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14 July, 2005 |
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Ó Sceitimímí go Smidiríní - Ionsaí ar Londain Tar éis ionsaí fíochmhar ar mhuintir Londain Déardaoin seo caite, tiontaíodh an chathair ó sceitimíní go smidiríní. Following the devastating attacks unleashed upon the city of London on Thursday last, a day of joy turned into one of carnage. The appalling and indiscrminate nature of the bomb attacks could not be condoned by reasonable people. With the passing once more of the 12 July, An Draoi Rua delves into the mythology of the Boyne river. What they have said this week Lessons for Ireland in devastating Shell report A devastating new report has been published as part of a week of action in Holland and England coinciding with Shell shareholder meetings. The report, published on 25 June is dedicated to human rights and environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwa and opens with Saro Wiwa's last words before he was hanged with eight other activists on 10 November 1995 for their protests against Shell's dirty practices in Ogoniland. Aid for Africa will be doubled by 2010 to $50 billion, with a renewed commitment to invest in free basic healthcare and education for all Africans. The US government has agreed that "climate change is happening now", urgent action is needed and the G8 as a group will work to develop clean energy technologies. The EU and the US have pledged to act on scrapping agricultural subsidies but have not yet set a date, and a three year $3 billion annual investment in the Palestinian economy was announced. Why we must oppose British ID cards The London atrocities occurred at a time when the British government's plan for compulsory identity cards for all persons in its jurisdiction was running into trouble. Now, under cover of reaction to the horrific attacks, the plan is being accelerated. But this British ID card plan is one of the most serious assaults ever on civil rights and, in the Irish context, on national rights. This year, like every other, television viewers throughout Ireland have witnessed the ludicrous spectacle of the BBC and ITV attempting to present an entirely surreal image of the Orange Order as it struts it sectarian stuff around the Six Counties offering offence at every opportunity. Using political strength to effect change 
NERF Chairperson, Meath County Councillor Joe Reilly, recently spoke to An Phoblacht about the workings of the Forum and what role he wished to see it perform for the party and its reperesentatives in the time ahead. Photo: Republicans are not in political institutions to "serve time or service the system" The trials of Sisyphus and the goal that wasn't After the match on Sunday I don't think Tyrone supporters knew whether to be happy or distraught. Like Sisyphus, they had managed to roll the gigantic boulder to the top of the hill, only to see it tumble past them just as they attained the summit. Now they will have to return on July 23 and start to push it all the way back again. There were two schools of thought on that among Tyrone folk although I noticed that their confidence grew the longer Sunday night went on. Armagh people were relieved and maybe slightly more confident that they will prevail in the replay Overdue biography of Galway revolutionary 
This is a timely biography on the life of a relatively not so well known revolutionary from County Galway, Éamonn Ceannt. Ceannt, one of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation was among the 15 revolutionary leaders who were subsequently executed for their role in the 1916 Rising. Curiously, he is the last of the leaders to have had a biography written about him, though this in itself does no justice to the very significant role that he played in bringing this event about. Photo: Éamonn Ceannt - a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation Haughey series was short on real politics 
It's part of the function of public service broadcasters to get people talking about politics, history and current affairs in their own country. To that extent the recent series on Charles Haughey on RTE succeeded with a big audience. But the biggest problem about the series was that, like Haughey himself, it saw politics as being solely about achieving and retaining governmental office. Photo: Charlie Haughey Centenary history of Sinn Féin A book marking the Centenary of Sinn Féin is on its way. Published shortly will be a unique record of 100 years of struggle. This book tells the story of the Sinn Féin century in the words of Republicans themselves over the ten decades since the organisation was established. Lavishly illustrated, the book is one of the centrepieces of Sinn Féin's centenary programme. Remembering the Past - Michael Davitt 
The Father of the Land League and pioneer of social justice Michael Davitt was born in Straide, Mayo on the 25th of March, 1846. When Michael was six years old, his parents, Martin and Sabina Davitt , were evicted for non payment of rent. Photo: Michael Davitt - founder of the Land League 
PAT RABBITTE, Fine Gael's little helper, has called for an IRA Army Convention so that the IRA can change its constitution to allow a fundamental change in its future. Expanding on Monday's media speculation about the IRA's intentions, Enda Kenny's Number 2 said: "Remember that, last 6th April, Gerry Adams addressed a personal appeal directly to the membership of the IRA - those who make up its Army Convention and who alone have power to make changes to its constitution... Photo: The chump's tea party; or the Kenny-Rabbitte tea party Séamas McElwaine commemoration 
Sinn Féin TDs Martin Ferris(Kerry North) and Arthur Morgan (Louth) lay a wreath at the memorial to IRA Voluteer Séamus McElwaine in County Monaghan on. The wreath laying at a number of republican monuments in Monaghan and along the Fermanagh/Monaghan border formed part of a recent trip to the area by Sinn Féin's Leinster House team. Photo: Sinn Féin TDs Martin Ferris and Arthur Morgan at Séamas McElwaine commemoration |
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