Nuacht

27 November, 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 November, 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 November, 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 November, 2008

FPE de Brún le bheith páirteach i bhFóram Feirmeoirí Ard Mhacha Theas

Beidh FPE Shinn Féin Bairbre de Brún páirteach i gcruinniú Fóram Feirmeoirí in Ard Mhacha Theas anocht, An Mháirt 25 Samhain, ar 7 pm i dTí Chullain ar an Mhullach Bhán. Tá Sinn Féin in Ard Mhacha Theas ag eagrú cruinniú Fóram Feirmeoirí. View More


24 November, 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 November, 2008

Fáilte roimh thacaíocht Pöttering d’Ionad Réiteach Coimhlinte

Chuir FPE Shinn Féin Bairbre de Brún fáilte roimh thacaíocht Uachtarán Pharlaiminte na hEorpa Hans-Gert Pöttering d’Ionad Réiteach Coimhlinte i dTuaisceart na hÉireann. View More


22 November, 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 November, 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 November, 2008

Chuir Bairbre de Brún fáilte roimh an “scéim torthaí” scoile nua

Chuir Bairbre de Brún fáilte inniu roimh chinneadh Pharlaimint na hEorpa chun tacú leis an “scéim torthaí” scoile nua atá molta. View More


18 November, 2008

Iarrann FPEanna Shinn Féin ar Pharlaimint na hEorpa le tacú leis an fheachtas "Seas in aghaidh Foréigin ar Mhná"

Tá an feachtas seo, seolta ag CFNAM (Ciste Forbartha na Náisiún Aontaithe do Mhná), ar líne ag www.saynotoviolence.org agus “cuireann sé fáilte roimh dhaoine a n-ainmneacha a chur leis an iarratas chun tús áite sa domhan a thabhairt do dheireadh a chur le foréigean ar mhná.” (CFNAM). Tabharfaidh CFNAM gach síniú do Rúnaí Ginearálta na NA ar 25 Samhain, Lá Idirnáisiúnta do Dhíothú Foréigin in aghaidh Ban. Go nuige seo shínigh 70,3462 duine é, orthu siúd tá daoine aonaracha, ionadaithe Rialtais agus eagraíochtaí sochaí sibhialta. Is é an aidhm atá ann ná milliún síniú a bhaint amach faoin am a chuirtear isteach iad. View More


17 November, 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 November, 2008

Diúltaigh do theachtaireacht fuatha an BNP

Dúirt FPE Shinn Féin Bairbre de Brún ag trácht ar ráflaí go bhfuil sé pleanáilte ag an BNP bileog a sheoladh chuig gach teach sa Tuaisceart mar chuid dá fheachtas toghcháin chun comhaltaí den eite dheas a fháil tofa ar Pharlaimint na hEorpa an bhliain seo chugainn. Deir Bairbre de Brún go mbíonn an BNP beo ar fhuath agus ar aineolas. View More


15 November, 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 November, 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 November, 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 November, 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 November, 2008

Cuireann de Brún fáilte roimh sholúbthacht an AE maidir le torthaí agus glasraí ‘cnapógacha’

Chuir FPE Shinn Féin Bairbre de Brún fáilte roimh an chinneadh chun treoirlínte AE ar thorthaí agus ar ghlasraí ‘cnapógacha’ a athrú agus dúirt sí go rachadh sé chun tairbhe feirmeoirí agus siopadóirí araon. View More


11 November, 2008

Iarrann de Brún ról don AE i réiteach choimhlint na mBascach

Bhí Bairbre de Brún i measc cainteoirí idirnáisiúnta mór le rá chun iarraidh ar an Aontas Eorpach próiseas síochána a spreagadh i dTír na mBascach. Agus í ag caint ar an Chomhdháil i bParlaimint na hEorpa sa Bhruiséil dúirt an Iníon de Brún: “Díreach mar a chuidigh na Stáit Aontaithe agus an tAontas Eorpach agus tíortha eile leis an phróiseas síochana Éireannach, tá ról tábhachtach ag an phobal idirnáisiúnta fosta chun an próiseas síochána i dTír na mBascach a spreagadh.” View More


11 November, 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 November, 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 November, 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 November, 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 November, 2008

De Brún ag brú go fóill le haghaidh tacaíochta do thionscal na gcaorach

Dúirt FPE Shinn Féin Bairbre de Brún go bhfuil na hargóintí ar son tacaíochtaí nua Eorpacha do thionscadal na gcaorach ag bailiú nirt. Dúirt an Iníon de Brún fosta gur féidir leis an Eoraip cuid de na billiúin nár caitheadh i mBuiséad CCT (CAP) a úsáid chun beart a fhorbairt le tacú lenár bhfeirmeoirí caorach ar tháinig crua orthu. View More


9 November, 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 November, 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 November, 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 November, 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 November, 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 November, 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