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Ballinasloe Sinn Fein will holding its annual Hunger Strike commemoration and vigil in St Michael’s Square, Ballinasloe today from 5pm to 8pm.

Sinn Fein will hold a series of commemorations in Galway city and county to this Sunday to mark the 94th anniversary of the 1916 Rising.

Speaking at the launch of Sinn Fein's election proposals on natural resources, Mayo Sinn Féin election candidate Thérèse Ruane said that strong measures are required to ensure that Irish natural resources are used for the benefit of the people. Among the proposals announced today is a commitment to renegotiate existing oil and gas contracts including that held by Shell for the Corrib Gas field, to give the State a 51 per cent shareholding while increasing the levies to 48 per cent and royalties to 7.5 per cent.

Speaking at the launch of Sinn Fein's election proposals on natural resources, Mayo Sinn Féin election candidate Thérèse Ruane said that strong measures are required to ensure that Irish natural resources are used for the benefit of the people. Among the proposals announced today is a commitment to renegotiate existing oil and gas contracts including that held by Shell for the Corrib Gas field, to give the State a 51 per cent shareholding while increasing the levies to 48 per cent and royalties to 7.5 per cent.

Speaking outside Fine Gael’s headquarters in Dublin, following the launch of Sinn Féin’s Irish language proposals, election candidate Thérèse Ruane has called on Enda Kenny and Fine Gael to protect the Irish language. She said that Sinn Féin had chosen Fine Gael’s offices as a sign of protest at its plans to reduce the status of the Irish language for second level students.

Sinn Féin election candidate Cllr Thérèse Ruane this week joined Mary Lou Mc Donald, Sinn Féin vice president, at the launch of Sinn Fein’s proposals to support existing and potential entrepreneurs.

Speaking after the launch of Sinn Féin’s Youth Jobs Campaign to highlight the 100,000 young people who will be forced to emigrate in the next two years, Sinn Féin election candidate Rose Conway-Walsh has said that a comprehensive youth jobs plan must be implemented by any incoming government as a priority.

Sinn Féin in Mayo has set out its stall to win at least one seat in the forthcoming general election by selecting two candidates to contest the election. At last weekend’s selection convention, Mayo county councillor Rose Conway Walsh and Castlebar town councillor Thérèse Ruane were the successful nominees to go forward and try to win a seat in the 31st Dáil.

With Fianna Fáil in seeming disarray in Galway East, could this be the election that gives Sinn Féin its first County Galway TD since the 1920s?

With Fianna Fáil in seeming disarray in Galway East, could this be the election that gives Sinn Féin its first County Galway TD since the 1920s?