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17 April, 2008 |
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Peace III helps towards reconciliation and inclusion 
SPEAKING on Monday, 14 April, before an announcement by Finance Ministers Peter Robinson and Brian Cowen on European PEACE III and Interreg funding, Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún said: Ré nua spleodrach don Chonradh 
Nuair a bhí teachtaí Ard Fheis Chonradh an Gaeilge ag imeacht ó Baile Átha Cliath trathnóna Dé Sathairn seo chuaigh thart bhí cinneadh mór tógtha acu a thabharfaidh ré spleodrach úr don eagraíocht lena bhunreacht nua scríofa ar glacadh lei, caithfear a rá ag móramh thar na bearta díobh siúd a bhí i láthair. Photo: Dáithí Mac Cárthaigh, Uachtarán Chonradh na Gaeilge Kenny's comments on WTO and Lisbon enormous contradiction 
Sinn Féin TD and Agricul-ture Spokesperson Martin Ferris this week described comments by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny regarding the May World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks and the Lisbon Treaty referendum as 'massively contradictory'. Photo: Martin Ferris Ruane addresses all-Ireland conference 
Around 400 delegates attended a special all-Ireland conference on autism in education at Dublin's Croke Park on Tuesday, 15 April. Photo: Caitríona Ruane Nasc idir bochtanas agus ailse 
Fíoras - Is eochair-fhachtóir í an bhochtaineacht maidir le drochshláinte. Photo: Bairbre de Brún Rallying call for solidarity with Palestine 
THE 60th anniversary of the massacre of Palestinian civilians by Israeli settlers at Deir Yassin and the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip was marked in Dublin on Saturday by a march in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Photo: Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Mary Lou McDonald MEP (with umbrella) at the head of last Saturday’s march in Dublin in solidarity with the Palestinian people Post office closures lacking 'commonsense' 
THE programme of post office network cuts across the North lacks commonsense, Sinn Féin's Willie Clarke said. He was speaking after discussions with postmasters and postmistresses across the North who said that cuts were not based on numbers using local post offices but by "a scatter-gun approach" based on geography. Photo: Willie Clarke Limavady motion on agency workers LIMAVADY COUNCIL is being called on next week by Sinn Féin Councillor Paddy Butcher to support a campaign for the North's Assembly to introduce legislation based on the principle of equal treatment for agency workers. The issue will be debated at the monthly council meeting scheduled for next Tuesday, 22 April. Adams tells Strabane meeting that Sinn Féin will hold PSNI to account 
THE second of the series of public meetings organised by Sinn Féin's Cuige Uladh to mark 10 years of the Good Friday Agreement and one year of restored political institutions took place in Strabane . Photo: Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams McGuinness addresses trade union conference 
Sinn Féin deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has told trade unionists in the North that the massive investment planned there over the next decade will be used to create the opportunity to tackle economic and social disadvantage. Photo: Martin McGuinness Long Kesh development 'viable' 
Sinn FÉin MLA Paul Butler has welcomed remarks from the North's Minister of Culture Arts and Leisure, Edwin Poots, in the Assembly confirming that a stadium at the former site of Long Kesh prison is 'operationally viable'. Ireland's history should not be for sale 
Dublin Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has condemned the sale of historical artefacts relating to the 1916 Rising and the Tan War at an auction in Dublin yesterday. Ó Snodaigh said significant historical artefacts relating to this period of Irish history should be in the hands of the Irish people and the Government of this state should compulsory purchase such items and keep them in the National History museum. Aer Lingus staff to ballot again Aer Lingus management and SIPTU reached an agreement this week so that ground operation staff would have time to cast their votes again on new work practices proposed by the airline Tenth anniversary of Good Friday Agreement 
Pictured here are some of those involved in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement before the US-Ireland symposium commemorating the Agreement's 10th anniversary in Belfast last Thursday 10 April. SIPTU to enter pay talks, Irish wages below EU average - Unite, No prosecution for drink-driver on construction site and Psychiatric nurses may strike Call for talks on all flags and emblems 
SINN FÉIN'S Billy Leonard has called for inclusive talks among councillors and community leaders on the use of all flags and emblems in the Coleraine area. Photo: Billy Leonard |
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