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Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has severely criticised the refusal of Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan to release the Crowley Report into the death of Aidan McAnespie. Matt Carthy said: “The announcement by Minister Charlie Flanagan that he will not publish the

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy voted against the European Parliament’s reports on the proposals for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base in the Economic and Monetary Affairs committee in Brussels Wednesday. A large majority of the ECON committee voted in

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has called on MEPs and national parliamentarians from across the EU to work together to pressure the Commission and the Council to improve public transparency and accountability. Carthy was addressing MEPs and representatives from the

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has called on Kerry Group to exhaust all avenues possible before proceeding with 31 redundancies at Kerry Foods in Carrickmacross. Carthy said the loss of these jobs would have a severe, negative impact on the

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has said that farm organisations, the government and rural representatives across Europe must prepare for a battle if significant cuts to the CAP budget are to be avoided. Carthy, a member of the European Parliament’s

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy, has said that the recent announcement on the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme increase is a step in the right direction.  But he has urged Minister Creed to secure further additional government funding to

Brexit is already presenting massive challenges for Ireland in terms of cross border trade, business and commerce and the challenges are most obvious in border counties, according to Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy. He was speaking at the launch of a new

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy told delegates to the recent Special Sinn Féin Ard Fheis that those in political and media circles who questioned why Mary Lou McDonald’s election as Sinn  Féin President was unanimous, continued to fawn over a Taoiseach

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy recently said that Special Designated Status for the North of Ireland within the European Union is a live project and that all Irish parties must be unite in pursuing it. Carthy’s comments followed a news

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy welcomed the recent decision of the European Parliament to form a new special committee to examine the Paradise Papers revelations. Carthy, a member of the Panama Papers inquiry committee which presented its final report and