SINN FÉIN'S Finance Department has launched a new campaign to put the party on a firm financial footing through monthly donations to the party by Standing Order. Sinn Féin Director of Finance Des Mackin outlines the reason for the initiative and its importance as a means of securing vital resources while enabling people to make a real contribution to the republican project. Free article

THE second of two public meetings held in the Ireland Institute last Thursday, 8 May, heard the views of prominent journalist Frank Connolly and historian Dr Mary Cullen on 'The State of the Nation'. Free article

I BELIEVE that this is an opportune time for the building of new political relationships throughout the island. Brian Cowen has been confirmed as Taoiseach; Peter Robinson will shortly be elected as First Minister of the Northern Executive. Free article

Bhí dea-sceala ann an tseachtain seo go bhfuil 135 post úr le cruthú ag Saotharlann Randox i dtáirgeadh agus taighde ina mhonarcha sa Chlochán Liath i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall. Free article

WHILE I was intrigued to discover recently (via an anonymous but trusted source) that my driving skills are a source of some mirth to certain parties who are regaled by a certain other party who shall remain nameless about my Fernando Alonsoesque command of the road, that is nothing to my difficulties involving mobile phones. Free article

IF YOU search for the song title, The Offaly Rover, on the Irish Times website you find it in three articles on the Thursday after Brian Cowen's election as Taoiseach, three more in Saturday's edition and it was still going strong on Monday. Free article

An Phoblacht's famous weekly satirical column. Free article