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

» BY MARY LOU McDONALD

YOU HEAR some hair-raising stuff in the Dáil at times but even by Dáil standards Enda Kenny’s defence of bondholders and bankers left me speechless. We will not have the word “defaulter” written across our brows, said An Taoiseach, full of pomp and faux patriotism. “We pay our way,” he declared.

This was his rationale and defence for paying over... Free article

AN BHFUIL grá agat don Ghaeilge? Grá agat don Phoblachtánachas? Suim agat do theanga agus do thír a chuir chun cinn? Má tá, b’fhéidir gur tusa an duine atá ag teastáil chun folúntas, nua dúshlánach atá ag Sinn Féín a líonadh.
Sinn Féin are recruiting for a new position in the party: Irish Language Development Officer. This person will be involved in the implementation of the Irish... Free article

ULSTER COUNCIL GIVES GO-AHEAD | SINN FÉIN CREDITS CAMPAIGNERS ACROSS THE BOARD

THE 2013 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann will be going to Derry, the first time it has been held in the Six Counties. The cultural festival will bring an estimated 300,000 visitors to the Maiden City in an event worth around €40million to the region.

The Ulster Council of Comhaltas Ceoltóiri Éireann reversed... Free article

BY RODDY COLLINS

Enda Kenny: Playing for Team Ireland?

IS ENDA KENNY playing for Team Ireland when he’s away? I manage soccer teams. When I’m being interviewed in that capacity, I always try and represent them well in public. Enda Kenny didn’t.

When he was away in Switzerland at the World Economic Forum, the Taoiseach was representing Ireland and the Irish people. So where does he... Free article