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Labour’s and Fine Gael’s ‘Opposition by Fooling’

BY

AENGUS

Ó SNODAIGH TD

JAMES CONNOLLY once used the phrase “Ruling by Fooling”. He would certainly have plenty to justify that in the midst of the comic opera farce that is the hallmark of the dying days of this Fianna Fáil/Green Party Government.

He would also perhaps be... Free article

From a local correspondent

IT’S HARD to believe that 20 years have passed since the cruel murder of Fergal Caraher by the British military on December 30th 1990.  But as the huge crowds gathered in Cullyhanna to commemorate the occasion the reality of that fact was brought home.

People came from near and far, as they have done all down the years, to once again honour a... Free article

DUBLIN CITY CENTRE’S bustling Ha’penny Bridge was adorned with Palestinian flags and ‘Free Gaza’ banners on new Year’s Eve to remind people of the second anniversary of the Israeli military assault on Gaza that left 1,400 people dead.

The solidarity event was was organised by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) and captured on video by Paula Geraghty.

IPSC... Free article

SINN FÉIN Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has said 2011 should be a year of real change that must go beyond removing the Fianna Fáil/Green Government and electing a new administration. He also called for voting rights for Irish emigrants across the globe.

In his New Year message, he said:

On behalf of Sinn Féin, I extend New Year greetings to all, especially to those who are... Free article

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson has told RTÉ he is a fan of legendary IRA leader Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera sent Michael Collins to the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty talks in London because “he knew he couldn’t win”.

In an interview with RTÉ Sport’s Colm Murray at Christmas, a series of interviews with top sports personalities broadcast over the holiday break, Alex... Free article

IN A NEW YEAR message, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said that Ireland today is at a crossroads with economic policies being pursued by two conservative governments in London and Dublin imposing significant hardship on citizens.

He said that, despite difficulties, the Peace Process is delivering and that next May the North’s Executive and Assembly will completed... Free article

Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Vigil to commemorate 2nd anniversary of Israeli military attack on Gaza

New Year's Eve

2pm Friday 31st December

Ha'penny Bridge

DUBLIN

THE announcement by former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD that he wil not contest the next general election will come as a surprise to some people but to me personally it is a good thing.

Mr Ahern represented in Irish politics what was wrong with our society – Mé Féin. He did one good thing: he helped to bring peace and for that I am very grateful.

Mr Ahern had a chance to put... Free article

Information and advice on water crisis

COLLECTING WATER

Water can be collected from the following distribution points from 10am today

Whiterock Leisure Centre

Brook Activity Centre

Westland House, Old Westland Road, Belfast, BT14 6TE (10am-6pm)

Olympia Leisure Centre

Avoniel Leisure Centre

Subject to supplies being made available from NI Water, there is a limit of 20 litres... Free article

BAIRBRE DE BRÚN MEP has urged her colleagues in the European Parliament to vote to end the European Union's funding towards Israeli companies which engage in military activities as long as Israel continues to break international human rights law.

An amendment by the Sinn Féin MEP put forward to the EU's budget (co-signed by 40 members of the European Parliament from different... Free article