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11 December, 2008 |
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Anger on the streets as Dublin sees biggest rally since anti-war marches 
WIDESPREAD public anger at cuts in education was manifested on the streets of Dublin as some 60,000 marched in Dublin last Saturday in the biggest demonstration since the early protests against the war on Iraq. Martin Ferris asks: Did Government over-react? 
IT'S thought that the Government in the 26 Counties is to ask the EU for funds to save 6,000 jobs at risk in the pork industry after this week's contaminated pigmeat scare. Meanwhile, Sinn Féin Agriculture spokesperson Martin Ferris TD asked if the Fianna Fáil/Green government had panicked and over-reacted in recalling all pork products. Photo: WHERE’S THE PORK? Shelves were cleared of pork and bacon Gerry Adams addresses Ógra Shinn Féin Congress 
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP addressed the National Congress of Ógra Shinn Féin in Cork on Saturday, 6 December. This is what he said. Photo: Gerry Adams Cowen's fudge and fumble over Lisbon 
A HEADLINE in The Irish Times in advance of the European Council meeting in Brussels being held on Thursday and Friday of this week announced COWEN TO VOICE IRISH CONCERNS ON TREATY AT TALKS. The Taoiseach is reported to have said that he "will be aiming to achieve a political agreement that the concerns of the Irish public with regard to the treaty will be responded to in a satisfactory way, both in substance and in a legally robust way". Photo: REFERENDUM COUNT: The Irish people rejected the Lisbon Treaty Michael Stone gets 16 years for Assembly attack 
UNIONIST paramilitary Michael Stone was sentence on Monday to 16 years in prison for the attempted murder of Sinn Féin leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness during an attack on the North's Assembly two years ago. Photo: DISARMED: Stone was tackled by security staff and arrested Ulster Unionists looking back to look forward 
I HAD a 'Where are the emperor's new clothes?' feeling as I watched and listened to the news coverage of the Ulster Unionist Party conference held in a south Belfast hotel last Saturday, 6 December. Photo: British Conservative Party leader David Cameron with UUP leader Sir Reg Empey Bringing about change, delivering results 
THE Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin and National Chairperson of Sinn Féin, MARY LOU McDONALD was raised in Rathgar, Dublin. Speaking to ELLA O'DWYER at her Strasbourg office, Mary Lou outlines the vital role Sinn Féin plays in Europe. Photo: DELIVERING CHANGE: Mary Lou during Lisbon |
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