Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
“A yes vote will mean the loss of our automatic right to a commissioner, a massive reduction in our voting strength on the council of ministers and the handing away of our right to a referendum. If we hand this power away tomorrow, we won’t get it back.” said Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald. The [...]
Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
IT'S the economy stupid. Five days to go to polling and the Yes side looks to be inexorably heading towards victory. The No side has made up some ground in recent weeks and it may not turn out to be quite the 60-40 margin in favour of Lisbon suggested in the Irish Times poll on Friday. Yes campaigners are privately suggesting that it could be closer to 55-45. But it's hard to see any other outcome...
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Mary Lou and Sinn Féin Canvassing for a No Vote Sinn Féin has been canvassing around the country in support of a No vote in the upcoming Lisbon Treaty. Even the Pro-Treaty Irish Times has been forced to report that reaction has generally been positive towards the party. Mary Lou McDonald has been especially effective as a canvasser, since people trust her knowledge of Europe and the...
The Final Redoubt (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
The panel consisted of: Dick Roche TD, Minister of State for European Affairs Nigel Farage MEP, President of the 'Europe of Freedom & Democracy' group in the European Parliament Mary-Lou McDonald, Deputy President of Sinn Fein David Begg, General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions ... not forgetting Jean Monnet Professor of European Studies Brigi d Laffan University College Dublin...
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
Sinn Féin Vice President Mary Lou McDonald has today called on Ireland for Europe spokesperson Pat Cox to come clean on “potential conflicts of...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
SINN FÉIN vice-president Mary Lou McDonald has dismissed the legal guarantees on the Lisbon Treaty secured by the Irish Government from its EU partners as nothing more than a series of clarifications.
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Belfast Telegraph Saturday, 8 August 2009 **I know this will surprise you all... Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams last night crowned failed European candidate Mary Lou McDonald as the party leader in the Republic. In an embarrassing snub to Caomhghin O Caolain, the Sinn Fein leader in the Dail, Mr Adams admitted that the party had leadership problems in the south but said that Mary Lou McDonald was the...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
Liam Clarke From The Sunday Times July 26, 2009 While a fissure is opening between north and south, most rival parties would not consider Sinn Fein’s problems serious There is no mistaking the fact that Sinn Fein is in crisis, haemorrhaging members north and south and embarking on the sort of introspection that generally presages a change of direction — or a split. While a fissure is opening...
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Palestine solidarity activists call on Eircom not to collaborate with Apartheid Israel. At 4.30pm on Friday 26th June, politicians Chris Andrews TD (FF), Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Proinsias De Rossa MEP (Lab) and Cllr. Richard Boyd Barrett (PBPA) handed in a petition to Eircom Headquarters calling on Eircom not to sign a proposed deal with an IBM-led consortium which includes the Israeli telecommunications...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
The newly Independent Cllr John Dwyer’s resignation from Sinn Féin was noted previously , and he has been talking to the Irish News about the party’s electoral amibitions here and there . From the Irish News report Mr Dwyer suggested that the party would need to focus less on promoting personalities – after its drive to keep deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald in the European parliament...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
An Phoblacht 11 June 09 IT’S that time of year again when republicans come together in Bodenstown to honour one of Ireland’s most beloved patriots, Wolfe Tone, and after a hard-fought election campaign the event will be an appropriate venue for people to re-energise themselves. The event this year falls on Sunday 21 June. People should assemble in Sallins at 1.30pm before the march to...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
ELECTIONS 2009 By Valerie Robinson Southern Correspondent Irish News 09/06/2009 Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald faces an uphill battle to salvage her political career in the wake of defeat in the European election. Facing political oblivion, Ms McDonald’s position as potential successor to Gerry Adams was in doubt last night, while she remains as her party’s vice president. DEFEAT:...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
ELECTIONS 2009 By Valerie Robinson Southern Correspondent Irish News 09/06/2009 Gerry Adams will remain as Sinn Fein’s president but may be damaged by the party’s second poor performance in a row in the Republic. The party’s plans to extend its influence in the south suffered a blow when outgoing MEP Mary Lou McDonald lost her seat in Dublin. Although the Dublin constituency had...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
Bairbre de Brún re-elected, but surprise poll showing for hardline unionist Jim Allister raises concerns in Dublin and London Sinn Féin has topped the poll in the European elections in Northern Ireland, but the performance of a hardline unionist opposed to power sharing has created yet another political headache for Gordon Brown. Sinn Féin's sitting MEP Bairbre de Brún...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
It’s not online, but today’s Irish Daily Mail leads with an allegation that Enda Kenny sounded out Gerry Adams about a Dáil pact after the last election via the Green Party. This following on from creating a stir at the weekend, when they reported the FG chief election strategist’s (Frank Flannery) statement that Fine Gael could work with Sinn Féin. From which Enda Kenny...
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