COUNCILLOR DAVID CULLINANE from Waterford City popped into the An Phoblacht office in Dublin yesterday and was talking about how much he had been moved by the story of Rachael Keogh and her battle with heroin. Readers may recall that Rachael heroically told her story on RTÉ's Late Late Show. Last Wednesday week, she was in Waterford. David Cullinane was there and he blogged... Free article

A HUNDRED students have signed up to join or keep in touch with the Sinn Féin Group in IT Sligo.

Sinn Féin is organised in most universities, colleges and ITs around Ireland. If you or anyone you know might be interested in Sinn Féin, contact Head Office by emailing [email protected] and they'll put you in touch with the Students Organiser.

THE numbers on the housing list in Cork City could reach 10,000 by the end of the year – and City Hall will face a series of protests unless the council takes radical action to tackle the housing crisis, Sinn Féin Councillor Chris O’Leary told a well-attended meeting on the issue at Mahon Community Centre on Tuesday night.

The meeting was the second in a series of public meetings... Free article

'TOWARDS RECOVERY'

AUTUMN CONFERENCE

Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and TASC

Registration necessary

Saturday 23rd October in Croke Park, Dublin

Full programme and list of speakers

http://bit.ly/cop0j7

The following speakers are among those already confirmed:-

• Prof Bernadette Andreosso - Director of the Euro-Asia Centre at the University of Limerick
• Pervenche... Free article

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SPEAKING  after attending the Irish Congress of Trades Unions rally at the Dáil today in opposition to cutbacks, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Social Protection Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD said Sinn Féin is the only voice in the Dáil that is opposing cutbacks.

He said:

Both Fine Gael and Labour have signed up to cutting €3billion out of the economy annually for the next three years up... Free article

European Trade Union Confederation

DAY OF ACTION

Supported by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Sinn Féin

Wednesday 29th September

DUBLIN, ANGLO IRISH BANK, ST STEPHEN'S GREEN

Assemble 12:30pm – Rally at Dáil 1pm

BELFAST CITY HALL

Assemble 12:30pm – Rally 1pm to 2pm

DERRY GUILDHALL

Assemble 12:30pm – Rally 1pm to 2pm

SPARE a thought for Brian Lenihan this week. Shouldering the ailing coalition, saving the economy (or not) and now taking on the international media.

Last Friday, September 24^th, Lenihan said:

There is a tendency to paint black-and-white pictures, to overstate difficulties, to use sometimes emotive language. And, God knows, our problems are bad enough without exaggerating the... Free article

THREE critical things about would-be Delaware senator, Tea Party activist and Christian conservative Christine O'Donnell – hailed in the United States as another Sarah Palin – merit comment this week.

The first is the release by US comedian and cable TV talk show host Bill Maher of a never-before-broadcast 1999 video of O'Donnell telling of how she 'dabbled in witchcraft'. It... Free article