Green Party councillor Deirdre de Burca has proposed that Wicklow County Council require the use of environmentally cement in all of the contracts that it puts out to tender.
Cllr de Burca is a member of the council’s Environment and Water Strategic Policy Committee. At a recent meeting of the committee she pointed out that the [...]

Following last week’s General Election, Green Party Councillor, Deirdre de Burca, has congratulated the county’s newly-elected TDs, especially those who were elected for the first time. However, she has called on those TDs who will form part of any new Government to prioritise the major issues in County Wicklow.
“It was clear to any of us [...]

Green Party General Election candidate, Deirdre de Burca, strongly rejected a recent proposal by Wicklow County Council that voluntary groups should administer a Waste Waiver Scheme in the county.She described the proposal as “unworkable” and “unfair”.
Wicklow County Council’s Finance Committee recommended that the 100,000 euros set aside for a Waste Waiver Scheme in Wicklow County [...]

Speaking in Bray the Green Party candidate Deirdre de Burca accused her electoral opponents of deliberately misrepresenting her Party’s policy in relation to the roads programme. ‘They would have you believe that if the Greens get their feet under the Cabinet Table the road building programme will grind to a halt. Nothing could be further [...]

The Green Party today pledged to help the older members of society who have not benefited from the economic development they helped to create. Nearly half a million people in Ireland are aged 65 or older and over half of them have incomes close to the poverty threshold. In the year 2007, and as other [...]

Green Party General Election candidate for Wicklow, Cllr Deirdre de Burca has said that in Government the Green Party will review special educational needs provision at primary and second level using recommendations made by Irish Autism Action.
Cllr de Burca says : “Denying autistic children access to suitable education is one of the great scandals of [...]

The Green Party launched its general election manifesto today promising that, in government, it will deliver better services, tackle climate change and clean up politics. Rejecting the ‘auction politics’ approach adopted by other parties, Green Party General Election Candidate for Wicklow, Deirdre de Burca said that the Irish public wants decent health, education and public [...]