21 February 2008 Edition
Agency workers' rights : Sinn Féin and Labour Party table joint Dáil motion
21 February 2008
THIS WEEK, the Dáil debated a joint Sinn Féin/Labour Party motion on agency workers. The joint motion is a result of a successful negotiation between Sinn Féin and Labour which facilitated Sinn Féin accessing time to debate a Private Members' motion which the party would not otherwise have had access to. Free article
Death of Brendan Hughes
21 February 2008
The funeral took place on Tuesday of Belfast republican Brendan Hughes. Free article
Thousands demand their language rights
21 February 2008
THERE was a huge turn-out for the latest march demanding an Irish Language Act for the North as thousands of people paraded from West Belfast to the City Centre on Saturday, 16 February. Free article
Paisley Jnr resigns under cloud of controversy
21 February 2008
WITH a grim yet defiant determination, Ian Paisley Jnr strode to the bank of cameras that awaited him outside Stormont Castle on Monday, 18 February. Free article
British Army chopper hospitalises teenager
21 February 2008
AN UPSURGE in activity by low-flying British Army helicopters the Bellaghy and Portglenone area of South Derry has resulted in a local teenage girl being injured. Free article
Packed Dublin meeting discusses Lisbon Treaty
21 February 2008
Sinn Féin hosted a packed public meeting on the Lisbon Treaty in Wynn's Hotel in Dublin on Friday 15, February. The meeting addressed by Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald and director of the party's referendum campaign Pádraig Mac Lochlainn saw representatives of various political parties and members of the public engage in discussion on the Trearty. Free article