Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh on Tuesday slammed the Government for cuts to programmes aimed at countering violence against women. He made his comments in the Dáil on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and on the first of 16 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women. Free article

Ag caint ag seoladh Forógra don Gaeilge de chuid Sinn Féin, dúirt Bairbre de Brún, ball d'Ard Chomhairle an pháirtí agus í ina hionadaí do Bhéal Feirste Thiar, dúirt sí: Free article

Last weekend in Belfast two commemoration events were held. One remembered republican activists from the Lagan Valley area who died in the course of the last 30 years of struggle, while a band parade organised by the Éire Nua flute band, was held to mark the 11th anniversary of the RUC killing of IRA Volunteer Pearse Jordan. Free article

On Sunday 23 November, the Charlie Hurley Cumann in Bandon held a commemoration march for the Manchester Martyrs, William O'Mera Allen, Michael Larkin and William O'Brien, on the 137th anniversary of their deaths. The march assembled at the Republican Monument in Connolly Street, with DJ O'Driscoll, chairman of the cumann, welcoming over 200 people. Free article