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
London conference for 30th anniversary of 1981 H-Blocks Hunger Strike
1 June 2011
Registration/further info for the 18th June London conference to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Hunger Strike is at: [email protected]
Registration/further info for the 18th June London conference to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Hunger Strike is at: [email protected]
DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL BACKS INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO MURDER OF COUNCILLOR EDDIE FULLERTON
31 May 2011
DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL has passed a motion with cross-party support calling for an independent public inquiry into the murder of Donegal Councillor Eddie Fullerton.
Eddie Fullerton (56) was shot dead in his Buncrana home in front of his wife, Diana, on Saturday 25th May 1991 in an attack claimed by the Ulster Defence Association but which is suspected of being orchestrated by... Free article
MEDIA REPUBLIC . . . VARADKAR, BRUTON AND KENNY LEAVE COALITION MEDIA STRATEGY IN CHAOS
31 May 2011
SOLO RUNS OR WHERE'S 'COLLECTIVE CABINET RESPONSIBILITY'?
SO, with not even 100 days of the Fine Gael/Labour Coalition in power, one thing is clear: the new government has no communications strategy.
Fine Gael ministers are falling over themselves to offer contradictory comment on the intricacies of government policy while their Labour counterparts are suspiciously... Free article
Whistleblower phoneline launched by Transparency International
26 May 2011
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Sinn Féin leaders meet President Obama during Ireland visit
24 May 2011
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams TD and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP met US President Barack Obama when he visited Dublin.
The Irish republican leaders spoke to the President about the current situation in the Middle East and Gerry Adams raised the case of the undocumented Irish in the USA.
Speaking after the visit and the successful College Green event, Gerry... Free article
VIDEO > Paul Maskey to contest Gerry Adams's Westminster seat
22 May 2011
PAUL MASKEY, Sinn Féin MLA for West Belfast, has been selected to run for the Westminster seat of West Belfast in the by-election which has been set for June 9th.
Declaring that he was honoured to have been selected, Paul said:
Last year, Gerry Adams, as MP for West Belfast, took the very courageous step to stand for election in County Louth, with the commitment to challenge... Free article
AFTER QUEEN ELIZABETH’S VISIT – GERRY ADAMS WRITES: ‘BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE’
22 May 2011
BY GERRY ADAMS TD
President of Sinn Féin
THE PEACE PROCESS has created the space in which the possibility of a different kind of relationship between the people of this island and between Ireland and Britain has been made possible.
That relationship is still evolving. Nationalists and unionists in the North are engaged in a unique power-sharing and partnership mode of governance –... Free article
Queen Elizabeth's Dublin Castle speech will be judged by her government's actions
19 May 2011
GERRY ADAMS says he believes the expression of sincere sympathy in Queen Elizabeth’s speech at Dublin Castle last night for "those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past" is genuine but added:
The import of the Queen of England’s remarks tonight will be judged by the actions of her government in the time ahead.
The Sinn Féin leader said:
I believe that her... Free article
Supreme Court victory for families of SAS killings
18 May 2011
THE INQUEST into the killing by the SAS of Martin McCaughey and Dessie Grew in October 1990 must fully and thoroughly investigate allegations of a shoot-to-kill operation by the SAS, the Supreme Court ruled today.
Solicitors Madden & Finucane described it as “a major victory” for the men’s families.
Madden & Finucane said the case was taken because the PSNI had tried to prevent... Free article
Bullet in post to new MLA: McMullan asking questions of Post Office and PSNI
18 May 2011
THE NEWLY-ELECTED Sinn Féin MLA for East Antrim, Oliver McMullan, is holdING urgent meetings with the Post Office and the PSNI after a number of bullets were posted to people in the north and east Antrim areas.
As well as receiving a bullet in the post with a card claiming it was from the “Loyalist Action Force”.
Similar threats were sent to figures in the GAA in Larne and... Free article
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