FERMANAGH Sinn Féin Cllr Ruth Lynch has expressed the party's concern at the proliferation of Union Jack and Orange flags that, she claims, are becoming a source of major concern for nationalist residents in her area. Cllr Lynch referred to the situation in Lisnaskea in particular. Free article

Unemployment at 11.9% in 26 Counties, 200 job losses threatened at Waterford plant, Bus Éireann agrees to make probationary drivers permanent, Strike notice at Dublin Port and Thomas Cook to close Irish operations Free article

ÓGRA Shinn Féin Doire organised a fitting commemoration for the 100th anniversary of na Fianna Éireann in Shantallow on Saturday 27 June. A large crowd gathered at the Republican Monument beside Shantallow Shops for the launch of a commemorative booklet and the unveiling of a mural, both dedicated to remembering Fianna Éireann and in particular local young republicans who where involved in the Fianna and later made the ultimate sacrifice for Irish freedom. Free article

A new memorial in honour of Irish republican Seán Russell was unveiled in Dublin's Fairview Park on Sunday, 28 June. Born in Fairview in 1893 Seán Russell was a veteran of the 1916 Rising, the Tan war and Civil War and was Chief of Staff during the IRA's bombing campaign in England, launched in 1939. Free article

The passing of Patrick (Packie) Treanor of Drumdart, Tydavnet, Co. Monaghan, on Thursday 18 June, severs yet another of the last living links between the Republican Movement of the past forty years and the men and women volunteers of the 1950s. Packie Treanor was a Saor Uladh volunteer who suffered gunshot wounds when his unit, led by Volunteer Alo Hand of Clones, Co. Monaghan, was challenged by undercover British forces on the night of 2 July 1958 in the townland of Clontivern, near Newtownbutler in Co Fermanagh. Volunteer Hand was killed in the ensuing exchange and Packie, following surgery at Enniskillen Hospital, was to spend the next number of years as a republican prisoner in Belfast's Crumlin Road Prison. Free article

Sinn Féin representative for Crumlin/Kimmage Ray McHugh, pictured with one of the winning teams that took part in the Sinn Féin Youth Against Drugs Champions League 26-28 June. Over the three days up to 200 kids enjoyed the event