Lothar Bisky, Chairperson of the GUE/NGL Group in the European Parliament, on the Hungarian EU Presidency and agenda for 2011:

WITH the EU under the stewardship of one of Europe’s most right-wing governments, the Left’s expectations for the Hungarian presidency were always going to veer towards caution rather than optimism. Beyond the fundamental questions raised by Hungary’s new... Free article

UT in Dublin Mid-West we have been out on the canvass trail since mid-November. The bad weather and dark nights aren’t the best conditions for electioneering but with a general election imminent every vote counts and every night is crucial.
People want change. They know who they won’t be voting for but haven’t yet decided who they intend to support. In many cases they are more... Free article

The statement by ETA of January 10th 2011

"The statement by ETA of January 10th 2011

WITH this declaration, Eta, the Basque socialist revolutionary organisation for national liberation, wishes to give news of its decision to the Basque Country:
In recent months, from Brussels to Gernika [Guernica], well-known personalities on the world level and many Basque social and political... Free article

ONE of the confidence-building measures the Spanish Government could take is the release of the imprisoned leader of the banned Basque party Batasuna, Arnaldo Otegi, Gerry Adams has said.
Otegi, a speaker at Sinn Féin Ard Fheiseanna, was described by Gerry Adams as a committed supporter of the need to develop a democratic process in the Basque Country.
Otegi told the Wall... Free article

SINN FÉIN has said it’s ironic that “Ian Paisley Óg” has been standing up in the British House of Commons demanding that Gerry Adams remains as a Sinn Féin abstentionist MP.

West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty said:

It was ironic that DUP MPs Ian Paisley Óg and Nigel Dodds have been using up their Commons time demanding that Gerry Adams remains as an abstentionist MP.

He said that... Free article

Potential for peace requires political will

GERRY ADAMS has said the statement by ETA declaring a permanent and general ceasefire which will be verifiable by the international community “has the potential to propel the efforts for peace in that region significantly forward”.
“But,” the Sinn Féin leader cautioned, “it will require political will by all of the main political... Free article

THE ARREST of a dozen people in a series of raids by Spanish police of Basque activists on January 18th has been criticised by one of the Sinn Féin team at the heart of Ireland’s engagement with the Basque peace process:
“The arrests last night of members of Basque civic groups Askatasuna and Ekin is not conducive to the search for a political solution,” Sinn Féin MLA Alex... Free article

Déanann sé ciall Irish unity makes sense

THREE HUNDRED people turned out on a snow-stormed night just before the end of 2010 to hear Irish republicans state the case for uniting Ireland.
The audience, who had defied horrendous weather and road conditons, was reminded that following the Good Friday Agreement the Government of Ireland Act was repealed and replaced with the NI Act... Free article

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Sinn Féin na Mí – 6th Annual Dinner Dance
This years Annual Dinner Dance will take place in the Ardboyne Hotel Navan, County Meath on March 16th 2011. Speaker: Martin Ferris TD. Honouree:  Celine Collins. Taille inteach €35. Music by Setanta. For ticket or more information contact: Eileen Shiels 00 353 86 816 8675

DUBLIN

The 1983 Great Escape – the inside story
Hear the... Free article

I nDíl Chuimhne

2 January 1991: Volunteer Patrick SHEEHY, Limerick Brigade.
5 January 1979: Volunteer Frankie DONNELLY, Volunteer Laurence MONTGOMERY, Belfast Brigade, 3rd Battalion.
7 January 1972: Volunteer Danny O’NEILL, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
8 January 1992: Volunteer Proinsias Mac AIRT, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
10 January 1975: Volunteer John Francis GREEN,... Free article