A report by the University of Ulster into the independence of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) has said that British soldiers were given favourable treatment and that certain cases were not investigated properly. Free article

A slight fall in the number of people signing onto the Live Register does not indicate that the unemployment rate is falling and instead highlights the continued emigration of young people, says Sinn Féin. Free article

The International Criminal Court has ruled that it cannot investigate Israel for alleged war crimes during its 22 day siege of Gaza in the winter of 2008/2009 because it has no jurisdiction in what is not a full UN member state. Despite Palestinian statehood being recognized by 130 countries , it is still only recognized as a UN observer instead of a full member. Free article

Labour Party MEPs who opposed austerity measures in the EU parliament have been challenged to stand by their position and campaign against the upcoming Austerity Treaty by Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald TD. Free article

Framed copy of An Phoblacht put on display in Leinster House Free article

Sinn Féin councillors walked out of the Dublin City council meeting last night, 2 April, in protest at the refusal of Labour Mayor Andrew Montague to accept an emergency motion calling for the scrapping of the Household Charge. Free article

Sinn Féin Republican Youth demonstrated with around 10,000 people who took part in the rally in oppsoition to the Household Charge they marched to the Fine Gael Ard Fheis in the Dublin's Convention Center on Saturday 31 March Free article

FIANNA FÁIL’S ard fheis last month confirmed the view of many commentators that the party has found no way out of the crisis brought on by the economic catastrophe inflicted by the previous government on the Irish people – a crisis revealed in Fianna Fáil’s general election drubbing. Free article

SINN FÉIN students in Dublin City University are campaigning to overturn a Student Council decision to donate €10,000 from Student Union funds towards the building of a labyrinth that students have dubbed ‘The Money Maze’. Free article

The new An Phoblacht website offers subscribers immediate and easy access to all of An Phoblacht's content online and will include added features such as access to our extensive Archives of An Phoblacht and IRIS - The Republican Magazine in PDF booklet format. Free article