WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE between Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman? Both are relatively successful Australian actresses. What could it be?

Well, Nicole is allowed to make advertisements to convince you to buy stuff. She has fronted campaigns internationally on TV, newspapers, magazines and cinema for Chanel, Nintendo, Schweppes and Omega watches.

At times the coverage of her... Free article

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DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL has passed a motion with cross-party support calling for an independent public inquiry into the murder of Donegal Councillor Eddie Fullerton.

Eddie Fullerton (56) was shot dead in his Buncrana home in front of his wife, Diana, on Saturday 25th May 1991 in an attack claimed by the Ulster Defence Association but which is suspected of being orchestrated by... Free article

SOLO RUNS OR WHERE'S 'COLLECTIVE CABINET RESPONSIBILITY'?

SO, with not even 100 days of the Fine Gael/Labour Coalition in power, one thing is clear: the new government has no communications strategy.

Fine Gael ministers are falling over themselves to offer contradictory comment on the intricacies of government policy while their Labour counterparts are suspiciously... Free article

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SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams TD and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP met US President Barack Obama when he visited Dublin.

The Irish republican leaders spoke to the President about the current situation in the Middle East and Gerry Adams raised the case of the undocumented Irish in the USA.

Speaking after the visit and the successful College Green event, Gerry... Free article

PAUL MASKEY, Sinn Féin MLA for West Belfast, has been selected to run for the Westminster seat of West Belfast in the by-election which has been set for June 9th.

Declaring that he was honoured to have been selected, Paul said:

Last year, Gerry Adams, as MP for West Belfast, took the very courageous step to stand for election in County Louth, with the commitment to challenge... Free article

BY GERRY ADAMS TD

President of Sinn Féin

THE PEACE PROCESS has created the space in which the possibility of a different kind of relationship between the people of this island and between Ireland and Britain has been made possible.

That relationship is still evolving. Nationalists and unionists in the North are engaged in a unique power-sharing and partnership mode of governance –... Free article