30 September 2012 Edition
Pensioners in the firing line
30 September 2012
THE Fine Gael/Labour Government is firmly putting pensioners and the elderly in general in the firing line in respect of further social welfare cuts being planned in the next budget. Premium service article
A top-gear action epic
30 September 2012
Dredd Director: Pete Travis Cast: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Wood Harris, Lena Headey and Domhnall Gleeson 95 mins (18) Free article
Teitheadh na dTeifeach
30 September 2012
AN TSEACHTAIN seo caite fuair an dream atá ag fanacht in Ionad Fhoráil Dhíreach i nGaillimh, Lisbrook, faoiseamh shealadach ón mbagairt go mbogfaí fud, fad na tíre iad, mar go bhfuil sé le dúnadh. Teifigh ón Afraic agus an Meán Oirthear is mó atá ag fanacht i Lisbrook, a bhíodh ina óstán IBIS tráth - 273 duine ar fad, idir fhir & mná singil agus clanna. Tá cuid mhaith do na daoine seo ag lorg tearmann in Éireann le hós cionn 7, nó 8, de bhlianta agus gan aon tuairim acu cén uair a dtabharfar breith ar a n-iarratais. Premium service article
Inside the An Phoblacht Archives 2002
30 September 2012
SUBSCRIBERS to An Phoblacht will eventually be able to access all our available archives online at www.anphoblacht.com which are in the process of being digitalised – a labour-intensive and time-consuming process but one which we are progressing as quickly as we can. At the moment we have succeeded in putting online editions from 2012 back to 2001 (as well as back issues of IRIS – The Republican Magazine) and here we take a look back at what was in An Phoblacht – then published weekly – a decade ago, in the year 2002. Free article
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The Hillsborough Tragedy, 1989 – Playing games with the truth
30 September 2012
‘A SUDDEN and striking realisation.’ That’s the definition of an epiphany. Which is precisely what happened as I was giving two friends a lift down the Falls Road within days of the Hillsborough disaster report being published. Free article
Chairman Meow
30 September 2012
Abu Dhabi Doo!
IN THESE tough times under a Fine Gael government — when you can’t afford a holiday or basic necessities — take comfort in the knowledge that your money is being put to good use by letting others get away on a much-needed break.
Fine Gael bootboy Phil Hogan might be putting the screws on local councils but that isn’t stopping Wicklow Fine Gael Councillor... Free article