White line picket remembers Gibraltar – 25 years on
7 March 2013
Dozens of republicans took to the streets of Belfast on Wednesday 6 March to remember IRA Volunteers Mairéad Farrell, Dan McCann and Seán Savage who were gunned down in Gibraltar 25 years ago. SAS assassins, acting on orders from Margaret Thatcher's war cabinet, ambushed the three despite knowing they were unarmed. Among those who took part in the white line picket at Andersonstown was West Belfast Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey, former MEP Bairbre de Brún and local councillors Emma Groves and Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín. Seamus Finucane also attended.
Moore Street Committee members visit site
1 March 2013
Inside 14 to 17 Moore Street, last headquarters of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic at Easter 1916. 11th February 2013
The AGM of West Belfast Sinn Féin was held on Thursday 21 February
22 February 2013
Sinn Féin Councillor Deirdre Hargey (South Belfast) chaired. Paul Maskey MP outlined the work the party has been involved in over the past year and the success of numerous projects that have secured investment and employment in the constituency. Belfast Sinn Féin Chair Bobby Storey addressed the meeting. Bobby’s wide-ranging briefing dealt with political developments across the North, including the loyalist violence and intimidation over the flags issue. Storey also raised the importance of the Mid-Ulster by-election, saying it is important that activists from Belfast make time to go into the constituency.
Volunteers Brendan Burns and Brendan Moley 25th anniversary
21 February 2013
Volunteers Brendan Burns and Brendan Moley 25th anniversary events. Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd March. Armagh. For futher details contact (028) 30 888 828
Delivering for Falls
13 February 2013
SINN FÉIN politicians representing the Falls area of west Belfast in both Belfast City Council and the Assembly were joined by deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Junior Minister Jennifer McCann to launch the party’s ‘Falls Delivery Plan’. During the launch of the initiative in the Maureen Sheehan Centre on Tuesday 12 February, Martin McGuinness backed the plan and endorsed the work of the party in an area suffering from endemic poverty and mass unemployment. “Despite the deprivation, the people of this area are a proud people and a determined people who will build this community and make it a better place to live,” Martin McGuinness told An Phoblacht.
1913 Lockout commemoration
6 February 2013
‘Big Jim’ Larkin statue, O'Connell Street, Dublin – 2 February 2013
Flying start for Francie Molloy Mid-Ulster by-election campaign
5 February 2013
THE campaign to get Francie Molloy elected to replace Martin McGuinness as MP for Mid-Ulster got off to a flying start on Sunday 3 February. Activists from across Ireland travelled to Galbally, County Tyrone, to hear outgoing MP Martin McGuinness endorse Molloy as “the right man for the job” as he addressed hundreds of party members and supporters. Elected representatives from all of the Six Counties were present, including many from Counties Derry and Tyrone, the heart of the Mid-Ulster constituency. Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD was also there. Lending her support to the campaign, Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald TD spoke and warned against complacency in holding the seat against a unionist challenge. “Clearly, retaining the Mid-Ulster seat will be a challenge to the party and one we must face resolutely and with determination,” Mary Lou said.
New Lodge Six anniversary
5 February 2013
HUNDREDS of people from across north Belfast braved a cold February night on Sunday 3 February to mark the 40th anniversary of when six local men from New Lodge were gunned down jointly by the British Army and a loyalist death squad. The shootings began when UDA killers opened fire on unarmed IRA Volunteers Jim Sloan and Jim McCann, killing them both. In the aftermath of the killings, the British Army opened fire from the rooftops of the Artillery Flats, killing four others, including IRA Volunteer Tony Campbell, who was also unarmed when he was shot dead. The three other local men to die were Ambrose Hardy, Brendan Maguire and John Loughran. Sinn Féin's Caral Ní Chuilín spoke at the New Lodge Masscre mural at Donore Court and reiterated the families’ call for justice.
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