.
Those attending the launch included Pat Doherty MLA, SF Vice-President and West Tyrone MP, Bairbre de Brun MEP, and Martina Anderson MLA. The party's Derry City Council leader, Cllr Maeve McLaughlin, was also present for the launch, which was chaired by Donegal South West representative, Cllr Pearse Doherty, and addressed by Donegal North East representative, Cllr Padraig Mac Lochlainn. Read full article
3 April, 2007
Sinn Féin Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has called on Donegal County Council to immediately address the dangerous junction at Dunaff Post Office, Urris. Read full article
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