West Waterford Sinn Féin launches annual Easter Lily campaign
West Waterford has launched its annual Easter Lily campaign to commemorate the women and men who stood by the Irish Republic from the 1916 Rising to the present day. The Easter Lily badge was originally designed and distributed by Cumann na mBan in the wake of the Easter Rising and traditionally commemorates that made the…
McGuinness slams ‘shameful and reprehensible’ Council vote on eviction ban
Sinn Féin Councillor Conor D. McGuinness has criticised the vote by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Party councillors against the extension of the eviction ban. The moratorium on ‘no-fault’ evictions comes to an end on April 1st and 119 households in Waterford are set to become homeless on that date. McGuinness said the attitude…
Waterford Sinn Féin calls emergency council meeting to discuss housing crisis escalation
The Sinn Féin group on Waterford City and County Council has written to Mayor John O’Leary requesting an urgent emergency meeting to discuss the impending escalation in families and individuals entering homelessness as a result of the Government’s ending of the eviction ban. The Sinn Féin councillors have triggered a rule that allows groups of…
Cllr. Conor D. McGuinness 