From ABC News in Australia

For a monarchy to be issuing decrees about how the media should cover them seems quite out of keeping with modern democratic times . . . but I suppose that's exactly what the monarchy is

The Chaser's Chris Taylor says it is an "honour" to be taken off air by the Queen herself

JUST two days before Prince William and Kate Middleton are due to... Free article

AN PHOBLACHT columnist Trevor Ó Clochartaigh has been elected to the Agricultural panel of the Seanad for Sinn Féin.

Speaking from Leinster House, Senator Ó Clochartaigh said:

Today is great day for Sinn Féin in Galway West and I want to thank all those who voted for me throughout the country.

I look forward to playing an important role in Sinn Féin’s enlarged Leinster House... Free article

From Britain's Republic website

REPUBLICANS from across Europe will meet in London on the day after the royal wedding for the second Convention of the Alliance of European Republican Movements (AERM).

The Convention will be hosted by Republic, the British republican campaign, and attended by republicans from all the large European monarchies: Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium,... Free article

NEWS CORPORATION’S Times (of London) newspaper had an interesting article on sectarianism in Scottish football last Saturday, 23rd April.

Magnus Linklater, writing in the aftermath of parcel bombs being sent to Celtic manager Neil Lennon as well as QC Paul McBride and retiring MSP Trish Godman, told Times readers of the “wall of noise” at soccer matches between Celtic and... Free article

A FORMAL COMPLAINT is to be made to Fine Gael Justice Minister Alan Shatter and the Garda Commissioner after Garda detectives took photographs of people attending the Sinn Féin Easter Rising commemoration in Limerick City on Sunday.

Councillor Maurice Quinlivan said:

This commemoration was a perfectly legal and public event organised by the fourth-largest political party in the... Free article

MORE DETAILS of the Hunger Strike 30 Exhibition tour have been released by the National Commemoration Committee covering the remainder of April and the first three weeks in May. They are:-

April 22nd to 24th – Cornmill, Lineside, Dungannon Road, Co. Tyrone

April 25th to 28th – St Aidan’s school, Whiterock Road, Belfast

April 30th – Carnlough Community Centre, Carnlough Village,... Free article

JEFFREY DUDGEON (Unionist TCD Seanad candidate) and Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Féin NUI Seanad candidate) are holding an evening of discussion on Irish politics, North/South relations and the future of the Seanad.

The debate will take place on Tuesday 19th April at 7pm in the Georgian Suite, Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.

The meeting is open to the public.

Speaking in... Free article