From Waterford Today
Two Waterford Sinn Fein public representatives are joining an international flotilla at the end of this month bound for the strife torn region of Gaza in the Middle East.
John Hearne, Larchville co-opted onto Waterford City Council on Monday night to replace newly elected Senator David Cullinane, and Pat Fitzgerald, Leperstown, Dunmore East, a member of Waterford County Council are both experienced seafarers and will be part of the crew on Freedom Flotilla II Stay Human on the ship Saoirse, and comprising of 11 ships on a peaceful humanitarian mission to Gaza with up to 1200 citizens from around the world. There will be 50 survivors of the Holocaust on one of the ships, which will include journalists. Both Sinn Fein activists travelled to Dublin last weekend where they were briefed on the journey. Both Councillors thanked the Waterford Council of Trade Unions for financial sponsorship. more
http://irishshiptogaza.org/
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