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17/04/2026

Too many forced to fight for a right to education that’s appropriate and accessible

14/04/2026

29/03/2026

Dungarvan Easter 1916 Commemoration

EASTER SATURDAY

All very welcome 🇮🇪

Assemble 11:30am at Walton Park in Abbeyside to parade behind a colour party over the bridge and to the 1916 monument at Dungarvan Town Park (The Lookout)

There will be a keynote address, a piper’s lament, wreath laying, flag ceremony, reading of the 1916 proclamation, and we will finish with Amhrán na bhFiann.

Fáilte roimh chách! 🇮🇪

10/02/2026

A busy day in Dáil today

👉 Hosted a delegation from the National Inshore Fishermen’s Association advocating for Government supports for the industry and coastal communities.

👉 Questioned the Taoiseach over his failure to ensure adequate Garda numbers in Co. Waterford.

👉 Spoke at the Coiste Gaeilge reiterating call for new premises for Naíonra Gharbháin and Naíonra Philib Barún.

👉 Engagement with parents over early intervention and special school spaces in Dungarvan

👉 Tackled the Taoiseach for undermining Irish farmers, backing the Bord Bia chair and failing to fight Mercosur.

👉 Joined the full Sinn Féin team in moving our Bill to increase legal powers to combat AI-generated non-consensual sexualised images.

👉 Engaged with Waterford IFA, pensions campaigners and early-years providers.

👉 Lots of representations through the constituency office and through our councillors on the ground!

27/01/2026

Needs to be said - renters are being screwed under this Government and now they’re trying to make it even worse

The Government’s botched Rip Off Rent Bill will hollow out protections for renters and drive up rents. Speaking to the media this afternoon alongside Eoin O’Broin TD.

If Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael wanted to solve the housing crisis they would build homes, not cave into the demands of developers and institutional landlords.

03/08/2025

Young workers, apprentices and students demand change! We need a cost of living package now 🤬🤬

01/08/2025

I ndíl cuimhne 🇮🇪 🏴🇮🇪🏴🇮🇪🏴

27/06/2025

Well done Conor D. McGuinness TD 🔥 🔥 🔥

25/05/2025

A busy week delivering for Waterford on key issues like rural housing, youth mental health, fisheries, education and community infrastructure.

🏛️ In the Dáil and Committees:
• Chaired the second meeting of the Oireachtas Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Committee — progressing a serious work plan for the sector.
• Spoke on the urgent need for Jigsaw youth mental health services in Waterford alongside David Cullinane T.D.
• Backed the joint opposition motion calling for action to address the Assessment of Needs crisis.
• Challenged the Minister on rural housing failures and growing isolation in small communities.
• Called again for sanctions against Israel in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

🏘️ Working for Communities in Waterford:
• Launched Sinn Féin’s discussion document on a new community centre for Dungarvan with Cllr. Kate O’Mahoney.
• Worked with Cllr Donnchadh Mulcahy to tackle the Department of Education in their footdragging when it comes to approving new school bus routes in Aglish and Ballyduff.
• Met with Council engineers to push for progress on local link bus stops, footpaths, road safety and school zones.
• increased the pressure on Dept Transport and NTA for a new Portlaw–Dungarvan Local Link bus services with Cllr. Catherine Burke
• Continued clinics and casework — including housing, healthcare and pension issues raised locally.
• Worked with Cllr Jim Griffin to highlight the lack of funding this year for Waterford’s local ports and harbours.

🌍 National and Local Advocacy:
• Took part in the European Maritime Day conference in Cork, meeting with key stakeholders in the marine and coastal sectors.
• Held a direct and frank meeting with the new Minister for Fisheries — setting out the need for a radical policy shift.
• Pressed the European Commissioner for Fisheries on damaging post-Brexit trade terms and the need for urgent reform.
• Spoke at the Immigrant Council of Ireland’s national conference on political inclusion and the power of local organising.

📻 Media Engagement & Outreach:
• Interviewed on WLR’s Déise Today about the scandal of rising school absenteeism and the fact that Waterford is the only county without a single Educational Welfare Officer.
• Met with the Irish Postmasters’ Union — highlighting the essential public role of local post offices, especially in rural communities.
• Continued outreach on rural safety — launching a new survey in villages across Waterford to shape Sinn Féin’s policy.

🏐 Community Spirit:
• Supporting Waterford’s senior hurlers and ladies footballers in a crucial weekend of Munster action ⚪️ 🔵

Active, visible and serious representation — that’s what I’ll keep delivering.

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20/05/2025

Sinn Féin TD for Waterford, Conor D. McGuinness, has sharply criticised the Government’s latest decision to exclude Waterford Airport from regional airport funding allocations — describing it …