Actualités

29 mars 2009

de Brún concerned at violence and attacks on homes

Sinn Féin MEP for the Six Counties Bairbre de Brún has expressed concern about attacks on the homes of Polish residents in Belfast yesterday and also about the city centre violence in the run up to yesterday’s football game. View More


26 mars 2009

de Brún to open West Tyrone Farmers Forum

Bairbre de Brún MEP will address the West Tyrone Farmers Forum in Greencastle tonight where Sinn Fein will engage with the local community on key issues being addressed at local level, at the Assembly, at Westminster and at EU level. View More


25 mars 2009

De Brun demands right to vote for West Belfast citizens

A delegation led by Sinn Fein MEP Bairbre de Brun MEP submitted hundreds of electoral registration forms to the Electoral Office Headquarters in Belfast on behalf of concerned constituents in West Belfast on Wednesday, 25 March. View More


25 mars 2009

Rural Planning - Final call for submissions on PPS 21

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has issued a final call for submissions to the consultation on Rural Planning (PPS 21) ahead of the deadline on March 31st. View More


25 mars 2009

de Brún to attend Trócaire Annual Lecture

Sinn Féin MEP will attend the Trócaire Annual Lecture with John Ging - Head of United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza at Queens University today in Belfast. View More


25 mars 2009

EU failing to face up to Lisbon’s failed policies

Speaking today during a parliamentary debate in Strasbourg on last weeks EU Council summit conclusions Sinn Fein Deputy Leader and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald asked, “Is the common refrain that ´we must learn the lessons of this economic crisis` genuine? If it is then the case for fundamental change in EU policy and treaties is now unanswerable. View More


24 mars 2009

West Belfast open for business - de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will attend a dinner tonight organised by the West Belfast & Greater Shankill Enterprise Council who are hosting the Irish Chamber of Commerce USA on a fact finding visit to West Belfast. View More


23 mars 2009

Assembly to debate electoral registration concerns

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has urged all parties to back a Sinn Féin motion highlighting the difficulties people are experiencing when trying to register to vote and calling for the registration process to be simplified. View More


21 mars 2009

Sinn Féin MEP to launch Job Retention & Creation Strategy

Sinn Féin will launch its job retention and creation strategy document ‘Getting Ireland back to work’ this Monday, March 23rd at 10:30am in Buswells Hotel. The document contains more than 80 proposals, which Sinn Féin believes are urgently required. It sets out specific measures for job retention, job creation, all-Ireland economic spending and education and training. View More


20 mars 2009

All parts of Ireland should provide humanitarian access to Guantanámo detainees

Sinn Fein MEP Bairbre de Brún has called for all parts of Ireland to be opened to allow for Guantanámo Bay detainees to be given humanitarian access and has welcomed the Taoiseach’s commitment to allow some of the detainees to travel to the south of Ireland. View More


20 mars 2009

UN special rapporteur Gaza comments ‘hugely significant’

Sinn Fein MEP Bairbre de Brún has described as ‘hugely significant’ comments by Richard Falk, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories about preliminary evidence of war crimes during the Israeli assault on Gaza from December 27 to January 18. View More


19 mars 2009

Pupils can be leaders in their communities - de Brun

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will be attending a celebration of Conservation Volunteers and Southern Health and Social Care Trust ‘DIG IT & EAT IT!’ project tomorrow, Friday 20th March at Presentation Primary School, Portadown. View More


19 mars 2009

UN Security Council letter urges full investigation into breaches of international law in Gaza

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has welcomed the open letter from 16 of the world’s most experienced investigators and judges to the UN Secretary General and the UN Security Council calling for a full international investigation into alleged abuses of international law during the recent conflict in Gaza and Southern Israel. View More


19 mars 2009

de Brun hits out at vote ban for Irish nationals

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has confirmed that the party have written to the Chief Electoral Officer Douglas Bain challenging legislation that excludes Irish citizens born in the North but living abroad from being able to vote in the European elections in June. View More


