13 December 2001 Edition

Sinn Féin backs National Housing Authority

13 December 2001

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Housing, councillor Seán Crowe has slammed the government for failing to address the housing crisis and abandoning thousands of families in sub standard accommodation. Crowe has backed calls from the National Economic and Social Forum calling for a National Housing Authority to be established. Free article

Sinn Féin oppose RUC/PSNI drugs debate invite

13 December 2001

A dozen Sinn Féin activists picketed a West Belfast restaurant, on Friday 7 December, in protest against the RUC/PSNI. Free article

Cnámh Droma

13 December 2001

A truly amazing project has started amongst the families of republican ex-prisoners. It's called Cnámh Droma, a Gaelic name which means, appropriately, 'back bone'. The name represents all those people who feel that they have borne and continue to bear the brunt of the republican struggle over the years, even though they have not been recognised for doing so - namely, the families of republican prisoners, ex-prisoners, displaced people and all those who have given so much of their lives during the years of conflict in Ireland. Free article

Are we ready for independence?

13 December 2001

Ireland has embraced capitalism and is now facing the consequences, writes Robert Allen: we need to rethink and refine the republican analysis. Free article

Eircom fiasco exposed

13 December 2001

This week Eircom's short life as public company ended and so did one of the most appalling chapters in the history of free market fiascos in the Irish economy. Shareholders, who invested in the company in 1999, were left with a loss of one third of their initial investment. There was no shareholder or stakeholder democracy. There was mismanagement, misinformation as a hugely profitable company became easy pickings for transnational vultures. Free article

Page 1 of 2

European Arrest Warrant attacks civil rights

13 December 2001

Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caolain has expressed his opposition to the proposed European Arrest Warrant. Ó Caoláin slammed the rushing through the Dáil of the motion approving the warrant proposal. Free article

Welfare increases too little too late - Ó Caoláin

13 December 2001

Speaking in the Dáil debate on the Social Welfare Bill, which implements Budget changes, Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said the government had ensured that the past four and a half years of prosperity had benefited the better off most. Free article

Irish Campaigner Arrested in London

13 December 2001

Irish civil rights campaign worker and Mayo man, Dominic Cosgrove, claimed this week that he has been the victim of a British state set up. Free article

Donegal Sinn Féin Councillor to retire

13 December 2001

Veteran Sinn Féin Inishowen Councillor Jim Ferry has announced his intention to retire from Buncrana Urban District Council at the end of the year. Free article

Day out for Holy Cross kids

13 December 2001

The Betsy Gray Sinn Féin cumann, in Ballynahinch, and South Down Ógra Shinn Féin brought a party of girls from the Holy Cross Girls school and their parents to County Down last Sunday, 9 December, for a day out. Free article


An Phoblacht
44 Parnell Sq.
Dublin 1
Ireland