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25 May, 2006 |
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Amnesty highlights reality of Afghanistan When the Fianna Fáil/PD government allowed US planes to use Shannon Airport en route to the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq, they probably never thought that their actions would come back to haunt them. Now they have, in the form of Afghan refugees, reminding the Irish Government of its shared responsibility for their plight. Auditor to probe Lisburn Council Sinn Féin councillor Paul Butler has welcomed the decision by the Six County local government auditor to scrutinise the accounts of Lisburn City Council after thousands of pounds were squandered on legal advice on a series of controversial issues. News from around the world Wiwa slams Shell during Famine Walk The theme of this year's Afri Famine Walk in County Mayo was Land for People, Not for Profit with organisers focussing on the issue of the exploitation of natural resources in Erris, County Mayo and in the Niger Delta. Peaceful end to Afghani hunger strike welcomed 
The hunger strike in Dublin's St Patrick's Cathedral by Afghani asylum seekers ended at the weekend. That it ended without the tragic loss of life has been welcomed by human rights campaigners, anti-racist groups and political parties. Photo: Daithi Doolan 
With crisis at Aer Lingus, the closure of Fruit of the Loom in Donegal and a new €175 million venture capital fund unveiled in the same the seven days, the detail of Fianna Fáil's business enterprise policy has been finally revealed. It's a case of some money for 3% of Irish businesses, no money for most of the rest especially if you are outside Dublin and no money yet if your enterprise happens to be a national asset in need of investment. Fograí Bhais - Michael O'Riordan 
Michael O'Riordan, who died last week aged 88, was synonymous with communism in Ireland. Born in Cork in 1917, just five days after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, he outlived that revolution by 15 years. Photo: MICHAEL O RIORDAN 
Richard McIlkenny, one of six Irishmen wrongly convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings died on Sunday, 21 May in a Dublin hospital. 72-year-old McIlkenny, was freed in 1991 after 16 years imprisonment following a long campaign to expose Britain's miscarriages of justice against Irish people living in England. Photo: • Richard McIlKenny (wearing glasses) and his brother Paddy in 1991 Caidhp Báis ar an Iúgasláiv - LE CATHAL Ó MURCHÚ Níl aon amhras anois ach go bhfuil deireadh leis an Iúgasláiv mar a bheith ó a bheartaigh muintir Montainéagró scaradh óna gcomhnaidhm leis an Seirbia. Tá deireadh iomlán anois ar Chomhnaidhm na hIúgasláive mar a bhí sé ag tús 1991 agus gach cuid de scartha. Coincheap forásach a bhí san Iúgasláiv nuair a bhunaigh Tito agus a Phartasánaigh cumannacha an tír i 1945. The rest of the week's news The week in quotes. |
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