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NAMA highlights need for all-Ireland planning 
AS Finance Ministers Sammy Wilson and Brian Lenihan met on Wednesday to discuss the implications of Dublin's NAMA (National Asset Management Agency) finance legislation, Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly said the meeting highlights the fact that the DUP can no longer ignore the reality of an all-Ireland economy. Gerry Kelly said that NAMA will see the Irish Government taking on up to €70 billion of toxic assets accrued by the banking sector but is incapable of meeting the twin objectives of achieving the best value for citizens or reducing risk. Photo: Gerry Kelly UDA says it will decommission... in another six months? 
THE mainstream UDA and its breakaway faction in south-east Antrim have given a commitment to The Independent International Commission of Decommissioning to decommission its weapons before legislation protecting them from prosecution ends early next year. The announcement was made by the British Government on Monday. Sinn Féin's Alex Maskey, however, while welcoming the belated indications, said the issue of loyalist weapons should have been resolved long ago. And he questioned the role of the UDA in ongoing sectarian provocations. Photo: UDA: Finally dealing with the issue of its weapons Dublin City Council calls on Tánaiste to move on dockers deadlock 
DUBLIN City Council has endorsed an emergency motion at Monday night's meeting calling on Tánaiste and Employment Minister Mary Coughlan to intervene in the 10-week-old dispute between dockers and SIPTU at Dublin Port and Marine Terminals Ltd (MTL) over compulsory redundancies and changes in work conditions. The motion - the result of separate Sinn Féin and Labour Party motions merged to ensure solidarity with the dockers - was moved by Labour Mayor Emer Costello and seconded by Sinn Féin Group Leader Cllr Larry O'Toole. Photo: SOLIDARITY: Larry O’Toole and Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh protest outside of Dublin City Council Sinn Féin meeting PSNI to challenge use of plastic bullets 
THE use of plastic bullets in Ardoyne and the Short Strand in recent weeks should never have occurred and such a use has breached the guidelines set by the PSNI themselves for their deployment, Sinn Féin MLA and Policing Board member Martina Anderson has said. Plastic bullets were fired by the PSNI in Ardoyne on 13 July and the Short Strand on 30 August. Photo: LETHAL WEAPONS: Martina Anderson wants answers from PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Duncan McCausland Government 'sucking life out of marginalised communities' 
OVER 1,300 people from marginalised communities across the 26 Counties gathered at Liberty Hall in Dublin this week before marching on the Department of Finance in support of the Community Development Programme. 180 Community Development Projects (CDPs) have already seen up to 20 % cuts so far this year. The McCarthy Report states that these projects 'show no evidence of value' and should be axed - a claim strongly contested by protestors from as far afield as Cork, Donegal, Galway and Limerick. Photo: Larry O’Toole Visteon: Adams calls for full investigation 
WEST BELFAST MP and Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams called on Tuesday for a full and thorough investigation into the pensions scandal at Visteon and into the management and handling of company assets. New documents have been obtained by Sinn Féin which Gerry Adams believes confirm the existence of corrupt practices by Visteon and of efforts by them to destroy company records and conceal their involvement in the displacement of jobs and investment, especially from Belfast (under their so-called 'Cummins D3' project). Photo: VISTEON: Gerry Adams believes former employees’ rights must be honoured Falls residents challenge Ritchie 
MEMBERS of the Falls Residents Association staged a protest outside the Radisson hotel on Belfast's Ormeau Road on Tuesday 8 September, before a 'Public Forum' meeting held by the North's Department for Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie. The residents carried posters demanding that the SDLP Minister overturn her decision not to demolish Ross Road flats in the lower Falls area. Photo: DEMAND: Residents want Margaret Ritchie to overturn her decision not to demolish Ross Road flats No support for those behind reckless Forkhill bomb 
SINN FÉIN MP for Newry/Armagh, Conor Murphy has condemned those responsible for planting a huge bomb on the Carrive Rd in Forkhill in South Armagh which was made safe on Tuesday. The 600lb bomb was a viable device and resulted in a number of families being evacuated from their homes while it was dealt with. Photo: Conor Murphy Need before greed - Cowen confronted 
SINN FÉIN TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh joined Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins and Cllr Richard Boyd Barrett of People Before Profit at the Treasury Building in Dublin on Wednesday, where they confronted Taoiseach Brian Cowen over the injustice of the government's proposed NAMA legislation. Photo: SKETCH: UAAC members pictured outside the Treasury Building End the siege of Gaza, says Adams 
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams has once again called on the Israeli Government to immediately end its siege of the Gaza Strip after an appeal by the United Nations and international agencies to Israel to allow urgent repairs to be carried out on the water and sewage system in Gaza. According to these agencies, more than 13 million gallons or 50 million litres of raw or partially treated sewage is flowing into the Mediterranean Sea each day. This has been caused by bomb damage caused by Israeli forces to Gaza's sewage and water treatment systems which are now totally inadequate. The damage is compounded by the refusal of Israel to allow the necessary repairs and investment essential to service and upgrade the sewage and water systems. Much of this pollution finds its way back onto the coast of Gaza and Israel. Photo: GERRY ADAMS: ‘In Gaza the civilian population has borne the brunt of the fatalities’ Assembly team prepare for challenges ahead SINN FÉIN's Assembly team in the North held its annual planning day in Gulladuff, County Derry on Monday. It follows a similar planning day held by the Leinster House team last week. Speaking from the meeting Assembly Group Leader, John O'Dowd said: "We are now half way through this Assembly term. "The next two years has to be about making significant progress, particularly on economic, education, environment and other matters. Irish being brought forward for a new day - Ruane 
SINN FÉIN Education Minister Caitríona Ruane attended the official opening of Cultúrlann Uí Chanaín in Derry last Friday. Cultúrlann Uí Chanaín in Great James Street, Derry, is a new purpose built Irish language, arts, cultural and enterprise centre comprising of classrooms, a youth club, a theatre, café and conference facilities. Photo: Cultúrlann Uí Chanaín – an Irish language, arts and cultural centre McGuinness pays tribute to Joe Hughes 
Sinn Féin MP for Mid Ulster Martin McGuinness has today paid tribute to Joe Hughes, the father of IRA Hunger Striker Francis Hughes, who passed away earlier this evening aged 101. Mr McGuinness said: "I was greatly saddened when I heard the news this evening that Joe Hughes, father of former IRA Volunteer and Hunger Striker Francis Hughes had passed away. Photo: PROUD: Joe Hughes with daughter Noreen Waterford to lose 315 jobs, Aer Lingus cuts 55 cabin crew and Community campaign against cuts The second annual Sinn Féin summer school for Irish language enthusiasts took place in Glencolmcille from 22 to 29 August. The week-long course focuses on conversational Irish and caters for all levels from those without a word right through to fluent speakers. As well as catering for the Irish language the whole spectrum of Irish culture is evident from concerts, poetry, drama, all as Gaeilge right through to ceilí and sean-nós singing and dancing. These are amongst the things that are provided for every night after which most people retire to the local pubs where traditional music is available. |
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