BY LAURA FRIEL

MAKE no mistake about it: the Saville Inquiry and its report represent a huge achievement for the families of the victims and all those who challenged the denial of what really happened on Bloody Sunday. 

In 1972, Widgery had exonerated the British Army, blamed civil rights protesters, blamed the IRA and, most despicably, blamed the victims, those shot and killed... Free article

Gangland crime

GANGLAND killings and violent crime are in the news almost every day. Like the heroin epidemic of the 1980s and the resurgent drugs problem today, it is ever-present in ordinary neighbourhoods and communities, North and South.

In this issue, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney and Sinn Féin Justice spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD write about gangland... Free article

Unions and community sector fight to save local jobs and services

BY DARRAGH O’CONNOR, SIPTU Community Sector Lead Organiser

THE community and voluntary sector, trade unionists, community groups and employers have launched the ‘Defending Ireland’s Communities’ campaign to fight Government cuts.

TO coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th, Ógra Shinn Féin are organising a suicide prevention course in Enniskillen on Saturday, September 11th.

The course, which is being part-funded by Enniskillen YouthBank, will run from 10am to 4pm and a buffet lunch will be provided. There is no charge to take part in the course but numbers are strictly limited... Free article

A SCHOOLGIRL shot dead by a member of the Parachute Regiment in 1976 was not killed as a result of crossfire, as the British Army has claimed for the past 34 years.

A new report by the PSNI’s Historical Enquiries Team has exposed the British Army’s version of events as another pack of lies which has allowed 3 Para to get away with murder. 

Majella O’Hare was shot in the back by a... Free article

‘Time to support health care, not the wealth care of bankers and developers’– Mayor Cora Harvey

  BY JACK MURRAY

DONEGAL Mayor Cora Harvey of Sinn Féin has paid tribute to the 5,000 people who took to the streets around Letterkenny General Hospital in August to protest against health cuts.

Among the many community, voluntary, campaign and trade union groups on the march... Free article

BY PAUL MASKEY Sinn Féin MLA

COMMUNITY SAFETY is the biggest challenge facing residents in west Belfast. We are all frustrated with anti-social behaviour and criminality, which most of us have directly experienced.

The question is: how are we collectively going to reduce this activity and improve the safety of our communities and the quality of life for local residents?

It... Free article

  LE SEÁN Ó MURCHADHA

TAMAILLÍN ó shin agus mé ar mo bhealach ó Chinn Mhara go Baile Uí Bheacháin thug mé faoi deara leacht thart fá dhá mhíle taobh amuigh de Chinn Mhara. Ní raibh cuma iontach ar an leacht ach bhí an scribhneoireacht soiléair go leor chun léamh. Bhí na focail seo ar an leacht:

Coiste Cuimhneacháin

Phádraig Uí Rioghbhardáin

A thóg an leacht seo mar... Free article

SINN FEIN’S spokesperson on policing, Alex Maskey, has rejected the ludicrous suggestions by SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie that Sinn Féin is in any way responsible for the recent actions by so-called ‘dissidents’.
The South Belfast MLA was responding after the SDLP leader accused intelligence operations in the North of “getting nowhere” after a device planted in a wheelie bin... Free article

FROM September 2010, Medical Card patients in the 26 Counties will be forced to pay a charge per item on their prescriptions for the first time. 

The most remarkable yet least noticed aspect of the closure of the Dáil and Seanad for the summer was the passing of legislation that undermines the Medical Card scheme and imposes these prescription charges. While there were... Free article