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News27 September, 2008MEP backs rural businesses at National Ploughing Championships
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún speaking after attending the National Ploughing Championships in County Kilkenny has said that farmers and rural businesses from the North are at the heart of building sustainable rural communities. View More 26 September, 2008de Brún welcomes EU action on tackling childhood obesity
Sinn Féin MEP and former health minister Bairbre de Brún has welcomed moves by MEPs to bring forward plans to tackle childhood obesity. View More 26 September, 2008Campbell’s proposed ‘language strategy’ will not go far enough – de Brún
Speaking on the European Day of Languages today, the Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has slammed Gregory Campbell’s proposal for a ‘language strategy’ in the Six Counties as opposed to a comprehensive Irish language Act as agreed at St Andrews. View More 25 September, 2008Fuel poverty - worst-off hit hardest: de Brún
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has backed calls from the European Parliament for concrete action to be taken to reverse rising energy prices and to protect the most vulnerable this winter. View More 25 September, 2008Ireland deserves ambitious representation in Europe
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald, Lisbon Campaign Director Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew, MEP Bairbre de Brun, Senator Pearse Doherty and Kerry TD Martin Ferris have this week taken part in this year's National Ploughing Championships. View More 24 September, 2008Government undermining of universal suffrage must not be tolerated
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has warned that any effort by the Fianna Fáil and Green Party government coalition to re run the Lisbon Treaty or reshape the proposition debate in any future referendum will fundamentally undermine the process of universal suffrage. View More 23 September, 2008More evidence on climate warming shows Sammy Wilson is wrong - de Brún
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has challenged DUP Environment Minister Sammy Wilson to listen to the experts instead of stubbornly refuting that climate change is happening and that humans are largely responsible for it. View More 23 September, 2008de Brún and Gildernew launch National Ploughing website
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún joined the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the North, Michelle Gildernew to launch a new website dedicated to the National Ploughing Championships. View More 22 September, 2008ECB policy failing the low paid
Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has today sharply criticised European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean Claude Trichet for the recent call by the ECB's Governing Council to abolish any links between the rate of inflation and pay increases. View More 22 September, 2008Concern at bad weather impact on slurry deadlines
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has voiced concern about farmers being unable to meet the October 15th deadline for the spreading of slurry on their fields because of the impact the bad weather this summer. View More 17 September, 2008Sammy Wilson risks wrath of Europe
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has warned the Environment Minister Sammy Wilson that he is setting himself on a collision course with Europe over the stance he has taken on global warning. View More 16 September, 2008Government linking of Lisbon to economy "a low brow tactic"
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has described government efforts to link the rejection of Lisbon to the downturn in the economy as a "low brow tactic that seeks simply to bully the Irish people into submission rather than actually engage with them on the issues." View More 15 September, 2008Sinn Féin slams Junior Trade Minister for attack on Public Sector Workers
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP and National Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald today slammed Junior Minister John McGuinness for his weekend rant against public sector workers. View More 13 September, 2008De Brún supports Copenhagen Pledge at Christian Aid event
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has lent her support to the Copenhagen Pledge at an event in Belfast today organised by Christian Aid. View More 12 September, 2008Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald to speak at le Fete l'Humanite in Paris
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has been invited to speak at Le Fete l'Humanite, tomorrow (Sat Sep13th) in Paris on the Lisbon Treaty. View More 12 September, 2008de Brún supports call for EU farming machinery ban to be lifted
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has supported the calls by the Ulster Farmers Union to have the ban on using heavy farm machinery on waterlogged ground to be temporarily waived. This follows the sustained period of unprecedented rain levels and recent floods. View More 10 September, 2008Disability Action delegation in European Parliament
A Disability Action delegation from the North of Ireland held discussions in the European Parliament today on new anti-discrimination legislation proposals that could improve the lives of people with disabilities throughout Europe. View More 10 September, 2008Government research evidences no possibility of Lisbon re-run
Responding to today's publication of the governments post Lisbon Treaty research document Sinn Fein Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has called on the government to now knuckle down and prepare the groundwork for the October EU summit. View More 9 September, 2008de Brún to host Disability Action NI delegation in Brussels
Sinn Féin MEP, Bairbre de Brún will this week host a 27 person delegation from Disability Action NI in the European Parliament in Brussels. Delegation members will today depart from different locations throughout the north for a series of meetings which will take place tomorrow (Wednesday 10 September) with MEPs and key campaigners involved in lobbying at a European level. View More 5 September, 2008“Sammy Wilson needs to grow up and wise up” - de Brún
European Parliament Climate Change Committee and Environment Committee member Bairbre de Brún MEP has branded as "disgraceful" Environment Minister Sammy Wilson's suggestion that the debate on whether humans have contributed to climate change is overdue. View More 4 September, 2008de Brún calls for action on Palestinian prisoners
Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has called for action in support of Palestinian political prisoners being held by Israel as the European Parliament accepted a resolution co-signed by the Sinn Féin MEP on the plight of Palestinian prisoners View More 4 September, 2008de Brún pushes for EU support for mental health
Sinn Féin MEP and former executive Health Minister Bairbre de Brún has today called for greater EU support for mental health promotion. Ms de Brun called on the European Commission and governments across Europe to place a much greater focus on tackling the problem of mental ill-health across Europe. View More 2 September, 2008de Brún pushes MEPs to defend privacy
Sinn Féin Six-County MEP Bairbre de Brún has today called for MEPs to stand up for privacy rights of internet users. She made her comments as the European Parliament discussed the E-privacy directive. View More 2 September, 2008Social Package falls a long way short of peoples' expectations - de Brún
In response to the debate in the European Parliament this morning, Bairbre de Brún MEP has welcomed to the European Commission's renewed interest in social issues while warning that the so-called social package "falls a long way short of peoples' expectations". View More |
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