2 February 2006 Edition
Incredible finishes - on the field and in the ring
2 February 2006
Last Sunday's Junior All-Ireland semi-final between Ardfert and Monaghan Harps certainly lived up to its billing. Indeed it was possibly the most incredible finish to any game I have ever seen and will long live in the memories of all who were there. Sweet ones for Ardfert. A nightmare for the Harps. Free article
Trial by media?
2 February 2006
Republicans neither like nor respect the media and for good reason; it is largely biased against all things progressive and especially republican. But despite the yellow press methods of the tabloids and the sanctimonious hypocrisy of the Irish Times and RTÉ, we should not lose our perspective on the media. It is the abuse and undemocratic control of media power that we object to, not the media itself. Free article
Film Review - Stylish thriller fails to connect events and context
2 February 2006
Munich purports to be the story of how the Israeli secret service Mossad, tracked and assassinated those it held responsible for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre of Israeli athletes. Free article
Triail le Meáin
2 February 2006
Le linn na trialach do mharú Robert Holohan a tháinig chun deiridh coicís ó shin agus Wayne O'Donoghue ciontaithe as ucht a bháis, chuaigh na meáin chumarsáide i mbun aon chlú a bhí ag O'Donoghue a scrios. Cuireadh ina leith gur pídeaféileach a bhí ann in ainneoin gan aon fhianaise chruinn ag tacú leis an tuairim sin. Free article
Civil Rights veteran Coretta Scott King dies
2 February 2006
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has expressed his regret at the death of Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King who died On Tuesday 31 January, in Atlanta. Free article