News Archives for March, 2010
31 March, 2010
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30 March, 2010
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty will tomorrow (Wedensday) take part in a debate
around Frank Fahey's involvement in the Lost at Sea Scheme tabled by
himself in conjunction with Fine Gael and independent Senators David
Norris and Joe O'Toole. Read full article
29 March, 2010
Letterkenny Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle has strongly condemned Sunday Night's bomb alert at the Utopia shop on Pearse Rd that resulted in local families being evacuated from their homes. Read full article
28 March, 2010
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26 March, 2010
"A man of the highest integrity who will be missed on council" Cllr Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Read full article
25 March, 2010
Speaking in the Seanad on a debate that he secured on the issue of home help cuts in Donegal, Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has called on the Minister for Health to reverse her decision to cut 78,000 hours from the home help budget in Donegal in 2010. Read full article
23 March, 2010
Commenting on the removal of Mary Coughlan from her role as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has said that Mary Coughlan's tenure as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment was "a wasted opportunity" to create jobs and curb unemployment in Donegal. Read full article
23 March, 2010
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty will this week take part in the Seanad debate on the Finance Bill - the bill which gives affect to government measures as proposed in Budget 2010, a budget which has crippled the ordinary worker and imposed massive cuts on vital public services.
Pearse Doherty has submitted a number of key amendments which would, he says, see the wealthiest in society pay the most and ensure that a financial stimulus is made to create and retain jobs and to get the economy back on track. Read full article
19 March, 2010
"Meeting between HSE and local councillors in next few weeks - Mac Lochlainn" Read full article
19 March, 2010
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty today launched a set of proposals aimed at tackling the problem of youth unemployment. Senator Doherty said, if implemented, Sinn Féin's proposals would get 50,000 people under the age of twenty-five off the dole immediately and create many more jobs in the years ahead. The proposals include a specific youth jobs fund, measures to facilitate self employment and a specific focus on growth sectors such as digital media, tourism, green jobs and agri-food. Read full article
12 March, 2010
Donegal Sinn Féin, Senator Pearse Doherty has called on the government to amend the "Free rail scheme for EU citizens over 66 years" to allow those to access free bus services that complete or begin their journey in County Donegal. Senator Doherty made the call in the Seanad days after it was announced by the Taoiseach that his Government was to introduce a free rail scheme for all EU citizens over the age of 66 in an effort to boost tourism. Read full article
11 March, 2010
Sinn Fein Councillor Marie Therese Gallagher calls for Burtonport Foreshore License to be funded in Donegal County Councils Capital Budget 2010
Cllr Gallagher has called for €125,000 for the Burtonport foreshore license to be included in this years Capital Budget. Read full article
10 March, 2010
Addressing his party Ard Fhéis last weekend senator Pearse Doherty outlined in a key note address his parties job creation strategy.
Doherty who was re-elected on to the Ard Comhairle told delegates;
"I have seen the impact of unemployment in Donegal. I have seen how emigration has affected almost every family. This has been our past - it must not be our future. Read full article
4 March, 2010
Senator Pearse Doherty has welcomed the belated government move to ban a number of substances currently on sale in headshops but said the move is still inadequate. Senator Doherty presented today a comprehensive set of proposals which he claims are a real solution to the problem of head shops and said that if adopted, his proposal would effectively bring about conditions in which head shops as we know them could no longer exist. Read full article
1 March, 2010
As the capital scheme in lough Mourne is progressing, people have raised concerns in relation to their turbary rights, Cllr Cora Harvey encourages those who have concerns to speak directly to the County Council. Read full article
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