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Burning questions about SDLP Tommy and his Afghan adventure paid for by the British Army

THE SDLP seems to have signed its own unofficial Official Secrets Act about SDLP MLA Thomas Burns's visit to British troops in Afghanistan.

Vacancy at the top?

WRITING in the Belfast News Letter, Alex Kane predicts that Sir Reg Empey views a seat in Westminster in the same light as the former SDLP leader Mark Durkan: as a soft landing to retiring from politics here. But, win or lose, Kane sees no future for Empey.

Forógra Gaeilge Shinn Féin seolta

SEOLADH Forógra Ghaeilge Shinn Féin i mBéal Feirste Dé Mairt 27 Aibreán. Ag labhairt dó ag an lainseáil dúirt Uachtarán Shinn Féin Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh go raibh sé fóirsteanach go raibh an lainseáil ag tarlú i Lárionad an Droichid, buaiteoirí duais uile-Éireann Glór na nGael don dara uair i mbliana.

Gerry Adams signs West Belfast Anti-Racism Charter

WEST BELFAST MP Gerry Adams signed the 'West Belfast Anti-Racism Charter' on behalf of Sinn Féin this week.

ÓSF launch Youth Manifesto

EDUCATION MINISTER Caitríona Ruane joined Ógra Shinn Féin National Organiser Donnchadh O'Laoghaire and a large group of Ógra Shinn Féin members on Monday at Down's County Museum in Downpatrick to launch Sinn Féin's Youth Manifesto, 'Creating the Future'.

ELECTIONS: Irish Community Manifesto - 'Irish Votes Count' - launched in Britain

THE 'Irish Community Election Manifesto', Irish Votes Count, was launched in the House of Commons in Westminster last week in front of an audience including British Government ministers, MPs, peers and election candidates from the three main parties. The manifesto is another initiative of the Federation of Irish Societies (FIS), the umbrella group for Irish groups and centres in Britain, in encouraging Irish people to register to vote in their local area and making sure their votes are not wasted.

Photo: Pat Doherty congratulated those involved in manifesto initiative

Minister John Gormley has the power to save Easter Rising site, say TDs

TWO TDs who secured the support of 25 Oireachtas members for an objection to the proposed Chartered Land development on Dublin's Moore Street have called on Environment Minister John Gormley to use his powers under legislation covering national monuments to stop the development, now approved by An Bórd Pleanála, which will irreparably damage this national site.

Photo: The Arms Around Moore Street protest last April

Morgan wants investigation into diligence of Ernst & Young auditors

THE Sinn Féin spokesperson for Finance, Arthur Morgan TD, has officially called for a formal investigation into the actions of Ernst & Young Auditors. In letters to both the Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority and the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board, Morgan questioned the diligence of Anglo Irish Bank's former auditors, Ernst & Young.

Palestine campaigners target LUAS operator's complicity with Israeli apartheid

THE Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) on Saturday staged the latest in a series of actions aimed at highlighting French multinational and LUAS operator Veolia's complicity in Israel's apartheid regime. For two hours the IPSC took over the St Stephen's Green LUAS stop, decking the area in Palestinian flags, balloons and placards. Thousands of information leaflets were distributed.

Photo: IPSC stage protest to highlight LUAS operator Veolia’s complicity in Israel’s apartheid regime

You can help stop apartheid Israel's membership of the OECD

SRAEL wants to get into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - but you can help stop it happening. The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is urgently requesting your support for a last-minute attempt to try and stop Israel's membership of the OECD.

Irish multinational CRH's links to Apartheid Wall in Israel to be raised at AGM rally

NEXT Wednesday's AGM in Dun Laoghaire of the Irish-based multinational CRH building supplies firm will face a demonstration calling for it to cut its links with Israeli company Mashav and its activities in occupied Palestine. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign says it wants to inform CRH shareholders and the Irish public of their company's complicity in human rights abuses in occupied Palestine.

Human rights report raises concerns on Corrib gas dispute with Shell

FRONT LINE, the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, has called for a review of policies and practices by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) as the organisation launched a report on the Corrib gas dispute with Shell in County Mayo.

Sinn Féin NUI Maynooth fund-raiser for Haiti

THE Colm Dalton cumann of Sinn Féin in NUI Maynooth has raised the impressive sum of €1,071.45 for Concern's Haiti disaster fund at a function in County Kildare. The decision was made to amalgamate the annual function before Easter Week with an event that could make a difference, thus the 'The Shinner Shave' was born with beards decimated, long hair being shaved and legs and chests waxed, as well as music and entertainment provided.

Photo: Cathal Donnelly gets ‘The Shinner Shave’

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