News Archives for August, 2009
30 August, 2009
"The time is right for Newry City to make a bid to host the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann". Those were the words of Sinn Fein Councillor Colman Burns as he congratulated everyone from the District who competed in this year's Fleadh, held in Tullamore Co. Offaly. Read full article
30 August, 2009
Keady Sinn Fein Councillor, Darren McNally has called on the people of Keady to be vigilant after a number of robberies in the town. Cllr McNally also stated that he intends to raise matter with the PSNI. Read full article
30 August, 2009
South Armagh Sinn Féin councillor Jimmy McCreesh has welcomed an agreement by the Newry & Mourne and Down Council's transition committee to allow children across the new Council area to debate its name Read full article
30 August, 2009
Sinn Fein's Agricultural Spokesperson Cllr Hearty has called for an investment by DARD's River Agency to be spent on ensuring that all rivers and main drains are running freely. Read full article
30 August, 2009
Newry Sinn Féin councillor Brendan Curran has said that he is hopeful that the new Council formed when Newry & Mourne and Down District Councils merge will adopt Newry & Mourne's current bilingual policy. Read full article
30 August, 2009
Newry Sinn Féin councillor Brendan Curran has highlighted the role of the community in tackling the growing problem of Drug and Alcohol abuse. Cllr Curran was speaking after recent reports have shown an increase in drug abuse among young people Read full article
29 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for Newry/Armagh, Mickey Brady has condemned the robbery of a car in the Patrick area of Newry today. A woman was dragged out of her BMW car before the thief sped away. Read full article
29 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for Newry/Armagh, Cathal Boylan has called for spokespersons from dissident organisations, to come forward and explain the rationale for planting a bomb on the pavement in Armagh City. Read full article
29 August, 2009
Armagh Sinn Féin councillor Mary Doyle has said that she was disgusted by the behaviour of SDLP councillors at a recent public meeting hosted by social development Minister Margaret Ritchie in the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre. Read full article
28 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Anthony Flynn has been contacted by local residents regarding the sale of hard drugs in the Jonesborough area Read full article
28 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor, Anthony Flynn has encouraged anyone with queries regarding welfare rights or social benefits to come along to the welfare rights clinic in Meigh community centre on Saturday 5th September. Read full article
27 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Education Minister Caitríona Ruane has said all schools have been given guidance on how to manage the outbreak of swine flu. Read full article
27 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for Newry/Armagh and his party's spokesperson on planning, Cathal Boylan has called on local councillors to make their voices heard in relation to proposals for reform of the local planning announced by the Department of Environment. Read full article
27 August, 2009
Commenting on the death of Senator Edward Kennedy Sinn Féin Newry and Armagh MP Conor Murphy stated,
"It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Senator Edward Kennedy. He has served the American people with courage and commitment for nearly 50 years. His service to Ireland through his role in the Peace Process was exceptional and contributed significantly to its progress. Read full article
27 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MP for Newry and Armagh, Conor Murphy has voiced his concern over the rise in the number of University students who are facing rising levels of debt Read full article
27 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MP for Newry and Armagh Conor Murphy has welcomed reports that Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann are considering holding this year's Fleadh Cheoil in the Six Counties - the first time in the 59 year history of the event. Read full article
26 August, 2009
Armagh Sinn Féin councillor Cathy Rafferty has asked parents to be vigilant after children were seen playing with used needles in a wooded area of the city. Read full article
26 August, 2009
Commenting after Jeffery Donaldson announced that he intends on travelling to Libya in order to lobby on behalf of certain victims groups, Sinn Féin MLA Mickey Brady has said that Mr Donaldson's claims would have more credibility if he looked closer to home and demanded that the British government and the state sponsored unionist militia, which he was a member of, came clean on collusion and state sponsored murder in Ireland. Read full article
24 August, 2009
Sinn Féin assembly member for Newry Armagh and Social Development committee member, Mickey Brady has called on Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie Executive to explain why up to 10,000 grant applications have been cancelled by the Housing Executive. Read full article
24 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MP for Newry and Armagh, Conor Murphy has said that a meeting with senior executives from Hibernia, the group contracted to roll out Project Kelvin, was extremely positive. Mr Murphy met the group along with the Chamber or Commerce and a number of local businesses Read full article
23 August, 2009
Fews area Newry and Mourne Sinn Fein Councillor Pat Mc Ginn commenting on news of the accident stated
"We are shocked and stunned at the news of further carnage and death on our roads. Once again homes, and familes have been destroyed, and at this present stage the thoughts and prayers of all our community is with those who have lost their lives.
