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1. Higgins supports Volvo Race effort
   Issued : Tuesday 26 January, 2010
   Labour Party President Michael D Higgins has said that he supports efforts to have Galway chosen to host a Volvo Ocean Race stopover.
2. Schools could face increase of 100% in water bills
   Issued : Thursday 21 January, 2010
   The 1st of January 2010 saw the start of metered water charging in every school across the country. Based on a Labour Party survey of water charges, schools in County Galway face a hike of over 80%, and their counterparts in Galway city a hike of over 40%, in their water bills if water conservation measures aren’t introduced immediately. 
3. International community must better coordinate assistance to people of Haiti
   Issued : Tuesday 19 January, 2010
   The Labour Party President and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Michael D Higgins has welcomed the commitment by the European Union to provide €122m in humanitarian aid and €307m in long term reconstruction financing to Haiti, but has urged the Irish government to give a lead in establishing such logistics as would lead to an effective, fast delivery of commitments on the ground.
4. Urgent need immediate assistance to people of Haiti
   Issued : Wednesday 13 January, 2010
   The Labour Party President and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Michael D Higgins has expressed his deep sympathy with the Haitian people in the aftermath of the massive earthquake which has hit the country and has urged the Irish government, the Irish people as well as humanitarian organisations to be generous in their response. 
5. Burmese Junta seeking to close off its people from outside contact
   Issued : Friday 8 January, 2010
   Michael D Higgins, Labour Party President and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, has condemned the twenty year jail sentence which a court acting on behalf of the ruling junta in Burma has imposed on Hla Hla Win, a video journalist who had worked with exiled media, notably the Democratic Voice of Burma which is based in Oslo.
6. Safety of all those involved in 'Viva Palestina' a major concern
   Issued : Wednesday 6 January, 2010
   Michael D Higgins, Labour Party President and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, has called again for the safe passage to and from Gaza of those humanitarian activists involved in the ‘Viva Palestina’ organisation which is seeking to bring vital supplies, both food and medical, to those 1.5 million people living in what is little less than an open prison in the Gaza Strip. These supplies were initially to have arrived in Gaza on 27 December last, the anniversary of Operation ‘Cast Lead’.
7. Justin Keating – A Memory
   Issued : Tuesday 5 January, 2010
   I very rarely saw Justin Keating get ruffled.  He communicated a kind of meditative strength.  There was thus a precision and deliberateness to the replies he offered to questions.  One had the impression of a great richness that resided in the person for which the question was inadequate. Those who experienced his friendship thus enjoyed a gift greater than words allow. 
8. Higgins welcomes return home of Aminatou Haidar
   Issued : Friday 18 December, 2009
   Deputy Michael D Higgins has warmly welcomed the return to her home of Aminatou Haidar. Deputy Higgins said:”I am glad that Moroccan authorities have- belatedly- allowed Ms Haidar to return and that her 32 day hunger strike may now end. “I raised this matter in the Dáil this week. The transcript is enclosed.”
9. Curran cuts in community funding would make Thatcher proud
   Issued : Tuesday 15 December, 2009
   The shocking announcement by Minister for Community Affairs John Curran that Government funding for dozens of community projects is to be axed with immediate effect will come as devastating news to these organisations and to the people who rely on their services.
10. 4676 Young people out of work in Galway
    Issued : Monday 14 December, 2009
    Michael D Higgins, Labour Party President and Dáil deputy for Galway West, has called on the government to urgently start to deal with the rising number of people who have lost their livelihoods since the beginning of the financial crisis.