There’s a better way to fix our finances

BY JOANNE SPAIN

THE Irish economy is doing very well. No, seriously – it is. Michael Noonan says so.
On 1st September he told the Dáil Finance Committee that the 26-County export market is performing well and we’re a very competitive state. The Government is meeting fully its IMF/EU deal targets on tax raising and spending cuts. The... Free article

A MILESTONE has been marked this month with Sinn Féin’s Ard Fheis held in Belfast for the very first time since the party was founded in 1905.
Sinn Féin is the only truly all-Ireland party and delegates from all of the 32 counties continue the drive for a united Ireland and a New Republic.
We are living in a time of great challenge for the Irish people. The Irish economy has been... Free article

DAMNING REPORT OF POLICE OMBUDSMAN’S OFFICE | ‘COLLUSION’ BECOMES ‘INVESTIGATIVE BIAS’

BY PEADAR WHELAN

» BY PEADAR WHELAN

POLICE OMBUDSMAN Al Hutchinson should go and go now, Sinn Féin Policing and Justice spokesperson Gerry Kelly MLA said after yet another report damned his leadership of the Police Ombudsman’s office in the Six Counties.
Hutchinson’s contract has three more... Free article

KADER ASMAL’S NEW BOOK | CLAIMS IRA ROLE IN 1980 SASOL OIL REFINERY ATTACK

BY MARK MOLONEY

» BY MARK MOLONEY

THE IRA played a central role in the 1980 bombing of the apartheid South African regime’s Sasol oil refinery, according to the soon-to-be-published memoir of the late Kader Asmal, African National Congress minister and founder of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement.
The... Free article

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TÁ MÍSHÁSTACHT ann go forleathan le staid na Gaeilge sa gcóras oifigiúil craolacháin.  Tá iachall dlí ar RTÉ cláracha Ghaeilge agus seirbhís Ghaeilge de chineál éicínt a chur ar fáil, ach anois níos mó na riamh bíonn bainistíocht RTÉ ag iarradh cláracha Ghaeilge a choinneáil ar Raidió na Gaeltachta agus ar TG4.  Is fíor-annamh a bhíonn aon rud i nGaeilge le... Free article

ORANGE ORDER CHALLENGED ON LOYALIST BANDS | THREAT ON FACEBOOK TO ANTRIM SINN FÉIN MLA

BY PEADAR WHELAN

BANDS with links to loyalist killer gangs were among the 40-plus loyalist bands that paraded through the Antrim village of Rasharkin on Friday night, 19th August.
Angry residents pointed to the participation of the Freeman Memorial Band, named after UVF bomber Geoffrey Freeman,... Free article

‘SAVE LOUGHLINSTOWN A&E’ | CROSS-COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

BY MARK MOLONEY

CAMPAIGNING Sinn Féin activists are at the forefront of a new cross-community group formed to oppose plans to close the 24-hour Accident & Emergency department at St Columcille’s Hospital, in Loughlinstown, County Wicklow.
Members of the new ‘Save Loughlinstown A&E’ group include Sinn Féin Councillors John... Free article

EDUCATION COSTS EXTRA BURDEN ON FAMILIES | BOOKS, UNIFORMS AND ‘VOLUNTARY’ CONTRIBUTIONS

» BY JOHN HEDGES

WHILE PARENTS SWARMED into bookshops, stationers and clothing stores as the school summer holidays came to an end, RTÉ Radio reporter Emma O’Kelly asked mothers and fathers in a shopping centre about the ‘back to school’ costs.

Books? They’re provided free by the school, the... Free article

THE axing of 575 jobs in Waterford by the British-based TalkTalk communications company and the manner in which workers heard the news has left people stunned.
TalkTalk had laid its plans for sacking almost 600 staff with no prior notice to the Irish Government or IDA Ireland, the state agency responsible for foreign investment in Ireland, never mind the workers.

COUNCIL SKETCH | DUBLIN CITY COUNCILLOR MÍCHEÁL Mac DONNCHA

AN PHOBLACHT former editor Mícheál Mac Donncha reflects on his experience after four months as a Sinn Féin member of Dublin City Council.

AN PHOBLACHT former editor Mícheál Mac Donncha reflects on his experience after four months as a Sinn Féin member of Dublin City Council.

ON MONDAY NIGHT last (5th September), Dublin... Free article