THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT has confirmed to the Press Association that Gerry Adams has resigned his seat as MP for West Belfast but did not apply for a position under the British Crown as part of the resignation process.

Earlier, political commentators at Westminster said the Sinn Féin leader was on a collision course with authorities because he wouldn't go through a convoluted,... Free article

THE Government should intervene to get Aer Lingus management to enter talks to end the dispute over imposed rosters and working arrangements, Sinn Féin has said.

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Workers’ Rights Martin Ferris TD said:

Members of the workforce have in effect been locked out and many people have suffered severe inconvenience due to flight cancellations.

This situation... Free article

BOTH the Financial Times today and Reuters over the weekend have been predicting a Fine Gael/Labour Coalition with Labour "posing little danger to Dublin's commitment to fiscal austerity".

Today’s FT editorial predicts:

Fianna Fáil will almost certainly be replaced by a coalition of the centre-right Fine Gael and centre-left Labour parties.

The FT also believes that Fianna Fáil... Free article

SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams has said Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Labour and the Greens are cobbling together a “grubby deal” to get the Finance Bill through before the general election:

What the Taoiseach should do now is go to Áras an Úachtarán immediately and seek the dissolution of the Dáil.

The instability must be brought to end.

It appears that there is to be grubby deal... Free article

FINE GAEL’S offer on Saturday to help the passage of the Government’s Finance Bill has exposed Fine Gael policies as being no different to those of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty said yesterday.

He said the Taoiseach should call a general election now.

Pearse, the party’s Finance spokesperson, said:

Sinn Féin is totally opposed to the Government’s Finance Bill,... Free article

IRELAND’S Hunger Strikes of 1980 and 1981 were a watershed in the Irish republican struggle.

Ten young Irish republican POWS gave their lives to restore political status for their fellow prisoners and defeat the British Government’s attempt to criminalise their struggle.

2011 sees the 30th anniversary of their sacrifice.

This video is about remembering that sacrifice.

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By Vincent Wood

MARGARET THATCHER has been out of office since the early 1990s yet her imprint on Britain and Ireland has outlived her premiership by two decades.

The announcement that Mary Harney is to join the growing list of deserters from a sinking government signals the end of the physical presence of 'Thatcher’s’ children' in government. Whether it marks the end of Irish... Free article

THE TAOISEACH needs to call a general election now because his resignation today as leader of Fianna Fáil only adds to instability, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said.

Fianna Fáil and the Government are in chaos, he said:

Today’s announcement will lead to further instability.

The Government and Fianna Fáil are in chaos. Their focus is not on the problems facing the... Free article

THE Unite trade union has urged people to vote to elect a left-wing government for the first time in Irish history. The union, the second largest in the state and a Labour Party affiliate, has also called on Labour to go into coalition with Sinn Féin and other Left parties and "progressive Independents" to make this happen.

“A vote for Fine Gael is a vote for more Fianna Fáil... Free article

Bloom Movement: A Justice Response to the EU-IMF Loans: Local and Global Perspectives

Public Meeting

The Bloom Movement invites you to a public meeting:

A Justice Response to the EU-IMF Loans: Local and Global Perspectives

Wednesday 26th January @ 7 pm
Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2

Chair: Nessa Ní Chasaide, Debt and Development Coalition Ireland.

Speakers:

Michael Taft... Free article