‘You were a friend of Bobby Sands?’

BY PEADAR WHELAN

“YOU were a friend of Bobby Sands?” the photographer asked of Jennifer McCann MLA as she stood in a huddle with her Sinn Féin comrades in the field beside Scoil na Fuiseoige in Twinbrook on the outskirts of west Belfast.
“Yes, I was,” said Jennifer matter-of-factly but with that tone of voice republicans reserve when they... Free article

LET THERE BE no mistake - Ronan Kerr was not the only target of the attack that tragically took the life of this young PSNI member in Omagh, County Tyrone, on April 2nd.
The target of the bombers was also the Peace Process and the republican strategy of Sinn Féin.
They will not succeed.
A wave of public anger throughout civic society, not just in Omagh but across Ireland, has... Free article

VOTERS in the Six Counties are well aware that there’s elections on (for the Assembly and local government) but what about the referendum?
It has barely got a mention in the news and that might continue to be the case. It will certainly be some time, and you might have to travel some distance, before you come across mention of it on a lamp-post. It doesn’t have a face and it... Free article

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

LE TREVOR
Ó CLOCHARTAIGH

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

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

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

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

Sinn Féin postcard campaign to scrap Universal Social Charge

BY BRENDAN KERR

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

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