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News31 January, 2005De Brún addresses opening of 5th World Parliamentary Forum
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún this weekend addressed the opening session of the World Parliamentary Forum in Brazil. The World Parliamentary Forum is meeting for two days in the Legislative Assembly in Porto Alegre as part of the World Social Forum. View More 28 January, 2005Dr Walsh's comments are not helpful to women parenting alone - Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today said that "women parenting alone deserve to be treated with respect". View More 28 January, 2005Bairbre de Brún to address meeting of World Social Forum
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will today (28 Jan) address a meeting of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on the topic of privatisation and globalisation. View More 27 January, 2005Irish government failed to communicate EU Constitution to the Irish people
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today accused the Irish government of failing to properly communicate the content and ramifications of the EU Constitution to the Irish people. Ms McDonald said that "the government had been more concerned with concluding negotiations on the EU Constitution than communicating its content to the people". View More 27 January, 2005Horrors of Auschwitz must never be forgotten
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today said that the horrors of the holocaust must be used to "educate young people and remind them of the dangers of racism". View More 27 January, 2005Bairbre de Brún participates in opening ceremony of World Social Forum in Brazil
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has been participating in the opening of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil (26 January/27th January). Ms de Brún along with fellow MEPs, joined hundreds of thousands who marched through the streets of Porto Alegre carrying the message of the World Social Forum - that another world is possible. View More 26 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEP to address European Parliament after Finucane family meeting
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald will this afternoon deliver a speech in the European Parliament on the case of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. Ms McDonald said that Sinn Féin was "putting the British Government on notice that it cannot hide the truth from either the Finucane family or the European Parliament for much longer". View More 24 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEP to attend World Social Forum in Brazil
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will tomorrow travel to Brazil to participate in the World Social Forum at Porto Allegre, Brazil. Speaking before her departure Ms de Brún said the World Social Forum presents the opportunity to 'map out an alternative world, one concerned with prioritising social justice and human rights protections'. View More 23 January, 2005Mary Lou McDonald brands Irish childcare costs "disgraceful"
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has branded as 'disgraceful' the results of a report which revealed that childcare costs in Ireland are nearly twice as expensive as in other EU member states. View More 21 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEPs to raise Finucane case in European Parliament
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today said that "Sinn Féin will bring the case of Pat Finucane to the European Parliament". View More 20 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEPs to meet with family of Pat Finucane
Sinn Féin MEPs Bairbre de Brún (6 Counties) and Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin) will tomorrow meet with the family of Pat Finucane at the offices of Madden and Finucane Solicitors in Belfast. View More 20 January, 2005Bairbre de Brún joins calls for a nuclear free world
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will this evening attend an event in Brussels on the role the EU can play in promoting nuclear disarmament. Ms de Brún said that she was "pleased to lend her support to the campaign for a nuclear free world". View More 19 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEP welcomes European Commissioner's commitment to suicide prevention
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today welcomed a commitment by Commissioner Marcos Kyprianou, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection to tackle mental ill health, with a particular emphasis on suicide. Commissioner Kyprianou has said that tackling mental ill health will be one of his priorities in his term of office. View More 19 January, 2005Mary Lou McDonald hails community drugs project
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today paid tribute to the work of local communities in combating the drugs scourge in Dublin. View More 18 January, 2005Organ retention should never be allowed to happen again - Bairbre de Brún
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this evening said that "the anguish and hurt caused as a result of the retention of patients' organs without fully informed consent should never be allowed to happen again". View More 18 January, 2005Tackling racism is about much more than banning hate symbols- Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has this morning said that if the European Union is serious about addressing racism then it must "tackle individual, societal and institutional discrimination rather than focussing exclusively on hate symbols". View More 17 January, 2005EU member states must do more to protect human rights of its citizen's - Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today called upon the European Union to 'lead by example on the protection and promotion of human, civil and political rights'. Ms McDonald made her comments after a report by Human Rights Watch criticised the EU and its member states for rolling back human rights protections for its citizens. View More 17 January, 2005Dermot Ahern must raise MEP bugging admission report with Paul Murphy - de Brún
