12 February 2009 Edition

ICTU launches Palestine report calling for boycott of Israel

12 February 2009

SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams MP MLA hosted the launch of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions' 'Israel Palestine' report in Parliament Buildings on Tuesday 10 February. Free article

Sinn Féin meets union leaders on Dublin Bus cuts

12 February 2009

DUBLIN MEP Mary Lou McDonald led a Sinn Féin delegation to meet with National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) union leaders in Dublin's City Hall on Tuesday to discuss the decision by Dublin Bus to reduce its fleet by 120 at the cost of 290 jobs. Free article

Na meáin trí chéile le socrú simplí

12 February 2009

Ní raibh sé riamh de nós ag na meáin comhbhá a léiriú le polasaithe Shinn Féin. Free article

Cuba's Revolution 50th anniversary celebration in Dublin

12 February 2009

THE 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution was celebrated in Liberty Hall in Dublin last Friday night. It was a colourful evening of music and song with the walls strewn with pictures of iconic images of when Fidel and Che brought freedom to the island. As well as praising the revolution, the event raised funds for Cuba's Hurricane Relief Fund. Free article

Ard Fheis 2009 - A vision for Ireland's future

12 February 2009

SPEAKING to An Phoblacht in the lead up to the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, the party's General Secretary Rita O'Hare says that the event promises to be very upbeat and forward looking.: Free article

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INTERNATIONAL World Social Forum meets in Brazil as capitalism hits crisis and A decade of the Bolivarian Revolution

12 February 2009

MORE than 100,000 political activists from 150 countries flocked to the Amazonian city of Belém in Brazil in the last couple of weeks for the 9th World Social Forum. Braving torrential downpours and sizzling temperatures, people attended meetings, discussions, workshops and cultural events over a six-day period. Free article

New book: 'Sinn Féin and the Politics of Left Republicanism'

12 February 2009

A NEW BOOK, Sinn Féin and the Politics of Left Republicanism, by An Phoblacht columnist and Sinn Féin activist Eoin Ó Broin, is set for release next week in Dublin and in Belfast. Free article

Fógairt duaiseanna Ghlór na nGael

12 February 2009

Craolfar torthaí Ghlór na nGael 2008 beo ar Raidió na Gaeltachta maidin Dé hAoine na seachtaine seo chugainn. Free article

Nuacht na nOibrithe

12 February 2009

Fast-food outlets fight rules on Sunday pay, 800 private hospital staff to ballot for industrial action, Fears for nursing jobs in North and US investmentor may buy Waterford Crystal Free article

Adams in Ringsend

12 February 2009

During his recent visit to Dublin Gerry Adams visited Irishtown and Ringsend in the South East of the city with local Sinn Féin representative Cllr. Daithí Doolan. At Irishtown Sports Stadium he met with representatives of over 20 local organisations. Free article


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