A just society, not just an economy

THERE IS NO DENYING there is an economic crisis affecting the decisions that have to be taken by governments and political parties in power all over the world, and Ireland is no exception. Where Sinn Féin differs dramatically from the conservative coalitions - Fine Gael/Labour in Dublin and the Conservative Party/Liberal Democrats in London -... Free article

Más maith is mithid go bhfuil an ceathrar is mó a bhfuil freagarthacht orthu as an ionsaí suarach leabhalach a rinne RTÉ ar an tAthair Kevin Reynolds ag “seasamh ar leataobh.”
Is díol trua í ag an am céanna gur go drogallach a tarraingíodh RTÉ go dtí an pointe seo, agus gach rud atá déanta ag RTÉ faoin scéal go dtí seo thabharfadh sé le fios nach bhfuil a leithscéal ró-ionraic is... Free article

YOU’D ALMOST feel sorry for the Labour Party. Almost. Individually, they’re not bad people – I’d count a number of them among my friends and there are, hidden here and there within it, a few remaining Labour politicians of genuine conviction and principle
But as a group of people you’d travel a long way to find any to beat them for that sense of arrogant, smug, self-entitlement.... Free article

POPULAR HISTORY and cinema have greatly reinforced the celebrity status of Michael Collins, eclipsing many of the other key figures of the struggle for Irish freedom of his time. The Collins myth has also served to obscure the facts and the issues at stake around the ‘Treaty’ signed 90 years ago this month and the subsequent split and Civil War.
The writings of the respected... Free article

Time for America and Ireland to bypass British obstruction

BY SEÁN PENDER
AOH National Board

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AOH National Board

IRISH-AMERICA welcomes the interest and support of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in seeking justice in the case of Pat Finucane. The disingenuous and disrespectful actions by the British Government towards the Finucane family are well-known by those in the... Free article

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LOW-INCOME UNDER-25s | BUDGET CREATED CATCH 22

BY MARK MOLONEY

» BY MARK MOLONEY

AN INVESTIGATION by An Phoblacht and Sinn Féin’s Oireachtas team into a discriminatory practice by the Health Service Executive (HSE) targeting those under 25 years old has put the Government under pressure to back-track on a policy that has been in place since the last Budget.Free article

Delivering real change in education

NELSON MANDELA once said that education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.
It’s a maxim that successive Sinn Féin ministers from Martin McGuinness to Caitríona Ruane and now myself have taken into office with us.
Education is central to the egalitarian ideals of Sinn Féin’s political project. While Ireland’s... Free article

Elections see Basque pro-independence coalition return highest number of MPs

BY THE DUBLIN BASQUE COMMITTEE

THE Basque people elected seven MPs of the pro-independence left in the Amaiur coalition in the Spanish general election held on November 20th. Amaiur includes the Abertzale (pro-independence) Left, Eusko Alkartasuna, Aralar and Alternatiba and had the most MPs elected in... Free article

Taking control of our own economic destiny

By Conor Murphy MP, MLA

IRELAND faces many challenges presented by the current global economic recession in addition to the historic legacy of partition where we have two failing economies competing back-to-back on an island with a population of 6.2million people.
In the North, the Assembly and Executive has limited fiscal powers which... Free article