30 April 2012 Edition
We can’t afford the EU Austerity Treaty – Vote NO on May 31
30 April 2012
THE MEDIA, Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Fianna Fáil are wrong when they say that the EU Austerity Treaty has nothing to do with the crippling burden of the daily cost of living, mortgages, job losses, cuts, the Household Charge, new water charges and stealth taxes. Free article
Be positive – Vote NO
30 April 2012
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams TD has urged a NO vote in the referendum on 31 May. He has accused Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil of joining forces to try and “bully and blackmail citizens into voting Yes” even though austerity has clearly failed in Ireland and across Europe. “It simply doesn’t work.” Free article
Sinn Féin Mayor’s move agreed last year with unionists
30 April 2012
BELFAST MAYOR Niall Ó Donnghaile is leaving his post a few days early to allow a DUP Mayor to take up office in time for the Jubilee celebrations. The decision was agreed with the DUP 12 months ago, making nonsense of a Belfast Telegraph splash that it is a “snub” to unionists. Free article
The colourful and controversial George Galloway speaks to An Phoblacht
30 April 2012
THE Bradford West by-election on 29 March saw a spectacular victory for George Galloway and the left-wing Respect Party, winning what Westminster’s newest MP described as “the most sensational result in British by-election history”. Free article
Who can fear reconciliation?
30 April 2012
The logical extension of Peter Robinson’s Carson Lecture in Dublin is for him to give the leadership required to free up unionist thinking, to become partners in reconciliation with republicans and not just partners in government Premium service article
I want Rangers to survive
30 April 2012
Despite our fanaticism for Celtic, it still makes it more appealing to have a competitive Rangers breathing down our necks or vice versa Free article
Dramatic ideas
30 April 2012
THE QUESTION I’m most frequently asked is: ‘Where do your ideas come from?’ I have no hesitation in saying that I find my own experience, my own journey, infinitely more interesting than anyone else’s. It took me years, though, to trust in my own background, to believe that the events that had shaped me were important and worth sharing with the world. Premium service article
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Sinn Féin Ard Fheis week before EU Austerity Treaty vote
30 April 2012
ALL Sinn Féin members and supporters are being urged to help make the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Killarney, County Kerry, just days ahead of the vote on the EU Fiscal Austerity Treaty, one of the biggest political rallies of the year at a critical time in Ireland’s history. Free article
Talks plan gives hope to Priory Hall residents
30 April 2012
A PLAN to help seek a resolution of the situation at Priory Hall has been endorsed by the evacuated residents. A former Supreme Court judge, Justice Finnegan, is to chair a resolution process that is due to include residents, mortgage lenders and Dublin City Council. Free article
A sporting chance
30 April 2012
IT IS CLEAR from the response she’s getting from people across the Six Counties that the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure Carál Ní Chuilin MLA is having a positive effect. Free article
Cúlchaint
30 April 2012
TÁ TOGHCHÁIN Uachtaránachta na Fraince faoi lán seol i láthair na huaire thall agus bhí deis agam mar chuairteoir sa Bhriotáin le déanaí féachaint ar an gcóras toghchánaíochta thall. Free article
Éagóir ar Thuismitheoirí aonair
30 April 2012
CAITHFIDH Fine Gael agus an Lucht Oibre stopadh de bheith ag déanamh leatrom uafásach ar thuismitheoirí aonair. Premium service article
Probes’ bias raised by findings of University of Ulster lecturer
30 April 2012
THE independence of the Historical Enquiries Team, the body set up by the PSNI to re-examine all deaths attributable to the conflict in the Six Counties between 1968 and 1998, has been called into question in a report by a senior academic at the University of Ulster. Free article