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15 May, 2008 |
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400 attend third Annual Cairde Sinn Féin Dinner in Belfast 
THIS YEAR'S third Annual Cairde Sinn Féin Dinner, held in the Europa Hotel, Belfast, on Saturday, 10 May, was a highly successful event. Photo: PRESENTATION: Gerry Adams with his wife Collette, granddaughter Drithle, son Gearóid holding another granddaughter Luisne, Gearóid’s wife Róisín, Bobby Storey and Michelle Gildernew SIPTU supports Sinn Féin motion on agency workers 
A SINN FÉIN motion calling for government legislation to protect agency workers' rights - supported by SIPTU --has been passed by Dublin City Council this week. The motion was passed with the support of all councillors except the Progressive Democrats' sole member. Photo: Larry O’Toole addresses SIPTU rally at Dublin City Hall in support of Sinn Féin motion 'Blinkered' Bradley aligned with reactionary unionists "Blinkered by his anti-republican and anti-Sinn Féin agenda" was how Sinn Féin Education Committee member Michelle O'Neill MLA branded the SDLP's Dominic Bradley after the latter's outburst against Sinn Féin Education Minister Caitríona Ruane following the leaking of proposals on ending academic selection in the North's schools. Adams meets US political leaders attending Investment Conference 
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP held a meeting with four of the major political US leaders attending the investment conference in Belfast on Thursday, 8 May. Sinn Féin condemns attack on PSNI officer 
SINN FÉIN has condemned an attack on Monday night, 12 May, on an off-duty PSNI officer in the West Tyrone town of Spamount. Photo: Pat Doherty 
THE Lisbon Treaty is one of the biggest challenges facing Ireland and the powerful Establishment bodies in government, big business and the media are throwing their full weight behind the treaty to railroad it through. And their biggest resource is money. 
ÓGRA Shinn Féin is hosting a National Youth Forum on Drugs this Saturday 17 May at 12 noon in Dublin's Teacher's Club. Photo: CAMPAIGN: Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams at the launch of NARC Oscailt oifigiúil shíneadh Choláiste Feirste 
Rinne Gearóid Mac Adaimh, feisire Iarthar Bhéal Feirste agus Uachtarán Shinn Féin, an oscailt oifigiúil ar an síneadh foirgnimh úr ag Colaiste Feirste inniu Dé hAoine 9 Beataine 2008. Bhí costas £4.5 milliún ar an síneadh seo. Gardaí must be more representative of community - Ó Snodaigh 
GARDAÍ must be more representative of the community they represent according to Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD. MLA urges Assembly trade link with Venezuela 
FOYLE Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has called on the North's Assembly to enter into a trade agreement with Venezuela to deliver low-cost heating oil to disadvantaged households in the Six Counties. Photo: Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson Sinn Féin MEP hosts domestic violence conference 
A SINN FÉIN conference, Domestic Violence: Experiences and Responses, hosted by Mary Lou McDonald MEP in Dublin's Mansion House last week, heard contributions from Women's Aid Director Margaret Martin; Dr Ailbhe Smyth, Department of Women's Studies at UCD; Rita Fagan, a community activist with St Michael's Family Resource Centre in Inchicore; Nobuhle Nduka of the African Women's Network (AkiDwa); and Marianne Eriksson, Swedish former MEP and member of the Swedish Left Party. Photo: MANSION HOUSE: Mary Lou McDonald MEP, Women’s Aid Director Margaret Martin, former MEP Marianne Eriksson and Dr Ailbhe Smyth Basque youth Delegation in Ireland 
A BASQUE youth movement delegation has been visiting Ireland over the last week to learn about the Peace Process 10 years into the Good Friday Agreement, to raise awareness of the Basque political situation, and to increase meaningful engagement with Ógra Shinn Féin and community groups. Photo: DELEGATION: Posing for a picture opposite the international mural wall in Belfast Palestine national rally in Belfast this Saturday 
PEOPLE are expected to travel from across Ireland to a national rally organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Belfast this Saturday, 17 May, to mark Al Nakba. Al Nakba (meaning "catastrophe") represents the most disastrous period in Palestinian history. Ó Snodaigh demands action on Garda covert surveillance 
SINN FÉIN Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has called on new 26-County Justice Minister Dermot Ahern to bring forward the Covert Surveillance Bill, particularly after the publication of the sixth report of the Morris Tribunal which found that gardaí in Donegal were secretly recording conversations with civilians and other members of the force "whenever it took their fancy". Cancer screening jobs go to US, Guinness breweries to shut, Psychiatric nurses' dispute continues and 'Appalling' conditions on ship docked in Cork 
Joan Foster Photo: HONOUR AND RESPECT: The massive attendance at her funeral reflected the esteem in which Joan and her family are held both locally and nationally Relatives for Justice Remembering 
THE Relatives for Justice Young People's Group have created a short film worthy of professionals. All from East Tyrone and aged between 10 and 16, and bereaved through the recent conflict in Ireland, they worked together, exploring their own identities, sense of belonging and community, using art and photography to develop a DVD looking at their uncles' lives, hopes and dreams. Photo: GAA star Peter Canavan and Michelle Gildernew MP pictured with some of the young people who took part in the film project James Connolly remembered in Belfast 
JAMES CONNOLLY'S house on the Falls Road in Belfast was the venue for a ceremony on Monday, 12 May, to mark the 92nd anniversary of his execution on 12 May 1916. DVD celebrates lives of Ballymurphy Volunteers 
A NEW DVD celebrating the lives and contribution to the struggle of three IRA Volunteers from the greater Ballymurphy area of West Belfast is to be released this coming Sunday, 18 May, after a commemorative parade. |
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