Remembering Thomas McGuigan
22 March 2024
An Phoblacht would have been helpless without its drivers. They delivered the paper all over Ireland in challenging dangerous conditions. Earlier this month we were saddened to learn of the death of Thomas McGuigan, one of these valiant republican road warriors. Free article
Muriel Barr RIP – Housing and civil rights veteran of Free Derry
1 March 2012
MURIEL BARR passed away at the Foyle Hospice in Derry on 12 January and in her passing the republican community lost a woman of Ireland in every sense of the word.
Muriel was born in Limerick into an old established Irish family, the O’Farrells. Her maternal grandmother was one of the Considines of Ennis. Both families had strong connections to the Irish language and history... Free article
10 things you need to know about the Eurozone austerity treaty
29 February 2012
ON 31 JANUARY 2012, the Fine Gael/Labour Government signed up to the Eurozone austerity treaty. Here are 10 things you need to know about the new agreement.
- The reason we have this treaty is because ‘core’ EU member states (like Germany and France) want to impose stricter fiscal discipline on ‘peripheral’ EU economies like Ireland, Portugal and Greece. The aim of the treaty is... Free article
Republicans urged to be ‘courageous’ in reconciliation initiatives
29 February 2012
IN a major article in the current edition of An Phoblacht, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney urges republicans to be “courageous” and “prepared to go the extra mile” in reaching out to the unionist and Protestant community.
“Reconciliation means being willing to have uncomfortable conversations,” the senior Sinn Féin figure warns, adding:
“A deep suspicion remains... Free article
Forcing fracking on Fermanagh – Minister told ‘Ireland is not Qatar’
28 February 2012
FERMANAGH & SOUTH TYRONE Sinn Féin MLA Phil Flanagan has told Assembly Minister Arlene Foster that ‘Ireland is not Qatar’ after the DUP MLA justified imposing fracking here on the grounds that gas exploration has not damaged tourism in the Middle East kingdom.
“Arlene’s statement is ridiculous,” the Sinn Féin MLA said after the Enterprise, Trade & Investment Minister cited... Free article
Republican Youth Congress in Dublin this weekend
28 February 2012
ÓIGE PHOBLACHT COMHDHÁIL / SINN FÉIN REPUBLICAN YOUTH CONGRESS
Ballybough Community Centre, Ballybough Road, Dublin 3 (Close to Croke Park)
Friday 2nd March (registration 4:30pm) and Saturday 3rd March (Start 10am).
Craic, ceoil, debate, discussion and keynote speakers! Full catering and accommodation provided.
For further details please contact:
Donnchadh 086 881 9653 or Free article
Parties unite in call for EU treaty referendum
6 February 2012
CAMPAIGN AGAINST AUSTERITY TREATY LAUNCHED | PEOPLE MUST BE GIVEN THEIR SAY
SINN FÉIN is part of a new broad front campaign recently launched to demand a referendum on the proposed EU austerity treaty otherwise known as the fiscal compact treaty.
Announced on 24 January, the Campaign Against Austerity Treaty (CAAT) includes Sinn Féin, the United Left Alliance parties and the... Free article
United Ireland ‘inevitable’ Martin McGuinness tells packed conference
6 February 2012
DERRY UNITING IRELAND RALLY | MILLENNIUM FORUM PACKED TO RAFTERS
BY PEADAR WHELAN
“WELCOME to Londonderry, Basil”, replied Martin McGuinness to Ulster Unionist MLA Basil McCrea’s challenge as the latest in Sinn Féin’s series of Uniting Ireland conferences got underway in Derry on... Free article
La Senza women make a stand for all workers
6 February 2012
OCCUPATION SPOKESPERSON TALKS TO AN PHOBLACHT | SOLIDARITY AND STRENGTH FROM SO MANY PEOPLE
ON MONDAY 9 JANUARY 2011, a group of women workers from the La Senza lingerie chain occupied the company’s store in Liffey Valley, Clondalkin, west Dublin, after the company had sacked them and withheld their... Free article
Sectarian attackers leave Catholic youth for dead
6 February 2012
LOYALIST MOB CHASES TEEN THROUGH HOUSE AFTER FILM CREW CAR SMASHED UP
» BY PEADAR WHELAN
JAMES TURLEY thought he would die at the hands of the sectarian gang that attacked him as he worked as a film extra in the loyalist Village area of South Belfast.
The 18-year-old... Free article
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