18 mars 2009

Wildlife and natural habitats must be protected - de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has stressed her commitment to campaigning for the protection of our wildlife and natural habitats. View More


18 mars 2009

de Brún backs state-of-the-art Irish Language Arts, Culture and Business Centre in Derry

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will meet with the North West’s leading Irish language Arts and Cultural organisation - An Gaeláras, in Derry City tomorrow, Thursday 19th March. View More


18 mars 2009

de Brún to visit Limavady on £18.5 million Rural Development Programme

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will visit Limavady tomorrow for a briefing on the £18.5 million available for the North West through the Rural Development Programme (RDP). View More


14 mars 2009

Unemployment out of control - Time for Action - McDonald

Speaking today at the GPO on O’Connell Street Sinn Féin Vice President Mary Lou McDonald Dublin MEP said, “Unemployment is spiralling out of control. The government needs a three-year plan to hold on to or create the 1,000 jobs a day that are being lost. This must include stopping job losses, creating new jobs, keeping people in education and stimulating consumer spending.” View More


10 mars 2009

de Brún calls for focus on needs of small farmers

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has said that a number of developments in the farming sector mean there is now an opportunity to focus on the needs of small farmers, particularly in the sheep sector and hill farmers. View More


10 mars 2009

Executive should follow EU lead in 'green jobs'

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has said that the Executive should follow the lead of countries across Europe by grasping the opportunities and investing in ‘green jobs’. View More


9 mars 2009

East Jerusalem demolitions major hindrance to peace settlement in Middle East

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has called on Israel to immediately halt the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem. This follows a leaked EU report citing that this particular Israeli policy is severely damaging the prospects for peace. She has also called on the EU to act decisively on the contents of this report View More


7 mars 2009

Ireland needs JOBS JOBS JOBS - Mary Lou McDonald

Following the release of this week's disastrous unemployment and exchequer figures Sinn Féin's leadership today gathered in Dublin to discuss the party's proposals for an alternative political alignment to tackle the economic crisis. View More


5 mars 2009

Sinn Féin to celebrate International Women's Day

When: Friday March 6th at 11am to 1pm Where: Wynn's Hotel, Abbey Street, Dublin 1 Who: Host Mary Lou McDonald MEP and Guest Nell McCafferty View More


4 mars 2009

de Brún’s Eyewitness account from GAZA

When: Thursday 5th March 6:30pm Where: An Cultúrlann, Falls Road BELFAST Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will give an eyewitness account of her time spent in Gaza. View More


3 mars 2009

Author Margaret Ward to speak at Sinn Féin International Women’s Day event

A Sinn Féin event to celebrate International Women’s Day will feature respected historian and author Margaret Ward. Bairbre de Brún MEP will introduce the conference, which will begin at 1.00pm on Saturday, March 7, at the Balmoral Hotel in Belfast. View More


3 mars 2009

Green Leader admits Lisbon will lead to Increased Military Expenditure in Ireland

Sinn Fein Vice President and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has this morning welcomed Green Party Leader John Gormley's admission that the Lisbon Treaty will lead to Ireland increasing its military spend in Europe. View More


2 mars 2009

Fianna Fáil 1980s golden circle culture to blame for findings of Transparency International Report

Responding to today's Transparency International Report Sinn Féin Vice President Mary Lou McDonald MEP has reiterated the party's demand for political parties to publish annual financial statements. View More


1 mars 2009

de Brún calls from Palestine on EU and US to demand an end to Gaza siege

In advance of tomorrow's (2 March) Sharm El Sheikh Conference for Gaza reconstruction and support for the Palestinian economy, Bairbre de Brun MEP has called on the EU and US to demand that the border crossings at Gaza be opened and that free movement be allowed into and out of Gaza. She stressed that without an end to the siege of Gaza reconstruction would not be possible. View More