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A tidal wave of empty promises? The usual greeting of "How was your Christmas?" as people returned to work last week was suspended this year. Instead, the main topic of conversation was the tsunami that wiped out 150,000 people in Southeast Asia on St Stephen's Day. Hundreds honour John Francis Green on 30th anniversary 
More than 800 people participated in the march and memorial unveiling in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, on Sunday last 9 January, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of IRA Volunteer John Francis Green, who was shot by a British death squad at Mullyash in 1975. Photo: Cavan/Monaghan TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin delivered the main oration • Aceh Aceh in Indonesia, is now reporting over 100,000 dead and thousands more missing as a result of the December tsunami. Omagh Chair detained by PSNI/British Army West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has accused the PSNI/ British Army of "blatant political harassment" following the detention of Omagh Council Chair Seán Clarke, Patrick O'Hagan, (the son of collusion victim Kathleen O'Hagan) and another man at a joint roadblock on the Carrickmore/Creggan Road on Monday night. Adams congratulates Palestinian President Gerry Adams on Tuesday evening sent his congratulations to newly-elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The former Palestinian PM and the newly-elected leader of Palestinian party Fatah after the death of Yasser Arafat was elected Palestinian Authority president this week by a landslide. The cost of the operation which saw the PSNI guard an Orange march and escort members of the UDA up the Crumlin Road at Ardoyne on 12 July last year cost over £250,000. Orange halls to be exempt from rates Nationalist politicians have hit out after it was revealed at the weekend that the Orange Order is to be exempt from paying rates on Orange halls. Lurgan Barracks blast was wrong Commenting after a blast bomb incident at the rear of the PSNI barracks in Lurgan on Monday night, Sinn Féin Assembly member for the area, John O'Dowd, said: "Whoever was responsible for this incident last night is clearly opposed to the Peace Process and opposed to the Good Friday Agreement. No let up in harassment in Fermanagh Sinn Féin MLA Thomas O'Reilly (right) has highlighted recent crown forces' activity targeting the nationalist community in Fermanagh. Anger at discrimination against ex-prisoners Sinn Féin South Belfast Assembly member Alex Maskey has expressed anger that two republican ex-prisoners have been denied employment with the Simon Community. He has called for greater action to combat the discrimination faced by political ex-prisoners, not just in employment but also across a range of areas. Anger as Derry man is sentenced over Bloody Sunday Inquiry In one of the most profound ironies of the whole Bloody Sunday Inquiry, a Derry republican has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for refusing to appear before the Tribunal. The decision was met with dismay by the Bloody Sunday families, amongst others. John Kelly, brother of Michael, who was killed on the day, told The Derry Journal that "for an innocent Derry man to be the first and possibly only person to be jailed for what happened on Bloody Sunday is a scandal" and called on Lord Saville to reverse his decision. Unworkable bin charge system a health hazard 
Sinn Féin Dublin City Councillor Daithí Doolan has called on City Management to ensure that all household rubbish in the Dublin City Council area is collected as a matter of urgency. The Sinn Féin councillor's call comes in the wake of the first week of the Council's new 'pay-by-use refuse' collection scheme, which has seen bags of uncollected rubbish piling up on a number of Dublin streets. Photo: Uncollected refuse bags pile up just 500 metres from Dublin's Mater Hospital Council seeks end to jailing of asylum seekers Belfast City Council has backed a Sinn Féin motion condemning the practice of detaining asylum seekers in prison facilities. Migrant loses legs to frostbite In a tragic story this month, a 23-year-old Ukrainian worker has had her legs amputated after she was found suffering from hypothermia and frostbite. Ógra Shinn Féin Anti-Collusion Day On Saturday 18 December, Ógra Shinn Féin held an anti-collusion day in Strabane and Omagh. A public screening of a video about collusion in Strabane Sinn Féin office was followed by a rooftop protest in Strabane's town centre. First British Iraq torture trial underway The court martial of Gary Bartlam, the British Army soldier accused of the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, began in a military court in Bergen, Germany, on Monday this week. However, the Ministry of Defence ordered that the hearing be held in secret, a move which led a number of British newspapers to consider legal action to overturn the decision. 
Donegal Sinn Féin Councillor Pearse Doherty has said that the decision taken by the Donegal County Council to increase rates by 5% and refuse charges by 10% will be a severe burden on small businesses and households in the county. Photo: Pearse Doherty Restoration of Monaghan on-call status not sufficient 
In a reaction to the restoration from noon on Thursday 6 January, of Medical On-Call status at Monaghan General Hospital, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin described the development as "an important but insufficient step to address and assuage the needs and real fears of the people of County Monaghan regarding acute services at Monaghan General Hospital". Photo: Cavan/Monaghan TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin Seán Sabhat remembered in Limerick 
Over 200 people attended the annual Seán Sabhat commemoration in Limerick on Sunday 2 January. Led by a local colour party and the Youghal Republican Flute Band, the march made its way through the city centre to Sabhat's grave at the Republican Plot, Mount St Laurence Cemetery. Photo: Councillor Toiréasa Ní Fhearaíosa and Maurice Quinlivan Airgead Eorpach scaoilte le Lá Tá deireadh leis an bhac ar airgeadú oifig Lá i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall. Thug údaráis an chláir Eorpaigh, INTERREG, le fios do bhainisteoireacht Lá go n-íocfaí siardheontais a bhí dlite don nuachtán ó osclaíodh an oifig I nGaoth Dobhair i mí Meithimh 2004. Foirgneamh nua ag Bunscoil i mBéal Feirste This Monday was a big day for the pupils of Bunscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh in West Belfast, as they left behind their old prefabricated school off the Whiterock Road and moved to a new purpose built building at the back of Ballymurphy Road. Doherty re-selected for West Tyrone 
Sinn Féin Vice President Pat Doherty was unanimously re-selected as the Sinn Féin Westminster Candidate for West Tyrone at a packed party convention in Carrickmore on Monday night. Photo: Pat Doherty (centre) with Cllr Jarlath McNulty, chair of Strabane District Council, and Cllr Seán Clarke, chair of Omagh District Council 
Sinn Féin South Down MLA Caitríona Ruane has been selected as South Down candidate for the for the coming Westminster election. At the party's Westminster selection convention in Downpatrick, Ruane was selected unopposed. Photo: Sinn Féin South Down MLA Caitríona Ruane 
The chapel choir was playing the plaintive strains of 'Boolavogue' as an eight-strong guard of honour carried the Tricolour draped coffin of John 'Farmer' O'Kane to his final resting place on 4 December last. Photo: The funeral cortege of John 'Farmer' O'Kane (inset) |
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