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3 March, 2005

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Our man in Meath

Joe Reilly (centre foreground) with Sinn Fein's TDs

It would be easier to get Ian Paisley to a Sinn Féin Céad Bliain event than it is to get Joe Reilly for an interview these days. With all the canvassing, leafleting, travelling around the country and press conferences he's been doing in the run-up to the Meath by-election on 11 March, Reilly proved a difficult man to pin down.

Photo: Joe Reilly (centre foreground) with Sinn Fein's TDs

They're coming from far and wide

Joe Reilly, Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness enjoy the snow on the campaign trail in Trim

Warned only by a loudspeaker calling on voters to back Councillor Joe Reilly on 11 March, the relative quiet of a Saturday afternoon in February is shattered for a small town in Meath by the arrival of a long convoy of Sinn Féin vehicles.

Photo: Joe Reilly, Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness enjoy the snow on the campaign trail in Trim

A Constitution for Europe?

Sinn Féin's Director of European Affairs, EOIN O'BROIN, looks at the detail of the proposed EU Constitution

Who is saying No to the EU Constitution?

In the third of a series of articles on the EU Constitution, Sinn Féin's Director of European Affairs, Eoin O'Broin, looks at some of the progressive voices from across Europe who are saying No.

Carson's cousin christened Sinn Féin - Fearghal O'Hanlon Memorial Lecture 2005

Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD delivered the lecture

Almost one hundred people attended the 23rd Annual Feargal O'Hanlon Memorial Lecture in the Lakeside Hotel in Monaghan last Sunday afternoon. The event was organised by the Monaghan town cumann of Sinn Féin and was presided over by local chairperson Martin Lynn. The guest speaker was Dublin South Central Dáil Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh.

Photo: Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD delivered the lecture

Nach Breá an Spórt é!

It does us all good to celebrate our victories, even if it is in the 'foreign' sport of rugby, writes AN DRAOI RUA

Nelson ousted - Remembering the Past

On 8 March 1966, 39 years ago, Vice-Admiral Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson was removed from his pillar in O'Connell Street. Nelson's Pillar was, as the name would suggest, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson, located in the centre of O'Connell Street in Dublin.

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