17th December 2001

PRESS RELEASE

GREEN PARTY SENDS SANTA CHRISTMAS WISH LIST 

As Christmas draws near the Green Party has drawn up its wish list for the politicians in Dún Laoghaire. Shortly before the note went up the chimney of a smokeless fuel fire, Ciarán Cuffe the Green Party’s Dáil candidate in Dún Laoghaire caught a quick glance at the list.

While it failed to include a partridge in a pear tree, it did cover many other requests that have been sent to Santa by residents in the Dún Laoghaire area over the last year, and we include some extracts from the list.

“On the first day of Christmas,

The Green Party sent to me

A new Maternity unit in Loughlinstown Hospital

On the second day of Christmas

The Green Party sent to me

Two additional judges for the Flood Tribunal,

And a new Maternity unit in Loughlinstown Hospital

…

Three new Quality Bus Corridors,

Four ‘One-stop shops’ for Council services,

Five times more support for recycling,

Six hundred housing starts for the County,

Seven Blue Flag beaches,

A reprieve for the Number Eight bus,

Nine new playing pitches,

Ten fully accessible DART stations,

Eleven new children’s playgrounds,

Twelve well designed cycle lanes”

The Green Party takes the opportunity to wish you all a happy and enjoyable holiday period.

ENDS

Information contact:

Ciarán Cuffe  087 265 2075 or 618 3082