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21 September, 2006 |
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Appeal to save life of Iñaki de Juana Chaos On 7 August this year, Basque political prisoner Iñaki de Juana Chaos began a hunger strike to demand his right to be released. Call on British to resolve Maghaberry jail issue 
Sinn Féin Assembly member for Foyle Raymond McCartney has once again urged the British Government to act decisively to resolve the situation in Maghaberry. McCartney's comments came as prisoners on the segregated wing began a 72-hour fast. Photo: Maghaberry Prison College recruitment campaign kicks off 
The McDonagh/Farrell Cumann Ógra Shinn Féin UCD kicked off the Ógra freshers' recruitment campaign this week. As An Phoblacht goes to print, the cumann has already recruited over 120 people, over 50 of whom are women, with two more days still to go. Policing board picketed in Clonard 
Residents of the Clonard area of West Belfast picketed a meeting of a local District Policing Partnership Board in the Forthspring Centre on the Springfield Road on Monday, 18 September. 
As Catholics living in the greater Ballymena area continue to be targeted by loyalist gangs, controversy has arisen over remarks made by the DUP's Ian Paisley junior. Remembering 1981:Prior replaces Atkins as Hunger Strike continues 
New Direct Ruler - no change in policy and Gerard Hodgins joins Hunger Strike Photo: james prior Mayors and Chairs to spearhead voter registration campaign 
Sinn Féin Mayors and Chairs on local authorities across Ireland met in Dublin on 14 September, where they discussed priorities for their period in office and agreed to spearhead a voter registration campaign across the country in the coming months. Sinn Féin Chairperson and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD and Francie Molloy MLA also attended. Inequality: Damning new findings 
British Government initiatives are not only failing to address poverty and inequality, they are also seriously exacerbating the problems by sectarianising the debate. This is the damning conclusion of a new report by human rights group the Committee for the Administration of Justice. Photo: Catriona Ruane 
Members defy SIPTU leadership to veto Aer Lingus privatisation and Nurses serve strike notice Mountmellick remembers the Hunger Strikers 
To commemorate and celebrate the lives of the 1981 H-Block Hunger Strikers, the William Brock Cumann Sinn Féin, Mountmellick, County Laois held a commemorative day in the town on Sunday 17 September. Photo: Stephen Lynch, Dick Fitzpatrick, Cllr. Brian Stanley, Bik McFarlane and John Nelson Seán Glynn honoured in Limerick 
Republicans gathered at the graveside of IRA Volunteer Sean Glynn on 10 September, to mark the 70th anniversary of his tragic and untimely death at the age of 24 in Arbour Hill Military Prison on 13 September 1936. The main oration was delivered by Pádraig Malone, Chairperson Limerick Sinn Féin. Photo: Pádraig Malone, Chair Limerick Sinn Féin, Coireall Mac Curtáin, Michéal MacDomhnaill and Maurice Quinlivan Sinn Féin General election candidate, Limerick East at the graveside of Séan Glynn Charlie McGlade honoured in Dublin 
Photo: Tony and Mary O'Rawe with the Bodhran they received The week in quotes. |
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