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18 October, 2007 |
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North-South Ministerial meeting on inland waterways 
Sinn Féin Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy accompanied DUP Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure Edwin Poots at a North-South Ministerial Council meeting with Éamon Ó Cuív TD, Minister for Community, Rural Affairs and Gaeltacht Affairs at an Inland Waterways Sectoral meeting at Slieve Russell near Ballyconnell County Cavan on Wednesday. It was the first North-South Inland Waterways sectoral meeting since the restoration of the political institutions of the Good Friday Agreement. Photo: Conor Murphy Cinneadh Edwin Poots frith-Ghaelach - Conradh na Gaeilge 
Dúirt Conradh na Gaeilge go raibh an cinneadh a ghlac an tAire Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta, Edwin Poots, an seachtain seo maidir le hAcht Teanga a chur i bhfeidhm sa Tuaisceart frith-ghaelach agus go raibh deis curtha amú ag an Aire ón DUP, aitheantas a thabhairt don Ghaeilge, teanga ar le muintir uile an oileáin uile í. Photo: Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh 
Sinn Féin Vice President and West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has been engaged in a intensive series of meetings with MPs from all of the main political parties in Britain this week to lobby for the free transfer of vacated British military sites to the Six County Executive. Doherty wants to see British Ministry of Defence (MoD) sites at Lisanelly and St Lucia in Omagh, County Tyrone taken over and used for social and economic regeneration in the region west of the River Bann. Photo: Pat Doherty EU treaty undermines interests of citizens - Ó Snodaigh 
Speaking during a Dáil debate on the EU Reform Treaty on Tuesday Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said that despite some slight textual changes the substance of the draft Treaty text so far remains the same as its much maligned predecessor the EU Constitution. Photo: Aengus Ó Snodaigh 'Sick' loyalist graffiti mocks murder 
YOUNG LOYALISTS who painted the words "Who killed Danny?" on a Kilrea road in County Derry in a reference to the murder of Danny Cassidy in the early 1990s, have been accused of a "sick act". Photo: Danny Cassidy Europe: French and Dutch rejected treaty 'and world kept spinning' 
MARY LOU McDonald has questioned the motivation behind comments by EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy that Ireland would be left out in the cold if it does not ratify the EU Reform Treaty. Photo: Mary Lou McDonald Gallagher to stand down as Fingal Councillor 
SINN FÉIN has confirmed that Felix Gallagher has decided to stand down as Councillor from Fingal County Council. Gallagher cited family commitments as the sole reason for his decision. He continues to remain a member of the party and has taken on a brief to further develop a number of policy papers for the party around policing and justice. Photo: Felix Gallagher Classroom strike suspended, ICTU concern over 'flexicurity', Union density higher in North and Pilots to vote on Aer Lingus deal Israeli PM in corruption probe, Sri Lanka human rights crisis and NZ cops raid Maoris 
Tuesday 16 October marked the 15th Anniversary of leading Sinn Féin activist Sheena Campbell. A unionist paramilitary death squad murdered Campbell as she socialised with friends at the York Bar, in the University area of South Belfast. She was studying at Queens University. Photo: The vigil at Queens University front gates Irish republicans celebrate Che 
THE 40th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara was marked by Sinn Féin in various parts of Ireland last week. A vigil in memory of the international revolutionary icon outside Dublin's GPO was followed by a 'Celebración de un Héroe Internacional' Cuban night which was addressed by Cuban Ambassador Noel Carrillo, Sinn Féin Junior Minister Gerry Kelly and Eoin Ó Broin. Photo: Sinn Féin Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald MEP, wife of the Cuban Ambassador Mariella Crespo, Cuban Ambassador Noel Carrillo and Sinn Féin Junior Minister Gerry Kelly MLA at the Cuban night in Dublin Belfast Republican Graves remembered in commemorative booklet THE sterling work of the National Graves Association has been marked in a pamphlet launched in Belfast on Tuesday, 30 July. The pamphlet launch, which took place in the Felons Club, was attended by members of the committee and was addressed by former POW Paddy McCotter. Edentubber Martyrs 50th anniversary website 
IN NOVEMBER 1957, during the IRA's 'Border Campaign', five men were killed in an explosion that demolished a small cottage at the foot of Edentubber Mountain in County Louth, close to the border with the Six Counties. Photo: Conor Murphy MP, Arthur Morgan TD, Maria Caraher and Cllr Charlie Casey launching the website |
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