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2 February, 2006 |
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The IMC has no place in the political process - McGuinness 
Last Wednesday evening, in the aftermath of the latest report from the discredited and non-independent IMC, Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness spoke to An Phoblacht about the undemocratic nature of that body and its malign influence on the political process. He also spoke about the challeges which now face both governments and the political parties to move the political process forward. Decommission this tool of the securocrats 
Early in December 2005 Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy MP began proceedings in the High Court in London to have the establishment of the so-called Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) declared unlawful. Photo: Independent Monitoring Commission — Joe Brosnan, John Alderdice, John Grieve and Dick Kerr 
Moving forward was a shared theme in the past week with Irish President Mary McAleese reclaiming the ideals of the 1916 Rebellion, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern reiterating support for the Good Friday Agreement and British PM Tony Blair warning against political paralysis within the Peace Process. Photo: British PM Tony Blair and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern The IRA has denied allegations that the organisation had gone back on the pledges it made last year. The Irish health crisis - need for radical overhaul 
A country in crisis. That was the message at last Saturday's health conference, organised by Sinn Féin and held in Dublin. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the party's draft all-Ireland health policy document: Healthcare in an Ireland of equals. Chair on the day, Mícheál Mac Donncha, asked Sinn Féin members to look at the document and give constructive criticism on it as well as contributions in the days following. Thousands remember and demand the truth 
With the Saville Inquiry due to announce its findings later this year, more than ever before this year's Bloody Sunday commemoration march felt like the collective holding of breath of a community which has so longed for, and fought so hard for, justice for those of its members who were gunned down on their streets by the British Army's Parachute Regiment 34 years ago. Parades Commission Judicial Review 
A nationalist resident from the Garvaghy Road in Portadown was granted leave to take a judicial review against the decisions made by the British Secretary of State in the Six Counties in making appointments to Parades Commission. McBride in groundbreaking address to Derry audience 
In a ground breaking departure last weekend Alan McBride, whose wife Sharon was killed in the 1993 Shankill bomb became the first person from the unionist community to deliver the annual Bloody Sunday Memorial Lecture in Derry's Guildhall. Photo: Alan McBride being presented by Sinn Féin mayor of Derry, Lynn Fleming on behalf of council |
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