10 November 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has reiterated her call for the introduction of a public banking system in Ireland. The Cork based MEP raised the issue of a Public banking System once again as it emerged that both AIB and Bank of Ireland “have found themselves embroiled in […]
10 November 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Pat Buckley TD launches Bill to empower involuntary mental health patient Sinn Féin Mental Health spokesperson Pat Buckley (Cork East TD) has today launched the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2017 which he said would empower involuntary mental health patients to take part in their care by […]
26 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork based Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has proposed bringing an official European Parliament delegation to Cork to speak with Irish fishermen. The Ireland South MEP made the call in a recent meeting in the European Parliament with officials where she successfully secured her proposal for an […]
19 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie The Cork based Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has reiterated her call for the Irish Government to ban supertrawlers in Irish waters. The Ireland South MEP, who sits on the Fisheries Committee in Brussels, was speaking after a Public Hearing in the European Parliament entitled Supertrawlers: Destructive […]
17 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin Cork based MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called on the Government to immediately contact the European Commission regarding the European Union solidarity Fund (EUSF) in the wake of Storm Ophelia. The fund was set up in 2002 to help Member States deal with the aftermath and […]
15 October 2017 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called on the Government to reverse a rule which is seeing women lose out on their pensions. The Ireland South MEP said she is supporting Uplift and the National Women’s Council of Ireland in their campaign to have the effects of […]
8 October 2017 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork based Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Ríada is encouraging Irish education, research and tourism bodies to apply for funding set aside for the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. The Ireland South MEP said that while she was disappointed with the amount that had been earmarked for […]
20 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie What: Vol. Thomas Ashe Centenary Commemoration When: 7.30pm Monday 25th September Where: Ashe Street (named after Thomas Ashe), Clonakilty town centre Next Monday 25th September is the centenary of the death of Thomas Ashe. The Kerryman was prominent during the 1916 rising, was interned in Frongoch like hundreds […]
17 September 2017 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called on the EU Institutions to sufficiently finance programmes for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. The Ireland South MEP made the call for investment in the Cultural Heritage Sector ahead of next year’s inaugural event. “Culture and heritage are […]
16 September 2017 By Tom O’Sullivan tom@TheCork.ie In a report carried out by the Policing Authority it has emerged that only 9 of the recommended 50 reforms contained in the Changing Policing In Ireland report have been implemented to date despite senior management in the Gardaí claiming all 50 recommendations had been completed. Sinn Féin […]