Time to clean up our act – de Burca
Green Party Senator and Euro candidate for Dublin, Deirdre de Burca, expressed dismay at the news that several North Dublin beaches are unfit for swimming.
A report from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that beaches at Balbriggan, Loughshinny, Malahide and Portrane are all unfit for bathing due to [...]
Outgoing Sinn Fein MEP McDonald should quit now for poor attendance
Green Party Dublin MEP candidate Senator Deirdre de Burca today said a minimum qualification for the job was to show up for work at the European Parliament sittings.
“By that most basic criteria, outgoing Sinn Fein MEP Mary-Lou McDonald should quit now. Her attendance record is [...]
Others must also be punished for their roles in planning corruption
The Green Party has welcomed the sentencing today of former Government Press Secretary Frank Dunlop to 18 months in prison on corruption charges.
MEP candidate for Dublin Deirdre de Burca, who herself has a long history of campaigning against local authority corruption said: “The jailing of [...]
Green Party Senator and Euro candidate for Dublin, Deirdre de Burca, welcomed funding of €296,781 from the Dormant Accounts Fund to support community projects in Dublin city.
The funding will come from dormant accounts in financial institutions and insurance policies that have not been reclaimed for at least 15 years. Funding is prioritised for groups that [...]
New laws aimed at improving quality of life
The Green Party today presented details of new laws that will clamp down on nuisance noise and help people with noisy neighbours to get a good night’s sleep. Speaking at a photocall in Temple Bar Square in Dublin, Environment Minister John Gormley said that he will be publishing [...]
Green Party Senator and Euro candidate for Dublin, Deirdre de Burca, welcomed a new FÁS training scheme for people who have lost jobs in the construction sector.
The new FÁS courses are aimed at helping those in construction to upgrade their skills to take advantage of the growing demand for home energy upgrades and other green [...]
Green Party MEP candidate for Dublin Senator Deirdre de Burca today said the Ryan Commission report on the systematic abuse of children was the most distressing and disconcerting thing she had ever read.
“Generations of children – inevitably from the poorest sections of society – were failed by state and church across three generations. The findings [...]
Green Party Senator and Euro candidate for Dublin, Deirdre De Burca, welcomed funding of €3.5 million for the Task Force on Special Housing Aid for the Elderly.
The funding will be administered through the HSE and will be used to carry out essential repairs to houses occupied by elderly persons living on their own.
The scheme was [...]
Poll shows Green voters most enthusiastic supporters of EU;
Europe needs constructive Irish MEPs help create jobs, says Green MEP candidate
Voters should choose MEPs who will work constructively in Europe to create jobs, the Green Party’s candidate in the Dublin constituency Deirdre de Burca said today.
Reacting to data from the recent Irish Times/MRBI poll, which showed [...]
Green Party Senator and Euro candidate for Dublin, Deirdre de Burca, said that Dublin’s newest bridge should be an integral part of transport plans for the city centre.
The 48 metre high steel bridge was designed by world-famous architect Santiago Calatrava and was built in Rotterdam. It was transported to Dublin on Monday and was safely [...]
