Fine Gael Conference مؤتمر حزب الفيناقيل

خطاب اندا كني
Keynote Address By Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny TD, Ard Fheis 2009

I come here tonight to speak to you about the challenges facing the country and about my plan to get Ireland working again.
حزب الفيناقيل سيخرج ايرلندا من الركود الاقتصادي
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs prioritised as FG Vision can drag Ireland out of recession - Coveney

Speech and Summary by Fine Gael Communications, Energy & Natural Resources Spokesman, Simon Coveney TD at Fine Gael Ard Fheis 2009
خطاب الابداع في الاقتصاد والنهوض بالاقتصاد في ايرلندا
Speech by Fine Gael Innovation Spokeswoman Deirdre Clune at the Fine Gael 2009 Ard Fheis

In the 1990s Ireland was one of the world’s most competitive and fastest growing economies. Low taxation and EU membership contributed to our success, but these alone would not have been sufficient without the well-educated workforce which was the foundation of our successful economy.

Speech and Summary by Fine Gael, Arts, Sports & Tourism Spokesperson, Olivia Mitchell TD

Speech and Summary by Fine Gael, Arts, Sports & Tourism Spokesperson, Olivia Mitchell TD
Varadkar calls for profit-sharing scheme as alternative to pay rises

Profitable companies should have the option of sharing profits with employees as an alternative to pay rises under any new pay deal, Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD told a meeting of Young Fine Gael delegates at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis.
Oxygen of gangland crime to be cut off by FG Bill- Flanagan

Speech and Summary by Fine Gael Justice Spokesman, Charlie Flanagan TD
Speech by Denis Naughten TD, Fine Gael Spokesman on Immigration and Integration

Our economy is in a mess. It lacks leadership and lacks direction. The same can be said of our immigration system. It is now close to 15 months since the Government published its plan to revise our immigration laws, yet nothing has changed nor is it likely to change. Our immigration system, at present, is an obscure system with no clear rules or information on how it works or how an applicant gets into this country. The fact is that no one is in charge and the Minister for Justice, just does not seem to care. There are three pillars to an immigration system that works: efficiency, transparency & fairness. Sadly this government falls down on all three.
Summary of Speech by Fine Gael Environment Spokesman, Phil Hogan TD

Summary of Speech by Fine Gael Environment Spokesman, Phil Hogan TD
Speech by Fine Gael Deputy Leader & Finance Spokesman Richard Bruton TD at the 2009 Fine Gael Ard Fheis

‘Most people lost in the wilderness who perish die of shame’ - Anthony Hopkins in the movie ‘The Edge’. To plot his course and survive a grizzly bear attack required ingenuity and invention. This time of crisis in Ireland must also be a time for ingenuity and invention. In the past, out of crisis we created an economic model that was the envy of the world. It was destroyed by catastrophic failures on the part of politicians, developers, bankers, and regulators. Leaders on whom our people depended, let them down. This was not bad luck. This was a massive system failure. A system where power was not accountable was corrupted. A cosy circle found easy compromises. Self interest was dressed up as progress. A blind eye was turned. Warnings went unheeded. It was the best of all possible worlds while they all could feed in the easy trough of the property bubble.
Taxpayers must not be burdened with banks’ toxic property loans - Bruton

Summary of Speech by Fine Gael Deputy Leader & Finance Spokesman Richard Bruton TD at the 2009 Fine Gael Ard Fheis
Speech by Fine Gael Health Spokesperson, Dr James Reilly TD

Ard Fheis 2009
Speech by Senator Frances Fitzgerald, Fine Gael Seanad Leader & Spokesperson on Health and Children

Fine Gael Ard Fheis 2009
Speech by Paul Connaughton TD, Deputy Health Spokesperson with Special Responsibility for Older People at the 2009 Fine Gael Ard Fheis

The Minister for Finance in his October Budget Speech said he had a difficult task to perform but on the basis that everybody would be expected to "share the pain" taking into account their capacity to do so he believed his Budget was fair and balanced. In times of great hardship when an economy runs into rough seas most people will react positively to measures that are fair, reasonable, necessary, unavoidable and likely to lead to a better standard of living in the future for their own families.
Speech by Fine Gael Spokesman on Mental Health, Dan Neville TD at the 2009 Fine Gael Ard Fheis

