Actualités

27 novembre 2008

de Brun meets Ringsend residents on landfill concerns

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brun has met with a residents group in the Ringsend area outside Coleraine Co. Derry about their concerns that four waste management sites could be located within three to four miles of each other. View More

27 novembre 2008

Sinn Féin launches 'Majority View - Minority Report'

Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD and EU North West Candidate and Lisbon Campaign Director Cllr. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn this afternoon launched the party's 'Majority View - Minority Report' as a counterbalance to the Oireachtas Committee on Irelands Future in Europe final report due also to be published today. View More

25 novembre 2008

de Brún to work with fellow MEPs over ‘unjustified’ farm subsidy threat

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún speaking after a briefing with Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew on the £28.5 million threat to farm subsidies has pledged to work with fellow MEPs. View More

25 novembre 2008

de Brún MEP to take part in South Armagh Farmers’ Forum

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will take part in a Farmers’ Forum meeting in South Armagh tonight, Tuesday 25th November, at 7pm in the Ti Chullain Centre, in Mullach Bán. The Farmers Forum meeting is being organised by South Armagh Sinn Féin. View More

24 novembre 2008

de Brún hosts Climate Change Roundtable

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún today brought together representatives from the Climate Change lobby today, Monday 24th November, at 2pm in Stormont. View More

24 novembre 2008

Pöttering support for Conflict Resolution Centre welcomed

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has welcomed the support of the President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering for a Centre for Conflict Resolution in the North of Ireland. View More

22 novembre 2008

Trade Unions must unite on social progress clause demand

Speaking at today’s TEEU annual conference in Cork Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald made a rallying call for trade unions across the state to unite on the demand for a social progress clause to be included in any future European Treaty. View More

19 novembre 2008

EU action needed as Chinese market for recycling falls – de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP, Bairbre de Brún has called for a greater emphasis on waste reduction and the creation of a larger EU market for recycled materials following a sudden fall in demand for recyclables in countries with a strong manufacturing base such as China. The plunge is due to a reduction in output in line with the global downturn. View More

18 novembre 2008

de Brún welcomes new school fruit scheme

MEP Bairbre de Brún has today welcomed the European Parliament's decision to back the proposed new school "fruit scheme". View More

18 novembre 2008

Sinn Féin MEPs call on European Parliament to support to the campaign "Say No to Violence Against Women"

Launched by UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) the campaign is online at www.saynotoviolence.org and "invites people to add their names to a call to make ending violence against women a top priority worldwide." View More

17 novembre 2008

Antibiotics losing their effectiveness due to overuse and misuse

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún in a hard hitting statement to coincide with European Antibiotic Resistance Day tomorrow, Tuesday 18th November, has said that people should be under no illusions about the dangers of over-reliance on antibiotics. View More

17 novembre 2008

Reject BNP message of hate

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún commenting on reports that the BNP is planning to send a leaflet to every household in the North as part of a election campaign to get far-right members elected to the European Parliament next year has said that the BNP feed off hatred and ignorance. View More

15 novembre 2008

Government has the power to end long-term homelessness by 2010

Speaking this afternoon at a conference in Cardiff organised by FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has called on governments throughout Europe to "get real" adding "its time for government's to deliver on their commitments to end long term homelessness." View More

14 novembre 2008

Farmers deserve flexibility under FWMS

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has said that farmers who start construction under the Farm Waste Management Scheme (FWMS) before the December 31st deadline deserve a flexible response because of the exceptionally bad weather that has hampered building. View More

13 novembre 2008

de Brún chairs EU Conference on Climate Change and Food Supply

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today chaired a prestigious conference in the European Parliament dealing with the issue of biofuels, food security and climate change. View More

13 novembre 2008

EU must act against Israel's refusal to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza

Sinn Fein MEP Bairbre de Brún has today called for the EU to act swiftly and decisively on the Israeli refusal to allow 30 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza. View More

12 novembre 2008

de Brún welcomes EU flexibility on ‘knobbly’ fruit and veg

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has welcomed the decision to change EU guidelines on ‘knobbly’ fruit and vegetables and said that it will benefit both farmers and shoppers. View More

11 novembre 2008

de Brún calls for EU role in resolution of Basque conflict

Bairbre de Brún joined prominent international speakers in calling on the European Union to encourage a peace process in the Basque Country. Speaking at a Conference in the European Parliament in Brussels Ms de Brún said: “As the US, the EU and others helped the Irish peace process, so too there is an important role for the international community in encouraging a peace process in the Basque country.” View More

11 novembre 2008

de Brún concern over accountability and impact of EU threat to disallow millions

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has said that the European Commission will demand back millions from member states this year including some £42 million spent on projects in the North of Ireland because of overpayments and a lack of paperwork. View More

11 novembre 2008

de Brún to chair EU Conference on Climate Change and Food Supply

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will chair a conference tomorrow, Wednesday 12th November 2008, in the European Parliament dealing with the issue of biofuels, food security and climate change. View More

11 novembre 2008

Foreign Affairs Minister's FDI claims "politically economical"

Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald described claims made by Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin that Ireland's rejection of Lisbon could threaten foreign investment into the state as "a veiled threat without foundation." View More

10 novembre 2008

de Brún calls for EU Centre for Conflict Resolution to be established in the North

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will call for an EU Centre for Conflict Resolution to be established in the North of Ireland and will stress the importance of a ‘Europe-wide network of regions and cities that are coming out of conflict or that are living with conflict and exclusion’ when addressing a conference on conflict resolution in the European Parliament tomorrow. View More

10 novembre 2008

de Brún continues to press for support for sheep industry

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has said that the arguments for new European supports for the sheep industry are gathering strength. View More

9 novembre 2008

de Brún questions whether Robinson capable of leading unionism into a future built upon partnership at annual Edentubber Commemoration

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún speaking at the annual Edentubber Commemoration today, Sunday 9th November told the thousands of republicans assembled that Sinn Féin remain focused on ending partition and also questioned whether DUP leader Peter Robinson was capable of leading unionism into a future built upon partnership. View More

5 novembre 2008

de Brún to meet with Women’s Sector lobby in Brussels

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will be meeting with Norma Shearer, Chief Executive of Training for Women Network and three other leading representatives from the north's women's sector in Brussels this Thursday. View More

5 novembre 2008

Irish government dragging its heals on International Maritime Convention

Speaking this afternoon in Brussels Sinn Fein Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has called on member states to respect the Maritime Labour Convention deadline of December 31st 2008 stating "the provisions of the Convention will enhance the future of the maritime sector and in turn help create much needed employment and protections." View More

4 novembre 2008

Labour Councillors snub Dublin electorate

Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has today slammed Labour Party Dublin City Councillors for voting against a Sinn Féin motion put before last nights monthly council meeting calling on Dublin City Council to fully respect the democratic wishes of the electorate following their rejection of the Lisbon Treaty. View More

3 novembre 2008

Sinn Féin will oppose government plans to re-run Lisbon Treaty

Speaking from Leinster House this morning Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has described Brian Cowen handling of Ireland's post Lisbon political realities as the actions of a political leader "adrift and out of touch." View More

1 novembre 2008

Fianna Fáil & Green Party cuts in education will not be tolerated

Sinn Féin National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald MEP this morning announced details of Sinn Féin's campaign to reverse the education cuts. View More