The death of Michael Devine
19 August 2026
August 20th marks the death of Michael Devine, the 10th republican hunger striker to die in 1981. Born in Derry, Devine grew up in the tumult of the civil rights protests, internment and Bloody Sunday in January 1972. He died after 60 days on hunger strike. The same day that voters in Fermanagh and South Tyrone elected H-Block candidate Owen Carron as an MP. Free article
Omagh attack condemned by Gerry Adams TD
2 April 2011
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams TD has condemned those responsible for today's bomb attack in Omagh.
Speaking this afternoon, he said:
Firstly, I want to condemn what happened in Omagh this afternoon.
While not all of the information has yet come to light in relation to this incident, it is understood that a young man has lost his life. I want to send my condolences to his family... Free article
Banks crisis: No difference between Fine Gael/Labour and Fianna Fáil
1 April 2011
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THERE is no difference between the Fine Gael/Labour and Fianna... Free article
MINIMUM WAGE: FG/Labour Government pressed by Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams to reverse cut
1 April 2011
THE Fine Gael/Labour Government should stop stalling on its pre-election promise to reverse the minimum wage cut imposed by Fianna Fáil and the Green Party, Sinn Féin President and Louth TD Gerry Adams has said in the Dáil.
Responding to questioning in the Dáil by Gerry Adams, who cited the case of the Davenport Hotel workers who had their wages arbitrarily cut, the Taoiseach... Free article
Dublin Port trade unionist charged – Rally at court Friday 1st April
31 March 2011
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A RALLY will be... Free article
Video: Adams on Sinn Féin censure motion of Michael Lowry TD on Moriarty
30 March 2011
GERRY ADAMS, Sinn Féin Dáil leader, presses the Taoiseach not to delay the Sinn Féin censure motion of Michael Lowry TD and to take it in Government time today.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny sees no problem with Sinn Féin motion and says he will review options.
Banning of Basque party from local elections ‘backward step’ – Sinn Féin
30 March 2011
THE Spanish Supreme Court’s decision in a vote of 9-7 to bar new Basque pro-independence party Sortu from contesting May’s local elections has been criticised by Sinn Féin Assembly member Alex Maskey as a backward step and a denial of fundamental democracy.
Sortu has publicly declared that it rejects all political violence but the Supreme Court voted by a narrow majority to accept... Free article
NUI GRADUATES IN THE USA APPEAL > ELECT EOIN Ó BROIN
29 March 2011
GERRY ADAMS TD has appealed to National University of Ireland graduates in the USA to use their Seanad vote by voting for Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin.
A Chara,
For the first time Irish citizens who live in the US and are graduates of the National University of Ireland, will have an opportunity to vote for Sinn Féin in an Oireachtas election.
This is a unique opportunity to support... Free article
Libya TV newsreader shoots from the hip
29 March 2011
NOT SURE whether this guy did Journalism at DCU or Griffith College but it'd have you tuning in every night to see what happens next on the Six O'Clock News. Makes Vincent Browne and Conor Lenihan seem tame.
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