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Frank Stagg dies on hunger strike - Remembering the Past (Free article)
10 February 2005
On 12 February 1976, 29 years ago, Frank Stagg died on hunger strike in Wakefield jail in England. Frank Stagg, of Hollymount, County Mayo, came from a long line of Irish republicans. His father had fought in both the Tan War and the Civil War on the republican side.
Céad Bliain exhibition launched in Belfast (Free article)
10 February 2005
Sinn Féin's Céad Bliain exhibition was officially launched in Belfast's Europa Hotel, celebrating 100 years of the party. The collection of documents, posters and photography will go on display throughout Belfast before travelling around the country. Already, events are being planned in every county in Ireland.
If Irish Government opposes sanctions then it must prevent them (Free article)
10 February 2005
Speaking as the Dublin Government met on Tuesday to discuss the latest report from the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC), Sinn Féin Assembly member for North Belfast Gerry Kelly said that "if the Irish Government opposes sanctions then it will stop them happening".
Derry people demand Doherty's release (Free article)
10 February 2005
Hundreds of friends and neighbours of Derry republican Martin 'Ducksie' Doherty, who was jailed for his refusal to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, placed a full-page advertisement in Tuesday's Derry Journal calling for his immediate release.
Belfast Paddy's Day funding blocked again (Free article)
10 February 2005
Funding for the annual St Patrick's Day Carnival in Belfast has once again been blocked by bigots in City Hall. The £30,000 funding for the festival, to be held at City Hall, had previously been approved by the council's Good Relations Committee and the Policy and Resources Committee, with the approval of a number of unionist councillors, who had…
Gaeltacht residents left out in cold (Free article)
10 February 2005
Sinn Fein's Údaras candidate Gráinne Mhic Géidigh has voiced her disappointment at the withdrawal of the evening bus service between Falcarragh and Dungloe via Gweedore. She was speaking after the Lough Swilly Bus Company withdrew its service connecting Letterkenny to Dungloe via Cloughaneely and Gweedore parishes.
We need to 'green' opinion (Free article)
10 February 2005
Gerry Adams addressed a well-attended Leinster Sinn Féin Cúige AGM last Saturday in Dublin. He left them with the inspiration that, "if we have in our heads that Joe Reilly, the best candidate, will win the Meath by-election, then he will win it. It can be done.
Protest vigil at Tallaght Hospital (Free article)
10 February 2005
Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe on Saturday afternoon organised a protest vigil at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin "in support of and solidarity with the staff and patients". The Tallaght-based TD was joined by councillors from the area and members of the local community who are concerned about the ongoing crisis affecting the hospital.
Death of Sinn Féin activist Margaret McKenna (Free article)
10 February 2005
Tributes have been paid to a former Sinn Féin councillor who passed away on Monday 7 February. Margaret McKenna, a lifelong republican activist, was elected as a Sinn Féin representative for the Moyola district electoral area on Magherafelt District Council in 1993 and served two terms up until 2001 when she stepped down to care for her elderly…
Séamus Harvey remembered (Free article)
10 February 2005
A massive crowd gathered at Flynn's Cross, Coolderry, in South Armagh, last Sunday 6 February, to remember IRA Volunteer Séamus Harvey, shot dead by the British Army on 16 January 1977. The commemoration ceremony was addressed by Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy.
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