14 February 2008 Edition
Public confidence exists now for transfer of policing and justice
14 February 2008
THE Good Friday Agreement will be 10 years old in April. While there remains much work to be done to ensure its full implementation, considerable progress has been made. Free article
Adams calls on Ahern to name date for referendum
14 February 2008
SINN FÉIN members from across Ireland met in Dublin at the weekend to finalise plans for the party's campaign in opposition to the Lisbon Treaty. Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams welcomed Bertie Ahern's comments that the referendum would take place in the summer but he called on him to name the date so that the real debate can begin. Free article
Sinn Féin uncovers HSE plan to slash hospital services
14 February 2008
MEATH Sinn Féin Councillor Joe Reilly has obtained internal Health Service Executive documents revealing that Our Lady's Hospital in Navan will be reduced to the status of a day hospital by mid-2009 if plans being discussed within the North-East Health HSE for services in the four counties are put into effect. Free article
Sinn Féin Munster Cúige : Packed AGM exudes confidence and purpose
14 February 2008
OVER a hundred Sinn Féin activists from across Munster packed the Hibernian Hotel in Mallow last Sunday for the Munster Cúige AGM. Republicans from Kerry to Waterford, north Clare to south Cork, and all points in between, came to the meeting confident of the future and determined to make Sinn Féin in Munster a force to be reckoned with across the province. Free article
Standing up for the Irish language
14 February 2008
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams MP MLA, writing recently in the Irish-language newspaper Lá Nua, outlined Sinn Fein's priorities for the Irish language, the party's record on the language, and its vision for the future. Here, we reprint that important article in English. Free article
'No credibility' in Taoiseach's claim of Dáil privilege
14 February 2008
THE decision by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to challenge the Mahon Tribunal in the High Court "undermines his claim to be co-operating totally with the Tribunal", according to Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. Free article
McShane not under threat - Maskey
14 February 2008
SINN FÉIN Policing and Justice spokesperson Alex Maskey MLA has told An Phoblacht that West Belfast man Roy McShane, a self-confessed informer for British Intelligence, is not under threat from republicans. Free article