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30 November 2023 Edition

'In our thousands and our millions, we are all Palestinians'

30 November 2023

Momentous, inspiring, energising, hopeful, historic. These are some of the words used to describe this year’s Ard Fheis when I spoke with various attendees. Free article

Dlúthpháirtíocht anam an phoblachtánachais

30 November 2023

Don dara bliain as a chéile bhí an deis agam fáilte a chur roimh an lucht féachana a bhí ag breathnú isteach ar Ard Fheis Shinn Féin ó bhaile, nó ó thar sáile, ar bheoshruth a bhí á craoladh againn in Áth Luain. Free article

Athghabháil na Gaeilge in Sinn Féin: An Chéad Chéim Eile

30 November 2023

Is le dúthracht agus le díograis a phléigh gach glúin de phoblachtánaigh na hÉireann leis an nGaeilge agus lenár gcultúr dúchais. Ó aimsir Thomas Davis go haimsir Thomas McElwee, tugadh fé athghabháil ár dteanga le flosc, le fonn is le fís. Labhair Liam Mellows, cuirim i gcás, ní hamháin ar cheist fhisiciúil agus eacnamaíoch na streachailte, ach ar cheist an chultúir leis, ag áiteamh “[that] mental freedom must go hand in hand with political freedom”. Free article

We are bearing witness to war crimes

30 November 2023

All across Ireland, republican activists and political representatives have been participating in the ongoing solidarity protests with the people of Palestine. Here, we focus on two just aspects in a range of actions in support of Palestine. We carry the address made by Sinn Féin President Mary Lou MacDonald at the 18 November rally in Dublin and an edited version of the contributions made by Sinn Féin TDs in the Dáil on Tuesday 14 November. Free article

Working for you across Ireland

30 November 2023

Kathleen Funchion TD and Jemma Dolan MLA tell us of the challenges of being elected representatives in their areas. Kathleen Funchion singles out the issue of domestic violence and the challenges of tackling this when resources to help victims are thin on the ground. Jemma Dolan writes of more than 40 years of a Fermanagh constituency office and the challenges of poverty, housing, and healthcare on the ground in a rural area. Free article

A shared history of resilience

30 November 2023

By June 2023, there were over 83,000 Ukrainian refugees spread in communities all across Ireland. Karina Savchuk is Ukrainian and lives in Ireland. Here, she gives an insight into the experience of recently arrived refugees from the war in Ukraine. Free article


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