Crowe Calls For Magdalene Answers

by Seán Crowe TD

Crowe Calls For Magdalene Answers Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD has called on the Justice Minister Alan Shatter to address the very serious concerns raised by United Nations Committe Against Torture regarding the Magdalene Laundries  Report. The United Nations torture watchdog criticised the McAleese inquiry into the Magdalene laundries, saying it lacked many […]

Homelessness Growing And Thousands Of Homes Left Empty

by Seán Crowe TD

Homelessness Growing And Thousands Of Homes Left Empty Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD has called for immediate action by the state to deal with the rising numbers of homeless people across Ireland. He made his comments in light of figures from Dublin City Council Central Placement Service which stated that over the four […]

Crowe takes part in City of Equals conference in Belfast

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD and member of the Committee for the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, Seán Crowe, attended the Belfast: A City of Equals in an Island of Equals conference. The groundbreaking conference was organised by Sinn Féin and it was attended by PSNI Chief Matt Baggot, members of the Unionist community, Church Groups, Business Representatives, Human […]

Crowe calls for publicity campaign on passport application changes

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, has urged people to check their passports and ensure that they are in date and valid if they intend  to travel abroad this summer. Crowe said that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has implemented changes to the passport application service and called on the department […]

Lack of intelligent transport ticket holding back South Dublin – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin Dublin South-West TD, Seán Crowe, says the lack of an integrated transport ticket is holding back the South Dublin area and impacting negatively on jobs and tourism there. The Tallaght-based deputy was responding to remarks made by Junior Minister for Transport, Alan Kelly, who said that he hoped the ticket would become available […]

Gang riots in Tallaght – Seán Crowe TD calls for emergency summit

by Seán Crowe TD

Gang riots in Tallaght – Seán Crowe TD calls for emergency summit Local Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has called for an emergency summit of all relevant agencies, including the Garda and community services, to be convened by South Dublin County Council and involving all local TDs to prevent residents being terrorised by running gang […]

Crowe welcomes Burton’s late wake-up call on rent supplement

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has described the partial changes to rent supplement payments announced by Minister Joan Burton, as a late but welcome wake-up call. He said it was a timely reminder that Sinn Féin and housing advocacy groups were correct in their assessment that her previous rent supplement levels were […]

Lifting the Syria arms embargo will cause more death and destruction- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, has stated that the decision of EU Foreign Ministers not to renew the EU’s arms embargo on Syria will cause more death and destruction in Syria. EU Foreign Ministers met yesterday to discuss the current sanctions they have placed on Syria and they […]

Crowe calls for Government investigation into immigration case in America

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, has called on the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore, to investigate the reports that a Donegal woman was turned over to U.S. immigration authorities by the Irish International Immigration Centre (IIIC) in Boston. The IIIC, who turned this young woman […]

New Eurostat figures show depth of the youth unemployment crisis- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said that there were no new surprises in the recently released Eurostat figures, which show that the youth unemployment crisis continues to grow. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Eurostat’s latest report on regional unemployment rates in the EU’s 27 Member States makes for grim reading, and unfortunately […]