|
 |
Recent Editions |
|
26 June, 2008 |
|
Other News
ANDERSONSTOWN BARRACKS : Pressure on minister to give site to community 
"CONSULT us, don't insult us," is the message of West Belfast residents to Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie after further SDLP mismanagement was exposed during a public meeting regarding the redevelopment of the former barracks site in west Belfast. Photo: SITE: The Andersonstown Barracks site can become a community asset Sinn Féin to build united Ireland campaign in Britain 
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP MLA, Party Chairperson Mary Lou McDonald MEP, and Conor Murphy MP MLA, Minister for the Department of Regional Development, are in London this week for a series of meetings. The meetings are part of Sinn Féin's strategy to advance its goal of Irish re-unification. Photo: Gerry Adams Ó Snodaigh seeks extra resources to fight Dublin gang feud 
SINN FÉIN Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has sought a meeting with the Garda Superintendent at Crumlin Garda Station to discuss the escalating feud in Dublin's Inner City which resulted in a number of shootings this week. Sinn Féin TDs oppose Offences Against the State Acts 
WITH the support of Fine Gael, Labour and so-called 'Independents', the Fianna Fáil/Green/PD Government has again renewed draconian measures contained in sections of the Offences Against the State Acts. Only Sinn Féin's four TDs opposed the Government motion and proposed a Bill for the repeal of the Acts. Photo: Non-jury Special Court Dublin Sinn Féin holds PSNI to account 
SINCE Sinn Féin joined the Policing Board, up to 18 PSNI members have been sacked for breaking the law or breaching police discipline. Photo: Martina Anderson Workers' concerns central to Lisbon rejection 
THE failure to address workers' concerns was a key reason why voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty, according to Jack O'Connor, General President of SIPTU, Ireland's biggest trade union. Photo: O’CONNOR: SIPTU is to distribute a new booklet, The Lisbon Treaty: What Next?, to its 270,000 members Call for Gormley to halt incineration of deadly hydrogen cyanide 
THERE is mounting outrage in County Wicklow over plans to burn highly toxic chemicals in the Wicklow mountains. Wicklow Sinn Féin Councillor John Brady has called on Green Party Environment Minister John Gormley to halt the controversial plan. Photo: Sinn Féin’s Seán Crowe attended the protest at Rentokil in Ballymount Cruinniú tábhachtach faoi dul chun cinn na Gaeilge 
On the stormiest, wettest Bodenstown Sunday morning in living memory Gaeilgeoirí from across the country packed into the Townhouse Hotel in Naas for a broad-ranging strategy meeting on Sinn Féin and the Irish language organised by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams. Photo: Gerry Adams, Marcus Mac Ruairí agus Niall Ó Donnghaile ag an cruinniú Stormont opens doors to Rainbow project STORMONT must be a welcoming place to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson said ahead of an event in Stormont this week organised on behalf of the Rainbow Project gay rights group. EU lifts sanctions against Cuba 
THE EU officially lifted its sanctions on Cuba on Monday. The measure was a largely symbolic step as EU sanctions have been suspended since 2005. Photo: Bairbre de Brún Sinn Féin Mayor of Armagh City 
Sinn Féin's Noel Sheridan has been elected Mayor of Armagh City and District Council. Speaking following his election on Monday, 23 June he said that as mayor he would be committed to working to deliver as best as practically possible for all communities, for citizens, and in particular for the most disadvantaged. Photo: Noel Sheridan McManus and Crossan to be remembered 50 years on 
The deaths of two republicans 50 years ago are to be marked at the end of the month by a series of commemorative events and the publication of a booklet. Women's weekend builds confidence 
WOMEN'S valuable role within Sinn Féin has been underlined by a weekend training programme in south Armagh developing skills for activists in campaigning, media and party promotion. Photo: Eibhlin Glenholmes with some of the participants Shock as Hibernian Insurance axes 580 jobs, 'Boycott Israeli goods' call by ICTU and International thanks to Irish seafarers and dockers Great Escape remembered in West Belfast 
Hundreds of people packed into the Whiterock Leisure Centre in West Belfast on Saturday evening, 21 June, for the 25th anniversary celebration of the great escape of 38 republican prisoners from the H-blocks in September 1983. Photo: Pictured at the event in Whiterock are republican former POWs including some of the 1983 H-Block escapees and Briege Wright, sister of Volunteer Marie Wright, the former O/C of the republican prisoners at Maghaberry Jail |
|
©Copyright 2012 An Phoblacht Privacy Policy |