Laighean Thuaidh Organiser
Ógra Shinn Féin
A chairde,
I took the position of North Leinster Cúige Organizer in July of this year. Since then we have established cumainn in counties Louth and Meath, with working groups in Longford, Port Laoise and Drogheda . We have also put in place a working cúige structure and have elected an officer board.
The month of September saw Meath Ógra Shinn Féin successfully organize a weekend of events for Slogadh Na nÓg ’09, in which activist from Cork to Tyrone gathered in the rural Gaeltacht of Rath Cairn.
We also hosted a weekend in Louth and had a hugely successful Hunger Strike March through the town of Drogheda. Ógra played their part by forming a Na Fianna Éireann colour party.
Locally, like throughout the 26 counties , North Leinster Ógra were to the fore in the ‘No 2 Lisbon’ campaign and worked tirelessly to see the defeat of the Lisbon treaty again, unfortunately this wasn’t to be.
Likewise Ógra in North Leinster were to the fore in the local election campaigns, Ógra brought a revitalising energy to canvass teams throughout the cúige, and it is worth noting that we increased our vote in many areas throughout the cúige, including securing the 1st Lord Mayor of Navan for more than 80 years, Cllr Joe Reilly.
Comrades, so whilst I have only been in the role for a short number of months I am confident that the future of North Leinster Ógra has the potential for growth and increased activism if the work is put in.
Although the restructuring of North Leinster may be only 4 months old, in this short few months we have developed a lot and over the course of the next year we plan to
· Recruit new republicans into Ógra
· Set up new cumann ‘s
· Develop more campaigns and activism
· Expand our publicity
· Promote our republican goal
· And promote the use of the Irish language
Comrades, on behalf on North Leinster Ógra Shinn Féin I would sincerely like to thank Barry McColgan. It has been an honour and a privilege to work alongside him, and we in North Leinster our extremely grateful for all his help and his dedication to Ógra throughout the years. We would also like to welcome our new National Organizer Donnchadh O Laoghaire, who I am confident will be an excellent leader and we look forward to working with him.
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