Latest News: Local
2 February, 2010
Shannon Town councillor Cathy McCafferty has called on the Government to lift its recruitment embargo to allow local authorities to employ sufficient personnel in order to carry repair work to be carried out on roads and water infrastructure damaged during the recent appalling weather. Read full article
2 February, 2010
Cllr Cathy McCafferty called on Clare County Council to explain the rationalse for building a scheme of so-called 'Affordable Homes' in Shannon at a time when there is an abundance of affordability on the private market and no need to build on green spaces against the wishes of local residents. Read full article
17 January, 2010
Sinn Féin again voice their concerns over "head shops" following much media attention on the issue recently Read full article
10 January, 2010
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4 January, 2010
As the ice and snow continue and councils struggle to grit roads despite severe cuts to their budgets, the government has refused to provide emergency funding for this life-saving job. Read full article
4 January, 2010
Sinn Féin hit back at Hanafin for threatening to cut the lone parents allowance on which many struggling parents rely to raise their children. Read full article
28 December, 2009
An opinion piece by Seán Hayes for the December issue of the North Clare Local News Read full article
13 December, 2009
Government and others have sought to dismiss SF as economically illiterate in the recent past as we warned of the economic disaster we are now living through so it is fitting to label FF as the real illiterates given that they walked us into this crisis and clearly have no clue how to get us out of it. Read full article
10 December, 2009
Sinn Féin's youth wing react angrily to the budget as their Clare chairperson outlines in this statement Read full article
6 December, 2009
Fianna Fail backbenchers sit idly by while the government targets the most vulnerable but revolt over deal with public sector unions Read full article
29 November, 2009
while the government seem content to slash spending on vital services and social supports and wait for a global economic recovery to turn our economy around SF have detailed proposals to raise the money needed in the short term and to fund a much needed stimulus package. Read full article
22 November, 2009
Sinn Féin's budget submission "road to recovery" - available in "campaign material" shows how the Govt can raise the funds needed to plug the hole in the public finances without targeting the most vulnerable in society as they have done to date. It also shows how funds can be raised for a much needed economic stimulus package. Read full article
Latest News: National
19 May, 2009
Fianna Fáil’s voting record in Europe exposes Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher’s ‘crocodile tears’ over the removal of cancer care services from Sligo General Hospital, Sinn Féin candidate for the North West EU Constituency Cllr Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has said. Read full article
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