News Archives for October, 2009
31 October, 2009
Buncrana Sinn Fein Town Councilor Daren Lalor has slammed a scheme where the local council will lease properties for up to 10/20 years with private landlords to alleviate the chronic housing shortage in the town. Read full article
31 October, 2009
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29 October, 2009
Need for harmonisation of labour laws, tax regimes and currency
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has said differing tax regimes, currencies and labour laws across Ireland are hampering the development of a real all Ireland economy.
Speaking at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement today Senator Doherty said cross border shopping will continue to cause problems on either side of the border until such a time as an all Ireland economy is developed and expanded. Read full article
27 October, 2009
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27 October, 2009
Senator Pearse Doherty tackles minister over delayed grant payments for Donegal Students. Read full article
22 October, 2009
Letterkenny Sinn Fein Councillor and Vice Chairperson of the Joint policing Committee Cllr Gerry Mc Monagle is calling on the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Mr Dermot Ahearn to lift his recruitment ban on new Gardai Read full article
22 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has criticised the Minister for Education and Science Batt O'Keeffe for failing to intervene in the situation whereby, due to the unprecedented number of student grant applications, many third level students in Donegal will now have to wait until January to receive their student grant payments, these students are unregistered and are being left without access to many services in the colleges. Read full article
21 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has accused Fine Gael of abandoning its policy on Seanad reform for the third time this year. Senator Doherty was speaking today after Fine Gael Senators voted in favour of not only retaining the Seanad but of increasing the number of Senators from 60 to 65 and the number of Taoiseach's nominees from 11 to 12. Read full article
21 October, 2009
Speaking in response to a number of responses to Parliamentary Questions received in relation to four Donegal schools, Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has said that carelessness on the part of the Minister for Education which resulted in almost half of the education budget for school buildings not being spent will deeply hurt Donegal schools. Read full article
19 October, 2009
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA has dismissed comments attributed to him by Fianna Fáil TD, Niall Blaney. Read full article
18 October, 2009
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has accused Fine Gael of making up their policy on Seanad reform as they go along. Senator Doherty described the Seanad as elitist and undemocratic and said it should be abolished in its current form. However Senator Doherty said Fine Gael has had three different positions on Seanad reform this year with Enda Kenny only just launching an Oireachtas reform policy in March this year in which the party called for the retention of sixty member Seanad. Read full article
17 October, 2009
Cllr Pádraig Mac Lochlainn pictured at one of the new tourism signposts in Urris with locals Paul McLaughlin and Roger Doherty Read full article
16 October, 2009
Sinn Féin's Letterkenny Town Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle, is calling for increased co-operation between the Garda, and local communities in Letterkenny, the call is aimed at tackling problems of crime and anti-social behaviour in the Town. Read full article
16 October, 2009
Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has described as "stomach-turning" the decision of the Board of the HSE to approve a €70,000 bonus payment for HSE Chief Executive Brendan Drumm. Read full article
16 October, 2009
Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has described Finance Minister Brian Lenihan's preview of the forthcoming Budget which he gave at a meeting of Dublin business people as a promise to protect the wealthiest from paying their fair share while making low-paid workers and their families pay most for the recession by cutting the supports and services on which they rely. Read full article
16 October, 2009
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16 October, 2009
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11 October, 2009
Letterkenny Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle has warned that a failure to restore the Christmas Social welfare payment would push those struggling to get by further into poverty and into the arms of ruthless moneylenders. Read full article
7 October, 2009
Potential of "Amazing Grace" links to Lough Swilly explored Read full article
3 October, 2009
"Government must focus on the needs of this county's people" Read full article
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