Latest News/Nuacht is déanaí: Local
6 January, 2009
South Belfast Sinn Fein MLA Alex Maskey has urged residents in the Lower Ormeau area to support a vigil organised by the local community for this Thursday 8th January at 6:30pm (to take place on the Ormeau Road, at the top of Rutland Street and Farnham Street) to show solidarity with those residents who have been victims of crime and to send a clear message to these local thugs that the community will not tolerate their criminal behaviour.
The vigil was organised after an upsurge in anti-social behaviour in the area over the Christmas and New Year period. Read full article
5 January, 2009
South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey and East Belfast representative Niall Ó Donnghaile have welcomed the announcement by the PSNI that they are to create neighbourhood policing teams within the South and East Belfast areas, and have said that they will be seeking a meeting with the PSNI in order to help them to identify their priorities and to develop a strategy of engagement with the local community. Read full article
4 January, 2009
South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey is set to raise the HMO issue, as well as student accommodation and planning issues relevant to South Belfast, with Environment Minister Sammy Wilson.
Alex Maskey will be raising these issues at a meeting scheduled for Monday 12th January. Read full article
1 January, 2009
South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey, speaking on the sixth day of intensive air strikes of the Gaza Strip by Israel, has called for solidarity with the people of Gaza. The air strikes have killed over 360 people and injured 1,400. Read full article
1 January, 2009
Ógra Shinn Féin joined a protest in Belfast to condemn the brutal Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip and demand an immediate end to the relentless and cruel slaughter of Palestinian men, women and children. Read full article
1 January, 2009
Balmoral Sinn Féin representative Vincent Parker has called for better labelling on household products to inform the public what products can be recycled. With the huge amount of waste that will be created over the Christmas and New Year period we need to be doing more to encourage people to recycle more of their household waste. Read full article
1 January, 2009
South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey has welcomed the reduction of prescription charges from £6.85 to £3 from Thursday (1st January) by the Health Minister Michael McGimpsey. This move comes ahead of the abolition of prescription charges in the North of Ireland by 2010. Read full article
19 December, 2008
South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey commenting on the continuing plight of the undocumented Irish in America has said that many Irish emigrants will not be experiencing the joy of travelling home for Christmas to visit their loved ones. Read full article
19 December, 2008
East Belfast Sinn Féin representative Niall Ó Donnghaile has urged people to check whether they are eligible to claim back up to £1,040 of Children's Tax Allowance as the deadline for applying is the 31st of January 2009. Read full article
19 December, 2008
South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey has welcomed the fact that new traffic light at the Primrose Hill/Saintfield Road junction, this week, became fully functional. Read full article
16 December, 2008
East Belfast Sinn Féin representative Niall Ó Donnghaile has welcomed Belfast City Council's move invest £10 million into the Titanic Quarter as long as certain amendments, tabled by Sinn Féin and accepted by the strategic policy and resources committee, were met. Read full article
16 December, 2008
Distributed to over 15,000 homes throughout South and East Belfast our Sinn Féin newspaper keeps you up to date with the ongoing work and campaigns being carried out by Sinn Féin in South and East Belfast. Read full article
16 December, 2008
Balmoral Sinn Féin representative Vincent Parker has complimented the ongoing work of the Finaghy Crossroads Group and said that tonight's official opening of their new office ensures that the good work will continue in the future.
Mr Parker was speaking in advance of tonight's official opening of the Group's new premises at No. 3 Finaghy Road North, and the official switch on of the areas Christmas lights.
Vincent Parker will be attending along with Party colleague and South Belfast MLA Alex Maskey. Read full article
16 December, 2008
East Belfast Sinn Féin Representative Niall Ó Donnghaile has welcomed a commitment given by the Department of Social Development Minister, Margaret Ritchie, that she is fully committed to securing 20% of the residential development on the former Sirocco Works site for developing Social and Affordable Housing.
This commitment was given in response to a written question submitted by Party colleague Alex Maskey MLA. Read full article
16 December, 2008
South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey has said that Sinn Féin will continue to do all it can to support local residents in the Ballynafeigh area in their campaign to oppose proposals to site a new football stadium in Ormeau Park. Alex Maskey made the pledge of continued support after a special meeting of Belfast City Council's Parks and Leisure Committee reaffirmed its support for a report stating that Ormeau Park was the preferred site for a new multi-purpose stadium. Read full article
Latest News: National
6 January, 2009
Sinn Féin Waterford Councillor David Cullinane has this afternoon called on the Waterford Wedgwood Irish receiver Deloitte Ireland to ensure that Irish jobs are preserved and that the group's pension scheme is safeguarded in any negotiations with potential investors in the company. Read full article
Sinn Féin south Down MLA Willie Clarke has condemned those responsible for issuing a hoax rescue call on the Mourne Mountains yesterday. Read full article
Sinn Féin Upper Bann MLA and the party's Assembly Group Leader, John O’Dowd has called on the Minister of Health to ratify his department’s obligations under the European Convention on Minority Languages and the Good Friday Agreement or explain as to why he is refusing to do so. Read full article
Fuel payments of £150 to vulnerable households yesterday moved a step closer to becoming a reality, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has said: Read full article
Speaking on the news that a new sub-marine fibre optic cable connecting Ireland with North America, deputy Chair of the DETI Committee Jennifer McCann has said that it will ‘actively benefit business and the telecommunications sector across Ireland’. Read full article
Sinn Féin National Chairperson and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald is in Dublin Mid West today canvassing Lucan and Clondalkin. Ms McDonald has described the increasing anxiety about job losses and public service cuts for families across the constituency as "palpable" noting that the Taoiseach's refusal to come up with a clear strategy on how he intends to pull the country out of recession is deepening the publics lack of confidence in the government. Read full article
Sinn Féin west Belfast MP Gerry Adams has condemned the series of recent attacks on families in the west of the city, including so-called ‘tiger’ kidnappings. Read full article
Sinn Féin International Affairs and Human Rights Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has today written to the respective Chairpersons of the Oireachtas Committees on European Affairs and European Scrutiny to ask for meetings to be convened in order to examine whether Israel’s current actions in Gaza are in breach of its agreements with the EU which underpin substantial privileges for Israel including preferential trade. Read full article
Sinn Féin MLA and deputy Chair of the Assembly’s Health Committee Michelle O’Neil has expressed concern at the increased levels of flu admission to hospitals throughout the Six Counties and the impact this could have on surgical operations in the time ahead. Read full article
Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Arthur Morgan TD has described the €12.7billion exchequer deficit as one of the most serious challenges the state has ever faced but went on to stress that lower paid workers should not be expected to take a pay cut while the wealthier in society avoid paying their fair share. Deputy Morgan called for a job creation fund to initiate and implement labour intensive public infrastructure programmes in school buildings and hospitals. Read full article
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