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Sinn Féin Council Victories on Aer Lingus

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Tuesday June 14, 2005 11:22

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Left Councillors Oppose Aer Lingus Sell-Off

Sinn Féin councillors in Dublin succeeded in building a cross-party coalition to oppose the proposed sale of Aer Lingus at Dublin City and South Dublin Council meetings on Monday evening.

A hat-trick was only prevented when Fingal County Council ruled a motion from local Sinn Féin councillor Felix Gallagher out of order on the basis that the proposed sale of Aer Lingus was not an ‘emergency’ in the local authority containing Dublin Airport.

Councillors from Labour, the Greens and Fine Gael, along with Independents swept away opposition from Fianna Fáil and PD representatives across Dublin as Sinn Féin councillors followed up on the work of the party’s TDs who had put a similar motion to Leinster House less than three weeks ago.

In Dublin City a delegation of high-ranking SIPTU Aer Lingus officials there at the invitation of the Sinn Féin Group watched as the sale of the airline was opposed. Their presence followed a meeting with SIPTU last Friday attended on behalf of Sinn Féin by Mary Lou McDonald MEP, Seán Crowe TD and councillors Daithí Doolan and Larry O’Toole.

Speaking after the motion was passed Cllr O’Toole said: “The verdict of the elected representatives of the people of Dublin is an absolute rejection of the short-sighted economic thinking the Coalition Government has adopted in its proposal to sell off a vital strategic asset.

“I am delighted that the other parties rallied around the workers and users of Aer Lingus and put political differences aside to take a principled stand of support for public ownership of the national airline.”

Cllr Mark Daly, Sinn Féin Group Leader on South Dublin County Council was equally delighted. “This was a great result for the workers of Aer Lingus and made it clear to the Government where the people of Dublin stand in protecting a company that is not just economically vital on a national basis, but has made an enormous contribution to Dublin,” declared Daly.

“I am hoping that our successes here will be replicated across the State and other local authorities, in particular in Cork and Clare will join us in maximising the pressure on the Government to reverse course before they irreparably damage the people’s airline.”

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Comments (59 of 59)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Dermot Lacey	Dermot Lacey	Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:01
2	Meanwhile SF Swords betrayal	Socialist	Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:12
3	End housing	The Daly Mail	Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:29
4	Point of clarity	Confuddled	Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:32
5	Corrected	Indy Council Corr	Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:33
6	Nonsense	the magnificent lord rothschild	Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:33
7	They don't deserve em	Mortgages!!!	Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:57
8	Sinn Fein are finished in Swords	SP member	Tue Jun 14, 2005 13:18
9	Election in the air	election watch	Tue Jun 14, 2005 13:29
10	More Airport nonsense from Sinn Fein	SP member	Tue Jun 14, 2005 16:06
11	Sinn Féin Council victories on Aer Lingus	Sinn Féin	Tue Jun 14, 2005 17:11
12	More Corrections	Justin Moran	Tue Jun 14, 2005 17:23
13	???	Curious	Tue Jun 14, 2005 17:32
14	More SF double talk	SP member	Tue Jun 14, 2005 17:36
15	And by the way Justin	SP member	Tue Jun 14, 2005 17:45
16	sf election fever where?	honesty	Tue Jun 14, 2005 18:07
17	Poor Mark P	Anon O. Mouse	Tue Jun 14, 2005 18:17
18	Nasty and bitter	Neutral	Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:53
19	Justin	SP Member	Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:58
20	More obfuscation from SF	Real SP member	Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:28
21	elexins sf sp and indymedia	eeekkkkk	Wed Jun 15, 2005 15:20
22	SP sour grapes	veritas	Wed Jun 15, 2005 15:50
23	Typical provo mentality	SP member	Wed Jun 15, 2005 17:09
24	Evil Shinners usurping our votes	Real SP	Wed Jun 15, 2005 17:15
25	"Radical Alliance?"	SP member	Wed Jun 15, 2005 17:24
26	aaaah	veritas	Thu Jun 16, 2005 09:48
27	"Routine Rezoning?"	SP member	Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:56
28	Same old, same old	veritas	Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:02
29	PS	veritas	Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:04
30	Is that the best you can come up with?	SP member	Thu Jun 16, 2005 15:16
31	same old same old	veritas	Thu Jun 16, 2005 15:40
32	PS	veritas	Thu Jun 16, 2005 15:47
33	No threat to the establishment?	In Vino	Thu Jun 16, 2005 16:11
34	More abusive rubbish	SP	Thu Jun 16, 2005 16:15
35	re: elexins sf sp and indymedia	seedot	Thu Jun 16, 2005 16:40
36	Avoiding the thread	Mark P	Thu Jun 16, 2005 17:13
37	Meanwhile over in the other place (politics.ie)	Socialist	Thu Jun 16, 2005 17:51
38	Provo Humour	Lev Davidovich	Thu Jun 16, 2005 19:43
39	indycentric comments	seedot	Thu Jun 16, 2005 23:18
40	sinn feins commitment to housing the working class	Barry	Fri Jun 17, 2005 02:24
41	Since indy seems to be back in fashion	seedot	Fri Jun 17, 2005 02:46
42	Justin and old chestnuts	D15er	Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:22
43	a journey into the dark heart of language	Chekov	Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:01
44	It wasn't a Shinner	P O'Neill	Fri Jun 17, 2005 13:09
45	Wait a sec P O'Neill	Socialist	Fri Jun 17, 2005 13:41
46	Joe Raf	P O'Neill	Fri Jun 17, 2005 14:18
47	Reply	Socialist	Fri Jun 17, 2005 16:18
48	according	suspect	Fri Jun 17, 2005 16:51
49	Thats crap	P O'Neill	Fri Jun 17, 2005 16:57
50	Look closer	Socialist	Fri Jun 17, 2005 17:05
51	P O'Neill	P O'Neill	Fri Jun 17, 2005 17:14
52	swings and round-abouts	Tom Joad	Fri Jun 17, 2005 17:16
53	aerlingus	Tom Joad	Fri Jun 17, 2005 17:24
54	Joe Raftery	Inner City Stick	Fri Jun 17, 2005 18:20
55	its called political football	pele	Fri Jun 17, 2005 18:23
56	Well, well	Socialist	Fri Jun 17, 2005 18:30
57	i think	joey	Fri Jun 17, 2005 18:49
58	Sinn Fein delivers windfall for developers	The Socialist	Fri Jun 17, 2005 21:40
59	A question for 'Inner City Stick' (5 comments up)	D15er	Mon Jul 11, 2005 16:53

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