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

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“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

Looking at the Proclamation

WORLD BY STORM
‘World by Storm’ is the moderator for the left-wing blog Cedar Lounge Revolution http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com

g WORLD BY STORM
‘World by Storm’ is the moderator for the
left-wing blog Cedar Lounge Revolution
http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com

THE title of this book in a way encapsulates what is an accessible, thoughtful and often... Free article

BY MICHAEL
‘DIXIE’ DICKSON

ON SATURDAY 13th November, Martin McGuinness flew into Glasgow Airport to a completely different kind of welcome that Gerry Adams received on his arrival in Glasgow back in 1995. Back then, Gerry, was greeted at the airport by a baying crowd of Scottish loyalists. This time, the only people who reacted were one or two among the plane-load of Rangers... Free article

Unemployed English Girl to Wed Soldier from Welfare Family

GUTEN MORGEN, meine freunde. Wie geht es lhnen heute? Yes, indeed, it’s time for us all to learn German. And I’d like to say I, for one, welcome our new overlords from Brussels and the IMF. Admittedly, I spent the weekend going through the Phoblacht archive carefully removing any articles that could be seen as being... Free article

Widen the franchise to all Irish citizens

SINN FÉIN Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has said that Irish citizens living abroad, as well as Irish citizens in the Six Counties, should be given the right to vote in 26-County elections.
Ó Caoláin was addressing a Sinn Féin public meeting on November 4th in the London Irish Centre. The meeting was addressed by Professor Mary... Free article