Irish Times corrected on burial of hunger striker Frank Stagg
29 March 2024
A serious inaccuracy in the Irish Times concerning the burial of Frank Stagg has been corrected by Danny Morrison. In its obituary of Frank’s brother the late Emmet Stagg, former Labour Party TD, the newspaper omitted the hijacking and burial of Frank’s body by the Fine Gael/Labour government and gave the wrong location for that first burial. Free article
THE MURDER OF ROSEMARY NELSON | THE ASSASSINATION OF A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER
16 June 2011
The inescapable conclusion – it was collusion
BY GERRY ADAMS
ROSEMARY NELSON was a human rights lawyer. She stood up for what she believed in and she sought to use the law– even one as corrupted as that of the North during the years of conflict - as a means of defending citizens from abuse and discrimination and as a way of achieving justice.
Rosemary was killed in a car-bomb... Free article
Irish-language activists look for action
16 June 2011
OVER 60 activists attended Sinn Féin’s annual Irish-language conference in the Teachers’ Club in Dublin on 21st May.
The first half of the day saw lively debate about the party’s proposed Irish-language strategy document under the able chairmanship of Gearóid Ó hEaghra. The document is composed of motions passed at ardfheiseanna in recent years with regard to the Irish language in... Free article
Plé réalaíoch faoi Sinn Féin agus an Ghaeilge
16 June 2011
D’FHREASTAL breis agus seasca duine ar chomhdháil Ghaeilge Sinn Féin a bhí ar siúl i gClub na Múinteoirí ar an Satharn 21 Bealtaine. Ocáid bliantiúl atá i gceist, ann a mbuaileann Gaeilgeoirí an pháirtí le chéile chun an Ghaeilge a phlé.
Bhí Gearóid Ó hEaghra i mbun cathaoirleacht ar an gcéad chuid den chruinniú agus an doiciméid stráitéiseach don Ghaeilge de Shinn Féin. Tá an... Free article
JONATHAN O’BRIEN TD | SINN FÉIN’S DÁIL SPOKESPERSON ON JUSTICE, EQUALITY & DEFENCE
16 June 2011
‘The Dáil’s in dire need of reform’
JONATHAN O’BRIEN is one of the new TDs amongst the 14 elected to the Dáil in the February general election.
Married to Gillian, they have four children and live in Farranree, on Cork’s northside.
A keen follower of sports, he is a former player with Na Piarsaigh GAA Club and is a director of Cork City FC.
MARK MOLONEY grabbed a half-hour with... Free article
NIALL Ó DONNGHAILE | SINN FÉIN COUNCILLOR BECOMES BELFAST’S YOUNGEST-EVER MAYOR
16 June 2011
Mayoral chain on young republican shoulders
BY PEADAR WHELAN
ELECTED to Belfast City Council for the first time on May 5th and and newly installed as the Sinn Féin Mayor of Belfast — the youngest in the city’s history — on May 26th, 26-year-old Niall Ó Donnghaile set down a marker that he wants to be a mayor for all the people when one of his very first acts was to visit the... Free article
ART AS STRUGGLE | THE MURALS OF WEST BELFAST
16 June 2011
The draw of politics
BY PEADAR WHELAN
IN HIS BOOK Don’t Mention the War: Northern Ireland, Propaganda and the Media, David Millar writes:
“The propaganda war . . . attracts much less attention than its shooting counterpart but it is arguably the more crucial part of the conflict - the battle for hearts and minds.”
When I went to talk to Belfast’s famed muralists Danny Devenny... Free article
It’s official RTÉ are running for the Presidency
16 June 2011
WHAT IS IT with the Irish news media and the coming election for President of Ireland? The nomination period hasn’t even begun yet in past weeks it has been daily headline news, with RTÉ and The Irish Times leading the charge.
In 1990, Mary Robinson was elected as the Labour/Democratic Left candidate in a clever year-long campaign that succeeded partially due a deliberate strategy... Free article
Naomh do na meáin – namhad don neamhspleachas
16 June 2011
LE MÁIRTÍN Mac EOIN
DE MORTUIS nil nisi bonum. Ná habair droch rud ar bith faoin marbh, mar a déarfadh sa Laidin. Ach is deacair cloí leis sin nuair a bhíonn an domhan dhá bhá faoi ómós do Gharret FitzGerald. Mura ndearnadh naomh ar fad de rinneadh duine beannaithe dhe.
Léirigh scríobhneóir amháin san Irish Times, nach raibh ach míorúilt ag teastáil, agus thagair sé don... Free article
BODENSTOWN 2011 | PAYING TRIBUTE TO ‘THE FATHER OF IRISH REPUBLICANISM’
16 June 2011
Kildare republicans step up for Bodenstown
THE annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration takes place on June 19th when republicans from across Ireland and overseas will gather in Bodenstown Churchyard, near Sallins, County Kildare, to remember Theobald Wolfe Tone, “the father of Irish Republicanism”.
An Phoblacht’s MARK MOLONEY speaks to south Kildare Sinn Féin organiser and republican... Free article
Vodafone cuts 130 irish jobs
16 June 2011
THE UNACCEPTABLE FACE OF GLOBALISATION
BY GERRY ADAMS
Sinn Féin President and TD for Louth
VODAFONE’S announcement that it plans to cut over 130 jobs from its workforce in Dundalk and Dublin and ‘outsource’ them to India and Egypt has outraged the Communications Workers’ Union and has led to condemnation from Sinn Féin and others.
Most of the jobs are expected to go in Louth.
The... Free article
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