SV Estelle attacked at weekend trying to break illegal Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory Free article

Nationalists take two-thirds of the seats in the Basque Parliament Free article

ON TUESDAY 16th October, the 20th anniversary of her assassination by loyalists, Sinn Féin activist Sheena Campbell was remembered in a candle-light vigil at the gates of Queen’s University Belfast. Free article

Hundreds of Home Help and Home Care workers along with supporters marched from the GPO in Dublin to the Dáil on Wednesday afternoon to express their disgust at the slashing of home help hours. Campaigners say that the cutbacks will force more people into care homes and have a damaging effect on the lives of disabled and elderly people who rely on such services. Free article

POLITICIANS from across Europe joined the crew of the SV Estelle aid ship in international waters on Tueday as it attempts to break the siege of Gaza. Free article

THE FAMILIES of six people killed in a loyalist gun attack on a bar in rural County Down have launched a legal action against the British Ministry of Defence alleging that the state aided in the attack. Free article

SINN FÉIN leader Gerry Adams TD has called for a vote on Irish unity in the wake of the announcement that Scotland will vote on independence in 2014. Free article

HOME HELP and Care workers will lead a protest march from the GPO to Leinster House in Dublin on Wednesday (17 October) in protest at proposals to reduce Home Help hours and Home Care Packages. Care workers say that the proposed cuts would seriously damage the quality of life of elderly and disabled recipients of care. Free article

Sinn Féin representative for Dublin Mid-West Eoin Ó Broin has challenged the Fine Gael TD for the area, Derek Keating, to a public debate on the jobs crisis following what he described as “a ridiculous and deliberately provocative” press statement from Deputy Keating. Free article

A vigil will be held outside the gates of Queen's University Belfast at 7.30pm on Tueday night (16 October) to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of Sinn Féin activist Sheena Campbell. Free article