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18 March, 2010 |
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Hamill Inquiry questions Public Prosecution Service decision 
The North's Public Prosecution Service (PPS) was under scrutiny again this week after the Robert Hamill inquiry challenged its decision not to prosecute former RUC officer Robert Atkinson. Robert Hamill was kicked to death by a loyalist mob in 1997. Atkinson was one of four armed officers at the scene who failed to intervene to protect the Portadown Catholic. Atkinson was subsequently suspected of attempting to pervert the course of justice after he appeared to 'tip-off' a suspect but in 2004 the PPS refused to pursue the case. That decision has now been challenged. Photo: ROBERT HAMILL: Kicked to death by loyalist mob Tallaght scandal a fundamental breakdown 
SINN FÉIN TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has described as "astounding" the fact that thousands of GP referral letters were left unopened or did not reach the consultants for whom they were intended at Tallaght Hospital. He said that the failure which led to GP letters remaining unopened and x-rays unread also exposed the "two-tier nature of our health services". Photo: Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin Murphy sacks NI Water board members 
Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy, has been praised for his decisive action last Friday, when he announced that he had dismissed Chairman Chris Mellor and a number of non-executive directors of the Board of NI Water (NIW). Then on Tuesday, in a statement to the Assembly, Murphy said he was now considering the positions of two more NIW board members after a further investigation by the chief executive Laurence MacKenzie. They are Finance Director Ronan Larkin and Director of Asset Management George Butler. Photo: Conor Murphy Doherty reiterates Omagh bomb inquiry call 
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has reiterated his call for a full cross border public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. He was speaking following Tuesday's publication of a report by the Westminster Committee on affairs in the North, which is calling for a new investigation to be set up to examine whether vital intelligence was withheld which could have prevented the bomb and whether enough was done to apprehend those responsible. TG4 launches second Éalú series 
A new drama-documentary series reliving the stories behind six of Ireland's greatest prison escapes, as told by the men and women who conceived, planned, and executed these daring bids for freedom, begins on TG4 on Thursday 8 April. Éalú (Escape) returns for a second series following the widely acclaimed first series in 2004. These documentaries promise to uncover some of the most high profile escapes from Irish prisons during the last century. Photo: Éalú opens with one of the most astonishing escapes in prison history when the “M60 gang” went through the front gates of Belfast’s Crumlin Road Jail in 1981 Nuclear power is back: dangerous, costly and still deadly 
Nuclear power is back in Britain, still unsafe, still having corners cut, and with serious questions raised about the safety of the new generation of reactors planned for existing British nuclear sites in what the British Government calls a "nuclear renaissance". Photo: Serious questions have been raised about the safety of the new generation of reactors planned for existing British nuclear sites 999 services may strike over safety fears, Supermac's fast move to lower wages, Tyrone Crystal crashes with 31 job cuts and Green Isle hunger striker gets new work visa Sinn Féin Press Officer threatened by RIRA Derry Sinn Féin Press Officer Dale Moore was last week visited by the PSNI and informed that they had intelligence information indicating that the so-called Real IRA intended to shoot him. Belfast honours fallen Volunteer 
Sinn Féin's Padraic Wilson is pictured with Rita and Stephen McCracken, parents of Belfast Volunteer Kevin McCracken, who was killed while on active service as the bodies of the Gibraltar martyrs arrived home on 14 March 1988. Wilson delivered the address at the commemoration honouring the sacrifice of the former H Block Blanket protestor, a native of Turf Lodge and the eldest of five children. Sinn Féin condemns Meigh shooting 
Newry & Armagh MP Conor Murphy has condemned the shooting of a man in Meigh, County Armagh last weekend. The victim was shot in the legs when gunmen burst into his home late on Saturday evening. Also present during the attack was the victim's pregnant wife. The victim was taken to Daisy Hill Hospital. Photo: Conor Murphy 
Sinn Féin Assembly ministers Caitríona Ruane and Conor Murphy took part in a leg of the Rith 2010 1,600-kilometre relay run around Ireland last week as it passed through Newry. Rith 2010 was organised to raise money and awareness about the Irish language and the event was welcomed to Newry by the city's mayor and other public representatives. The nine-day event started in Belfast on Tuesday night and following Newry it passed through South Armagh and across the border into Louth. It is due to reach Galway city on St. Patrick's Day, where a special message, hidden inside the baton and written by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, will be read from the platform to the gathered crowds. Photo: Sinn Féin Assembly Members Caitríona Ruane and Conor Murphy pictured with children from Bunscoilanlúir before the Newry leg of the sponsored run Derry City Sinn Féin Councillor Kevin Campbell has expressed his disappointment at the SDLP's opposition to Derry Council proceeding with its stated policy of petitioning the Privy Council to restore the historic name of Derry to the city. 
Cork Sinn Féin picketed the Bright Side head shop on Washington Street on Thursday 4 March after allegations that it sold party pills to under-18s. Speaking before the picket, Councillor Jonathan O'Brien stated: "At a public meeting organised by Sinn Féin last week, a member of the audience described how her 15-year-old son was rushed to hospital after taking a so-called party pill, purchased by a friend of his in the Bright Side head shop. Photo: Pictured at the picket are Cork City Sinn Féin Councillors Jonathan O’Brien and Thomas Gould 
A new Sinn Féin cumann was launched in Kinsale, west Cork, last Saturday Doherty praises Cavan activists 
A large crowd attended the Cavan Crystal Hotel on Saturday 13 March for the County Cavan Sinn Féin Dinner Dance. The guest speaker on the night was Senator Pearse Doherty. Apologies were sent from Cavan/Monaghan TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, who could not attend the event because he was speaking at another event in County Meath. Addressing the dinner, Pearse discussed the new model of membership adopted by this year's Ard Fheis, which will open up new recruitment opportunities for the party by making it easier for more people to become involved with the party Photo: Pauline McCauley makes a presentation to Margaret Greenan Public support Cork Sinn Féin unemployment protest 
There was considerable public support for a Sinn Féin protest to highlight unemployment held across Cork North West last Saturday. Hundreds of postcards protesting government inaction on job creation were signed by the public in Macroom, Kanturk and Charleville and these will now be forwarded to the Taoiseach's Office, along with thousands more from across the state. |
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