BY MARK MOLONEY

ÓGRA SHINN FÉIN members were among nine students arrested after anti-college fee campaigners from National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) occupied the offices of Fine Gael Galway/West TD Brian Walsh just before the Budget.
The occupation saw members of the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) group rush into Walsh’s office and chain themselves to furniture while... Free article

REPORT COVERS CANCER TREATMENT, SUBSTANCE MISUSE, OBESITY, MENTAL HEALTH, SUICIDE PREVENTION, SEXUAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY CARE, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AMBULANCE SERVICES

A MAJOR REPORT compiled by the Departments of Health in Belfast and Dublin, the result of two years’ work, has recommended what Sinn Féin has been proposing for years – all-island co-operation in health services... Free article

SEÁN GALLAGHER’S Presidential campaign spluttering into oblivion on RTÉ’s Frontline debate when Martin McGuinness quizzed him on his fund-raising for Fianna Fáil has been voted Ireland’s top TV moment of 2011.

The British royal wedding – where Pippa Middleton’s backside was obsessed over by the media more than her actual marriage to Prince William and the sectarian,... Free article

THE Irish Network Against Racism (ENAR Ireland) has welcomed the convictions yesterday (Tuesday) at London’s Old Bailey of Gary Dobson and David Norris for the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence 18 years ago.

Today (Wednesday) Gary Dobson was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years two months; David Norris was sentenced to a minimum of 14 years three months.

Catherine... Free article

VITA CORTEX workers – in occupation of the foam manufacturing plant in Cork for more than two weeks, including Christmas and the New Year – have responded positively to the call by Jobs and Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton for them and management to use the state’s industrial relations machinery to try and resolve the dispute.

The Vita Cortex workers said they will do so to try... Free article

It’s important that republicans remember the families of fallen Volunteers, especially in the run-up to Christmas

THE work of supporting the families of republican activists imprisoned or killed defending their republican beliefs and principles has been carried on down through the decades by very committed people. Today that work is being continued by the Green Cross... Free article

THE SITUATION in Maghaberry Prison is tense, making the need for the prison administration to resolve outstanding issues in the jail for the benefit of prisoners and staff even more urgent, Sinn Féin MLAs said after visiting there on Thursday.

Sinn Féin MLAs Raymond McCartney (Foyle) and Jennifer McCann (West Belfast) visited Hydebank Young Offenders’ Centre and Women’s Prison as... Free article

THE FAMILY of Pat Finucane has announced it is to take legal action challenging the British Government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into the assassination of the defence lawyer at his Belfast home in front of his family in 1989.

The killing is engulfed by widespread suspicion that British Government security services, the British Army or the RUC – or all three – and... Free article