National Self-Determination - The Key International Struggle of our Times
11 April 2024
Writing for An Phoblacht, Sinn Féin national chairperson Declan Kearney said national determination is the key international struggle of our times. Free article
DCU students vote against losing €10k in ‘Money Maze’
11 April 2012
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY students have backed a Sinn Féin college initiative and overturned a Students’ Union decision to put €10,000 into building a Labyrinth ‘quiet reflection area’. Free article
Moving the Peace Process into new phases
10 April 2012
Belfast 1916 Easter Rising Commemoration – Address by Sinn Féin Party Chair Declan Kearney Free article
Taxpayers to stump up €7m to private toll-road operators
10 April 2012
SEVEN MILLION EURO of taxpayers’ money will be handed over to two private toll road operators by the Fine Gael/Labour Government because there’s not as much traffic as they’d expected and despite the toll roads continuing to operate at a profit. Free article
Dole cuts jobless man’s benefit for protesting against unemployment
10 April 2012
THERE has been widespread outrage and shock across the north-west as a man who led a protest walk from Donegal to Dublin in opposition to austerity measures and unemployment had his dole payment cut. Free article
RTÉ in the dock – but what’s to blame?
10 April 2012
THE Irish Times says it has seen briefing notes used in the preparation of the report by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland into the RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme that libelled Fr Kevin Reynolds. ROBBIE SMYTH looks at RTÉ TV and what’s going on. Free article
Met Police busted over BNP badge maker
9 April 2012
LONDON POLICE ‘anti-terrorist’ squad had badges made by BNP activist on Norway massacre man Anders Breivik’s mail list. Free article
Gerry Adams pays tribute to Barney McKenna
5 April 2012
Expressing condolences to the family and friends of Barney McKenna, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said: "Barney McKenna, through his 50 years on the road with The Dubliners, made an enormous contribution to Irish music and culture. Almost single-handedly, Barney first gave the banjo a central place in Irish traditional and folk music and his skill was world class. Free article
Favourable treatment of British soldiers during inquiries is “morally wrong” and “might be outside of the law”
5 April 2012
A report by the University of Ulster into the independence of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) has said that British soldiers were given favourable treatment and that certain cases were not investigated properly. Free article
Slight decrease in unemployment rate is evidence of emigration and not job creation
5 April 2012
A slight fall in the number of people signing onto the Live Register does not indicate that the unemployment rate is falling and instead highlights the continued emigration of young people, says Sinn Féin. Free article
ICC cannot investigate Israeli war crimes in Gaza because “Palestine is not a state”
4 April 2012
The International Criminal Court has ruled that it cannot investigate Israel for alleged war crimes during its 22 day siege of Gaza in the winter of 2008/2009 because it has no jurisdiction in what is not a full UN member state. Despite Palestinian statehood being recognized by 130 countries , it is still only recognized as a UN observer instead of a full member. Free article
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