News

24 August, 2006

Mary Lou McDonald launches bilingual EU website and announces details of EU conference

Sinn Féin National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald MEP has today launched Sinn Féin's new European Union website and also announced details of a one day EU conference on the future of Social Europe in Dublin on September 9th. View More

22 August, 2006

Traces of GM rice in US food chain a huge cause for concern – Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Féin National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald MEP has today expressed her concerns after it emerged that small amounts of unapproved GM rice had found its way into the US feed and food chain. Ms McDonald said that ‘such contamination was reflective of the unpredictability and instability of GM products’. View More

18 August, 2006

Israel must also remove its military from Palestine – Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Féin National Chairperson and MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today said that the Israeli Army must begin the immediate withdrawal of its troops from Palestine. View More

17 August, 2006

Immediate review of childcare facilities required in Dublin in light of HSE survey in Southern Area – Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Féin National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald MEP has today called upon the Health Service Executive in Dublin to ‘conduct a similar survey on the state of childcare services in Dublin City’. View More

16 August, 2006

Mary Lou McDonald – Government should extend School Book Rental Scheme

Sinn Féin National Chairperson and MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has today called upon the government to ‘help ease the burden of debt felt by parents on the eve of another school year’. View More

9 August, 2006

Mary Lou McDonald welcomes lifting of restrictions on free travel scheme for elderly

Sinn Féin National Chairperson and MEP for Dublin Mary Lou McDonald has this afternoon welcomed the lifting of restrictions on the ‘free travel scheme’ for the elderly and people with disabilities during peak time travel. View More

7 August, 2006

Sinn Féin MEP launches postcards highlighting British state collusion

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has this morning launched a range of postcards highlighting the policy of British state collusion in the Six Counties. The event was organised by Relatives For Justice (RFJ). View More

3 August, 2006

Bairbre de Brún urges people to support Belfast rally calling for end to crisis in Middle East

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has today urged people to ‘turn out in force to demand an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and end to the killing of Lebanese, Palestinian and Israeli civilians'. View More

3 August, 2006

Absenteeism at Mater Hospital may be symptom of wider problems in health service – Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Féin National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald MEP has today said that ‘the strain of years of under-funding and under-resourcing is taking its toll on hospitals, health centres and staff across the state’. View More