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Lisbon Treaty rejection : How the campaigns played out 
THE UNTHINKABLE has happened. With a high turn-out and a wide margin, the 'No' campaign has defeated the Lisbon Treaty. The responses from the Government, the 'Yes' campaign more generally, and their partners across the EU have ranged from the measured to the extreme. Lisbon Treaty rejection : Sinn Féin's crucial role 
WHAT a difference a year makes. Last year, in the aftermath of our profoundly disappointing general election campaign, along with a number of other party activists, I contributed to the debate on the next steps for our party with an article in An Phoblacht. Lisbon Treaty rejection : How the numbers stacked up 
WITHIN an hour of the first ballot boxes being opened, party officials across the political spectrum were calling the referendum as a 'No' to the Lisbon Treaty. The earliest tallies showed that the 'No' vote had swung the day despite a high turn-out, which would have been seen traditionally as a boost for the 'Yes' side in any referendum. 'Lisbon Treaty is over', de Brún tells Euro Parliament 
SPEAKING on Wednesday in the European Parliament on the outcome of the Lisbon Treaty, Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún highlighted the momentous opportunity available to re-open the debate about the future of Europe. Photo: Bairbe de Brún MEP at a press conference in Strasbourg on Tuesday with French and Dutch colleagues Francis Wurtz and Erik Meijer from the GUE/NGL group to which Sinn Féin is affiliated Assembly must act on report to end child poverty scandal 
A MAJOR REPORT released this week has the potential to eradicate the scandal of child poverty in the North if its release leads to real action, Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson said at its launch on Tuesday. Photo: ANDERSON: Action plan 25th Anniversary of Great Escape to be celebrated in West Belfast 
People from all over Belfast and beyond will gather in the Whiterock Leisure Centre this Saturday, 21 June at 7pm for the Great Escape 25th anniversary night. Photo: H-Block escapees Joe Simpson, Jimmy Burns, Robert Russell, Bobby Storey, Gerry Kelly, Jim McCann and Harry Murray Bush visit meets with anti-imperialist protest 
THE visit by US President George W Bush to the North on Monday saw Ógra Shinn Féin mobilise activists from across Ireland for a protest against US imperialism at Belfast City Hall. Photo: CLEAR MESSAGE: : Anger at US policy in Middle East demonstrated in Belfast Dunnes workers' anti-apartheid boycott - anniversary marked 
Sinn Féin TD for Cavan-Monaghan and Dáil group leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin attended a 24th anniversary event on Wednesday marking the beginning of the anti-apartheid boycott by Dunnes Stores workers in 1984. Photo: South African Ambassador Priscilla Jana attended the unveiling of the plaque to honour the Dunnes Stores workers for the part they played in the fight against apartheid 
Leading Irish republican and Sinn Féin TD for Kerry North, Martin Ferris is to deliver the keynote address at the 2008 republican commemoration at Bodenstown next Sunday. Photo: Martin Ferris Sinn Féin mayors for County Monaghan 
THIRTY-year-old Sinn Féin Councillor Matt Carthy was unanimously elected Méara Chontae Mhuineacháin at the AGM of Monaghan County Council on Monday. Sinn Féin Councillors Rose McMahon and Niall Quigley have been elected to the chairs of Carrickmacross and Clones Town councils respectively. Photo: New Mayor of Monaghan County Council Matt Carthy, Rose McMahon and Niall Quigley 'Dissident contractors' spark electricians' anger, Trade unions welcome rejection of Lisbon and HSE jobs to go in cutbacks Another award for Hunger Strike movie 
HUNGER, the film dealing with the 1981 H-Block Hunger Strike has won the Sydney Film Festival's first international competition. Attack on Polish household condemned, Investment in Dungannon and South Tyrone, North-West Gateway officials to meet Strabane District Council and Demand for Community Policing Forum in Trim 
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness visited the historic West Belfast landmark Conway Mill last Wednesday 11 June where he met members of the Conway Mill Preservation Trust (CMPT). Photo: Joint First Minister Martin McGuinness meets members of the Conway Mill Preservation Trust |
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