A straight-up challenge to the stultified politics in this state

THE political establishment have a real talent for getting things wrong.
Take the issue of sovereignty.
In successive debates on EU treaties the ‘enlightened’ politicians comprehensively dismissed the value of managing our own affairs as a backward notion.
They have their answer now.
The EU and IMF are in town to... Free article

British response to 1980 Hunger Strike made the 1981 Hunger Strike a certainty

BY PEADAR WHELAN

RAYMOND McCARTNEY from Derry City was one of the seven republican prisoners to embark on hunger strike in 1980.
At that point, October 1980, the prison protest in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh had been in progress since 1976, which meant that some prisoners had been engaged in protest... Free article

Showing political leadership

BY SAM BAKER
Chairperson, West Belfast Sinn Féin

ON behalf of West Belfast Sinn Féin I would like to pay tribute to the work Gerry Adams has done in representing this constituency. The enormous contribution that Gerry has made towards advancing the rights of the west Belfast community - and advancing Irish republicanism - over more than four... Free article

Gerry Adams declares for Louth

GERRY ADAMS announced his decision to put his name forward for the Sinn Féin nomination for the Louth constituency at the next general election as part of his address at the Edentubber Commemoration in County Louth on November 14th.
This is what Gerry said in a dramatic initiative by Sinn Féin as an all-Ireland party facing up to the challenges of... Free article

THE very day that the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission officials descended on Dublin was the day that the National Library of Ireland launched its exhibition ‘Alice Milligan and the Irish Cultural Revival’.
I travelled by train from Newry and was pleased to witness the new bilingual emphasis at Newry Railway Station, thanks to Conor Murphy, the Sinn Féin Regional... Free article

Scrabble as Gaeilge

AGUS rudaí i bhfad níos tromchúisí ná caitheamh aimsire ar intinn daoine na laethanta seo is dócha go bhfuil mé ag dul sa seans libh ag scríobh faoi fhiontar úr i saol na Gaeilge le cúpla seachtain anuas: Scrabble as Gaeilge.
Is  é Glór na nGael atá i ndiaidh an chluiche atá aitheanta go hidirnáisiúnta a fhoilsiú don chéad uair i nGaeilge mar chuid dá... Free article

PAT SHEEHAN, a 52-year-old Gaeilgeoir, is a republican former Hunger Striker from the Falls Road in west Belfast. He is the widower of Sinn Féin activist Siobhan O’Hanlon, who passed away from cancer in 2006. Pat is the father of their 11-year-old son.
In 1978, when Pat was 19, he was sentenced to 15 years in jail for IRA activity and entered the H-Blocks in Long Kesh. He... Free article

g BY PEADAR WHELAN

“THE ‘Still Imprisoned Project’ is carrying out really important work and catering for the needs of republican former prisoners and their families,” Joe Austin has told An Phoblacht.
Austin, a founding member of the ‘Still Imprisoned Project’ (SIP) was speaking to An Phoblacht after a conference in Belfast which outlined the breadth of work that is carried out... Free article

In the footsteps of revolutionary heroes

A DELEGATION of Sinn Féin activists travelled to Cuba in October/November for the inaugural ‘Bobby Sands Sierra Maestra Trek’. It is hoped that this will become an annual event during which Irish republicans will get the opportunity to travel to Cuba, meet with activists and other citizens across Cuba, and learn from and exchange views... Free article

BY JOHN HEDGES

BUYING a present that’s different or means something can be the toughest part of Christmas for some and this year people are particularly hard-pressed to find value.
Look no further than the Dublin City Centre Sinn Féin Bookshop & Coffee Shop at 58 Parnell Square at the top of O’Connell Street.
If you’re up shopping in Dublin, drop in to enjoy the terrific full menu... Free article