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30 November 2023 Edition

We must stand with Palestine

30 November 2023

The Irish people have long supported the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. They have lobbied, marched, demonstrated, and fundraised to aid the children, the schools, the hospitals of a people trapped in an apartheid regime. Free article

A new Ireland that all of us could call home

30 November 2023

Over 2000 Sinn Féin delegates packed into the Athlone campus of the Technological University of the Shannon on 11 November. Over the two days, delegates debated and discussed the role that Sinn Féin can play across the island in building a new Ireland for all. The Ard Fheis was capped off with a live TV address by Sinn Féin President Mary Lou MacDonald. Here, we carry the full text of Mary Lou’s speech. Free article

We owe it to our young people to make progress happen

30 November 2023

Restarting the Assembly Executive and getting on to the business of running the Six Counties in the interests of all its citizens was the key theme of Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O’Neill’s speech to the Ard Fheis. Here, we carry the full text of her Saturday address where she encouraged the Sinn Féin delegates to “not falter in our commitment to build a society that is defined by compassion, hope, opportunity, and prosperity for all”. Free article

'In our thousands and our millions, we are all Palestinians'

30 November 2023

Momentous, inspiring, energising, hopeful, historic. These are some of the words used to describe this year’s Ard Fheis when I spoke with various attendees. Free article

Dlúthpháirtíocht anam an phoblachtánachais

30 November 2023

Don dara bliain as a chéile bhí an deis agam fáilte a chur roimh an lucht féachana a bhí ag breathnú isteach ar Ard Fheis Shinn Féin ó bhaile, nó ó thar sáile, ar bheoshruth a bhí á craoladh againn in Áth Luain. Free article

Athghabháil na Gaeilge in Sinn Féin: An Chéad Chéim Eile

30 November 2023

Is le dúthracht agus le díograis a phléigh gach glúin de phoblachtánaigh na hÉireann leis an nGaeilge agus lenár gcultúr dúchais. Ó aimsir Thomas Davis go haimsir Thomas McElwee, tugadh fé athghabháil ár dteanga le flosc, le fonn is le fís. Labhair Liam Mellows, cuirim i gcás, ní hamháin ar cheist fhisiciúil agus eacnamaíoch na streachailte, ach ar cheist an chultúir leis, ag áiteamh “[that] mental freedom must go hand in hand with political freedom”. Free article

We are bearing witness to war crimes

30 November 2023

All across Ireland, republican activists and political representatives have been participating in the ongoing solidarity protests with the people of Palestine. Here, we focus on two just aspects in a range of actions in support of Palestine. We carry the address made by Sinn Féin President Mary Lou MacDonald at the 18 November rally in Dublin and an edited version of the contributions made by Sinn Féin TDs in the Dáil on Tuesday 14 November. Free article

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Gerry Adams elected president of Sinn Féin

30 November 2023

We asked Jim Gibney to reflect on the 40th anniversary of Gerry Adams's election as Sinn Féin President in November 1983. He talked with two other republican veterans, Danny Morrison and Richard McAuley. Here is Jim’s personal insight, with the input of those two lifelong activists who were there for the key events over the last 40 years. Free article

Budget 2024 doesn't add up

30 November 2023

Rose Conway-Walsh, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform takes us through the many failings of the Coalition government's Budget 2024 Free article

Working for you across Ireland

30 November 2023

Kathleen Funchion TD and Jemma Dolan MLA tell us of the challenges of being elected representatives in their areas. Kathleen Funchion singles out the issue of domestic violence and the challenges of tackling this when resources to help victims are thin on the ground. Jemma Dolan writes of more than 40 years of a Fermanagh constituency office and the challenges of poverty, housing, and healthcare on the ground in a rural area. Free article

Keeping communities safe

30 November 2023

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Justice Pa Daly TD and Dublin Fingal TD Louise O’Reilly recently launched the party’s proposals to tackle crime in Dublin. The document, ‘Keeping Communities Safe’, outlines key reforms to invest in Gardaí, recruit more staff, and ensure communities are protected from the scourge of crime across Dublin. Here, Pa Daly outlines the key points of the new proposals. Free article

Affordable childcare is a key equality issue

30 November 2023

Delivering affordable childcare is fundamental to building a fairer and more prosperous society. Free article

Robert Ballagh at 80

30 November 2023

‘Greatest living’ is a phrase we should use with extreme caution. However, Robert Ballagh’s contribution to Irish art over nearly six decades of creativity is unsurpassed in Ireland and internationally. Initially associated with being a founder of Irish Pop Art, Ballagh has moved way beyond designations like this. Free article


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