The Government, despite repeated calls to do so, has failed to recognise the need to respond to the inevitable increase in psychiatric illness and suicide over the next few years because economic strain on families.
Creed Calls for ‘Witch-Hunt’ on Bureaucracy

Speech and Summary by Fine Gael Agriculture Spokesman, Michael Creed TD
Speech by Senator Joe O’Reilly, Fine Gael Candidate, Ireland North West

Speech by Senator Joe O’Reilly, Fine Gael Candidate, Ireland North West
Speech by Fine Gael Social & Family Affairs Spokeswoman Olwyn Enright TD at the 2009 Fine Gael Ard Fheis

I want to begin by mentioning a sector of our society who work for free, who save this State €2.5bn per year. They are our 161,000 carers, who work 24/7, 365 days a year. Just because they do this privately, quietly, and without proper recognition does not mean that they should be walked on or have their needs ignored.
Speech by Fine Gael Transport Spokesman Fergus O’Dowd TD at the 2009 Ard Fheis

In 2002 Ireland was the fifth most competitive country in the world. We were a successful nation: proud and confident, an international success story and the envy of the world, and a cost effective location for industry and exports.
FG proposes new transport programme to get people working – O’Dowd

A re-energised and slimmed down National Development Plan, front-loaded with labour-intensive projects, and a focus on essential infrastructure projects at local level have been proposed by Fine Gael Transport Spokesman Fergus O’Dowd TD at the 2009 Fine Gael Ard Fheis in Citywest.
Speech by Billy Timmins T.D. Fine Gael Spokesman on Foreign Affairs

Speech by Billy Timmins T.D. Fine Gael Spokesman on Foreign Affairs
Welcome Speech by Seanad Leader, Senator Frances Fitzgerald at the 2009 Fine Gael Ard Fheis

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here this evening to the Fine Gael Ard Fheis. I am delighted that my constituency of Dublin Mid-West is hosting this great event where members of Fine Gael gather from all across the country as we outline our alternative proposals to Government incompetence and mismanagement.
Speech by Jimmy Deenihan, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Defence.

Speech by Jimmy Deenihan, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Defence.
Local politics needs to be more accountable with responsibility for more functions – Hogan

Speaking to a meeting of Fine Gael local election candidates at the first night of his Party’s Ard Fheis in Citywest this evening (Friday), Environment Spokesman Phil Hogan TD said that local politics needs to change with increased accountability and more responsibility given at local level.
Sen. Joe O’Reilly to run for Fine Gael in Euro Elections in Ireland North West – Kenny

The Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny T.D., today (Friday) announced that Cavan/Monaghan Senator Joe O’Reilly will be running for the Party in the European Elections for the Ireland North West constituency. He will join the ticket with sitting MEP for Fine Gael for the Ireland North West constituency Jim Higgins.
Exchequer figures show Govt is on a road that can only lead to ruin - Bruton

Reacting to the latest Exchequer figures, Fine Gael Deputy Leader & Finance Spokesman Richard Bruton TD warned that the Government is travelling on a road that can only lead to ruin.
Key Donegal employer sheds 50% of workforce in huge body blow – McGinley

Fine Gael Donegal South West TD Dinny McGinley has described the decision by one of the Donegal Gaeltacht’s most significant employers to shed 50% of its workforce, with the loss of 123 jobs, as a ‘huge body blow’.
Patients exposed to terrible conditions due to HSE & Mental Health Commission neglect - Neville

Fine Gael Mental Health Spokesman Dan Neville TD has expressed serious concern at new information about the Mental Health Commission Inquiry into St Luke’s Hospital, Clonmel and called on the HSE to explain why it did nothing despite being aware of problems 12 months ago.
Tánaiste admits lack of knowledge of Social Welfare cuts Bill - Enright

Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, the Minister for jobs and unemployment, was unaware of Government plans for a new Social Welfare Bill when questioned in the Dáil, according to Fine Gael Social & Family Affairs Spokeswoman Olwyn Enright TD.
Byrne welcomes launch of Substance Misuse Strategy

Fine Gael Spokeswoman on the National Drugs Strategy, Catherine Byrne TD, has welcomed the decision to combine alcohol and drugs in a new National Substance Misuse Strategy.
FG Proposes €340m in Job Protecting Tax Cuts + €3.5 Billion in Savings for Budget ’09 - Kenny

The Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny T.D. today set out his Party’s pre budget perspective and set out a four year plan to restore the public finances and, crucially, to support new job creation and job protection. In 2009 the Fine Gael plan includes €3.5 billion in savings, 1/3rd from new taxation measures and 2/3rds from spending controls.
As dole hits 11%, Varadkar calls on Govt to implement FG jobs plan

With the live register soaring to 372,800 and likely to reach half a million by the end of the year, Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has called on Brian Cowen to implement his Party’s jobs plan, ‘Rebuilding Ireland’ and adopt Fine Gael’s proposals to support business and retraining.
FAI cannot possibly justify freebie Italian trip for Bertie Ahern - FG

With finances stretched and fans shelling out a small fortune to attend games, the FAI cannot possibly justify giving a freebie trip to Bari in Italy to Bertie Ahern according to Fine Gael Arts, Sports & Tourism Spokesperson, Olivia Mitchell TD.

Muslim Congressman Walks a Tightrope, And Manages To Keep His Balance

The Jewish daily reports that :
By Nathan Guttman

Washington — “Did you lose your family, brother?” Rep. Keith Ellison asked as he gently touched the arm of the young Palestinian standing outside the ruins of what was his Gaza home. After hearing that the man had lost both his parents, Ellison promised, “We’ll go back and tell them what we saw.”
The exchange was caught on a home video camera by Minnesota Democrat Ellison and by his fellow congressman Brian Baird of Washington, the first American lawmakers to visit Gaza after the Israeli military campaign.
Their visit resulted in a seven-minute video clip documenting the destruction in Gaza and also looking at the suffering of Jewish residents of nearby Sderot. Although the emphasis in the clip is put on the heavy price paid by the Palestinians, Ellison made clear that the Gaza story has more than one side. “It’s an awful situation, for both,” he concluded in his on-the-scene narration ending the clip.
Ellison, the first Muslim member of Congress, has been walking a fine line ever since his election in 2006. Embraced by both the Muslim and the Jewish communities, Ellison has been trying to strike a new tone, one that is simultaneously supportive of the Palestinian cause and sympathetic to the Israeli side.
Ellison’s ability to dismantle this seemingly explosive tension was demonstrated recently when he presented the findings of his February 19 trip to Gaza at a Capitol Hill event sponsored by the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee.
The second-term congressman did not mince words when describing the hardship that Gaza residents are facing in the aftermath of the Israeli attack, or in addressing Israel directly on what actions ought to be taken to ease the suffering. “I come here with one message only,” he told the audience: “Open up the crossings, open up the crossings, open up the crossings.” Later in his speech, Ellison once again chose the triple-repetition technique when calling on Israel to “stop, stop, stop the settlement expansion.”
But Ellison also worked hard during the March 17 event to fend off calls from the audience to use his congressional power to sanction Israel. He ducked questions regarding calls for divestment from Israel (saying there was no current legislation on this issue) and turned down suggestions to use foreign aid from the United States for pressuring Israel.
“What you’re calling for will politically draw you into a lot of fire,” Ellison told one audience member. “If you have sympathies to the Palestinian cause, I urge you to put on the shoes of someone who is Jewish.”
The 45-year-old congressman later told the Forward that he believes unilateral measures, such as those suggested against Israel, are counter-productive. “When you start talking about who you want to sanction and who you want to divest from, it immediately sends the other side to the corner,” Ellison said. “Starting off with harsh economic measures won’t lead anywhere.”
Ellison, who grew up in Michigan and converted to Islam at 19, sought out the Jewish community for outreach when first embarking on his national political career in Minnesota.
His first move was to clarify remarks he had made as a young student in favor of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. During the 2006 congressional campaign, Ellison wrote a letter to Minnesota’s Jewish Community Relations Council, assuring its constituents that he no longer holds those views. He said his involvement with the Nation of Islam was limited and that he “wrongly dismissed” concerns over Farrakhan’s antisemitic remarks.
Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Minnesota JCRC, calls Ellison a close friend of the community. The Muslim congressman meets with the local Jewish leadership regularly and attends the council’s events. “He takes his ties with the Jewish community very seriously,” Hunegs said. The group met with Ellison before and after his recent Gaza trip and tried to “provide him with the perspective of the American Jewish community.”
Ellison forged strong relations with Jewish groups on the national level, as well. He received backing from the Anti-Defamation League when coming under attack from right-wing activists for using a copy of the Quran, instead of the Bible, for his ceremonial swearing-in into Congress.
In his freshman year in Congress, Ellison also attended a trip to Israel organized by the American Israel Education Foundation, an offshoot of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel Washington lobby.
But as a lawmaker, Ellison did not always toe the AIPAC line. While supporting foreign aid to Israel, he chose to vote “present” on a resolution last January that expressed support for Israel during the Gaza military operation. Backed strongly by AIPAC, the resolution passed 390-5.
Hunegs said this is one of the cases in which local Jews were at odds with their representative, but “the hallmark of a good relationship is the ability to talk about differences.”
In the 2008 election cycle, Ellison was endorsed by the dovish JStreetPAC and received $3,362 in funding from the group, which supports candidates seen as strong on promoting a two-state solution.
Ellison once again broke ranks with the mainstream pro-Israel line when hosting a March 31 Capitol Hill briefing in support of the efforts to provide aid to Gaza through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Major Jewish groups are still backing congressional proposals meant to increase control over UNRWA’s actions in the Palestinian territories.
In a sense, Ellison is walking a tightrope, one that does not place him squarely in either the “pro-Israel” or “anti-Israel” camp in Congress. But he says he does not feel any push-back from either side, not even from the pro-Israel lobby, which is often charged with using political strong-arm tactics. “I heard talk about that, but I never encountered it,” he said.
By maintaining ties with both communities, Ellison believes he can help move Congress to take actions that will promote a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and strengthen the viability of a future Palestinian state. He also thinks lawmakers should send a message to the new government in Israel “that the U.S. is committed to a two-state solution.”
How can lawmakers communicate America’s commitment to this goal to Israel’s newly installed hard-line prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu?
Ellison made clear he is not seeking pressure. “We just need to tell him,” he said.

