Sinn Féin Sligo/Leitrim election candidate Councillor Seán MacManus has called for government action to bring an end to the massive level of red tape and bureaucracy involved in farming. Free article

This week, a government minister resigned and two "powerful" people tried to mount a secret court action to prevent their names being published in the High Court inquiry into the 120 Irish citizens who had tax avoiding offshore bank accounts in the Cayman islands. Could we agree with a report published last week by the Rowntree Trust that "corruption is a central theme of Irish political life"? Free article

For the first time in over 20 years, a Sinn Féin cumann has been formed in the St James area of West Belfast. Free article

Sinn Féin in Galway East have selected Daithí Mac a' Bhaird as their candidate in the forthcoming general election. Mac a'Bhaird was selected at a convention in Loughrea on Saturday 6 April attended by delegates from across the constituency. Free article

Tar Isteach, the republican ex-prisoner group in Dublin, launched its website recently Free article