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31 December, 2007

Career opportunities in Irish must be grasped – de Brún

After one full year of Irish being an official and a working language of the EU, the demand for Irish translation is much higher than the EU institutions anticipated said Bairbre de Brún MEP today. View More

17 December, 2007

Sinn Féin MEP comments on Bali Climate Conference

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has welcomed the fact that a framework has been set out at the Bali climate Conference in which to reach agreement on a future regime to combat climate change post 2012, but has expressed disappointment that more concrete targets were not agreed at this point. View More

15 December, 2007

Government can and should Save St Luke's Hospital - McDonald

Speaking at this St. Luke's Hospital Campaign demonstration Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald said that "it is totally unacceptable that government continues to pull the rug from under cancer patients and their families." View More

12 December, 2007

Sinn Féin President calls of voters to oppose Lisbon Treaty

Speaking in Dublin this afternoon Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MLA has called on everyone on this island who will have a vote to come out and oppose the Lisbon Treaty. View More

12 December, 2007

Lisbon Treaty is not in Ireland's interests

Speaking ahead of today's signing of the Lisbon Treaty by EU Heads of State Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald said "whilst the need for Ireland to have its place at the EU table is obvious, we must use that place positively. Our international reputation is not so fragile that we must always act as 'yes men' to preserve it even when so obviously the best course of action is to say no." View More

11 December, 2007

Sinn Féin leads call for European action to end homelessness

Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald today launched a major European initiative to end homelessness in all EU member states by 2015. Ms McDonald will be joined by colleagues from France, Britain, Poland and FEANTSA. View More

11 December, 2007

McDonald calls on public to support Save St. Lukes Campaign

Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has today sent her solidarity to the Save St. Luke's Campaign who are handing in a petition to Leinster House calling on the Health Minister to keep the hospital open and to upgrade and expand the hospital and its services. View More

9 December, 2007

Mary Lou McDonald - New Irish New Communities

Speaking at Sinn Féin's major conference 'Engaging Modern Ireland' Dublin Sinn Féin MEP and party National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald said "arguably the issues we are dealing with in this session entitled 'New Irish New Communities' are the most challenging of all in engaging modern Ireland. View More

9 December, 2007

de Brún - Climate Change is a priority of the highest class for Sinn Féin in Europe and at home

Sinn Féin MEP for the six counties Bairbre de Brún and a member of the European's Parliment's Climate Change Committee speaking at a party conference in Dublin said: "Climate Change the major political challenge of our time." View More

5 December, 2007

Sinn Féin demand government support EU Agency Workers Directive

Speaking this morning from Brussels ahead of today's Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has demanded that the Irish government stop shirking its responsibility to temporary workers and agree to support the Agency Workers Directive. View More

4 December, 2007

de Brún plays key role at Conference on EU, Turkey and the Kurds

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún MEP will today play a key role at the Fourth International Conference on EU, Turkey and the Kurds. Ms de Brún will act as a moderator at the Brussels conference which is dedicated to the memory of the Kurdish Writer Mehmet Uzun and organised by the EU Turkish Civic Committee (EUTCC). View More

3 December, 2007

de Brún congratulates St Mary's College, Creggan on winning climate change photo competition

Sinn Féin MEP, Bairbre de Brún has congratulated St Mary's College in Creggan, Derry on winning this year's all-Ireland photo competition on climate change which was co-sponsored by the European Parliament and the Departments of Environment, North and South. View More