THERE should be no “golden handshakes” on top of wasted millions spent for the members of the so-called Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC), which presented its final report to the British and Irish governments on Monday, Sinn Féin has said.

The IMC was set up in 2004 to report on activity by non-state armed groups but has been roundly opposed by republicans for having no... Free article

SINN Féin President Gerry Adams TD has expressed his “deep sadness” at the news of the death of journalist and RTÉ broadcaster Gerald Barry. Gerry Adams said:

Gerald Barry’s distinctive voice and incisive and probing interview style were sadly missing during the recent election campaign.

Gerald was a thoughtful and fair journalist and broadcaster.

His death is a deep loss... Free article

BRIAN MOORE, the political and social cartoonist better known to and loved by readers of Republican News and An Phoblacht/Republican News as ‘Cormac’, passed away on Saturday night.

Brian was a republican and a socialist. He supported the struggle for freedom and the Peace Process.

His cartoons were incisive and funny. And for many readers the back page was the first they read... Free article

THE former Assembly member for Mid-Ulster and current Secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust, Danny Morrison, will officially launch the National Hunger Strike Exhibition in the Strule Arts Centre on Monday evening at 8pm.

Speaking ahead of the launch, Danny said:

The Hunger Strikes of 1980 and 1981 were defining moments in recent Irish history. As one of the negotiators at that time,... Free article

Joan Burton should have been made Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. She was not. Why? Because a man wanted the job. Not a better qualified man. Not even an equally qualified man. Burton, an accountant, has been Labour’s finance spokeswoman for nine years. She is tough, not least because she’s taken part in far too many meetings at which she was the only woman.... Free article

A COMMEMORATION will take place in County Donegal on Sunday 13th March at 2.30pm to mark the 23rd anniversary of Caoimhín Mac Brádaigh, who was killed along with two other nationalists by a loyalist attacker at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast on 16th March 1988.

This Sunday’s commemoration will start at Paddy Óg’s in Crolly and proceed to Caoimhín’s monument at Leo’s in... Free article

A UNITED STATES Congressional Hearing will be heard in Washington DC on Wednesday into the ‘Ballymurphy Massacre’ carried out by the British Army in west Belfast in 1971.

Two days after internment, 11 civilians – including a local priest and a mother of eight children – were shot dead by the British Army’s Parachute Regiment.

None of those killed had any connection to any armed... Free article

GERRY ADAMS TD has expressed his sadness at the news of the death of Seán Cronin and extended his sincere condolences to Seán ‘s wife Reva and family circle.

The Sinn Féin president said:

Seán Cronin was a pivotal figure in Irish republicanism for decades but particularly during the 1950s. He was an author who wrote the definitive book on Irish nationalism and other books... Free article

A TORY MINISTER cancelled a visit to west Belfast after Sinn Féin organised protests against Conservative/Lib Dem Government cuts.

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NEWLY-ELECTED Sinn Féin TDs Mary Lou McDonald and Sandra McLellan have said that women’s rights will be a priority for their party in the new Dáil.

Deputies McDonald and McLellan were launching five priorities for Sinn Féin in the new Dåil to mark International Women’s Day.

Speaking at Leinster House, Mary Lou said:

It is very clear that inequality is as real and rampant as... Free article