UN votes to curb criticism of religion

Geneva 27th March 2009. A proposal by Muslim Nations to introduce a law protecting religion from criticism was forwarded to the United Nation's top rights body.The result of the vote was: 23 countries in favour of the resolution,11 Western nations opposed the resolution,13 countries abstained.This motion was proposed by Pakistan. The reason for Pakistan raising this issue may be because of the effect of the Danish cartoons which ridiculed the Prophet Muhammad. The motion requests that freedom of speech should not include the right to blaspheme against any religion or religious figurehead.This law most probably will not be executed like the law regarding the holocaust, but it is there to be used as evidence to stop the criticism of all religions.
Freedom of expression does not lie in allowing sarcasm of religion or their figureheads, far from that, it should lie in discussing these issues intellectually and give reasoned solutions to help humanity move forward, like it says in the Quran 16:125 “Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.”

Labour Party Conference 2009 مؤتمر حزب العمال

هاك ما توصل اليه مؤتمر العمال المنعقد في ملنقار وتستطيع ان تصوت على المقترحات الان
Here is the live stream from the the 2009 Labour Party Conference being held in Mullingar. Click here to view the full schedule and motions. You can even take part in an online vote on each motion.

Conference Schedule
For Sunday 29 March 2009
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Session 5
10:00
معاهدة لزبن والشؤون الاوروبية
European & International AffairsLisbon Treaty : Motions 36,
قضية فلسطين
Palestine and Israel : Motions 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,
10:45
المواصلاة
Transport : Motions 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
11:30
العدل والمساواة
Justice, Equality & Law ReformGun Crime : Motions 69,
شؤون السجون
Prisons : Motions 70,
استراتيجبة الادوية
Drugs Strategy : Motions 71,
الحركة ضد العنصرية والمجتمع
Anti-social Behaviour : Motions 72,
قانون الرخص
Licensing laws : Motions 73,
قانون البنوك
Banking Legislation : Motions 74,
مقترحات الحكومة
Government : Motions 75,
تصليح الدستور
Constitutional Amendment : Motions 76,
المساواة
Equality : Motions 77,
الحقوق الانسانية
Human Rights : Motions 78,
وكالاة المساواة وحقوق الانسان
Equality and Human Rights Agencies : Motions 79,
مساواة العمال
Labour Equality : Motions 80,
12:30
البيئة والحكومات المحلية
Environment & Local GovernmentClimate Change : Motions 90,
الديمقراطية المحلية
Local Democracy : Motions 91, 110,
الاسكان
Housing : Motions 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103,
هوملس
Homelessness : Motions 102,
النفاياة المنزلية
Domestic Waste : Motions 104, 105,
الشركات والادارة
Management companies : Motions 106,
جهاز الانتخابات
Electoral System : Motions 107,
الاطفاء وحماية المدنيين
Fire and Civil Protection - Emergency Services : Motions 108,
جهاز التخطيط
Planning Process : Motions 109,
الحكومة المحلية
Local Government : Motions 111,
13:30
خلاصة المؤتمر
Conference Concludes

