Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara – Died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
19 May 2026
THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2:30am. That evening, Patsy O’Hara died. The deaths of Raymond and Patsy – who had started the strike on the same day, died on the same day and were born within a fortnight of each other in February 1957 – marked a critical escalation in the prison struggle as well as the struggle outside the prisons walls. Free article
Style Council > Mayo Sinn Féin's Thérèse Ruane in Saturday's 'Irish Times'
13 February 2011
Excerpts from Deirdre McQuillan’s piece in Saturday’s Irish Times . . .
Fashion on the hustings
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‘Tackling Crime – Making Communities Safe’ anti-crime policy unveiled
10 February 2011
Video > http://bit.ly/i4GuBt
SINN FÉIN has launched the party’s proposals for dealing with crime. Tackling Crime – Making Communities Safe contains 24 proposals which Dublin South Central TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh says could make huge inroads into tackling crime "and making our communities a safer place to live".
Speaking at the Department of Justice today, Aengus Ó Snodaigh said:
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Student nurse pay cuts would be reversed by Sinn Féin TDs in government
9 February 2011
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Polling station access for people with disabilities
9 February 2011
PEOPLE with disabilities who have difficulty gaining access to their local polling station can apply in writing to the returning officer – by Friday 18 February – for permission to vote at another polling station.
The National Disability Authority has welcomed Department of Environment guidelines for returning officers and presiding officers for the 2011 General Election. They... Free article
Donegal’s bid to secure historic victories in General Election 2011
9 February 2011
RECENTLY-ELECTED TD Pearse Doherty and County Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn submitted their nomination papers at Letterkenny Courthouse today.
Deputy Doherty was nominated by his mother, Gráinne, while Cllr Mac Lochlainn was nominated by Dinah Fullerton – wife of the late Cllr Eddie Fullerton. Eddie, a high-profile, popular and very active Sinn Féin councillor, was shot dead... Free article
English queen's visit to Dublin > Gerry Adams responds > Video
9 February 2011
A VISIT by the English queen to Dublin is premature when there are still unresolved issues between Ireland 'and our neighbour, our nearest offshore island', Gerry Adams said yesterday.
These issues include the British state's stonewalling of an Oireachtas all-party request for full-co-operation into allegations about the role of the British military and security agencies about the... Free article
Michael Noonan’s record unemployment > Sinn Féin hits back at Fine Gael
8 February 2011
UNEMPLOYMENT reached a then record figure when the last Fine Gael/Labour Government was in power, Sinn Féin’s Aengus Ó Snodaigh reminded Fine Gael Finance spokesperson Michael Noonan’s in response claim that Sinn Féin economic policy would force young Irish people to leave the country.
Aengus Ó Snodaigh said:
First of all, our young people are already leaving the country in... Free article
Youth jobs policy launched at Dublin Docks
8 February 2011
TWO of Sinn Féin’s youngest candidates in General Election 2011 launched Sinn Féin’s youth jobs policy at the Jeanie Johnston famine ship on Dublin’s quays on Tuesday to highlight the 100,000 young people who will be forced to emigrate in the next two years.
Sinn Féin’s Kathryn Reilly (Cavan/Monaghan) and Paul Hogan (Longford/Westmeath) said that a comprehensive youth jobs... Free article
'Today with Pat Kenny' on the canvass trail in Louth with Gerry Adams > Audio
8 February 2011
'Today with Pat Kenny' on the canvass trail in Louth with Gerry Adams > RTÉ Radio
Sign the petition to save Ireland’s forests from privatisation
8 February 2011
THE Irish Government is moving closer to a huge sell-off of the public forests, currently managed by Coillte (the Irish Forestry Board), to private investors, the Woodland League says.
An area greater than 1 million acres, equivalent to two medium-sized counties, will be lost forever. This will include some of our most valuable native woodlands, wild places and some of the... Free article
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