Cllr Pat MC Ginn Read full article
23 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Charlie Casey has said that the community in Newry is in shock after 4 people were trajically killed in a road accident outside the town Read full article
23 August, 2009
Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin councillor Packie McDonald has condemned the recent actions of a group of masked and armed men in Meigh, South Armagh. Read full article
23 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MP for Newry and Armagh Conor Murphy has congratulated Armagh Minor team on their All Ireland semi final victory over Kerry and wished them well in their preparations for the All Ireland final. Speaking from Croke Park where he had attended the game, the Sinn Fein MP said "Armagh's performance was committed and workmanlike.We now look forward to the All Ireland final,and perhaps a history making match if Down minors can win their semi final game" Read full article
22 August, 2009
Sinn Féin assembly member for Newry/Armagh, Mickey Brady has voiced his disappointed after the Parades commission has given permission for a loyalist band parade in Newry. The parade organised by the South Down Defenders will take place on Friday 28th August. Read full article
21 August, 2009
Newry and Mourne Sinn Fein Councillor Terry Hearty commenting after a meeting with senior Water Service Officers to discuss the issue of the overcharging of over 5000 non-domestic customers, has said that the message to Water Service from the meeting that involved all Newry and Mourne Councillors was very clear, "The time for talking about improvements is over, it is now time to see improvements". Read full article
20 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for Newry/Armagh Mickey Brady has congratulated all AS and A level students as they have received their results. Read full article
20 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for Newry and Armagh, Mickey Brady, has expressed his concern after being informed that up to 400 jobs may be lost temporarily from the Teleperformance call centre in Newry. Read full article
18 August, 2009
Newry/Armagh Sinn Féin MLA has presented South Armagh man Gary Ferris with his prize money of £7000. Mr Ferris won the top prize in the Newry/Armagh Sinn Féin annual draw. Read full article
17 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for Newry/Armagh, Mickey Brady has condemned those responsible for an attack which took place near Edward Street in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The PSNI have said they are treating the attack as a hate crime Read full article
17 August, 2009
Newry/Armagh Sinn Féin MLA, Cathal Boylan has said that there is still no justice for the second victim of the recent conflict, John Gallagher. Mr Boylan was commenting on the 40th anniversary of Mr. Gallagher who was murdered by the B Specials in Armagh on the 14th August 1969. Read full article
17 August, 2009
Hundreds of local republicans and Sinn Féin members were among the thousands of people who gathered in Galbally, Co. Tyrone to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the hunger strike in Long Kesh. Read full article
17 August, 2009
Newry and Mourne Sinn Féin Councillor Pat Mc Ginn has said that he shared the cautious optimism of many at the recent statement made by US President Obama to an audience in Mexico, that he would provide "a pathway to citizenship" for illegal immigrants. Read full article
15 August, 2009
The members of the Burns/Moley Flute Band, Crois Mhic Lionáinn and St. Patrick's Youth Band, Coilleach Eanach invited former hunger striker Paddy Quinn and local Fews Councillor Jimmy McCreesh to the Band Hall in Coilleach Eanach to speak about their experiences of the 1981 Hunger Strike. Read full article
14 August, 2009
The Department of Education has launched a public competition to recruit members to the Board of the new Education and Skills Authority (ESA). Read full article
14 August, 2009
Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin councillor Anthony Flynn has condemned the dumping of a dead calf and a considerable amount of household waste at the Carewamean road, Carrickbroad, Jonesborough. Read full article
14 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has welcomed the news that the DSS office in Crossmaglen has again opened on a full time basis. Read full article
14 August, 2009
Republicans from the Derrybeg and Meadow area of Newry have shown their determination to honour the area's republican dead by rededicating the monument in the estate. The unveiling of the new monument will take after a parade through Derrybeg on 29th August. Read full article
14 August, 2009
Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has welcomed the recent road signage improvements at Anamar primary school. Read full article
14 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy MP, MLA has welcomed news of a resolution to the traffic attendant's dispute Read full article
14 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MP for Newry/Armagh, Conor Murphy has travelled to Canada to attend the centenary events marking the unveiling of the celtic cross at Grosse Ile, placed there to mark the graves of over 5,500 thousand Irish immigrants who perished after fleeing Ireland during the great hunger. Read full article
14 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA, Mickey Brady has described the men who robbed an 82 year old man in the Dublin Road area of Newry as 'cowards'.
