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4 December, 2008 |
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Outrage at securocrat smear of Rosemary Nelson 
ANONYMOUS claims by a Special Branch witness to the Rosemary Nelson Inquiry, that the murdered Lurgan solicitor passed information to the IRA, have been met with outrage from within the nationalist community. 
THREE DAYS ahead of a rally by 7,000 West of Ireland farmers protesting against Budget cuts that will hit agriculture (see box), Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty launched a major report for the Dáil and Seanad on the regeneration of the West of Ireland. Photo: REPORT: Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Martin Ferris at the gates of Leinster House Annual Kilmichael Commemoration 
The Kilmichael Ambush on 28 November 1920 was a turning point in the Tan War. At Kilmichael, the Flying Column of the Irish Republican Army's West Cork Brigade under the command of Tom Barry killed 17 members of the Auxiliary Division of the RIC. Photo: KILMICHAEL LINK: Declan Kearney greets Mary Cronin of Bantry, niece of Denis Cronin, one of the Volunteers in that historic fight at Kilmichael Loyalists attempt to murder Sinn Féin minister 
A UNIONIST paramilitary gang attempted to murder Sinn Féin Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy MP over the weekend. Photo: Conor Murphy Lisbon Treaty: 'Majority View - Minority Report' launched 
SINN FÉIN Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD and EU North West Candidate and Lisbon Campaign Director Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn have launched the party's Majority View - Minority Report as a counterbalance to the Oireachtas Committee on Ireland's Future in Europe final report which was published on the same day. Photo: counterbalance: Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Mary Lou McDonald and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn at the launch of Majority View – Minority Report Congress calls for nationalisation of banks 
THE Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called on the Fianna Fáil/PD/Green Government to nationalise domestic banks. ICTU also warned that any investment from private equity funds or venture capitalists would cause turmoil in the banking system. Photo: UNITED: Union leaders Larry Broderick, David Begg and Jerry Shanahan offer the media a rarely-heard solution – nationalise the banks RTÉ facilitates British Army recruitment in Ireland - Ó Snodaigh 
IRISH neutrality and sovereignty are being violated by the active recruitment of young Irishmen into the British Army according to Sinn Féin spokesperson on International Affairs Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD. He said it was disgraceful that this was being facilitated by some media outlets, including RTÉ, The Irish Times and Irish editions of British tabloids. 
Bhí Slógadh Sinn Féin lonnaithe sa Spidéal 28ú - 30ú Samhain, an deireadh seachtaine seo chaite ansin. Caithfear rá nach raibh na huimhreacha céanna ann i mbliana 'is a bhíonn de gnáth. Bhí sé iontach mall, tá an ceantar seo iargúlta go leor mar atá ach nuair a bhíonn tuar aimsire ag insint dúinn go mbeadh sioc, sneachta agus eile bhuel níor chuidigh seo linn. Photo: Mairtín Ó Meachair ag caint faoi ceangailt Phadraig Mac Piarais le ceantair Ros Muc ag Teach an Phiarsaigh |
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