Cllr Ridge Must Resign over Mahon Tribunal Findings

Speaking after the publication of the Mahon Tribunal Final Report Sinn Féin Dublin Mid-West representative Eoin Ó Broin has called on Fine Gael Clondalkin Cllr Terese Ridge to resign her Council seat. The call comes after the Tribunal concluded that, “payments to Cllr Ridge by Mr Dunlop directly (€1,000) and indirectly (by the discharge of costs associated with her election campaigns) made during the currency of the Quarryvale rezoning process compromised the requirement on Cllr Ridge to discharge her duties as a councillor in a disinterested fashion.” The Tribunal findings went on to describe the payments to Cllr Ridge as “entirely improper”.

Support the GAME Workers Sit In at Liffey Valley

Sinn Féin Dublin Mid-West representative Eoin Ó Broin has called for on local people to “show their support for the GAME store workers in Liffey Valley” who began a sit-in last night to secure their statutory entitlements following redundancy notifications earlier this week. Ó Broin visited the Liffey Valley workers last night.

Robert Dowds & Joanna Tuffy Running Scared of Treaty Debate

Sinn Féin Dublin Mid-West representative Eoin Ó Broin has today accused Labour TDs Robert Dowds and Joanna Tuffy of “running scared of a public debate on the Austerity Treaty.” The comments come after Dowds and Tuffy refused to debate the Austerity Treaty publically with Ó Broin.

Stephen Collins is wrong… again.

Stephen Collins is at it again. His latest Irish Times column on the Austerity Treaty (10 March 2012) displays his trademark disregard for the facts.

Is Labour for or against the Austerity Treaty?

The Labour Party appears to be at sixes and sevens over the Austerity Treaty and whether it will lead to recovey or kill growth, destroy jobs and derail recovery.

10 things you need to know about the Austerity Treaty

On 2 March 2012, the Fine Gael-Labour Government signed up to the Eurozone austerity treaty. Here are 10 things you need to know about the new agreement.

Dublin Mid-West Unemployment at 17 Month High

 Figures released from the CSO today show that unemployment in Dublin Mid-West is at a 17 month high. At the end of February there were 9,073 people on the live register. When adjusted to take account of the transfer of 1,062 claimants from Clondalkin to Tallaght social welfare office in September 2011 the total number of people signing on from Clondalkin and Lucan exceeds 10,000. Sinn Féin Dublin Mid-West representative Eoin Ó Broin has described the news as “deeply troubling” and called for “concerted action by Government to reverse this trend.”