Latest News: Local
6 January, 2009
Sinn Féin Workers' Rights Spokesperson Arthur Morgan TD has called on
management at Tara Mines to lift the protective notice imposed on their
workers and to recommence negotiations with union officials. Deputy
Morgan accused management at the company of using the current economic
downturn as an excuse to implement lay-offs and pay cuts. Read full article
6 January, 2009
Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Arthur Morgan TD has described the €12.7
billion 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
6 January, 2009
Sinn Féin's Enterprise Spokesperson Arthur Morgan TD this afternoon
described the threatened job losses in Waterford Wedgwood's Irish
operations as 'potentially unnecessary'. The Louth TD was responding to
today's appointment of a receiver to the company. Read full article
6 January, 2009
Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Arthur Morgan TD, speaking in response to
the publication of exchequer figures for 2008 today, which showed an
€8.1 billion tax shortfall, has called for the Dáil to be convened at
the earliest possible opportunity to develop a comprehensive strategy to
bring us out of the current downturn. Read full article
6 January, 2009
Sinn Féin Councillor and EU Candidate for Ireland East Tomás Sharkey has called on all Irish MEPs and the Irish government to lobby to have the Euro-Med Agreement with Israel suspended until the siege and brutal offensive on Gaza is stopped. Read full article
19 December, 2008
Responding to the resignation of Anglo Irish Bank Chief Seán Fitzpatrick on foot of revelations that he hid €87 million in loans from shareholders Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Arthur Morgan has described today's revelation as "further evidence of the depth of cultural dishonesty in the banking sector." 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
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