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14 February, 2008

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Public confidence exists now for transfer of policing and justice

THE Good Friday Agreement will be 10 years old in April. While there remains much work to be done to ensure its full implementation, considerable progress has been made.

Adams calls on Ahern to name date for referendum

Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams after the Sinn Féin meeting to finalise plans for the party’s campaign in opposition to the Lisbon Treaty

SINN FÉIN members from across Ireland met in Dublin at the weekend to finalise plans for the party's campaign in opposition to the Lisbon Treaty. Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams welcomed Bertie Ahern's comments that the referendum would take place in the summer but he called on him to name the date so that the real debate can begin.

Photo: Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams after the Sinn Féin meeting to finalise plans for the party’s campaign in opposition to the Lisbon Treaty

Sinn Féin uncovers HSE plan to slash hospital services

Joe Reilly

MEATH Sinn Féin Councillor Joe Reilly has obtained internal Health Service Executive documents revealing that Our Lady's Hospital in Navan will be reduced to the status of a day hospital by mid-2009 if plans being discussed within the North-East Health HSE for services in the four counties are put into effect.

Photo: Joe Reilly

Sinn Féin Munster Cúige : Packed AGM exudes confidence and purpose

Martin Ferris  and David Cullinane

OVER a hundred Sinn Féin activists from across Munster packed the Hibernian Hotel in Mallow last Sunday for the Munster Cúige AGM. Republicans from Kerry to Waterford, north Clare to south Cork, and all points in between, came to the meeting confident of the future and determined to make Sinn Féin in Munster a force to be reckoned with across the province.

Photo: Martin Ferris and David Cullinane

Standing up for the Irish language

SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams MP MLA, writing recently in the Irish-language newspaper Lá Nua, outlined Sinn Fein's priorities for the Irish language, the party's record on the language, and its vision for the future. Here, we reprint that important article in English.

'No credibility' in Taoiseach's claim of Dáil privilege

Bertie Ahern

THE decision by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to challenge the Mahon Tribunal in the High Court "undermines his claim to be co-operating totally with the Tribunal", according to Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin.

Photo: Bertie Ahern

McShane not under threat - Maskey

Self-confessed informer for British Intelligence: Roy McShane

SINN FÉIN Policing and Justice spokesperson Alex Maskey MLA has told An Phoblacht that West Belfast man Roy McShane, a self-confessed informer for British Intelligence, is not under threat from republicans.

Photo: Self-confessed informer for British Intelligence: Roy McShane

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