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30 March 2014 Edition

Using smartphones for campaign video

30 March 2014

MOST modern smartphones can now record high-quality video and audio for uploading to social media networks like Youtube and Vimeo. Here are a few tips for making the best use of them. Free article

High Noon for unionism

30 March 2014

ON ST PATRICK’S DAY, Belfast Mayor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir held a reception for Irish-language enthusiasts in City Hall. As Gaeilgeoirí arrived in family groups, or in knots of teenagers out for a bit of craic, unionist flag protesters who had gathered outside Belfast’s civic building hurled abuse at them. Premium service article

BELFAST: Sinn Féin making it a City Hall for all

30 March 2014

OVER the past year, Sinn Féin in Belfast City Council have been pushing the Council to invest £105million in new leisure facilities across Belfast. Free article

Martina Anderson – An MEP making a difference

30 March 2014

An Phoblacht considered itself lucky for DALE MOORE to get the opportunity to speak to Martina about herself and her past roles, her current roles and how she views May’s European elections. Premium service article

Desperate to change the subject

30 March 2014

WHAT do you do when you are losing an argument? Do you admit you are wrong? Do you concede the point? Not if you’re in Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael or Labour you don’t. Free article

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Marion Steenson – Laoch imeasc na mBan

30 March 2014

MARION STEENSON (neé Murphy) is a formidable woman. She had to be. As a youthful 87-year-old, the most striking thing about meeting her is the clarity with which she recalls her upbringing in a republican household steeped in history and the fearless way in which she still espouses her beliefs without fear or favour. Free article

Morgan Kelly sets the cat among the pigeons

30 March 2014

THE UCD economist Morgan Kelly has certainly put the cat among the pigeons with his warning that a new European Central Bank ‘clean-up’ of Irish banks (a new stress test which is on the way) could force large numbers of small business throughout the state to collapse, with the loss of thousands of jobs. Premium service article

1969 Liosta Laochra na Poblachta – Republican Roll of Honour 2014

30 March 2014

Fuair siad bás ar son saoirse na hÉireann – They died for Irish freedom Free article

2014 Republican Roll of Remembrance

30 March 2014

Fuair siad bás ar son Saoirse na hÉireann – They died for Irish Freedom Free article

Centenary of Cumann na mBan

30 March 2014

THE founding of Cumann na mBan in 1914 was an important step both in the assertion of women’s role in Irish politics and in the radicalisation of Irish nationalist politics itself. Free article


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