A LEAK from the McCarthy Group on State Assets adds to fears over the future of Coillte and Bord na Móna and their possible privatisation, Sinn Féin Natural Resources spokesperson Martin Ferris TD has said.

According to a piece by Brendan Keenan in Monday’s Irish Independent, the report will recommend a sale of forestry and peat and the establishment of a new company to... Free article

The 1981 Hunger Strike and how events 30 years ago have shaped modern Ireland

TWO of Sinn Féin's youngest stars, Pearse Doherty TD for Donegal South-West, and Seanad candidate Kathryn Reilly, will be the main speakers at a Sinn Féin Youth Engagement in Donagh Hall on Saturday 2^nd April at 2pm.

The public talk will focus on the 1981 Hunger Strike and how events 30 years ago have... Free article

EOIN Ó BROIN has launched his campaign for the NUI Seanad election campaign with an appeal to NUI graduates to support him as a progressive voice committed to political reform and continuing the campaign against the Consensus for Cuts.

Announcing his bid and a new campaign website, Eoin says:

If elected I will use the Seanad as a platform for real social, economic and political... Free article

THE Strule Arts Centre in Omagh was packed to capacity on Monday evening for the Tyrone launch of the National Hunger Strike Exhibition.

The launch was chaired by the vice-chair of Omagh District Council, Ann Marie Fitzgerald, and addressed by former Assembly member for the constituency, Danny Morrison.

During her opening remarks, Councillor Fitzgerald said:

This year marks the... Free article

By Ian McBride, Cathaoirleach, DSC '81 Commemoration Committee

ON March 1st, the launch of Dublin’s 30th anniversary Hunger Strikes commemorative events took place in the Ballyfermot Civic Centre and was attended by a large crowd.

It was a night of speeches, song and exhibition in memory of 10 brave men. The re-elected TD for Dublin South Central, Aengus Ó Snodaigh chaired... Free article

ÓGRA SHINN FÉIN activists attended the 7th Scontri internaziunali in Corsica last week. The week-long event comprised of discussions on the role of music and liberation struggles and tourism as well as cultural events and tours.

Ógra Shinn Féin has a record of participating in this annual event organised by the youth movement Ghjuventú Indipendentista.

This year, ÓSF was... Free article

THE European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Spain violated jailed pro-Basque independence leader Arnaldo Otegi's freedom of expression by convicting him of slandering King Juan Carlos by calling him the chief of torturers.

The court also ordered Spain to pay Arnaldo Otegi €20,000 in compensation.

Otegi was sentenced to a year in jail by Spain's Supreme Court in the case... Free article

SINN FÉIN is urging everyone of eligible voting age to make sure they can exercise their right to vote in the Assembly and council elections being held on Thursday 5^th May and in the referendum being held on the same day.

Sinn Féin West Tyrone Assembly candidate Michaela Boyle has asked everyone to first ensure that they are on the Electoral Register.

The cut-off date to register... Free article

THUG Teachtaí Dála Shinn Féin tacaíocht d'agóid eagraithe ag Gaelscoileanna i gcoinne an mholta le cóimheas daltaí le múinteoir sna gaelscoileanna a mhéadú ar aonchéim leis na scoileanna Béarla.

Ghair an t-úrlabhraí Peadar Tóibín ar an Aire Oideachais nua Ruairí Quinn a sheas suas agus a chinntiú go gcuireann sé bac leis an moladh seo.

Ag caint ón agóid dúirt an Teachta... Free article

THE PRODUCER of the long-running ITV detective series Midsomer Murders has been suspended after he told the Radio Times that the show's appeal is an all-white cast with no ethnic minorities, saying:

We're the last bastion of Englishness and I want to keep it that way.

Midsomer Murders is set in a rural area of the south of England. The series returns this week with a new... Free article