23 October 2008 Edition
Imeachtaí / Events
CORK
FUNCTION: Sinn Féin Election Fundraiser, Saturday 25 October (Jazz weekend) 9pm, Blackrock GAA Club Cork City featuring Shebeen & Spirit of Freedom, Táille 10, for tickets contact Cork Sinn Féin office, 136 Barrack Street. Tel 021 4311389.COMMEMORATION: Hunger strikers Commemoration in honour of the Five Cork men who died on hungerstrike – Terence MacSwiney, Joe Murphy, Donnacha De Barra, Michael Fitzgerald and Andy Sullivan. 1pm Sunday 26 October. Assemble at Joe Murphy House, Pouladuff Road, Ballyphehane, Cork City, Carrick-on-Suir RFB in attendance. Speakers Ken Ahern and Henry Cremin.
COMMEMORATION: 3rd Captain Paddy McCarthy commemoration. 11am Sunday 2 Nov 2008. Captain Paddy McCarthy Park Clare Road, Milstreet to Mill Lane. Parade will be led by Millstreet pipe band and colour party. Main speaker Martin Ferris TD. Contact Noel Keating 0879532358
DUBLIN
RALLY. Rally in support of BATU (Buliding and Allied Trade Union) strikers, 8pm Friday 24 October. Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square. Speaker: Dave Beggs ICTU. Fundraiser afterwards in Teachers’ Club.
PROTEST. Health protest 1-2pm Saturday 1 November, Our Lady’s Childrens’ Hospital, Crumlin Road.
ANNUAL DINNER DANCE: 8pm Saturday 15 November, Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Street. Táille €75. Live music. Honouree Councillor Larry O’Toole.
PHOTOGRAPIC EXHIBITION: Remembering the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre, 11am Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October. Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, organised by Relatives for Justice, Belfast. Hosted by Irish National Congress.