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10 June 2004 Orde misleads public over O'Connor case 
Sinn Féin Assembly member for Newry/Armagh, Conor Murphy, has said that the broad nationalist and republican community note the continuing silence by Hugh Orde over the case of missing Armagh man Gareth O'Connor. "Since it emerged in court that Gareth O'Connor had a close relationship with the PSNI Special Branch and he was accused of setting up four Tyrone men for arrest, Mr Orde has made no comment on the case," said Murphy. Photo: Hugh Orde: Questions to answer Spain outlaws another Basque movement Hopes that the Socialist Party's accession to the Spanish Government might alleviate state repression against Basque nationalist organisations have come to nothing after a list of candidates for the European elections that would have represented Basques north and south of the Pyrenees was banned. On 28 May, four hours before the European election campaign kicked off in the Spanish state, the Constitutional Court banned candidates from Basque left-wing popular movement, Herritarren Zerrenda, from running for election. By contrast, the French Government accepted a list of candidates by the same organisation. Kevin McAlorum (31), who was gunned down in his Audi car as he dropped his child of at Oakwood Intergrated Primary School in Derriaghy around 9am on Thursday 4 June, was a known drug dealer with links to loyalist drug dealers. However, it has been suggested that the killing of McAlorum may have been carried out in revenge for the 1996 killing of INLA leader Gino Gallagher. 
Sinn Féin Assembly group leader Conor Murphy has described the response of the NIO and PSNI to the attempted murder of Sinn Féin political activists in the Ballymena area as totally unacceptable. Read on for a roundup of this week's sectarian attacks in the Six Counties... Photo: Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy Sinn Féin Assembly member Gerry Kelly travelled to Colombia over the weekend at the invitation of the Bring Them Home Campaign. Speaking before departing for Bogota, where he visited the three Irishmen recently found innocent of training the FARC, the Sinn Féin spokesperson on justice issues called for Martin McCauley, Jim Monaghan and Niall Connolly to be allowed leave Colombia. Five men from East Timor escaped serious injury when an attempt was made to set fire to their house in Dungannon, County Tyrone, in a racist attack. 
The youth wing of Sinn Féin held a protest outside Omagh PSNI Barracks last Friday night to demand an immediate end to the ongoing trial of Ógra member Daniel Turnbull. He has been on trial since December of last year on charges of possessing photographs likely to be of use to terrorists. The photos in question were taken at a demilitarisation protest at Omagh's Lisanelly British Army Barracks last November. Photo: The picket on Omagh PSNI barracks Local election manifesto launched 
Meath Councillor Joe Reilly, Dublin's Sorcha Nic Cormaic, Gerry Adams, Dublin's Daithí Doolan and Louth TD Arthur Morgan are pictured at the launch of the party's local election manifesto last week. "Sinn Féin is campaigning for a strong system of local government, which is accountable, democratic, properly financed and has the maximum amount of powers devolved to it," said Joe Reilly. "Our councillors have shown that what can be achieved if you work with local communities and have a work record second to none. Equality for women must be a real priority 
Dublin EU candidate Mary Lou McDonald was joined by South Down Assembly member Caitríona Ruane and Dublin local election candidates Sorcha Nic Chormaic, Áine Ní Gabhann and Bernie Quinn for the launch of Sinn Féin's Women's Manifesto in Dublin last week. McDonald said: "Our manifesto is simple. It demands equality for women in every area of their lives and it states the most obvious means to achieve it. Crowe calls on Brennan to scrap Airports Bill 
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. Photo: Sinn Féin reps after a meeting with the branch secretary of SIPTU's Aviation Workers' section 
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. Photo: Mary Holland 
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. Gay Rights Association welcomes DUP dismissal 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. Irish Celtic fans harassed in Scotland 
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. Photo: Sinn Féin MLA Fra McCann 
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. Republican victory in Queen's University election 
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. Photo: Caolan Campbell |
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