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TÁ MOLADH tagtha ón Rialtas (na Fiche Sé Chontae) le déanaí maidir le Gaeltacht uirbeach nua i mBaile Átha Cliath a bhunú. Is é Cluain Dolcáin in Iarthar na cathrach an ceantar atá le hathainmniú. Cé nach mbaineann an moladh seo go baileach le Plean 20 Bliain leis an nGaeilge a chur chun cinn sa stát, luíonn sé le spiorad... Free article

Canadian activist Jessica Ernst, biologist and environmental expert 30 years working as an environmental consultant for the oil and gas industry says . . . Reject ‘fracking’

» BY MARK MOLONEY

AS THE DEBATE on the controversial oil and gas exploration technique hydraulic fracturing (known as ‘fracking’), heats up, the newly-formed Good Energies Alliance Ireland (GEAI) has... Free article

CASHING IN ON AUSTERITY | CONSUMER COUNCIL LOBBIED TO ACT

» BY CONOR MURPHY MP, Sinn Féin Assembly Economy Spokesperson

WE’RE ALL FAMILIAR with the strong-arm tactics used by illegal loan sharks but a new industry is being allowed to flourish because of the extreme austerity measures being imposed on society by governments and posing hidden dangers of debt from legal lending... Free article

TRADE UNIONISTS BATTLE FOR RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION AT TRUCKING FIRM

TESCO IRELAND has secured a Dublin High Court injunction barring Sinn Fein TD Dessie Ellis and five members of SIPTU from the company’s distribution centre in Ballymun.

The order was made on 24 February after the Dublin North-West TD observed an 100-strong picket the previous night backing workers from the Eddie... Free article

WHERE DO Ard Fheis motions come from? Really.

I mean, in theory party members are now spending weeks discussing the issues on which they believe the party needs to form policy. They consult existing policy documents, they touch base with people in their communities affected by the issue, days are spent wrestling with commas and sub-clauses, arguments are carefully marshalled and... Free article

FINE GAEL, LABOUR, FIANNA FÁIL BACK IRISH PARTICIPATION IN AUSTRO-GERMAN BATTLE GROUP

 » BY MARK MOLONEY

FROM July until the end of 2012, members of the Irish Defence Forces will participate in an EU Battle Group.

The Government parties and Fianna Fáil voted in favour of Defence Forces personnel taking part in the Austro-German EU Battle Group following a debate on the issue in... Free article

THE WIFE of Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan has thanked on behalf of her husband the countless numbers of people in Ireland and across the world who highlighted his 66-day fast against being held hostage by the Israeli state.

The 33-year-old baker was arrested by Israeli troops in the West Bank on 17 December and given a four-month “administrative detention” order by a... Free article

ONE YEAR SINCE THE DÁIL GENERAL ELECTION

“ON 25TH FEBRUARY, a democratic revolution took place in Ireland.” These were the opening words of the 2011 Fine Gael/Labour Programme for Government. So how has it been for you, what with Enda Kenny’s Obamaisms, report cards for ministers, continuing billion-euro bail-outs for bank bond holders, more cutbacks, failed referendums and... Free article

13 BELFAST LOYALISTS WALK FREE AS ‘SUPERGRASS’ CASE COLLAPSES

 » BY PEADAR WHELAN

THE North’s judicial system and its use of the discredited ‘supergrass’ and Diplock court system is again under the spotlight after a judge acquitted 13 loyalists following a 71-day trial costing £10million.

The north Belfast loyalists — who faced charges ranging from the assassination of UDA... Free article

EX-RUC OFFICERS WITH ‘PATTEN PAYMENTS’ NOW BACK ON DUTY AND NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO POLICE OMBUDSMAN FOR PAST WRONGDOING

BY GERRY KELLY
Sinn Féin MLA and spokesperson on Policing & Justice

FIVE YEARS AGO, in January 2007, Sinn Féin members overwhelmingly affirmed our Ard Chomhairle’s recommendation to participate in the Policing Board and District Policing Partnerships (DPPs). The... Free article