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There are fears that a new loyalist feud could break out after an attempt to oust the UDA leadership in North Belfast on Monday 13 October. 
Tourists strolling through the streets of Killarney last weekend must have thought the Irish equivalent of the Oscars was being held there. Perhaps another of the Taoiseach's daughters is getting married, they may have mused. No, not in this country, anyway. This was the annual gathering of Fianna Fáil. Photo: Bertie & Co playacted in Killarney Attack follows meeting with Dublin officials Within hours of a meeting between Dublin Government officials and Sinn Féin about sectarian attacks by unionist paramilitaries, the home of a Protestant pensioner married to a Catholic was once again attacked Bring Them Home campaigners meet MEPs With the Irish presidency of the EU fast approaching, representatives of the Bring Them Home Campaign have conducted a number of meetings with various MEPs to highlight the case of the Colombia Three. Death threats but no gun for Meehan Antrim Sinn Féin Councillor Martin Meehan was scathing after members of the PSNI handed him a booklet on personal protective measures after they informed him on Saturday 11 October that he was under a death threat from unionist paramilitaries. A former member of the Parachute Regiment who took part in Bloody Sunday subsequently joined the UDA, the Bloody Sunday inquiry discovered. Soldier 203, an arms and ammunition storeman in the British Army, was recalled to the inquiry after involvement with loyalist murder gang leading up to his conviction and imprisonment in 1977 was revealed. Army criminal on 16-month tour in North Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has demanded that a British soldier - convicted last week in Coventry, England, for attempting to steal a motorbike after putting a replica gun to the owner's head - be immediately removed from the Six Counties. Electoral Office "forgets" Poleglass and fails to deliver ID cards The Six-County electoral office has admitted that thousands of voters in the nationalist Poleglass Estate of Belfast were "overlooked" during its recent voter registration drive, and thousands more will not have the photographic identification required to claim their vote. McCreevy 7, Return of the Stealth Tax is coming, launch date 3 December. In this latest installment, Finance Minister Vader lays siege to our disposable income with his competitiveness death star secretly sucking funds from PAYE tax payers, consumers and ordinary households, while interstellar tax evader Jabba O'Brien and other mercenaries still evade capture. McDonald's object to minimum wage Justin Timberlake is "just lovin' it", and why wouldn't he be? He is set to pocket $6 million as McDonald's shell out an estimated $1.5 billion on their new global advertising campaign. However, the same company has a problem finding the cash to pay its Dublin workers €6.35 an hour. Water charges will hit people on low incomes Sinn Féin has promised to fight any British Government proposed water charges in the Six Counties. And the party has vowed to raise the issue of water charges in every council chamber and in any Assembly formed after elections. Questions remain over Shell meeting Sinn Féin's Caoimhghin Ó Caoláin has challenged the Taoiseach over the purpose of his recent meeting with the President of Shell Oil. The Sinn Féin TD demanded to know if the meeting was called to specifically discuss the Corrib gas project and if it was just a "coincidence that the proposed Critical Infrastructure Bill surfaced in the wake of the meeting". Lottery cash subsidises sectarian bigotry The Arts Council has given more than £100,000 of lottery money to fund unionist 'Kick the Pope' bands, including one open in its support for the UVF and Red Hand Commandos. Nationalist politicians have called for an immediate inquiry into why the offensive bands have received funding over scores of deserving applications from other groups. PSNI used nationalists as shields Sinn Féin has slammed as reckless the actions of the PSNI and RIR during an attempted bomb attack when they tried to move residents of houses in Lower Main Street in Roslea into a community centre facing the PSNI base, which was the target of the attack. British Army harassment in Fermanagh Sinn Féin has criticised the level of British Army activity in the Fermanagh area after a party activist was verbally abused and held for 45 minutes on Thursday night 2 October. Derry Volunteers' Memorial unveiled 
The memorial unveiled at Rossville Street in Derry, against the backdrop of Free Derry Corner and in the shadow of Derry's Hunger Strike monument, is a fitting tribute to the 18 IRA Volunteers from the Derry Brigade who are named on it. Photo: Raymond McCartney speaks at the unveiling ceremony 
South Down Sinn Féin formally launched a new cumann at a recent function in the Donard Hotel, Newcastle. The formation of the Joe McCrickard Cumann reflects the growth and expansion of Sinn Féin at both local and national level. Photo: Seán Crowe (centre) Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Southwest, was the guest speaker at the launch of the Joe McCrickard Cumann in Newcastle |
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