Green Party candidate for Dublin, Senator Deirdre de Burca, today announced she will be seeking a priority ‘funding envelope’ from the European Commission to provide Dublin Bus with Irish- built hybrid buses that can be powered with renewable energy.
“This could be a win, win, win scenario”, explained Senator de Burca. “Dubliners need cheap and reliable [...]

Green Party Senator and MEP candidate for Dublin Deirdre de Burca has called for an immediate investigation by the Financial Regulator into the practise of banks calling mortgage payments early.
“What the banks do,” explained Senator de Burca, “is to take the mortgage payment out of a customer’s current account early. If the funds are not [...]

Dublin MEP candidate Senator Deirdre de Burca today said she was not surprised that Patricia McKenna has signalled her decision to quit the Green Party and announced that she will stand as an independent.
“The pity about Patricia McKenna’s move is that she did not do it at least a year ago and spare herself and [...]

EU Parliament vote is a victory against cruelty says Green MEP candidate
Today in the European Parliament’s plenary session, an overwhelming majority of MEPs voted in favour of a ban on the commercial trade of seal products in the EU.
Senator Deirdre de Burca, the Green Party’s European candidate for Dublin for commented: “I am delighted that [...]

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Greens unveil environmentally friendly election posters
The Green Party today unveiled a range of environmentally friendly posters – made out of wood from Irish forests – that many of its candidates will be using during the forthcoming local and European election campaigns.
MEP candidate for Dublin Senator Deirdre de Burca said: “On Wednesday I will be putting [...]