Nuacht

29 June, 2006

People of Dublin should send out the message that British warship is not wanted in Ireland – Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Féin National Chairperson and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has today urged the people of Dublin to oppose the docking of a British warship in Dublin which, she said, ‘symbolized the continuing suffering of the Iraqi people and the occupation of Iraq’. View More

29 June, 2006

European Union must get to grips with crisis situation in Gaza – Bairbre de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this morning called upon the European Union to respond clearly and definitively to the current Israeli incursions into Palestine. Ms de Brún called on the EU to ‘show the world that it opposes the collective punishment of the Palestinian people’. View More

26 June, 2006

Mary Lou McDonald condemns attack on Dublin City Fire-fighter

Sinn Féin National Chairperson and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has today condemned the vicious attack on a fire-fighter in Dublin City Centre. The fire-fighter was attacked as an emergency crew attended a callout which turned out to be a false alarm at Bachelor’s Walk, on the River Liffey. View More

26 June, 2006

Mary Lou McDonald welcomes All Ireland free travel promise

Sinn Féin National Chairperson and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has today welcomed plans for pensioners throughout Ireland to avail of free public transport no matter where they travel on the island. Ms McDonald hailed the expected move as an improvement in ‘social mobility for pensioners and a fantastic opportunity for senior citizens across Ireland to avail of public transport and travel across Ireland without financial limitations.' View More

22 June, 2006

Bairbre de Brún calls for awareness and action on Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today supported calls to raise awareness around Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. View More

21 June, 2006

Reckless employers must be held criminally liable for workplace accidents and fatalities – Mary Lou McDonald MEP

MEP for Dublin and Sinn Féin National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald has this morning welcomed a delegation of trade union activists and workers’ rights campaigners to the European Parliament in Brussels. Ms McDonald said that the campaigners had travelled to Brussels to ‘raise the importance of safety in the workplace and the responsibilities of employers in ensuring such safety’. View More

20 June, 2006

Mary Lou McDonald MEP to host delegation of workers’ rights campaigners at European Parliament

MEP for Dublin and Sinn Féin National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald will tomorrow host a delegation of trade union activists and workers’ rights campaigners at the European Parliament in Brussels. View More

19 June, 2006

Sinn Féin MEP calls upon European Union to declare its opposition to commercial whale hunting

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today called upon the European Union to actively oppose the practice of whale hunting. View More

15 June, 2006

Sinn Féin launch online bulletin to update Europe on political situation in Ireland

Sinn Féin's European Department has announced a new initiative to update and brief MEPs, European officials, European Government representatives and NGOs on the political situation in Ireland. View More

14 June, 2006

We must actively challenge Racism, Sectarianism and Homophobia - Bairbre

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has expressed concern at the increase in racist and homophobic violence across Europe and has called for everyone actively to challenge racism, sectarianism and homophobia wherever we find it - whether from neighbours or colleagues, powerful policy-makers or the media. View More

13 June, 2006

de Brún calls upon EU to lead the way in co-ordinating fight against potential influenza pandemics

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today called upon the EU and theEuropean Commission in particular, to take the lead in ensuring that the region is 'as well prepared as can possibly be for future outbreaks of flu pandemic'. View More

8 June, 2006

How many safety breaches before Sellafield is closed? Bairbre de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today demanded to know how many safety breaches will have to occur at the Sellafield plant before the British Government and the British Nuclear Group Sellafield (BNGSL) decommission the facility. View More

8 June, 2006

How many safety breaches before Sellafield is closed? Bairbre de Brún

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today demanded to know how many safety breaches will have to occur at the Sellafield plant before the British Government and the British Nuclear Group Sellafield (BNGSL) decommission the facility. View More

7 June, 2006

EU report confirms Irish complicity in CIA rendition flights

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this afternoon called for a 'full and thorough investigation' into a report which implicates Ireland as a stop-over point for CIA planes, many of which are associated with the illegal transportation of prisoners to third countries. View More

7 June, 2006

Bairbre de Brún welcomes all Ireland waste management delegation to European Parliament

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today hosted a delegation of waste management campaigners to the European Parliament in Brussels. View More

5 June, 2006

Sinn Féin to host waste management campaigners at European Parliament

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will host an all Ireland delegation of environmental campaigners at the European Parliament in Brussels between the 6th and 7th June (Tuesday/Wednesday). View More

2 June, 2006

Sinn Féin challenges British Government on its commitments regarding EU Structural Funds

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today challenged the British Government to move beyond the narrow, staid approach to the use of EU Funds that makes passing reference to equality, all-Ireland work and the need to involve civil society while making no real attempt to do anything about any of these issues. View More

1 June, 2006

Sinn Féin MEP welcomes EU child protection measures

Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today welcomed a European Parliament report designed to protect children from convicted child sex offenders across the EU. View More