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Ishai Menuchin is a major in the Israeli Army, but he is better known as the spokesperson and chairperson of Yesh Gvul (There is a limit), a peace organisation in Israel that works against the occupation of Palestine and in support of those soldiers who refuse duties of an aggressive or repressive nature. Sinn Féin exposes government lurch to the right Sinn Féin TDs will today launch a document entitled NO RIGHT TURN to highlight the Fianna Fáil/PD government's continuing and expanding adoption of right wing policies. Crowe calls for rethink on Aer Rianta "This is government by dictat and exposes the sham of partnership politics" said Sinn Féin TD Sean Crowe after Fianna Fail minister for Transport Seamus Brennan announced this week that he would not allow an independent review of his plans to break up Aer Rianta into three competing airports. Sinn Féin Dáil spokesperson on Education, Seán Crowe, attended a demonstration against the proposed cuts in childcare support for VTOS schemes organised by the Dublin City PP branch of the Teachers Union of Ireland outside the Department of Education, Marlborough Street on Wednesday afternoon. Prison privatisation must be rejected Government plans to privatise Irish prisons have come under sharp criticism from a group of prominent academics, barristers and human rights advocates. Warm reception for SF at National Ploughing Championships Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP, along with party colleagues Martin Ferris TD, Cllr Gerry McHugh, Cllr Joe Reilly and Munster EU candidate David Cullinane, on Tuesday attended the National Ploughing Championships in County Meath, where the party had a stand for the first time. A roundup of sectarian attacks across the Six Counties McBride breaks wall of silence in London Tony Blair received a sharp political blow last Thursday, as a huge Labour majority in the previous safe seat of Brent East in north London was overturned, with the Liberal Democrat candidate securing a stunning a victory for her party. One of the night's other significant results was that of Kelly McBride, who stood in the constituency as part of the ongoing campaign for justice for her brother Peter, shot dead by Scots Guards in Belfast in 1992. No remorse from Para witnesses The Bloody Sunday inquiry heard on Tuesday how one of the soldiers involved in the shootings told the journalist Toby Harnden during an interview that "everyone killed on that day was guilty of at least riotous behaviour or at worst, out and out terrorism". DUP man berated over GAA remarks The leader of the group of Sinn Féin councillors on Armagh City and District Council, Paul Corrigan, has accused DUP Councillor Paul Berry of "deliberate publicity seeking". Councillor Corrigan was responding to recent statements from Berry attacking displays of support for the Armagh county football team ahead of this Sunday's All-Ireland Football Final. Anthony Braniff - IRA Statement The IRA has released the following statement to An Phoblacht this week: A senior scientific officer has claimed that RUC/PSNI officers put pressure on forensic experts to cover up their mistakes. The revelation was made during a two-week court case in Draperstown. Arsonists target Irish nursery school The arson attack that destroyed one of two mobile classrooms at an Irish language nursery school in Poleglass was carried out by "people with no values", says Sinn Féin councillor Michael Ferguson. Breandán Mac Cionnaith of the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition said serious questions still remain unanswered about RUC evidence used against him in an unsuccessful prosecution for protesting against the imposition of an Orange Order parade at Drumcree in 1995. New housing development under fire from hardline loyalists At a Belfast City Council town planning committee meeting on Thursday night, 18 September, unionist councillors combined to reject a planning application for a new housing development in nationalist West Belfast. On the occasion of the official opening of Ghaelscoil an Dhamba in West Belfast last Friday, Sinn Féin's Bairbre de Brún paid tribute to those working tirelessly to promote Irish medium education. Ghaelscoil an Dhamba is the first ever Irish medium primary school to receive statutory funding from the day it opened. |
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