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HARKIN RALLLIES WITH IRISH IN WASHINGTON
Date: March 9, 2006
Independent MEP Marian Harkin joined 2,500 Irish immigrants at a rally in Washington on Wednesday March 8th to press for immigration legislation which would legalise undocumented Irish in America who are threatened with...[more]
LOBBY DAY FOR IRISH IN WASHINGTON
Date: March 7, 2006
Marian Harkin MEP is in Washington tomorrow, Wednesday March 8th to assist the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform in their lobby activity with Members of the Senate, and House of Representatives.[more]
MINISTER MISERLY ON CARERS SAYS HARKIN
Date: March 3, 2006
The Minister for Social Welfare Mr. Seamus Brennan could have deserved an A grade award if he had adopted a more realistic and generous approach to supporting the country’s carers but his niggardly approach meant that a D grade...[more]
HARKIN DEMANDS ACTION ON BALLYBAY WETLANDS
Date: March 3, 2006
Independent MEP Marian Harkin, together with her colleague Padge Connolly TD, spoke strongly in the Dail on a motion related to the Ballybay Wetlands tourism project.[more]
HARKIN JOINS DEMOCRATS - VISITS WASHINGTON TO LOBBY FOR IMMIGRANTS
Date: March 3, 2006
Using the new association that Independent MEP Marian Harkin has forged with the Democratic Party in the USA, she will travel to Washington next week to assist the lobbying for immigration reform.[more]
MINISTER SUPPORTS HARKIN PROPOSAL ON BLIND SPOT MIRRORS
Date: March 1, 2006
Independent MEP Marian Harkin has warmly welcomed the decision by Transport Minister Martin Cullen to support her proposal for the retro-fitting of blind spot mirrors to trucks at the March meeting of the EU Council of...[more]
FIANNA FAIL FAILED ON NITRATES DIRECTIVE SAYS HARKIN
Date: February 27, 2006
Independent TD and MEP Marian Harkin has strongly refuted the accusation of Fianna Fail Senator Eamon Scanlon that she was scaremongering about he EU Nitrates Directive and accused him of having a typical Fianna Fail strategy to...[more]
HARKIN SLATES GOVERNMENT ON EU BUDGET
Date: February 27, 2006
The attempt by the EU Council of Ministers to slash €100 billion off the EU budget was strongly criticised by Independent MEP Marian Harkin at a meeting of the Oireachtas European Affairs Committee. [more]
MEP DENOUNCES UGLY FACE OF GLOBALISATION
Date: February 23, 2006
The attempt by multi-national companies to totally control the world seeds market represented the ugly face of globalisation and had to be opposed. [more]
HARKIN LAUNCHES PROGRAMME FOR BUSINESS
Date: February 17, 2006
Small and medium sized businesses were currently the solid core of the economies of the EU and of Ireland and as such required the maximum support to ensure that they were able to survive and develop into the future.[more]
