W pierwszych dwóch miesiącach 2023 roku 14 500 pacjentów opuściło szpitalne oddziały ratunkowe bez leczenia 

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Welcome to The Weekly Digest from Sinn Féin where we bring you a flavour of the work and campaigns that we have been involved in during the course of the week.

Fáilte go hIris Choimriúcháin na Seachtaine ag Sinn Féin ina gcuirfear ar bhur súil blaiseadh den obair agus de na feachtais a bhfuilimid ag plé leo le linn na seachtaine.

25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

25 years ago this week, our island achieved precious peace with the historic signing of the Good Friday Agreement.

The next 25 years must be of hope and ambition, as we all work together to better the lives of everyone who calls Ireland home.

Biden visit an important time to reflect on 25 years of building peace

Speaking on Sky News this week Mary Lou McDonald said President Biden’s visit is an important time to reflect on 25 years of building peace in which the USA played a key role. But crucially we need to look forward and deliver for everyone in the north of Ireland, and to do that we need the institutions up and running.

14,500 Patients left hospital emergency departments without being treated in first two months of 2023

David Cullinane this week revealed that almost 14,500 people left hospital emergency departments without being treated in the first two months of 2023.

He said this is a worrying symptom of the lack of capacity in our public hospitals.

A multi-annual plan to put in place the staff, beds and surgical theatre capacity that are required is urgently needed.

Watch David here: https://fb.watch/jTMnYr0H0t/

Sign the petition to reinstate the No-Fault Eviction Ban

Sinn Féin has launched a petition calling on the government to reinstate the No-Fault Eviction Ban. 

Over 7,000 households have eviction dates looming in the coming weeks and months and the government still cannot answer – where will people go? 

It’s not too late for the government to do the right thing.

Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/eviction-ban

Special edition of An Phoblacht to mark 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement – Out Now!

This special edition of An Phoblacht is devoted to marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

We have contributions from key participants in the negotiations, talks and consultations that led to the agreement and setting up of the Assembly and Executive.

Gerry Adams, Pat Doherty, Lucilita Breathnach, Gearóid Ó hEara, Gerry Kelly, Padraic Wilson, Mitchel McLaughlin, Séanna Walsh, and Peadar Whelan all reveal key moments in the drama that led to the agreement. Martina Anderson and Bairbre de Brún write on life in the first assembly. Mícheál Mac Donncha and Roy Greenslade provide analysis with Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald writing on the road map of what needs to be done now.

Get your copy here today:

Sign the petition to ban supertrawlers from fishing in Irish Waters

Padraig Mac Lochlainn has launched a petition to ban supertrawlers from fishing in Irish Waters.

In recent days, a number of the largest super trawlers in the world have been fishing again in the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone. These monster vessels are multiples of the average-sized fishing trawler.

They are capable of catching vast amounts of fish on each trip and there are profound concerns about their impact on the marine ecosystem.

Super trawlers of this size are banned from fishing in Australian waters.

We are calling on the Taoiseach and the Irish government to campaign for super trawlers to be banned from fishing in Irish waters and all European waters under the jurisdiction of the Common Fisheries Policy.

Sign the petition to ban supertrawlers from fishing in Irish Waters: https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/ban-super-trawlers-in-irish-waters

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