UN votes to curb criticism of religion الامم المتحدة تحد من انتقاد الاديان

A proposal by Muslim nations to introduce a law protecting religion from criticism was forwarded to the United natiation's top rights body.
The result of the vote was:
23 countries in faour of the resolution.
11 Western nations opposed the resolution,
13 countries obstained

The motion was proposed by Pakistan. This could be the effect of the bad cartoons that gave the wrong impression of Prophet Muhammad. The motion shows that free of speech doesn't include blaspheming the religious head figures.

مقترح الحد من السخرية من الاديان من قبل باكستان . وقد صوت عليه من قبل الامم المتحدة الادارة العليا. وكانت نتيجة التصويت هي :

موافقة على القرار 23

11 دولة غربية ضد القرار

و13 دولة امتنعت عن التصويت

وبهذا يمنع التهجم على الاديان بما فيها الاسلام والنبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم

Open Letter to President Obama رسالة مفتوحة للرئيس اوباما

Dear Reader: الى القارئ العزيز

I wanted to update you on the OPEN LETTER to President Obama, urging him to make support of democracy and human rights in the Middle East and the Muslim World, one of the top priorities of his new administration.
اريد ان ابعث برسالة الى الرئيس اوباما بان يؤازر الديمقراطية وحقوق الانسان في الشرق الاوسط وفي العالم الاسلامي وان يكون ذلك احد اهم اعمال ادارته
So far, we have received over 311 signatures from leading American and Muslim scholars, experts, and activists from all over the world, and we are hoping to reach at least 500 by next week.
الى الان حصلنا على 311 توقيع من نشطاء ونريد ان نصل الى 500 توقيعة في الاسبوع المقبل
The Letter was released to the media during a PRESS CONFERENCE on March 10, at the National Press Club, and has been covered by CNN and the Washington Post, among others. Our goal is to make it clear that Arabs and Muslims want democracy and deserve our support, and that a bi-partisan group of American scholars and experts believe that supporting human rights and democracy in the Middle East is in the best interest of the region and of the United States. The campaign was launched on March 10, but will continue for the next month or two as we schedule meetings with high level officials in the Obama administration and in Congress.Please read the letter below carefully, and consider adding your signature. If you have already signed it, thank you very much, and please forward it to other American and/or Muslim scholars, leaders, and experts who might be interested in adding their names and supporting this effort.

To add your name,
please click here SIGN OPEN LETTER

Thanks very much for your support,Radwan A. Masmoudi
President
Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID)
http://islam-democracy.org/

Fund raising in one night 150,000.00 euro في عشاء اقيم من اجل التبرع لمبنى المسجد

The 150,000.00 euros has been promised but not yet collected.

Sheikh Yahya of the IFI, South circular Mosque was so happy praising the Lord, when the speaker in the fund raising dinner at the Hilton hotel, announced the figure 150,000.00 euros raised for the extension of the Mosque. Sheikh Yahya also put up for auction a part Garment from the Crucible suit a meter by half meter was given to him in an Islamic conference in Mekkah, which was out for bidding and the bid was 3500.00 euros. The night charged with faithful people who wanted to see the mosque extension finished quickly. The Malaysian ambassador and the Iranian ambassador were present and other Islamic embassaies and contributing as well. There was a women section, who donated generously. Among those present were the elite of the Muslim community of Ireland including politicians, heads of ethnic and Muslim communities as well as business entrepreneur.