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Interview with Sinn Fein MEP Liadh Ni Riada on why she's not running for Dail seat

EuroParlRadio's Editor Karen Coleman talks to the Sinn Fein MEP Liadh Ni Riada on whether she's going to contest a Dail seat in next year's elections. 

Dur: 3:53 

Ni Riada won’t be coerced into running for Dail seat – SHORT CLIP

The Sinn Fein MEP Liadh Ni Riada is adamant that she will not run for a Dail seat in next year’s elections. The Ireland South MEP says she would be far more effective working in the European Parliament than as a Dail deputy back home. And, she insists she will not be coerced into contesting the elections by Sinn Fein headquarters.

Dur: 00:23

 

Ni Riada rules out running for Dail seat

The Sinn Fein MEP Liadh Ni Riada says she will definitely not run for a Dail seat in next year’s elections. The Ireland South MEP is adamant that she will see out her five-year term in the European Parliament.

Out words: this term

Dur: 00:38 

Interview with Independent MEP Marian Harkin on milk price interventions & farmers' rescue package

Interview with Marian Harkin on the recent farmers’ rescue package and her demands for the EU to increase milk price interventions. 

Dur: 5:03 

Harkin calls on EU to increase milk price interventions

The Independent MEP Marian Harkin wants the EU to increase milk price interventions to help farmers struggling financially. The Midlands-North West MEP says the EU has to bear responsibility for falling prices because of their own political actions against the likes of Russia. 

Dur: 00:42

GAA Connolly decision condemned by former GAA president – Kelly

The former president of the GAA Sean Kelly has denounced last weekend’s decision to clear Diarmaid Connolly to play for Dublin against Mayo in the semi-final. The GAA’s Disputes Resolution Authority made the decision after Connolly appealed earlier bans after he was sent off for striking Lee Keegan in the closing stages of the previous match last Sunday week. But the Fine Gael MEP for the South constituency says the decision sets a bad precedent. 

Dur: 00:37

Community involvement in refugee crisis essential – Harkin

The Independent MEP Marian Harkin says she’s received plenty of correspondence from people in her constituency offering rooms and accommodation for refugees fleeing the likes of Syria and Libya. Ms Harkin was speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. During an address to the Parliament today, the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker pleaded for Europe to open its arms and re-settle some one hundred and sixty thousand refugees. Here’s Marian Harkin.

Dur: 00:28 

Ireland should heed Pope’s solution for refugees – Harkin

The President of the European Commission has said that Europe needs to re-settle around one hundred and sixty thousand refugees who’ve fled to the likes of Italy, Greece and Hungary. Jean-Claude Juncker called for European solidarity in helping the refugees during his State of the Union address to the European Parliament today. The Independent MEP Marian Harkin says Ireland’s response should be a nation-wide one.

Dur: 00:38 

EU needs to stop interfering in domestic water issues – Boylan

The EU Commission must stop dictating to EU countries what they should do with water services for their citizens. That’s the warning from the Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan. Ms Boylan led a vote through the European Parliament this week that saw the majority of MEPs demand the EU follow up on a European Citizens’ Initiative called the Right2Water. The initiative saw almost two million people sign a petition demanding the EU introduce laws that would make access to water and sanitation a basic human right. Lynn Boylan says the vote sends a clear message to the EU Commission not to interfere in national water issues. 

Dur: 00:24 

European Parliament calls to make access to water basic human right - Boylan

The European Parliament is demanding that the EU Commission recognises that affordable access to water is a basic human right. The MEPs want the EU to follow up on a European Citizens’ Initiative which saw almost two million people sign a petition demanding the EU introduce laws that would make access to water and sanitation a human right. The Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan, who led the campaign to push the vote through the Parliament, says it reinforces the need to ensure profits are not made from public commodities such as water. 

Dur: 00:36