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5 January 2016 Edition

Agreement on a ‘Fair Recovery’ agenda would be a game-changer

5 January 2016

CUTS TO PUBLIC SERVICES, job losses, dismantling of the welfare state, and political disregard for the special circumstances of the North are the distinctive hallmarks of the present British Government’s agenda. Free article

Raic san AE faoi Gás na Rúise

5 January 2016

CÉ GO GCLOISEANN muid a lán baoth-chaint faoi phrionsabail chómhsheasaimh an Aontais Eorpaigh, níor dhearnadh aon phlé sna meáin Éireannacha faoin raic mhor idir an Iodáil agus an Ghearmáin mar gheall ar an Rúis, smachtbhannaí agus soláthar gáis. Free article

Legal discrimination against former political prisoners must be ended

5 January 2016

LEGAL DISCRIMINATION against former political prisoners must be ended, the Director of Coiste na nIarchimí, the republican ex-prisoners’ support group, has said. Free article

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War is over but equal citizenship denied to ex-prisoners

5 January 2016

“POLITICAL EX-PRISONERS face legal discrimination every day of their lives,” said Michael Culbert, Director of Coiste na nIarchimí, the republican ex-prisoners’ suport network. “The war is over yet for former political prisoners the legacy of their convictions is still being used against them.” Free article

Mianta na Bliana Úire do 2016

5 January 2016

BHUEL, tá sé linn ar deireadh – 2016 – agus is fiú dúinn spleáchadh a thabhairt ar an ród seo romhainn agus na mianta gur mhaith linn a fhéiceáil curtha i gcrích faoi dheireadh na bliana. Is é sin, céard gur mhaith linn a bheith bainte amach faoin am a thagann an Nollaig seo chugainn, a dhéanfadh an saol níos fearr do chuile Éireannach. Free article

Goals win more than games

5 January 2016

CONFORMITY is a powerful social force. Come January each year, we’re exhorted to make public promises of changes we intend to keep. Media, advertising and even friends or family may all play a part in the annual exhibition of empty gestures known as New Year’s resolutions. Invisibly, imperceptibly, each of us is expected to conform with this tradition. A tradition which apparently goes as far back as the Roman Empire Free article


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