Following her attendance at the recent WOW Food and Heritage Festival launched by Green Minister Trevor Sargent in Wicklow Town, Senator Déirdre de Búrca has called for better branding of local food produce from County Wicklow. The launch took place at the Ecology Centre of the Dominican Convent in Wicklow Town, where approximately 70 acres [...]

De Búrca supports Educate Together School for Greystones Following a recent public meeting in Greystones Rugby Club where the possibility of establishing an Educate Together School in Greystones was discussed, Green Party Senator, Déirdre de Búrca has expressed her support for such a development. “The Information Evening on the Educate Together Schools was attended by [...]

82ND PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman.  Chairman, I would like to welcome the Ambassador here this morning and to welcome the opportunity as well to discuss the critically important relationship between the EU and the US. I thought that Mr Bruton started off with a very interesting point about how the attitude of the US towards the EU appears to have [...]

The Green Party has claimed that the EU Directive on Food Supplements is likely to significantly restrict consumer choice by setting maximum permitted levels on vitamins and minerals that are available to the public without a prescription by the end of this year. According to Green Party Senator, Déirdre de Búrca, who raised the issue [...]

De Búrca says Recycling Rate for Electrical and Electronic Waste Continues to GrowGreen Party Senator, Déirdre de Búrca has welcomed the announcement by John Gormley T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government that there has been further progress in the performance of the Waste Electrical and Electronic recycling scheme (WEEE) since the scheme [...]