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13 September, 2007 |
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Sinn Féin in Assembly call for fiscal freedom 
Stormont Assembly resumed business after the summer recess this week with Sinn Féin seizing the initiative with a call for increasing fiscal freedom from the British Treasury. Photo: Sinn Féin Assembly ministers speaking outside Stormont Gilmore invited to debate future of left 
Eamon Gilmore has succeeded Pat Rabbitte as the leader of the Labour Party without a contest and without immediate debate on the future of the party. It remains to be seen if any such debate will ensue or if Gilmore will focus solely on reorganisation after the failure of his predecessor's strategy based on the Mullingar Accord with Fine Gael. Photo: Eamon Gilmore Direct talks invitation to Loyal Orders Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has invited the Loyal Orders to hold direct talks with Sinn Féin. The Sinn Féin MLA was speaking during a debate in the Six County assembly on sectarian violence. Comprehensive cancer services urgently needed 
The Fianna Fáil/PD/Green Government is attempting to shirk its responsibility for the chaotic state of cancer care services. Fall-out from the current reviews of breast screening in Barrington's Hospital in Limerick and other hospitals is being used by the Government to divert attention from its own failure to deliver comprehensive cancer care. Photo: Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin McCann and Anderson challenge PSNI on Domestic Violence 
Sinn Féin MLAs Jennifer McCann and Martina Anderson held what they described as a, "productive meeting", with the PSNI at Dunmurray Barracks last Wednesday 5 September. Photo: Jennifer McCann and Martina Anderson outside Dunmurray Barracks Adams condemns West Belfast murder 
Sinn Féin West Belfast MP Gerry Adams has described the killing of Harry Holland as "a brutal and savage murder, which has shocked the West Belfast community." Grave concern over arrest of Zimbabwean family in Belfast 
Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey has expressed his outrage at the arrest of a Zimbabwean family in Belfast by the Immigration authorities and said Sinn Féin will do its utmost to free the family and allow them to remain in Ireland. Photo: Sinn Féin MLA Alex Maskey Suicide Prevention is everyone's business - Ruane 
Sinn Féin Education Minister Caitríona Ruane has said that everyone has a role to play in preventing suicide. She was speaking as she launched a new information pack produced by the Samaritans aimed at providing emotional support for students across the North. Opposition must unite against withdrawal of route - McDonald 
Sinn Féin National Chairperson and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has extended her support to the Shannon Action Group in their protest letter writing campaign launched today in an effort to put further pressure on the government to retain the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow route. Anderson demands end to use of plastic bullets 
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Martina Anderson demanded an end to the use of plastic bullets when she addressed a meeting of the North's Policing Board meeting. 
An Ardoyne couple tageted in a loyalist sectarian attack last week have slammed the attitude of the PSNI who arrived after the incident. Photo: Michelle O’Connor Coiste na nIarchimí launches the Legacy Report 
Coiste na nIarchimí the national republican ex-prisoners umbrella organisation will launch a new publication at the Linen Hall Library on 19 September at 10am. Photo: Mick Beyers, PNB Outreach Development Officer with Coiste and Mike Ritchie, Coiste’s Director 
Republicans across Ireland have expressed regret and sadness at the news of the death, on Wednesday 5 September 2007, of John Kelly. The former Sinn Féin Mid-Ulster Assembly member was 71. He died at his home in Beaver Crescent, Maghera. HSE Chief requests pay rise during recruitment freeze,Fire-fighters go to LRC, Aer Lingus talks to resume, Hewlett Packard staff receive pay increase and Tayto staff ballot for strike action 
Last Sunday, 2 September saw the 65th anniversary of the execution of IRA Volunteer Tom Williams. Photo: Paul Pierce with Williams’s prayer book that he wrote a message on the morning he was executed Slógadh Polaitiúil go Ros Dumhach Tar éis dha bhliain ag agóidíocht i gcoinne píblíne Shell i Maigh Eo, tar éis an tréimse i bpríosún a chaith cúigear Ros Dumhach, tar éis príosúnú triúr iascairí áitiúla ar na mallaibh, agus tar éis ionsaithe ón Gharda ar na hagóideoirí, beidh busanna ó Bhéal Feirste agus Baile Átha Cliath ag dul go Ros Dumhach an Aoine bheag seo chun ár n-ábhair mhaoine nádúrtha a chosaint agus tacaíocht a thabhairt do mhuintir na háite ansin. 
Camp Havana, an extraordinary solidarity gathering of Irish people with the people of Cuba, which has now become an annual event, took place last weekend, in the valley of Gleann Cholm Cille, in Donegal. Photo: Eleanor Lanigan of Free The Miami Five Campaign flies the flag at Glen Head during the annual Camp Havana 2007 gathering at Gleann Cholm Cille, Donegal Death threat against Garvaghy Road spokesperson 
Sinn Féin Upper Bann MLA John O' Dowd has described the latest death threat to Garvaghy Road spokesperson Breandán Mac Cionnaith as totally unacceptable and called for it to be lifted by loyalists immediately. Ógra college recruitment drive 
Ógra Shinn Féin is to establish cumainn in more colleges than ever before this Autumn. The organisation aims to have a republican presence in over 30 colleges and Institutes of Technology across the country and eventually to be established at every higher learning institute. No agreement reached in Postal Dispute Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has said he is disappointed that talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have concluded without an agreement being reached on the long running dispute. Derry to mark 40th anniversary of Che's death 
Derry Sinn Féin Cuban solidarity group is holding a weeklong series of events in October to mark the 40th Anniversary of the death of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, which includes a visit to Derry by Noelle Carrillo the Cuban ambassador to Ireland, lectures, film shows, youth forums, seminar, information evening and the unveiling of a new mural. Martina Anderson addresses Annual West Tyrone Republican Commemoration 
The Annual West Tyrone Commemoration Weekend culminated in a parade from Ballycolman to the Republican Plot in Strabane Cemetery last Sunday, 9 September. Photo: The full colour tribute to the republican dead of West Tyrone International Brigade Volunteer Remembered in Wexford 
Republicans gathered in the village of Monageer, County Wexford last Friday to honour IRA veteran and International Brigade Commander Peter Daly, 70 years after his death on a battlefield in north eastern Spain. Photo: Nóirin Sheridan presenting Peter Daly’s relative and namesake, Peter Daly will special edition framed commemorative poster signed by Bob Doyle US-Iraq, Israel and Congo 
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