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25 October, 2007 |
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THE ROLE of the RUC and their handling of loyalist killer gangs in East Derry was revisited last week with the publication of a report into the Halloween 1993 Greysteel Massacre that left eight people dead. Bubble bubble - media and unionists cook up Assembly crisis IN THE RUN-UP to Halloween, it's been all 'hubble, bubble, toil and trouble' in the Stormont Assembly. The media has been predicting strife for weeks and all that crystal ball gazing seemed to be paying off. At last, the Irish News could blow the dust off the banner headline "Executive in crisis" and go to print. Limerick rally backs Shannon-Heathrow link 
THOUSANDS of protesters rallying in Limerick City on Saturday, 20 October, demanded action to retain a Shannon-Heathrow air service. Sinn Féin Limerick East's Maurice Quinlivan, Nenagh Town Councillor Seamus Morris and North Kerry TD Martin Ferris attended the rally. Students' Dáil call for urgent grants action 
FIANNA FÁIL Education Minister Mary Hanafin has been slated by Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty for back-tracking on her promise of new legislation ensuring the timely delivery of maintenance grants for third-level students. He was speaking at a rally of students organised by the Union of Students of Ireland outside the Dáil on Tuesday. ECONOMY : ESRI warns of possible tax rises 
IT'S TIME for the Irish Government to admit that it got it wrong in proposing tax cuts in the face of an economic slowdown, according to Sinn Féin's Economic Affairs spokesperson, Arthur Morgan TD. Photo: Arthur Morgan Progress welcomed on scrapping water charges 
SINN FÉIN Regional Development spokesperson, Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has welcomed the commitment of the Six County Executive not to introduce the separate water charge proposed by British direct rule ministers. Photo: Raymond McCartney Protest as Harney opens new hospital ward 
SINN FÉIN held a picket at Crumlin Children's Hospital on Monday morning as Health Minister Mary Harney arrived to open a new ward. 
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has just returned from an extensive nine day fund raising tour of the United States. The Sinn Féin leader spoke at fund raising events in Philadelphia, New York and Boston. International : Bank of the South launched for Latin America THE DAYS when the most industrialised and well-off Western countries imposed policies through the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation on developing countries, supposedly to benefit the recipients but enriching the already powerful, are being challenged by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Chávez is launching an international lending institution that will challenge IMF and World Bank hegemony. Easpa suime an Rialtais i leith chur chun cinn na Gaeilge san Eoraip Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil mé tar éis dearcadh an rialtais i leith na Gaeilge a chur faoi scian sa cholún seo le déanaí, ach i ndáiríre bhí sé tuillte acu. Ina ainneoin seo áfach, tháinig mé ar phíosa ar an idirlíon le linn na seachtaine agus b'éigean dom solas níos láidre a lonrú air. Go bunúsach an fhadhb an tráth seo ná go bhfuil rialtas na 26 contae ag iarraidh tábhacht agus úsáid na Gaeilge san Aontas na hEorapa (AE) a ídiú go mór. De réir na tuairisce, ar Bhlog na Gaeilge, na príomhfhadhbanna atá ann faoi láthair ná gramadach neamhoiriúnach agus easpa infheistíochta d'aistritheoirí. Tá mo thuairim féin ag neartú nach bhfuil suim ar bith i gcur chun cinn agus fás na Gaeilge ar an oileán seo. Unfair holiday ban on Belfast bin collectors, 100 BBC jobs to go in the Six Counties, LRC talks on ESB dispute, Union seeks recognition at O2 and 'Working poor' struggle to pay rent Pressure mounts for transfer of British military sites Pressure is mounting on the British Government over the demand for the free transfer of vacated MoD Military sites at Lisanelly and St Lucia in Omagh, County Tyrone to the Six County Executive. Last week, Sinn Féin Vice President, and West Tyrone MP, Pat Doherty held a round of meetings with Westminster MPs and the British government to press the case for the sites to be used for the socio-economic regeneration of the area. Constituency boundary changes - missed opportunity Sinn Féin Environment spokesperson Martin Ferris TD has said that Tuesday's report from the Constituency Commission in the 26 Counties can only be described as a "missed opportunity". 
Matt Larkin Snr 
Sinn Féin Kerry North TD Martin Ferris signing a petition by the Nenagh Hospital Action Group. The petition is being raised to oppose any cuts in funding by the Health Services Executive (HSE) at Nenagh Hospital. 50th anniversary of Edentubber explosion remembered in Wexford 
Sinn Féin Councillors Maurice Roche, MCC and Anthony Kelly WBC along with Wexford Sinn Féin members Jos Kielty and David Rossiter present Paddy and Joe Parle with a Bodhrán Photo: David Rossiter, Cllr Maurice Roche, Joe Parle, Jos Kielty, Paddy Parle and Cllr. Anthony Kelly |
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