REPORT RAISES MAJOR QUESTIONS OVER BENEFITS CHECKS FUNDAMENTAL FAILURES IN NEW SCHEME

THE British Government should suspend the Work Capability Assessment until it can be shown to be fit for purpose, says Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney after a report by the Citizens’ Advice Bureau raised serious questions over its efficiency and results.

The study, ‘Right First Time’, was... Free article

BELFAST CITY COUNCIL | REPUBLICAN POLITICS IN ACTION

» BY PEADAR WHELAN

THE CONTROVERSY surrounding the awards ceremony at Belfast City Hall when Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile opted out of presenting a certificate to a member of the British Army Cadet Force served to remind nationalists in the North that “Stone Age unionism” is alive and well.

DUP and UUP politicians vied with... Free article

Community Employment under threat from FG/Labour Budget

» BY MARK MOLONEY

DRASTIC CUTS to Community Employment (CE) schemes are already having a massive impact on communities across the state and leave many of them fearful for the quality and scope of existing services on the ground if not their very future.

In December’s Budget 2012, funding for CE schemes was cut from €1,500 to... Free article

OPINION | SCOTLAND’S OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR AT FOOTBALL AND THREATENING COMMUNICATIONS ACT

BY JIM SLAVEN IN EDINBURGH

THE Scottish Government’s Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act has proved to be one of the most contentious pieces of legislation to pass through the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish National Party Government’s legislation is... Free article

FROM HIS FIRST WORDS you knew the SDLP had made the right decision in picking Alasdair McDonnell as leader. Having just won the slow bicycle race that was the contest for the party leadership, which electrified people the length and breadth of a handful of homes in south Belfast, Downpatrick and Derry, he stood mumbling live on television, pleading with his handlers to, “Turn off... Free article

» LE CATHAL Ó MURCHÚ

ÓNAR CHUIR Teach Laighean an tAcht Teanga i bhfeidhm sa reachtaíocht i 2003, bhí an-dóchas ag Gaeilgeoirí na tíre seo go dtabharfaí tús áite don teanga náisiúnta mar is ceart faoi dheireadh. In ainneoin go ndeireann Bunreacht na 26 Chontae gurb í an Ghaeilge chéad teanga oifigiúil an stáit, go dtí reachtú an achta úd, tugadh droim láimhe nó déanadh neamhaird... Free article

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN YOUTH CONGRESS | FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 2 & 3 MARCH

YOUNG REPUBLICAN ACTIVISTS from all over Ireland converge on Dublin on Friday and Saturday, 2/3 March, for a landmark event in the history of Republican Youth.

Hosted in the Ballybough Community Centre in the heart of the city and close to Croke Park, the Sinn Féin Republican Youth National Congress brings to a... Free article

Supermarket giant’s expansion threatens small businesses and damages communities

» BY MARK MOLONEY

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL has unanimoustly voted for a motion put forward by Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Connaghan calling on the City Manager to think long and hard about the consequences for local enterprises, jobs and consumers on applications by large supermarket chains such as... Free article

BASQUE COUNTRY, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND REPRESENTED AT YOUTH EVENT

» BY MARK MOLONEY IN CORTI, CORSICA

A SINN FÉIN Republican Youth delegation has just returned from the 8th annual Scontri Internaziunali event at the University of Corsica Pascal Paoli.

The three-day youth event, hosted by the pro-independence student group Cunsulta di a Ghjuventú Corsa (GCG), took place in the... Free article

Ciorruithe ag titim níos troime ar na ceantair tuaithe

LE TREVOR Ó CLOCHARTAIGH

TÁ NA ‘CULCHIES’, mar a thugann Mary Lou McDonald go ceanúil orainn, ar buile. Tá muid ag déanamh amach go bhfuil éagóir sa bhreis dhá dhéanamh orainn seachas saoránaithe cathrach, de bharr go bhfuil cónaí orainn amuigh faoin dtuath. An bhfuil an ceart againn, nó an é nach bhfuil muidne sásta ár gcóir... Free article