SDLP runners and riders overtaken by McGuinness

BY PEADAR WHELAN

» BY PEADAR WHELAN

THE CONTENDERS for the SDLP leadership race have burst out of the stalls and are now tearing, hell for leather, around the political racecourse.
The air is thick with policy statements and mission statements outlining how each participant is different from his rivals. And the key question of how... Free article

Martin McGuinness 1 - The People’s President

When is polling day?

On Thursday 27th October

When and where can I vote?

From 7am to 10pm on Thursday 27th October at a polling station near you.
You will receive a polling card closer to election time giving you exact details of where you can vote.
Alternatively, you can check online at www.checktheregister.ie. Just input your name and... Free article

New youth strategy launched at Ard Fheis

» BY MARK MOLONEY

ÓGRA SHINN FÉIN members, college activists and young republicans from across Ireland launched Sinn Féin’s new National Youth Strategy at this year’s Ard Fheis in Belfast.
The comprehensive document aims to increase the capacity of Ógra and college cumainn, making them more efficient and attracting more young republicans... Free article

Listening to rural Ireland

BY MARK MOLONEY

SINN FÉIN has launched a Listening to Rural Ireland initiative to hear directly from farmers and their families about their concerns and issues.
It was launched by Sinn Féin spokesperson on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Michael Colreavy TD at the Ploughing Championships in Athy.
Over the coming weeks, Sinn Féin representatives will... Free article

The People’s President – Uachtarán na nDaoine

MARTIN McGUINNESS has been an extremely influential person in Irish politics for many years and a critical figure in developing and sustaining the Peace Process. He has a deep love of Ireland and a vision of where Ireland as a nation needs to go.
As deputy First Minister in the North, Martin has shown leadership in working closely and... Free article

LONG-TIME republican media watchers know there are those journalists and news media outlets who will acknowledge and recognise the ability of Sinn Féin to reset the political thermostat in Irish politics — and there are those who hate the party for it.
The full spectrum of Irish media, from fair comment to vile begrudging, has been on display after the ratification by the Sinn... Free article

Votes for the Six

SIX Sinn Féin MLAs wearing county jerseys representing each of the Six Counties and holding their Irish passports made a call for Irish citizens in the North to be given the right to vote for the President of Ireland.
Sinn Féin also wants the vote to be given to the Irish Diaspora.
Tyrone MLA Barry McElduff took Fine Gael to task over its unfulfilled pre-election... Free article

Do we want a Seanad?

BY TALLYER

THE POOR OUL’ SEANAD has more arrows hanging out of it than Custer had. No one has a good word to say about it. Most of us have an opinion about the Seanad but how many of us understand how it works or what its purpose is?
Political systems that have two houses are called bicameral, camera being the Latin for chamber (I knew those Latin classes with... Free article

An All-Ireland Economic Area does it make sense?

THE 23rd Desmond Greaves Summer School took place at the Ireland Institute in Dublin over the weekend of September 9th to 11th. Discussion themes included The International Economic Crisis – Making the Periphery Pay; Is Ireland a Democratic Republic?; Ireland and the Eurozone Crisis; and Where is Contemporary Capitalism Going?.Free article

MUCH was being made of the importance of the European Commission President’s annual ‘State of the Union’ address to MEPs on September 28th to the future of the EU. All the kerfuffle ignores the fact that, with every passing week, EU leaders find themselves at least once in “now or never” or “crunch time” meeting, yet none of the so-called crisis summits has produced a solution to... Free article