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Increased suicide prevention supports needed for Waterford.
On the eve of the Darkness into Light fundraising event for Pieta Hosue, Liadh Ní Raida added her voice to calls for increased intervention measures for suicide prevention in Waterford. Ní Riada was speaking following a meeting with De La Salle teacher Enda Doherty, who will next month walk from…
Blog: Thursday 7th May
Busy few weeks as always. Here I was thinking that things were kind of winding down and work flow easing when I realised that almost a full year has now passed since the European and local elections. I can tell you that a year has never flown by so fast…
Land Eligibility booklet underscores need for amnesty for retrospective penalties
Speaking from Brussels today Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada noted the publication by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of a booklet on land eligibility, however she expressed concern at a continued lack of clarity for farmers. “The publication of this booklet is a tacit acknowledgment by…
Ní Riada to meet Commissioner to discuss threats to Irish Fishing Industry
Sinn Féin’s Ireland South MEP Liadh Ní Riada has welcomed an agreed meeting with European Commissioner Karmenu Vella following a request by Ní Riada to discuss the negative state of Irish fisheries, the existential threats to the livelihoods of native fishermen and their marginalisation by the government and the EU…