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BY MARK MOLONEY

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THE SINN FÉIN group on Dublin City Council is to nominate group leader Councillor Larry O’Toole for the position of Mayor of Dublin when the City Council holds its Annual Meeting to elect the Mayor on Monday evening.

Sinn Féin Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha called on all groups on the Council to co-operate to elect mayors from each group in rotation for the remaining term... Free article

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL in Ireland has launched an online petition to have the Fine Gael/Labour Party Government ensure everyone has the right to equal access to quality healthcare.

Sinn Féin’s elected representatives have already signed up to the 'Healthcare Guaranteed' campaign and you are being asked to sign the online petition.

The petition says:

Dear Taoiseach, Tánaiste and... Free article

GAA broadcasting legend Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh is among the speakers at the ‘Uniting Ireland – Towards A New Republic’ meeting in Cork on Saturday evening.

Views will be heard not just on the aspiration of a united Ireland but the practical, positive measures needed to achieve reunification and the benefits of an all-Ireland republic.

Other speakers who will be discussing... Free article

CONDOLENCES have been extended by Gerry Adams TD on behalf of Sinn Féin to the family, friends and comrades of South African former government minister Kader Asmal (76), who died at his home in Cape Town on Wednesday. Kader spent almost 30 years in exile in Ireland during the apartheid regime’s rule and led the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement as well being a civil rights... Free article

GERRY ADAMS has urged TDs from all parties to "quietly visit"' the Six Counties after the street violence in east Belfast to meet representative groups and individuals and to see at first-hand the issues.

Earlier, Taoiseach Enda Kenny condemned the street violence in Belfast and told TDs in the Dáil:

This is a situation that obviously demands our serious attention.

I have... Free article

European Conference marking Statewatch's 20th anniversary
Programme and Registration form: http://www.statewatch.org/conference/conference.pdf
Book Online: http://www.statewatch.org/ordering/order.html

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Civil liberties, the state and the EU
European Conference marking Statewatch’s 20th anniversary
Saturday 25 June 2011, 10.00 am  17.30 pm
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