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7 April, 2005 |
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UVF/LVF drug dealer is former RUC man Sinn Féin said the disclosure that suspected loyalist drug dealer Colin Armstrong is a former RUC member is the latest evidence of collusion between the British forces and loyalist paramilitaries. Adams' sorrow at death of Pope Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP has expressed his deep sorrow at the death of Pope John Paul II. Paying tribute to the Holy Father, Adams said: "People throughout Ireland have had a close affinity with Pope John Paul since his historic visit here in 1979 and there will be deep sorrow across the country this evening at the news of his death. Sinn Féin stands with ethnic minority communities 
Sinn Féin National Chairperson and MEP for Dublin, Mary Lou McDonald, last Thursday hosted a visit by ethnic minority community activists from Ireland at the European Parliament in Brussels. McDonald was also joined by a number of Sinn Féin elected representatives from throughout the country. 
Several hundred people attended a demonstration in Dublin last Saturday 2 April, organised by Residents Against Racism, to mark Minister of Justice, Michael McDowell's climbdown over the deportation of a Nigerian student. Photo: Last Saturday's protest against deportations Orange Chaplain mocks dying Pope Presbyterian minister Stephen Dickinson, who serves as the Grand Chaplain of the Orange Order, stands accused of sectarian bigotry after it was revealed that he ridiculed the Pope as he lay dying. Marathon to return to West Belfast The Belfast City Marathon Committee, following a meeting with Sinn Féin, has done a u-turn and re-instated West Belfast as part of its route. Coiste organises anti-criminalisation rally Former republican prisoners and their families are being asked to come out in force to support an anti-criminalisation rally in the Europa Hotel in Belfast. A Chinese man has had his car vandalised for the second time in a year in a racist attack in Armagh. The vehicle was parked outside his Mullaghcreevie Park home and was damaged at around 12.30am on Thursday 31 March. Off-duty PSNI woman pulls gun at party Cushendall-based Sinn Féin councillor Oliver McMullan is calling on the Police Ombudsman to investigate an incident when a female member of the PSNI pulled out her personal issue weapon and brandished it in a threatening manner. Nationalist taxis targeted in Derry Five nationalist-owned taxis were attacked with bricks and stones in the Waterside area of Derry over the weekend in a campaign orchestrated by loyalists, with one taxi targeted twice. Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming said the sectarian attacks are part of a two-year campaign against Cityside taxis. Man attacked with hockey sticks in sectarian assault A Catholic man was severely beaten in a sectarian attack as he walked along the Whitewell Road on the outskirts of North Belfast in the early hours of Saturday 2 April. He is the latest resident from the area to be targeted by loyalists in the past month. As infighting continues within the ranks of the UDA, East Belfast's so-called brigadier, Jim Gray, has been ousted by the loyalist paramilitary organisation. Gray was one of six brigadiers running the North's largest loyalist grouping. It is believed he took control of the UDA in East Belfast in the mid-1990s, after its then leader became a recluse due to alcoholism. Portadown man launches proceedings against Orde A Portadown man who was almost kicked to death by loyalists on 24 March 2002 has launched legal proceedings against PSNI supremo Hugh Orde for negligence and breach of duty. 
Gama Construction, which has been in the headlines recently for cheating its foreign workforce, has come under attack for what residents say is its shoddy work in a County Dublin housing estate. Photo: Residents' committee members Lisa Farrell and Adele Whelan Gama workers protest pay and conditions 
Hundreds of Turkish workers at Gama Construction walked off sites at Ballymun and Balgaddy in Dublin on Monday to take part in a city centre protest to Leinster House. A smaller protest was held in Galway on Tuesday. 1916 Easter commemorations 2005 
A follow-up report on some of last week's Easter commemorations. Read on... Photo: Easter in Carrickmore Hundreds gathered in Rasharkin on Sunday to mark the 16th anniversary of the death of local IRA Volunteer Gerard Casey. The commemoration was the conclusion of a weekend of events to celebrate the life of the Rosnashane man. On Friday night, leading Sinn Féin member Martina Anderson held a talk in the village on A Hundred Years of Sinn Féin. 
Margaret McCauley, sister of 1981 Hunger Striker Michael Devine, died suddenly last week. Margaret's life was a personification of the poem I am of Ireland and Margaret in every sense of the word was an Irishwoman. Photo: Margaret McCauley Sinn Féin selects 11 for Omagh District Council Sinn Féin has selected eleven candidates to contest next month's Council elections in the Omagh District. The party has set the objective of increasing its representation on the Council this time around, having secured eight seats in 2001. Sinn Féin plans to further strengthen its mandate and to consolidate its position as the largest party grouping on the Council. Nine for Strabane District Council Sinn Féin has selected nine candidates to contest the Derg, Glenelly and Mourne Electoral Areas of Strabane District Council in the local elections. In 2001, Sinn Féin secured seven seats and became the largest party grouping on the council and is confident of building upon this success this time around. Sinn Féin announce rural candidates for Ballymena Council 
Sinn Féin have announced the two candidates that are to stand for election to Ballymena Council from the Borough's rural wards, Bannside and The Braid. Standing in Bannside will be Monica Digney, who is currently serving as a Councillor in Moyle District Council, representing The Glens. Photo: Monica Digney Ógra Flying Column mobilises against collusion 
Ógra Shinn Féin activists from throughout Ireland travelled to Galway in a flying column style on Saturday 2 April to mobilise against collusion. Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle Members April 2005 A list of the party's Ard Comhairle members. Brit Border health risk exposed 
The South Armagh Demilitarisation Committee has responded to comments made by the British Army (Daily Ireland, Friday 25 March) regarding the danger to health posed by their Border spy posts. Anger over South Armagh helicopter crash Sinn Féin candidate for the Slievegullion area, Mary Campbell has voiced very serious concerns at last Thursay's crash landing by a Lynx British Army Helicopter on Sturgan Hilltop lookout base, just outside Camlough, South Armagh. The chopper came to rest positioned precariously on a hillside close to the British Army spy post. Wolfe Tone AGM rejects criminalisation 
The London based Republican support group, the Wolfe Tone Society, held its second annual fundraising dinner dance on Saturday 2 April with Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris travelling to the GAA Club in Ruislip, London as guest of honour for the event. Photo: Martin Ferris was the guest speaker at the Wolfe Tone Society AGM Sinn Féin National Exhibition visits Omagh On Tuesday evening, the Chairperson of Omagh District Council, Seán Clarke, officially launched the Sinn Féin National Exhibition in Omagh. |
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