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Huge Response to SEA Campaign on Railways

Monday 29th March 2004

The Socialist Environmental Alliance was on the streets at the weekend with a petition calling for the upgrading of the Belfast-Derry rail link. SEA candidate in June's European election, Eamonn McCann says: "There was an amazing response to our call for a high-speed rail link between the two main cities in Northern Ireland.

"People were queuing to sign the petition. Many were workers who commute daily to Belfast, whose lives would be transformed if they could guarantee that the trip would take no more than an hour and a half. Many had stories of bus or car journeys that take two and a half, even three hours.

"The question of safety - both in terms of the numbers of road deaths and also of damage to the environment caused by our dependence on polluting cars and buses was raised by many of those who wanted to sign the petition", according to Mr. McCann.

"We also had a number of parents who said they felt their children would miss out on an important experience if the train service was not improved. Some said they would not take their children on the train at present because it is so slow, cold and dirty. However, they would enjoy family outings on an upgraded service."

"The question was raised again and again as to why our politicians had not taken more advantage of EU structural funds to upgrade the line between Belfast and Derry and to extend it across the border to Sligo and Galway." Eamonn McCann says: "This is one of the clearest examples of how Europe could impact for the better. But this kind of EU funding will end in the coming years. One of the reasons the SEA is contesting the European elections is to ensure that these kind of issues get raised."

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• 23rd December 2005
  • Stop the evictions for Ryan Air's Runway
• 12th December 2005
  • Bloody Sunday families attend Iraq peace conference
• 1st November 2005
  • Derry’s rail link may be getting back on track
• 27th September 2005
  • Bus to Rossport Five demo in Dublin Sat 1st October
• 22st September 2005
  • Research results for Derry people who want to show solidarity with the Rossport Five
• 21st September 2005
  • Rage against Hain helped spark violence ---McCann
• 13th September 2005
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• 25th August 2005
  • Socialist Environmental Alliance does not welcome ILEX boss
• 18th July 2005
  • Rail Disaster for Derry
• 13th July 2005
  • Derry Anti War Coalition Rally Saturday 16th July 3pm Guildhall Square
• 27th June 2005
  • Eamonn McCann to speak at G8 Alternatives events in Scotland this weekend
• 23rd June 2005
  • SEA calls for support for Band on the Walls
• 2nd June 2005
  • Socialist Environmental Alliance protest against PSNI
• 25th May 2005
  • Anti-poverty group to put "wrist-band" on Derry Walls
• 20th May 2005
  • SEA backs BBC strikers
• 19th May 2005
  • SEA slams Real IRA
• 19th May 2005
  • Derry trade unionists to meet new Foyle MP Mark Durkan
• 18th May 2005
  • First they came for the tea trolley....SEA slams Derry rail downgrade
• 14th May 2005
  • Big Derry contingent to G8 Protests in Scotland
• 28th April 2005
  • SEA welcomes Sinn Fein removal of election literature from Royal Mail
• 24th April 2005
  • Stingy Ryanair
• 24th March 2005
  • No welcome for airport decision
• 24th March 2005
  • SEA wants strike action against education cuts
• 17th march 2005
  • SEA calls for ILEX to be scrapped
• 14th march 2005
  • Western Board 'on the cheap' speech therapy
• 23rd February 2005
  • S.E.A. urges voter registration
• 10th February 2005
  • Call for big turnout at Saturday's water rallies
• 25th November 2004
  • Airport expansion should not be on 'Talks' agenda says SEA
• 25th November 2004
  • Foyle Trust "twisting truth" on speech therapy
• 19th November 2004
  • Blue bins must be used properly to avoid incinerator
• 21st October 2004
  • SEA condemns sectarian attacks
• 30th September 2004
  • SEA welcomes support for "Civil Rights for All" March
• 28th September 2004
  • No sectarian motive to civil rights march
• 20th September 2004
  • Civil Rights For All march 2nd October
• 14th September 2004
  • Water Charges
• 9th September 2004
  • Northern Ireland must remain GM-free
• 12th August 2004
  • Water privatisation will lead to more poverty
• 8th August 2004
  • SEA says GP cutbacks will increase illness
• 29th July 2004
  • SEA stands up for civil rights of black and gay people
• 20th June 2004
  • High Court ruling about civil servants standing for election
• 8th June 2004
  • Call for votes
• 7th June 2004
  • McCann supporters take over Cave Hill
• 3rd June 2004
  • McCann records his first single!
• 10th May 2004
  • McCann seeking judicial review of BBC decision
• 3rd May 2004
  • Meeting BBC and UTV re election broadcasts
• 5th April 2004
  • Derry City Council needs to move on rail
• 29th March 2004
  • Huge Response to SEA Campaign on Railways
• 25th March 2004
  • SEA may go to court over TV coverage of Euro elections
  • SEA to challenge other parties on Bush visit to Ireland
  • Why SEA is standing in European Elections
• 15th March 2004
  • SEA defends Nucleus against Precious Life
• 9th March 2004
  • SEA attacks Council plans to cut leisure facilities and wages
• 19th February 2004
  • Policy Statement On young People - June 2001
• 5th February 2004
  • Left Convention Derry 14th February
  • Glen Court meeting unanimous
• 26th January 2004
  • Social Security Office closures affect claimants
• 19th January 2004
  • SEA backs NIPSA strikers
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