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Letter to the Taoiseach (Free article)
27 August 2010
ALL SPORT this month, Brian. We’ll ignore Tyrone’s premature exit, if you don’t mind. Let us talk hurling and boxing instead! The big Poc Fada at Stormont was a huge success. Can you pass on our appreciation to your Tipperary colleague, Mattie McGrath TD, for standing in for you. We are thinking of renaming The Royal Mile or Prince of…
Media view (Free article)
27 August 2010
Ireland number one on ‘freedom index’ WELCOME to the 17th best place in the world, according to Newsweek magazine. If you doubt that rating in the post-Celtic Tiger impoverished state that is the 26 Counties now, well catch up on their top 10 world leaders. You will find basking at number five is Brian Cowen. Yep, you have not been…
Maghaberry Prison protest ends in agreement (Free article)
27 August 2010
THE prisoners’ protest in Roe House, Maghaberry, over conditions and visiting rights was resolved on August 12th after protracted talks between prison authorities and a facilitation group made up of members from the of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Creggan Enterprises in Derry, and the Amsterdam-based Dialogue Advisory Group.…
Fianna Fáil failure on jobs and emigration highlighted in protests by Sinn Féin (Free article)
27 August 2010
SINN FÉIN activists have been busy on the ground in the summer weeks campaigning on bread and butter issues affecting families. Fianna Fáil TDs and councillors are feeling the heat from Sinn Féin councilors across the state demanding that the Government pulls the plug on the ESB price hike that will come with a planned 5% levy.…
ConDem economics are fantasy and fiction (Free article)
27 August 2010
g BY EMMA CLANCY “I CAN BEST describe our approach as like the methodical turnaround of a failing business. When a company is failing - when spending is rising, sales are falling and debt is mounting - you need someone to come in with energy, ideas and vision and take a series of logical steps.” That’s what British Tory Prime…
Ógra joins emigration protests at airports and seaports (Free article)
27 August 2010
EMIGRATION, particularly among the young, has reached crisis point, according to Ógra Shinn Féin National Organiser Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. To highlight the extremely high emigration figures which emerged from a recent ERSI report, Ógra Shinn Féin took part in a week of action by Sinn Féin across the 26 Counties in August. Activists…
Turning out for Belfast Pride (Free article)
27 August 2010
THE colourful and vibrant 2010 Gay Pride Parade in Belfast last month was actively supported by Ógra Shinn Féin and MEP Bairbre de Brún taking part. The Belfast Pride parade, the biggest in Ireland, brought to a successful close a wide range of events that demonstrate pride but also aim to raise awareness and build respect and…
Howth Gun Running re-enacted (Free article)
27 August 2010
T THE 96th anniversary of the Howth Gun Running was marked recently by Dublin Ógra Shinn Féin activists recreating the historic events of 1914. Wearing replica Irish Volunteers uniforms, ÓSF actvists distributed leaflets in English, Irish, Spanish and Polish to the many locals and tourists who had gathered to watch the commemoration take…
Youth get answers at Gasyard Féile (Free article)
27 August 2010
THE Young People’s Questions & Answers session with Sinn Féin and community leaders, entitled ‘From the Armalite to the Ballot Box’, hosted by Ógra Shinn Féin as part of 2010 Gasyard Féile in Derry City has been hailed as a success. The event was chaired by Nicole Lamberton of Ógra and Martin McGuinness and Martina Anderson were among…
Climate emergency demands emergency response (Free article)
27 August 2010
BY EMMA CLANCY THE deadly extreme weather and natural disasters that have hit Pakistan, China and Russia in the past two months sound an undeniable warning - we’re rapidly losing a safe climate. In Pakistan, the worst flooding in the state’s history has killed more than 1,200 people, left 20million homeless and submerged more than…
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