News Archives for January, 2009
29 January, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for West Belfast Fra McCann has said the release of figures, showing a massive increase in mortgage and house repossessions in the DSD quarterly housing bulletin, is an indictment on the failed policies of the Social Development Minister. Read full article
29 January, 2009
Sinn Féin West Belfast MP Gerry Adams MLA, Jennifer McCann MLA and Francie Molloy MLA this afternoon met the Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin in Belfast.
In two separate meetings Mr. Martin met the family of Damien Walsh, a 17 year youth killed by the UDA in March 1993, and the families of 11 people from the Ballymurphy area who were killed by the British Parachute regiment in August 1971. Read full article
27 January, 2009
West Belfast Sinn Fein MLA Jennifer McCann has expressed her serious concern that Electoral Office demands around voter registration are making it more difficult for people to get on the electoral register. Read full article
27 January, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for West Belfast and member of the Health Committee, Sue Ramsey, has today stated that more must be done to help protect victims of domestic violence but in particular children and youths who are directly affected. Read full article
24 January, 2009
West Belfast Sinn Fein activists were out on the streets again over the weekend with their collection buckets, raising much needed funds for the 'Irish Medical Aid for Palestine' charity. Read full article
22 January, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MLA, MP Addresses An Chéad Dáil 90th Anniversary - A Defining Point in Irish History Read full article
21 January, 2009
Sinn Fein activists will be on the streets in big numbers again this weekend to raise money for the 'Irish Medical Aid for Palestine' charity. Read full article
21 January, 2009
This Sunday, 25 January, at 3pm, a tree planting ceremony will take place outside the Ballymurphy memorial garden in honour of the victims of the Ballymurphy and Springhill massacres that took place on 9 August 1971 and 9 July 1972. Read full article
20 January, 2009
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams MP MLA this morning attended the inauguration ceremony for President Barack Obama. Read full article
20 January, 2009
Speaking at the First Dáil Éireann Commemoration organised by the Houses of the Oireachtas in the Round Room of the Mansion House, Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhín Ó Caoláin TD said that the work of the First Dáil remains unfinished and that there was a mandate to bring about a United Ireland. Read full article
20 January, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP MLA arrived in Washington DC earlier today to attend tomorrow's inauguration of US President elect, Barack Obama. Read full article
19 January, 2009
An open invitation is extended to republicans from all over Ireland and beyond to gather in the Mansion House in Dublin City Centre on Wednesday, 21 January, the 90th anniversary of the inaugural meeting of the First Dail Eireann. Read full article
19 January, 2009
Greater Ballymurphy Sinn Fein councillor Maire Cush has given her full support to the family of Pearse Jordan ahead of a hearing set to take place in Laganside on Thursday 22nd January in relation to the repeatedly delayed inquest into Pearse's death. Read full article
17 January, 2009
In his address to the Cuige Uladh AGM on Saturday 17 January, Sean Murray, the Cuige chairperson, urged the hundreds of party activists gathered in the Felons Club, West Belfast to recognise that the cutting edge of the struggle is now located in the party. Read full article
17 January, 2009
Sinn Fein activists in Belfast held a day of action on Saturday, 17 January, to raise money for 'Irish Medical Aid for Palestine', a registered charity with the belief that good health is a basic right, and access to appropriate health care is an integral element of that right - one being denied the Palestinians. Read full article
16 January, 2009
Sinn Féin west Belfast MP Gerry Adams has accused so-called dissident republican groups of engaging in "unacceptable criminal actions through extortion and intimidation." Read full article
14 January, 2009
West Belfast MLA Jennifer McCann has said she will be seeking an urgent meeting with Land & Property Services in relation to the methods by which they are collecting rate arrears. Read full article
14 January, 2009
West Belfast Sinn Fein MLA's Fra McCann & Jennifer McCann have met with the leaders of the four main banks in their role as members of the Committee for Finance and Personnel. Read full article
14 January, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP MLA will attend next weeks inauguration in Washington for President elect Barack Obama and Vice President elect Senator Joe Biden. Read full article
14 January, 2009
Ag labhairt léi i bParlaimint na hEorpa inniu cháin Bairbre de Brún FPE ionsaithe Iosrael i nGaza. Dúirt Iníon de Brún gur chóir uasghrádú caidrimh le hIosrael a thréigean agus gur chóir na comhaontaithe atá i bhfeidhm faoi láthair a chur ar ceal go dtí go gcomhlíonann Iosrael a dhualgais faoi dhlí idirnáisiúnta. Read full article
13 January, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA's and Councillors from Belfast will gather tomorrow to launch a billboard campaign in support of the people of Gaza. The Billboards will be launched at the site of Andersonstown Barracks at 11am, tomorrow, Wednesday the 13th January. Gerry Adams, MP for the area, will also be in attendance. Read full article
12 January, 2009
The Sinn Féin Team in the Assembly today held a solidarity event for the people of Gaza on the steps of Stormont. Read full article
12 January, 2009
A delegation of senior Sinn Fein representatives yesterday, Monday 12th January, met with senior PSNI officers from the west Belfast and Dunmurry areas to discuss a number of important issues, including the recent spate of tiger kidnappings, the availability of illegal drugs and the wave of burglaries which have taken place over the past few weeks. Read full article
10 January, 2009
Sinn Féin's Mayor of Belfast,Tom Hartley, has today called for an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal from Gaza by Israeli Forces. Read full article
10 January, 2009
Speaking in Dublin today at the IPSC rally organized in support of the people of Gaza Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MLA, MP demanded that the international community match hard words with strong action. Read full article
8 January, 2009
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has today criticised the three hour daily window that Israeli forces said they would allow for Humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. Read full article
6 January, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, MP MLA has condemned the rising death toll in Gaza. Read full article
3 January, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, MP MLA has condemned the Israeli ground offensive into Gaza and called on the International community to focus diplomatic efforts on persuading Israel to cease hostilities in Gaza. Read full article
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