It is understood that a group of three men held the man in his house before ransacking the house and stealing a substantial sum of money Read full article
13 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Packie McDonald has warned of the dangers of asbestos after a large quantity of the substance was found dumped on the motorway near Killean, South Armagh Read full article
11 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has said that he will raise a number of water bill discrepancies with NIW at a meeting on the 20th September Read full article
11 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Colman Burns has criticised a £46,000 bonus paid to head of the Strategic Investment Board (SIB) David Gavaghan
The Slieve Gullion councillor said,
"SIB's latest accounts reveal that their Chief Executive, David Gavaghan received a bonus of £46,000 last year. This is on top of his huge £164,000 salary." Read full article
10 August, 2009
Keady Sinn Fein Councillor, Darren McNally has called on the people of Keady to be vigilant after a number of robberies in the town Read full article
10 August, 2009
The Hughes/Grant/Watters Sinn Féin cumann in Derrybeg and the Meadow has launched a new blog. The new site is intended to keep the local community up to date with the activities of the cumann as well as informing visitors of the republican history of the area Read full article
10 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Road Safety spokesperson Cathal Boylan has expressed the shock felt by the wider community as a second person has died in a road traffic accident within the last 24hrs in the Crossmore area of County Armagh Read full article
10 August, 2009
Former Sinn Féin mayor of Armagh, Noel Sheridan has condemned the recent vandalism at Armagh Cathedral Read full article
10 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA and his party's spokesperson on Road safety, Cathal Boylan has expressed his sympathy to the family of a man who died in a car crash in Keady this morning Read full article
9 August, 2009
Cathal Boylan, Sinn Féin Vice Chair of the Assembly's Environment Committee will meet with the Utility Regulator, Iain Osborne, on Wednesday 12th August to discuss NIE's controversial proposal to erect a 400kv overhead power line through large areas of Armagh and Tyrone, part of a joint project with Eirgrid, its counterpart in the 26 Counties. The project is part of an all island strategy between the two main electricity providers in order to meet European regulations. Read full article
9 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan has expressed his deep concern over the recent proposals by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust for new staffing arrangements for Day Care Centres and Residential homes. Read full article
8 August, 2009
Speaking after meeting with Noel Williams, head of the Energy Saving Trust, Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún has said that energy efficiency and sustainable transport must be priorities in the time ahead.
Ms de Brún is a member of the European Parliament Environment Committee.
Speaking after the meeting Ms de Brún said:
"75,000 homes across the constituency have no cavity wall insulation and up to 500,000 homes don't have the correct level of loft insulation. This is madness at a time when older people die prematurely every winter because of fuel poverty and we are far from being able to meet EU targets on energy efficiency Read full article
8 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA for Newry and Armagh, Cathal Boylan recently met with a group of young people from Malta, the Sinn Féin MLA said "These young visitors to our shores had met and wished to meet representatives, from all political persuasions to learn about Ireland's recent history. It was a pleasure to meet with them on behalf of Sinn Féin. The group was interested in all aspects of our society and ask a range of questions from topics such as the Civil Rights movement in 1969, to how integrated education could impact on the social divides in Irish society Read full article
8 August, 2009
Sinn MLA for Newry/Armagh and his party's spokesperson on planning, Cathal Boylan has encouraged the public to attend a public meeting in the Market Place Theatre on 21st September. Read full article
8 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MLA and social development committee member, Mickey Brady has welcomed the new protocol for courts dealing with home repossessions and said it is the best way forward for the courts in the absence of any Mortgage Relief Scheme for DSD. Read full article
7 August, 2009
Crossmaglen Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has again criticised the Department for Social Development for reducing the opening hours of Crossmaglen DSS office. Cllr Hearty was commenting after correspondence from DSD stated that the closures will continue temporarily in order to help alleviate pressures in the office in Newry Read full article
7 August, 2009
Sinn Féin MP Conor Murphy and has welcomed the Policing Board's decision to close 26 police stations across the North including the barracks in Bessbrook and Markethill. Read full article
7 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Charlie Casey has expressed his disappointed after a roads service official in Newry described the bodies of horses killed near the five ways roundabout earlier this year as 'litter'. The description was given in a letter to the council regarding the removal of the horses bodies. Read full article
7 August, 2009
Sinn Fein MP for Newry and Armagh, Conor Murphy has encouraged the public to attend this year's annual Hunger Strike commemoration. The annual event which was previously held in Derry and Belfast will now visit County Tyrone. Read full article
6 August, 2009
Sinn Féin Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew MP MLA, has today voiced support for the organic farming sector.
