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
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, John Brady TD, has expressed deep concern that the recruitment and retention crisis in the Defence Forces is approaching a tipping point from which they will be unable to recover. The Wicklow TD said: “Last week we were given the news that the government had taken the decision to
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
Rents are at an all-time high and many tenants must pay over a third of their income just to keep a roof over their heads. Despite government rhetoric, there are no proper rent controls. Many are caught in the rent hell trap, unable to even think about buying their own home. Meanwhile, landlords are pushing ahead with
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
Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said that the pan-European shortage of critical medicines to treat patients suffering from respiratory infections is proof positive that EU countries must continue to work together in terms of the procurement, purchasing, storage and distribution of key medicines. Kelleher was speaking ahead of a debate in the European Parliament this
Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher is calling for the European Union to seek compensation from the Israeli government in lieu of EU-funded structures that were demolished in the West Bank or East Jerusalem. "Before Christmas, a group of MEPs wrote to the European Commission requesting an update on their plans to seek compensation. It is estimated
Rzecznik ds. mieszkaniowych Sinn Féin Eoin Ó Broin wezwał do „pilnych działań w sprawie bezdomności”, ponieważ dane Departamentu Mieszkalnictwa pokazują, że pomimo zakazu eksmisji w listopadzie prawie wszystkie kategorie bezdomności wzrosły. Poseł Ó Broin powiedział: - Listopadowy raport dotyczący bezdomności, wydany przez Departament Mieszkalnictwa, pokazuje wzrost we wszystkich kategoriach bezdomności, pomimo wejścia w życie zakazu eksmisji. Najbardziej
Ireland's tiny far right are jumping from town to town to stir up a message of hate against refugees. The same individuals turn up time after time pretending to be community representatives. Their method of operation is simple – spread lies to stoke up fear. In Drimnagh in Dublin, they organised a protest against refugees using a
As well as a housing crisis, we now have a health crisis. And the government just sits on the €5.2 billion surplus they got from corporate tax dodging. In December, nearly 12,000 people were admitted to hospitals without a bed. The numbers on trolleys will rise in January due to particularly severe respiratory illnesses. Throughout the last
