Green Party Senator and Euro candidate for Dublin, Deirdre de Burca, has urged environmental activists around Dublin to apply for EU funding to support projects on nature conservation and education.
The EU LIFE+ Programme will provide €1.7 billion for co-funded projects across Europe to educate people on environmental matters. The Programme covers a range of environmental [...]

Green Party MEP candidate for Dublin Senator Deirdre de Burca has described a Libertas leaflet currently circulating to Dublin homes a ‘masterpiece of omission’.
Senator de Burca said: “The leaflet is quite vague on what Libertas stands for and omits to mention that its candidates want to do away with the Common Agricultural Policy, described by [...]

Powerful mayor can put Dublin on a level with cities like New York, London and Paris
The Green Party’s MEP candidate for Dublin, Senator Deirdre de Burca, has welcomed the announcement that Dubliners will be voting for a powerful new mayor next summer.
She said: “Today is a good day for Dubliners and a proud day for [...]

Green Party Senator and European candidate for Dublin, Deirdre De Burca, called for local authorities in Dublin to submit proposals for renewable energy schemes in their area.  
The renewable energy projects will follow the example of the town of Gussing in Austria where a renewable energy project has transformed the local economy, employing more than [...]

New website shows Greens are best bet while Sinn Fein MEP for Dublin has 14th worst voting record in Europe

The Green Party’s MEP candidate for Dublin Senator Deirdre de Burca has welcomed a new website which tracks the attendance and voting behaviour of members of the European Parliament.
“Transparency in politics is a good thing and [...]

Green Party MEP candidate for Dublin Senator Deirdre de Burca has encouraged Irish businesses to apply for an EU fund worth €30 million, aimed at helping small businesses involved in green technologies and services to bring their products to the market.
 ”This is exactly how the European Union is helping us out of our economic crisis,” [...]

I am happy to have been invited to speak on this issue at your conference this morning because, in preparing this paper, I have been obliged to consider once again the very complex question of Irish neutrality in the wider context of Ireland’s membership of the European Union, and its emerging Security and Defence policy.
I [...]

Green Party MEP candidate for Dublin Senator Deirdre de Burca today called on the EU Commission to look at passport charges across Europe. Senator de Burca said Irish passport charges are among the highest in Europe with large costs differences between member states.
Senator de Burca said: “How is it that an Irish adult ten year [...]

Green Party Senator and European candidate for Dublin, Deirdre De Burca, welcomed news of €14.4 million for the funding of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability in private houses in Dublin city.
The grants totalling €79.56 million for all of Ireland were announced by the Minister for Housing and Local Services [...]

Green Party Senator and candidate for Dublin Deirdre de Burca today called for the European Commission to establish a Europe wide ‘Do Not Call’ list, in cooperation with national regulators.
“Irish people need more protection from intrusive and annoying telemarketers. In the United States they have a federally maintained system whereby you call a toll-free number [...]