Gilles Duceppe, Canadian MP and leader of the Bloc Quebecois Party, which holds 44 seats in the Canadian Parliament, marched with the Montreal Coalition for Peace in Ireland (CPI) in that city's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Free article

Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Cathal Crumley has resigned as chairperson of the Airport Committee, claiming the financial management of the City of Derry Airport is ``a shambles''. Free article

Horst Kohler is the current president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Horst is also set to become the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Free article

Community radio station NEAR FM, based in Coolock, Dublin, took part in a path breaking 24-hour worldwide radio show, organised by AMARC's `Voices without Frontiers' to mark the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Tuesday, 21 March. The radio show started at 6am in Russia on Tuesday morning, and ended in Australia at 6am Wednesday morning, Irish time. Free article

A north of England campaign is being launched to obtain justice for Robert Hamill, kicked to death in Portadown in 1997 by a loyalist mob within full view of four armed RUC men. Free article

The failure of Dublin Corporation to consult with residents in the city's Ormond Square regarding the construction of a homeless people's hostel has resulted in the plan being blocked. Free article

50,000 workers in Britain are this week pondering a bleak long-term future after the decision by the German BMW group to sell off the Rover Cars company. 9,000 jobs in Rover's Longbridge Operations are under immediate threat ,while 40,000-plus further workers in the West Midlands region, who depend on the Rover company for their economic future, are also facing serious threats to their employment. Free article

Sinn Féin's youth wing, Ógra Shinn Féin, is holding its two-day National Spring School at the Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan Town this weekend. Free article

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) is to hold a special delegate conference today where it is widely expected that the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness (PPF) will be endorsed by a majority of delegates. Free article