Forget the 1916 Proclamation or the UN charter of Human Rights; we have a new manifesto for the millennium. It comes to us from the 1998 entrepreneur of the year, radio station owner, investor, multimillionaire tax exile, Denis O'Brien. Ireland, according to O'Brien, is a land of 'communists' where "people are screaming like spoiled children" and "there is too much shite going on inside Ireland at the moment". Free article

The Sinn Féin spokesperson on Agriculture, Martin Ferris TD, has attacked the threat by dairies to cut the price it pays for milk bought from farmers, due to the milk war between the major retailers. Dunnes, Supervalu and Tesco are currently engaged in a price war that has seen the price of own-label milk cut to 99c per two litres. Free article

Sinn Féin today launches the party's Charter for Senior Citizens at the party's Sevastopol Street Offices on the Falls Road, Belfast. Free article

An initiative designed to help protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children and young people in the West Belfast areas of Twinbrook, Poleglass and Lagmore met with great public support this past week. Free article

The 20th Anniversary Irish American Unity Conference National Convention was held in New York from 17-19 October. This year's convention was dedicated to the legacy and memory of civil rights activist Oliver Kearney, who passed away on 24 July. Oliver's son, Jarlath Kearney, gave a touching account of his father's life and love for Ireland. Free article

On Sunday 26 October, hundreds of republicans from the Upper Springfield area of West Belfast marched from Turf Lodge to the Republican Plot in Milltown Cemetery to remember the IRA Volunteers and Sinn Féin members who have given their lives in the struggle for Irish freedom. Free article

Derry Volunteers Commemoration Committee held its Annual Dinner Dance in the City Hotel, Derry, last Saturday 28 October. As is customary at this event, Derry republicans each year honour an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the struggle for freedom, justice and peace in Ireland. This year's recipient was lifelong Belfast republican Brian Keenan. Free article

South Antrim Councillor Martin Meehan has expressed his deepest sympathy to Antrim Sinn Féin Chairman Paddy Murray and his family on the tragic death of his daughter, Frances. Free article

The National Graves Association (NGA), which is refurbishing the Republican Plot in Milltown Cemetery in Belfast and adding a wall of remembrance dedicated to fallen Volunteers from Belfast, is appealing for donations to cover the cost of construction. Free article

For all republican motorcycle fans, the newly set-up Saoirse Motorcycle Club should take your fancy. The organisers say the club, which is intended to organise across the 32 Counties, has a distinctly republican ethos. They are hoping for sufficient support to organise a large motorcycle rally next summer. Free article