The Minister emphasised the value of organic farming in response to recently published research, commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), which states that there are no significant differences, in respect of nutrient content and health benefits, between organic food and food produced conventionally. Read full article
4 August, 2009
Commenting after the SDLP produced a paper on the parading issue, Sinn Féin Assembly member for Newry/Armagh, Cathal Boylan said that it was crucial that the SDLP, in trying to appear relevant on the issue, did not allow the primary focus - which needs to be on the Orange Order - to shift Read full article
4 August, 2009
South Armagh Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has condemned an attempted robbery at Ballsmill post office this afternoon Read full article
4 August, 2009
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4 August, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Terry Hearty has condemned the actions of Craigavon DUP councillor Sidney Anderson and DUP MP and MLA David Simpson after they asked Sinn Féin councillor, Mairead O'Dowd to leave a photograph taken at the launch of SOAR's rural development programme on Friday. Cllr Hearty was present at the event in Keady and witnessed the incident. Read full article
4 August, 2009
Sinn Féin assembly member, Mickey Brady has welcomed the announcement that the jobs which had been under threat at Reflex Mouldings have now been saved. Read full article
4 August, 2009
Subsequent to the high court ruling on the will of the late Betsy Doyle, the executers to the will, the Camlough Community Association and representatives of the church with their legal team have sat down and agreed that the building of the community centre and an all weather playing field should go ahead as soon as possible. This decision was guided by the economic appraisal carried out by an independent set of accountants, KPMG. It has been agreed by all parties that the community centre must be economically viable and therefore KPMG has recommended the building of an all weather pitch that in turn will generate funds for the upkeep of the community centre Read full article
4 August, 2009
Commenting before Thursday's meeting of the policing board which will deal with the proposed closure of 26 PSNI stations including Bessbrook PSNI station, local Sinn Féin DPP member, Cllr Turlough Murphy has said that many in the nationalist community would welcome its closure. Read full article
4 August, 2009
Fews area Sinn Féin Councillor Pat Mc Ginn has stated that the decision by the Planning Office to grant Telecommunications firm O2permission to add two more 3G antennae had caused serious distress amongst the local residents living in the area and that the Telecommunication mast would now be "festooned with antennae". Read full article
1 August, 2009
Newry and Mourne Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Councillor Turlough Murphy has called for tighter control of the Sunbed industry in the wake of a new study showing the use of sunbeds to be much more dangerous than previously suggested Read full article
1 August, 2009
Commenting on figures showing the PSNI spent almost £300,000 on informers in the last financial year, Sinn Féin DPP member Colman Burns said:
"Everyone knows that police forces all over the world use informants, but given our history here and in particular the use of informants to manipulate, control and direct loyalist death squads people will be rightly concerned with this revelation. Read full article
1 August, 2009
An open letter to leader of the Orange Order, Drew Nelson by Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams Read full article
1 August, 2009
Sinn Fein Group leader Councillor Jimmy Mc Creesh has voiced his condemnation at a robbery that occurred in Newtown. The incident took place on Wednesday 29th July in an estate on the Armagh Road area of the town. Read full article
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