News Archives for March, 2007
30 March, 2007
CLLR. GERRY MURRAY, Sinn Féin's General Election Candidate in Mayo has said that tax cuts will not solve the problem of class sizes in Mayo. Speaking at a meeting in Castlebar in support of the INTO's campaign to force the Government to live up to it's commitment in the Programme for Government to reduce class sizes, Cllr. Murray said that "the fact that we have the second highest average class size at primary level in the EU highlights serious under funding in this area". Read full article
29 March, 2007
Sinn Féin's General Election candidate in Mayo Councillor Gerry Murray has called on the Dublin Government to follow the example of the American Congress and renegotiate all the oil and gas licences it has issued over the last thirty years. Read full article
28 March, 2007
Cllr. Gerry Murray, Sinn Féin's General Election candidate in Mayo has slammed the fact that the fish quota allocated to the Atlantic Dawn will now be lost to the Irish fleet following the sale of the vessel to a Dutch consortium. Read full article
26 March, 2007
Sinn Féin's candidate in Mayo Councillor Gerry Murray has welcomed the agreement between Sinn Féin and the DUP on the establishment of the Executive under the Good Friday Agreement. Describing the joint announcement of the agreement by Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley as "truly historic", Cllr. Murray said every effort must now be made to ensure that the Executive gets up and running. Read full article
23 March, 2007
Sinn Féin's election candidate in Mayo, Councillor Gerry Murray has welcomed Castlebar Town Council's move to support a motion calling on the Irish Government to renegotiate all deals and agreements in relation to Ireland's natural resources so that the main financial beneficiary are the people of Ireland. Read full article
15 March, 2007
The Sinn Féin candidate in Mayo, Councillor Gerry Murray has outlined his party's strong opposition to the Government's proposed break up of the ESB. Councillor Murray was reacting to the recent announcement by Minister Noel Dempsey that ownership of the electricity grid would pass to Eirgrid. Read full article
7 March, 2007
Sinn Féin general election candidate in Mayo, Councillor Gerry Murray has been speaking about his party's recent Ard Fheis and the issues, which he highlighted during the weekend event. Read full article
2 March, 2007
Sinn Féin's General Election Candidate in Mayo Cllr. Gerry Murray has said that the high cost of living in Ireland is having a major impact on peoples quality of life. The Sinn Féin representative said that the high cost of housing in particular was leading to huge increases in personal debt. Though house prices are cheaper in rural areas, the cost difference is off set by an almost exclusive dependency on expensive car transport in rural Ireland. Read full article
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