Religious Orders  Copping Out of Abuse Compensation October 1st, 2012 – Seán Crowe TD Dublin South West Representative Seán Crowe TD has said it is “morally indefensible” that  Religious Orders are refusing to meet their obligations and looking to “cop out” of  paying up to  half the compensation for victims and survivors of Residential Abuse. Responding to reports in the media  suggesting that […]

Crowe meets Christian Aid on tax injustice Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, today met Christian Aid on their bus tour for greater tax justice in the developing world. Christian Aid had a double decker bus on Merrion Street, which was supplied with vast amounts of information on tax […]

Children’s referendum throws up new challenges Sinn Féin representative Seán Crowe TD, has  called on the Government to match the sentiment in the proposed Children’s Referendum with the political will and resources to make it a reality for Irish children. Speaking after the Dáil agreed  on the wording 31st Amendment of the Constitution 2012, Deputy Crowe said; “This Constitutional change is a step towards cherishing all the […]

ESSAY  COMPETITION  FOR  SECOND  LEVEL  STUDENTS  IN  IRELAND  2012 The Friends of the International brigades in Ireland (FIBI) are launching our first essay competition for all second level students in Ireland. The winner will be invited to read their essay in Madrid on Friday 15th Febuary 2013, and to attend the annual Jarama commemoration on […]

Crowe meets Dr Aleida Guevara Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, today met Dr Aleida Guevara, Ché Guevara’s daughter, in Leinster House. Dr Guevara, who is a paediatrician, was visiting Ireland to attend the Ché do Bheatha festival in Kilkee and also launch her book “Remembering Ché: My Time […]

Crowe supports Bar Workers   Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TDhas today called on UCD Students Bar to honour an agreement reached with workers on the 15th of Dublin August with respect to redundancy and unpaid wages. He said it was unacceptable that workers were left without wages since the end of August. The […]

Crowe calls for the end of the Gaza blockade Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and the Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, has called for Israel to remove its blockade of Gaza. The Dublin South West TD spoke about the SV Estelle which has left Sweden to break the naval blockade of Gaza by delivering […]

Bank of Ireland interest rate hike will push mortgage holders over the edge – Sinn Fein Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD responding to news that Bank of Ireland has hiked its interest rate by half a percentage point said the move is guaranteed to push some mortgage owners over the edge, potentially taking […]

Literacy and Numeracy- direct link to salary Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD attended the start of National Literacy Awareness Week in the Vocational Education Office in Tallaght where and the publication of Literacy and Numeracy Difficulties in the Workplace was launched. Crowe said that the report was an important piece of research that […]

ESRI should hang its head in shame Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD described the Economic and Social Research Institute report released this week as a flawed and ideologically loaded analysis that is contributing absolutely nothing to the debate around the State’s potential recovery. Deputy Crowe said he was at loss at why the […]