Nuacht

27 April, 2006

de Brún welcomes calls for road safety technology which could save 2,500 lives every year

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today welcomed a report in the European Parliament which seeks to address the spiralling crisis of road traffic fatalities in Ireland and across the EU. View More

27 April, 2006

Sinn Féin MEP addresses European Parliament press conference on dangers of asbestos

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today participated in a press conference highlighting the dangers of asbestos across the EU, on the eve of International Workers' Memorial Day (28th April). The press conference to launch the report ‘ASBESTOS: the human cost of corporate greed’ took place in the European Parliament in Brussels and was organised by MEPs from the European United Left/Nordic Green Left group (GUE/NGL). View More

26 April, 2006

The legacy of Chernobyl should be an end to nuclear power stations – Bairbre de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today said that society must ‘learn the lessons from the world’s worst civil nuclear accident and turn away from the building of further nuclear power stations’. View More

26 April, 2006

European Parliament Strasbourg cost revelations a cause for serious concern – de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today responded to the revelations that the French city of Strasbourg has been overcharging the European Parliament up to €2.7 million a year in rent for as long 25 years. View More

25 April, 2006

Recruitment of Irish language translators and interpreters crucial to Irish as 21st EU language.

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today warned that recruitment of interpreters and translators for posts in the European institutions is crucial to Irish as the 21st EU official language. View More

25 April, 2006

Record number of complaints against EU institutions further evidence that it is out of touch – de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today said that the EU needs a ‘bottom-up participative approach that begins to reconnect people with politicians and the political institutions in a real and meaningful way’. View More

24 April, 2006

Irish MEPs must work together to ensure implementation of Irish as an official and a working language of EU – de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will today meet with EU officials from the European Commission and Parliament to discuss the official working status for the Irish Language in the EU. View More

21 April, 2006

Bairbre de Brún joins campaign to shut down migrant detention centres

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has backed calls by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left group in the European Parliament for the closure of temporary holding centres for migrants across the EU. The campaign "NO FORTRESS EUROPE" can be found at www.no-fortress-europe.org View More

12 April, 2006

Sinn Féin MEP demands equality for Irish language in schools

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today demanded that the ‘Irish language is treated no less favourably than other EU languages.’ View More

11 April, 2006

Bairbre de Brún visits peace and reconciliation centre in South Belfast

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this morning visited a peace and reconciliation project and paid tribute to the ‘vital all-Ireland and cross community work which it has undertaken.’ View More

10 April, 2006

French u-turn on labour law a lesson for us all - Bairbre de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today welcomed the French Government decision to scrap a controversial employment law ‘as a victory for workers across the EU.’ View More

6 April, 2006

All-Ireland fight against bird flu needed – Bairbre de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this morning called for a ‘stringent all Ireland response to the spread of avian flu’. Michelle Gildernew MP for Fermangh and South Tyrone has also said that the 'importation of poultry from Britain must stop immediately'. View More

4 April, 2006

Charlie McCreevy’s views on EU Services Directive still bad news for Irish workers and public services

Charlie McCreevy today told MEPs that "The European Parliament has clearly shown the way" on the controversial EU Services Directive. View More

4 April, 2006

Secret EU meetings further reinforce notion of EU as an ‘old boys club’

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has called today for and end to the secrecy surrounding the Council of Ministers meetings. View More

4 April, 2006

de Brún tells EU to ‘lift restrictions against workers across Europe’

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this morning called for EU member states to ‘remove restrictions placed on migrant workers and allow for the free movement of workers right across the EU’. View More

3 April, 2006

de Brún welcomes new initiative to combat food poverty and promote access to healthy and affordable food

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today thrown her support behind a new initiative to combat food poverty and promote access to healthy and affordable food for low-income groups in Ireland. View More