BERTIE AHERN should name the date for the Lisbon Treaty referendum on his return to Ireland according to Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald who also called on the government to publish immediately the text of the referendum provisions relating to Ireland's neutrality. Free article

IN AN EMOTIONAL plea the family of John Mongan, killed in West Belfast three weeks ago, have called for justice for the murdered father of four. Free article

THE Irish Government must speak up for Irish farmers and consumers by fighting EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson's bid to open up the EU to meat imports from South America, Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris said this week. Free article

SINN FÉIN Dublin City Councillor Christy Burke appeared at the Mahon Tribunal on Tuesday, 26 February, to deny allegations by property developer Tom Gilmartin who told the tribunal that he was one of three men who said they were from the IRA and warned him to stay away from Clondalkin. The tribunal is inquiring into certain planning matters and payments. Free article

A DEATH THREAT was given to Sinn Féin Newry Councillor Brendan Curran as he left a recent meeting of the Quinn Support Group it has emerged. Free article

REPRESENTATIVES of community groups from across five counties campaigning for the undergrounding of electricity transmission cabling by Eirgrid and Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) were guests at a Sinn Féin-organised information evening on the undergrounding option in the Carrick Court Hotel outside Carrickmacross on Friday, 22 February. Free article

A LARGE fire occurred at the site of the controversial proposed Shell refinery in Erris, County Mayo, last Friday, in the woods at Bellinaboy. The flames could be seen from across the estuary in Rossport. Flames were first seen at around 9pm and the fire raged until the next morning when three units of the Mayo Fire Brigade reported that it was extinguished at 4am. Free article

THE 'TI Bogtrotters', a hill-walking group initiated in 2000 by members of Tar Isteach, a republican ex-prisoners' group based in Dublin, recently visited Spain to join the commemorations for the International Brigades and especially the Irish who fell in the battle of Jarama during the Spanish Civil War. Here GAY CLEARY recounts the group's adventure. Free article

Charity staff to strike, Union agreement reached at Aer Lingus, Worker awarded €60,000 in age-discrimination case and Government claims it will protect minimum wage Free article

IN THE EARLY HOURS of Saturday, 23 February 1985, undercover British forces ambushed and summarily executed three young IRA Volunteers Charles Breslin and brothers Michael and David Devine, in a field overlooking Casement Place in the Head of the Town area. Free article