National Self-Determination - The Key International Struggle of our Times
11 April 2024
Writing for An Phoblacht, Sinn Féin national chairperson Declan Kearney said national determination is the key international struggle of our times. Free article
Remembering the Past
14 April 2011
Unwelcome visitors – British monarchs in Ireland
“We confess to having more respect and honour for the raggedest child of the poorest labourer in Ireland today than for any, even the most virtuous descendant of the long array of murderers, adulterers and madmen who have sat upon the throne of England” – James Connolly, 1897
WITH the Queen of England due in May to make the... Free article
Tábhacht an tSeanaid – Tábhacht bhur dTacaíocht
14 April 2011
TÁ TOGHCHÁN an tSeanaid faoi lán seoil agus muidne mar iarrthóirí agus baill uile an pháirtí ag stocaireacht ar bhealaí éagsúla. Teastóidh gach tacaíocht gur féidir linn a fháil leis na suíocháin ar fad a bhfuil muid san iomaíocht dóibh a bhuachan. Tá sé de phribhléid agamsa a bheith ainmnithe mar iarrthóir ag Sinn Féin ar an bpainéal talmhaíochta in... Free article
GARDAÍ JOKE ABOUT RAPING WOMEN PROTESTERS | INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE FROM CAMERA IN POLICE CAR
14 April 2011
Shell to Sea campaigners expose frightening culture of male gardaí
SINN FÉIN Justice & Equality spokesperson Jonathan O’Brien has produced to the media a memory stick of a video of gardaí heard ‘joking’ about raping two women protesters arrested at the controversial Corrib gas project in County Mayo.
The video was released by the Shell to Sea campaign group after the video camera... Free article
LEINSTER HOUSE | SINN FÉIN TDs PUT PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT ON ALL FRONTS
14 April 2011
Challenging the punishment of taxpayers for sins of banks and bond-holders
AS Sinn Féin in the Six Counties gears up to complement the party’s success in the Dáil elections in the 26 Counties, Sinn Féin TDs in Leinster House have wasted little time in putting pressure on the new Government on all fronts - on the economic crisis, jobs and international affairs.
Sinn Féin has been... Free article
1981 HUNGER STRIKE 30th ANNIVERSARY | A WATERSHED IN THE REPUBLICAN STRUGGLE
14 April 2011
April 1981 – The election of Bobby Sands MP
ON APRIL 10th 1981, Bobby Sands, Officer Commanding the IRA prisoners in Long Kesh and the very first of the H-Block Hunger Strikers fighting for the restoration of political status for all POWs, was elected Member of Parliament for Fermanagh/South Tyrone.
Bobby contested the election as an ‘Anti-H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner’... Free article
UNIVERSAL SOCIAL CHARGE | SINN FÉIN TDs LASH LABOUR BACKING FOR UNFAIR TAX
14 April 2011
Sinn Féin postcard campaign to scrap Universal Social Charge
AN UNFAIR and unjust flat tax is how Gerry Adams TD described the Universal Social Charge as Sinn Féin launched a postcard campaign against the charge to complement the party’s fightback in the Dáil and in communities.
Having majored on the issue in the recent general election Sinn Féin is now embarking... Free article
An Phoblacht Summer School
14 April 2011
Friday and Saturday, 8th and 9th July
Debates and discussions on politics, arts, history, international affairs and more
Mills Inn, Baile Bhuirne, West Cork
Two nights’ accommodation + 1 evening meal and entry to all debates €99 pps
Deposit €30
Tickets from:
Sinn Féin Bookshop, 58 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
or by contacting DJ O’Driscoll + 353 87 743 5064 Email:... Free article
THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS | THE PEOPLE’S ISSUES
14 April 2011
Delivering effective representation
AN PHOBLACHT asked some of Sinn Féin’s Assembly election candidates what are the issues coming up in the campaign.
Martina Anderson,
Derry City
THE FOYLE, for far too long, has been represented by a brand of nationalism that is content to accept crumbs off the table and happy to sit at the back of the bus. Those days are over.
The big issue... Free article
PSNI CONSTABLE RONAN KERR | PUBLIC ANGER FOLLOWS OFFICER’S MURDER
14 April 2011
Gerry Adams lays down challenge to killers – ‘I’ll meet you any time’
GERRY ADAMS has told the killers of PSNI Constable Ronan Kerr, in a bid to get them to halt their attacks: “I will meet you anywhere, at any time, to listen to what you have to say.”
Ronan Kerr, a Catholic and an active GAA player who recently graduated as a police officer, was killed by a booby-trap bomb... Free article
Uachtarán nua ag Conradh na Gaeilge
14 April 2011
CÉ NACH raibh sé ar an slua is mó riamh a bhí ann, bhí breis agus 120 duine i láthair do chuid is mó de na díospóireachtaí a bhí ar siúl thar dheireadh na seachtaine seo caite ag Ard Fheis bhliantúil Chonradh na Gaeilge.
Is go Nás na Rí a chuaigh na Conraitheoirí i mbliana ar chuireadh na craoibhe áitiúil agus an grúpa Glór na Ríogh.
Ba léir go bhfuil fás agus borradh spéis i... Free article
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