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22 January, 2004 |
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Coleraine SDLP councillor joins Sinn Féin 
Sinn Féin Chairperson Mitchel McLaughlin has welcomed Coleraine Councillor Billy Leonard's decision to join Sinn Féin. Leonard said he was frustrated by the SDLP's lack of direction and had decided to join Sinn Féin because the party has a vision, a strategy and a commitment that matches his political ideals. Photo: Billy Leonard Adams to meet senior US officials Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams flew to the United States on Tuesday, where he is visiting New York and also Washington DC, where he will meet with senior US Government officials. The visit comes at a crucial point in the Peace Process and shortly before the review of the Good Friday Agreement is scheduled to start. St Patrick's Day Carnival will go on 
A campaign has been launched to save this year's St Patrick's Day celebrations after Belfast City Council refused to fund the event for the eighth year in a row. Photo: Irene Sherry with Gerry Adams Government urged to demand justice for Colombia Three 
The Dublin Government has been urged to use its stated aim of promoting human rights during its EU Presidency by calling for justice for the Colombia Three. The call was made at a press conference in Dublin on Monday to announce that four Irish parliamentarians will travel to Colombia next week to seek justice for the three Irishmen, awaiting a verdict after being tried for training FARC guerrillas. Photo: Pictured at the news conference were Independent TD Finian McGrath, campaign organiser Caitríona Ruane, Fianna Fáil MEP Niall Andrews, Fianna Fáil Senator Mary White and Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe 
The delegation to Colombia next week will include Caitríona Ruane, spokesperson for the Bring Them Home Campaign and recently-elected Sinn Féin MLA. This will be Caitríona's 17th visit to the country. She has been involved from the very beginning and has witnessed every difficulty the three men have faced. She has helped co-ordinate the legal case in Ireland and in Colombia and her hard work has contributed to bringing the men's plight to the forefront of the world's media. This week, An Phoblacht's JOANNE CORCORAN met with Caitríona to hear her version of events so far. Photo: Caitríona Ruane UDA bomb scares bring disruption to North Not content to rest on their laurels after their highly-visible campaign of violence and intimidation towards ethnic minorities, the unionist paramilitary machine went into overdrive this past week - bringing Belfast city and much of its surrounding area to a standstill with a series of bomb threats. Racist attack on schoolgirl in Craigavon A racist attack on a 13-year-old schoolgirl in Craigavon has to be condemned by all right thinking people, Sinn Féin's John O'Dowd told An Phoblacht. 
The Red Hand Defenders, a cover name for the UDA, have said they were behind attacks on the homes of two prominent West Belfast republicans on Wednesday night 14 January. The homes of newly-elected Assembly member Fra McCann and Lisburn Councillor Paul Butler were attacked, with ball bearings fired at the windows. Photo: Fra McCann surveys the damage to his front window PSNI prolong sectarian nightmare A mother from Ligoniel in Belfast, whose home has been attacked by loyalists score of times in the past number of years, has expressed disbelief at the PSNI over its refusal to give the go ahead for the Housing Executive to buy her home under the special purchase of evacuated dwellings scheme (SPED). 60% of disabled workers jobless 
A 27-year-old missed target, serious shortfalls in education provision and labour force participation rates that effectively mean a life time of unemployment; this is the situation facing the majority of disabled workers in Ireland. Photo: Disabilities protest McDowell's prison plans should be scrapped 
Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has criticised the closure of the Curragh Place of Detention as part of the Minister for Justice's prison restructuring plans. The party's Dáil spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Human Rights, says that Michael McDowell's plans should be scrapped because they "do not tackle the real sources of overspending on the prison service and bear no relation to the need for comprehensive reform". Photo: The Curragh Prison Ó Caoláin slams centralisation of radiation services Speaking in the Dáil on Tuesday, Sinn Féin Health spokesperson Caoimhghin Ó Caoláin criticised the delay it took for statements to be heard on Radiation Oncology Services since the Health Minister's report was published on 9 October last year. He was also highly critical of the decision to centralise these services, vital for cancer patients, in just three cities in the state. Planning Tribunal report confirms litany of corruption The latest Planning Tribunal interim report is a further indictment of the corrupt and criminal actions of officials and developers involved in the planning process, says Arthur Morgan TD. EU Presidency plans disappointing Speaking during Dáil statements on the Irish EU Presidency, Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said that many in the political establishment are "more concerned with creating a United States of Europe than about achieving a United Ireland". Dáil motion tabled on EU recognition of Irish 
Sinn Féin's five TDs tabled a Dáil motion on Tuesday asking that Irish be included as one of the official working languages of the European Union to coincide with the accession on May Day of the new states and their corresponding official languages. Photo: Sinn Féin's TDs McGuinness slams attacks on DPP members Sinn Féin MP for Mid-Ulster, Martin McGuinness, has called on those behind an attack on the car of a DPP member in Cookstown to stop their activities immediately. 
Speaking following the announcement on Tuesday of a potential 400 call centre jobs in Derry, Foyle Assembly member Mary Nelis warned that Derry City and the Northwest need a balanced approach to economic development if the area is to achieve sustainable economic growth. Photo: Derry MLA Mary Nelis |
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