Children suffering due to government’s housing policies

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said that the Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy, is not up to the task of solving the housing and homelessness crisis in Ireland. The Sinn Féin TD said that it was children and their families who were suffering because of his inaction. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The latest […]

Crowe supports call for greater investment in apprenticeships schemes

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has supported demands from the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) for greater investment in apprenticeships to help halve long term youth unemployment by 2020. New figures released to the NYCI show that there are currently 6,000 long term unemployed young people in the state. In its 2020 pre-Budget […]

Sinn Féin TDs call on government to help save Markievicz Cottage

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TDs Seán Crowe and Aengus Ó Snodaigh have called on the government and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to intervene to save, preserve, and possibly restore Countess Markievicz’s summer cottage in Ticknock, County Dublin. The cottage, just off the Blackglen Road, was originally owned by Constance Markievicz and her husband Count Casimir Markievicz and […]

Company sued by State Department awarded hospital contract – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the news that a company currently being sued by the Department of Education was awarded the contract to build the new 60 bed ward at University Hospital Limerick, as absolutely bonkers. The Sinn Féin TD said: “I had to pinch myself when I heard the news that […]

Banks attitude to tracker scandal appalling – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said the fact that some banks are contesting investigations being conducted by the Financial Services Ombudsman into tracker mortgage cases, illustrates that the culture within the banking system has not changed. Crowe said that Sinn Féin will draft legislation to close this supposed “loophole” that the […]