Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has criticised the Government’s failures with the new Symphysiotomy Payment and Redress Scheme after raising the matter under Topical Issues in the Dáil with his colleague Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD. Crowe, a member of the all party Committee on the issue, criticised the Government over the short […]
Seán Crowe TD, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, met the Honduran human rights defender Donald Hernández today. Donald is a member of the Latin American Lawyers’ Network, a network that works against the negative impacts of transnational extractive mining companies in Latin America, working to legally represent people adversely affected by open cast mining […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has criticised the Israeli Cabinet for backing a Bill which declares Israel as a Jewish State and which will effectively discriminates against religious minorities. Crowe stated that he believes the Bill is provocative because according to reports it will mean that Arabs and effectively all non-Jews will legally become second […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, spoke on Sinn Féin’s Domestic Violence Bill in the Dáil today and raised issues concerning the protection of domestic violence victims and their families in Dublin South West. Crowe said that there was already an enormous financial burden on the Saoirse and Cuan Álainn refuges and that […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, today in the Foreign Affairs Committee. Crowe raised key Foreign Affairs issues with Minister Flanagan including the lifting of the blockade of Gaza, recognising the Palestinian State, the Kurdish fight against ISIS, the human rights […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Trade, Seán Crowe TD, today met Gilberto Luis Martinez, a member of the Executive Committee of the National Central Unit of Colombian Workers (CUT). Gilberto was in Ireland to speak about on going human rights abuses in Colombia, and specifically the violent targeting of trade union leaders by the Government, […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has expressed his surprise and disbelief at the Irish government for granting export licences for military goods to be sold to Israel, to tune of approximately €6.424 million since 2011. Crowe said that no Irish government should be approving these export licences because Israel is a […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has strongly condemned Israel’s latest illegal land grab in the Palestinian West Bank. The Israeli Government announced that it is annexing 988 acres (4 square km) of Palestinian land which belongs to five villages in the Bethlehem area. It is Israel’s biggest land seizure in 30 […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has called for Ibrahim Halawa to be freed by the Egyptian authorities as there is no possibility he will receive a fair trial. Ibrahim, who is from Dublin, was arrested at a pro-democracy protest and has been jailed for over one year and has still not […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has called for immediate international action to stop a massive humanitarian catastrophe in Iraq. The radical and fundamentalist Islamic State (IS) continues to take over vast swathes of Iraq and Syria forcing thousands of minority ethnic and religious groups to escape the brutal onslaught. Deputy Crowe […]
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