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13 July, 2006 |
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International: republicans' unique credibility with opposing sides 
Sinn Féin's Chief Negotiator returned last week from Sri Lanka where he met the senior political leadership of the Tamil Tigers in the rebel controlled north of the country. The visit had not been announced in advance of this meeting but had the support of the Sri Lanka President. Here MARTIN McGUINNESS gives a fascinating insight into his Sri Lankan visit. Photo: Martin McGuinness travelling by military helicopter from Colombo to the Tamil area Hunger Strikers, Guevara and McElwain inspire at youth event 
Up to 70 young people attended the Coiste na nIarchimí fourth Annual Youth Camp on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 June. Organised under the republican ex-prisoners Processes of Nation Building Programme and funded under European Peace Funding, Campa Náisiúnta Óige took place in Sliabh Beagh Tourism Centre in County Monaghan. Photo: Youth camp participants listen to former Hunger Striker, Laurence McKeown New website - for an Ireland of Equals 
This week, Sinn Féin's All Ireland Agenda department launched its own website, www.irelandofequals.com. Department co-ordinator, Sean Oliver, said it would be a useful resource for activists, supporters and the generally curious, to find out more about the party's All Ireland Agenda, and the projects it encompasses. Workers' rights: Sinn Féin activists discuss new policy 
Sinn Féin activists from around Ireland gathered in Dublin's Teachers' Clubs last Saturday to discuss party policy on the issue of workers' rights. Photo: Mary Lou McDonald MEP, Caoilfhionn Ní Dhonnabháin, convenor of Sinn Féin's Trade Union Group,and Shannon Brooke Murphy of the Policy Development Department Government action demanded on Palestine 
A demonstration organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Dublin last Saturday heard severe criticism of the EU and the Irish Government over their passivity and compliance in the face of Israel's military incursion into Gaza. "Níl tú sách gasta go leor mar pheileadóir le bheith ar an bhfoireann náisiúnta." Ba iad seo na focail cháiliúla a tháinig amach as béal Abdelhamid Kermali, bainisteoir fhoireann peile náisiúnta na hAilgéire agus é ag caint faoi Zidane i 1994! Is mar gheall ar sin a chas Zidane i dtreo fhoireann náisiúnta na Fraince, nuair a scóráil sé dhá chúl ina chéad chluiche dóibh. Lean sé ar aghaidh le bheith ar ceann de na himreoirí is fearr riamh sa pheil 'ghallda' agus ba léir sula bhfad go raibh freagra chuí seolta ar ais chuig Kermali. Border counties remember Hunger Strike Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane, who was O/C of the republicans prisoners in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh during the 1981 Hunger Strike is to address a major anniversary event in County Cavan next Sunday. The week in quotes. |
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