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

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

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

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

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

REPUBLICANS from throughout Strabane and Donegal gathered on Friday evening 4th June, to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Volunteer Danny McCauley, West Tyrone Command, Óglaigh na hÉireann.
Led by the Strabane Memorial Flute Band participants paraded from the bottom of the Graveyard Road to Strabane Cemetery where Councillor Jay McCauley chaired the graveside wreath... Free article

THE 23rd anniversary of the death on active service of Volunteer Hugh Hehir was marked in County Clare on 8th May. Despite bad weather, the event attracted the largest attendance in recent years.
Led by the Volunteer Ed O’Brien Republican Flute Band, the crowd marched from Clarecastle Church to the graveyard in the town where Sinn Féin Councillor Maurice Quinlivan from Limerick... Free article

THE 30th anniversary of the death of Hunger Striker Raymond McCreesh was remembered at a very poignant ceremony on Sunday 5th June.
The commemoration took place, after the young Camloch man’s Anniversary Mass, at the Republican Plot in St Malachy’s Graveyard, where he is buried. The moving ceremony was attended by the McCreesh family, the local community and friends and... Free article

FAMILY APPEALS THROUGH AN PHOBLACHT | RESPECT OUR WISHES IN HONOURING WIDOW SCALLAN’S BOMB HERO

THE family of Dublin Brigade IRA Volunteer Martin ‘Doco’ Doherty have told An Phoblacht that the family is upset that another republican group tried to march to Doco’s grave the day after this year’s commemoration by them was addressed by Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe.
Doco gave his life for... Free article

THINGS ARE DIFFICULT in the flat at the moment. Last week, while complaining about Fine Gael’s plans to bring in water charges, Roisín expressed bitter regret at having given Fine Gael a second preference.
Her excuse, once I had picked my jaw up from the floor, is that she wanted Fianna Fáil out and there’s hardly a great selection of candidates in Cork South-West (Roisín keeps... Free article