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24 July, 2008 |
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Sarkozy Visit : Adams tells EU President there can be no Lisbon re-run 
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams described Monday's meeting with EU President Nicolas Sarkozy as useful saying that while the process of setting up the meeting was imperfect it was worth noting that Sarkozy "did what the Irish Government has failed to, he has met with and listened to those who campaigned against the Lisbon Treaty." Support for arrested Kilmore Quay trawler 
TENSIONS were high on Kilmore Quay, County Wexford on Tuesday evening as hundreds of people gathered to welcome back fishing trawler The Emer Jane. Photo: Supporters of the crew on board the Emer Jane, Kilmore Quay, Tuesday Death of Sarah Conlon evokes memories 
MEMORIES of the British judicial system's brutal treatment of Irish people came into sharp focus again this week with news of the death of Sarah Conlon. Photo: FILM: Sarah Conlon with her son Gerry at the premier of In the Name of the Father in Dublin in 1993. The film exposed the callous treatment of Giueseppe Conlon in a British prison Robinson's homophobic comments spark protest 
HOMOPHOBIC remarks by Iris Robinson sparked a protest in Belfast City centre on Monday of this week after the DUP MLA described homosexuality as "vile" and equated homosexuals with paedophiles. Government health policy is "in tatters" following court ruling 
PRIVATE HEALTH insurer Bupa has won an appeal in the 26 County Supreme Court last week that aimed to prevent the introduction of risk equalisation in the private health insurance market. Photo: Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin No pay deal reached as job losses increase 
THE Central Statistics Office has released figures revealing the true scale of downturn in employment in the construction sector in the 26 Counties. The figures are worse than were originally expected with 15% less people working in construction than this time last year. An estimated 40,000 builders have lost their jobs in the past 12 months. Photo: John Brady 
IN FEBRUARY this year, newly-elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd did what former conservative PM John Howard refused to for his 11 years in power - he said sorry to the Aboriginal people for the past 'assimilationist' practice of removing Aboriginal children from their families. Photo: KILLING: Gail Hickey, mother of black teenager TJ Hickey who was killed by police in Sydney |
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