For the first time ever, a delegation representing the interests of all Irish farmers and people living in rural areas went to Brussels this week to discuss with the EU Commission on Agriculture future arrangements under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) review and how these will affect people in Ireland. Free article

West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has called on British Enterprise Trade and Employment minister, Ian Pearson, to act quickly after the announcement by Desmonds that it is to shed 482 jobs with the closure of its Omagh, Swatragh and Irvinestown factories. Free article

Welcome to theland of two economies, two realities, two separate Irelands, writes ROBBIE SMYTH. Free article

Four Sinn Féin Councillors in Dublin have initiated a campaign to try and save number 16 Moore Street from the demolition squad. The final surrender of the Easter Rising took place in the house, but it's now causing a headache for developers who want to build a new shopping and commercial precinct on its site. Free article

A man who served nine years in prison for an offence he didn't commit had his conviction quashed in the High Court in Belfast this week. Free article

Up to 20 membersof Ógra Shinn Féin held a demonstration in Tralee onSaturday 3 May against the postponement of the Assembly Elections inthe Six Counties. Free article