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this morning urged the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern to raise the bugging of Belfast Sinn Féin offices with Paul Murphy at their meeting later today. View More 14 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEPs call for cancellation of developing world debt
Sinn Féin MEPs Mary Lou McDonald and Bairbre de Brún have voted in favour of a European Parliament resolution calling for the cancellation of developing world debt. The motion was proposed by the GUE/NGL group. The resolution comes in the wake of the reduction of Iraqi debt. View More 13 January, 2005MEP supports phone and broadband mast concerns
Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has lent her support to residents and parents concerned about mobile phone and broadband masts erected at sites that may pose health risks to children. View More 13 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEPs vote in favour of EU support for countries affected by Tsunami
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today called for the European Union to provide greater political and financial aid for the countries affected by December's Tsunami in South East Asia. The call came during a debate on the issue in the European Parliament. View More 12 January, 2005de Brún calls for all Ireland effort to combat climate change
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this afternoon expressed great concern at the results of a report on greenhouse gas emissions in the 6 Counties and said that "a real commitment was required by governments, business and a change to our collective lifestyles". View More 12 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEP calls upon Luxembourg Presidency to pursue "Social Europe"
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has this morning called upon the Luxembourg Presidency of the European Union to "make a real difference to the lives of ordinary citizens". View More 11 January, 2005Sinn Fein MEP calls for real debate on EU Constitution
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today called for a real debate on the proposed EU Constitution. The call was made during a debate in the European Parliament today, on the Corbett/Mendez de Vigo report on the Constitution. The report recommends that the European Parliament take a formal position on the Constitution prior to member states holding a referendum on the issue. View More 11 January, 2005De Brún and McDonald to brief MEPs on Peace Process
Sinn Féin MEPs Bairbre de Brún (6 Counties)and Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin) will brief fellow MEPs in the GUE/NGL group on the current state of the peace process this evening. Members of the European Parliament have shown a keen interest in the peace process in Ireland and in the prospects for further forward movement in the time ahead. View More 11 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEP addresses European Parliament on climate change
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald last night addressed the European Parliament on the issue of climate change. Speaking in a debate on the recent conference in Buenos Aires on climate change, Ms McDonald said that 'Climate change remains a crucial issue facing humanity and requires a global response'. View More 10 January, 2005de Brún adresses EU Parliament on PEACE II extension
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this evening addressed the European Parliament on the extension of the PEACE programme to the end of 2006. MEPs will tomorrow vote on the extension of PEACE II (Tuesday). View More 10 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEP welcomes announcement on Irish non-participation in EU Battle Groups
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has this morning welcomed the announcement that troops from the 26 Counties will not be participating in EU battle groups for the foreseeable future. Ms McDonald said that "Sinn Féin had vehemently opposed the formation of EU battle groups, which served the purpose of Europe's military and economic elites and sidelined the United Nations in leading peacekeeping duties". View More 7 January, 2005Sinn Féin MEP to travel to Cork - European Capital of Culture 2005
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will travel to Cork later today to take part in the celebrations marking the launch of the city‚s celebration as the European Capital of Culture for 2005. Ms de Brún has congratulated all those involved in the tremendous achievement of winning Capital of Culture status for Cork for the year ahead. View More 6 January, 2005de Brún confident of progress on PEACE II women's measure
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has expressed confidence that some progress can be made on providing for positive action for women as part of the PEACE II extension View More 5 January, 2005Report on arms exports reveal Irish complicity in trade - Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has this morning expressed her concern that over 26 billion euros of military related products have been exported to dozens of countries since 1997. View More 5 January, 20052005 should be year smoking is banned in all workplaces Bairbre de Brún
Sinn Féin MEP and former Health Minister in the Six County Assembly, Bairbre de Brún, has today reiterated her calls for a complete smoking ban to be implemented in all work places. Ms de Brún said that 2005 should be 'remembered as the year smoking was finally eradicated from our places of work'. View More |
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