Sinn Féin TD and Transport spokesperson Seán Crowe has called on Minister Séamus Brennan to scrap his State Airports Bill. Crowe has described the minister's actions as "scandalous and irresponsible". The Minister is "pushing a privatisation agenda against all advice", says Crowe. Free article

Former Irish Times journalist Mary Holland died on Monday night after an illness. Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams expressed condolences to Kitty and Luke Holland on the death of their mother. Adams said: "Mary was a very courageous journalist who will be missed by all who knew her." Also, former An Phoblacht editor RITA O'HARE pays tribute to her friend. Free article

Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe is pictured at the launch of Sinn Féin's Charter for Senior Citizens on Tuesday in Dublin. He pledged that the party will support and actively pursue the political and legislative changes necessary to establish a decent standard of living, full access to services and the right of senior citizens to fully participate in the life of their community. Free article

Suspended Democratic Unionist Party member Arthur Templeton, who was convicted of harassing a fellow member of the Newtownabbey District Policing Partnership (DPP) because he was gay, has been sacked as a member of the DPP. Free article

West Belfast Sinn Féin Assembly member Fra McCann has written to the leader of the Scottish parliament Jack McConnell and NIO Minister Paul Murphy about the ongoing harassment of Celtic supporters when they travel to Parkhead. Free article

Teen Idol isn't a description you readily associate with Sinn Féin local election candidates but Dublin City Councillor Christy Burke could possibly lay claim to the title after he topped a mock ballot held among teenagers in Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's Dublin North Inner City constituency last week. Free article

At the end of last month, the students of Queen's University in Belfast elected five members of the Sheena Campbell Sinn Féin Cumann, which is based in the Belfast university, onto the executive of Queen's Students Union. Among those elected were Patrick Hughes as Vice-President, tipped for the presidency next year, and Caolan Campbell, who was elected to the position of Post Graduate Officer. Free article