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We need solutions, not gimmicks - Establishment parties rally around ASBOs (Free article)
28 April 2005
Both the Labour Party and Fine Gael showed the true vote-grabbing motivation behind their party policies once again this week, by coming out in support of Minister for Justice Michael McDowell's plans to introduce ASBOs into the 26 Counties.
Gerrymandering the gender balance (Free article)
28 April 2005
Dublin Cúige Chair JUSTIN MORAN argues that the quota system in place at the Ard Fheis to ensure six men and six women are elected to the Ard Chomhairle is misguided and misses the real reasons why women are under-represented in party structures
Republicans optimistic as campaign gears up (Free article)
28 April 2005
Newry/Armagh Sunshine and showers might be the weather forecast but nothing can dent the optimism of Sinn Féin canvassers in Newry and Armagh. Candidate in the Westminster elections, Conor Murphy's profile as a top rank politician, together with his record of effective local representation, leaves him well placed to secure the seat for Sinn Féin.
Ecuador ousts corrupt President (Free article)
28 April 2005
ON 24 November 2002, former army coroner, Lucio Gutiérrez, was elected President of Ecuador, with the support of indigenous and left-wing groups. Today, Gutiérrez is a political refugee in Brazil, and the same indigenous groups, trade unions and left-wing organisations that hailed his election, were responsible for his ousting after days of…
No to water charges (Free article)
28 April 2005
The British Government's proposals to introduce water charges in the Six Counties amount to a double taxation and will hit the least well off. If introduced and taken along with other rate increases, it will mean that in some cases people will be facing a 200% increase on what they pay at the moment.
Zero knowledge - Taoiseach boasts of zero persons on trolleys in Monaghan Hospital - which has no A&E! (Free article)
28 April 2005
The Taoiseach has listed Monaghan General Hospital - a facility that has no Accident and Emergency unit - among hospitals with nobody on trolleys in A&E. Sinn Féin Health spokesperson and Cavan-Monaghan TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said Bertie Ahern's reply showed that he "doesn't have a clue what he's talking about".
Irish hero of the Spanish Civil War (Free article)
28 April 2005
The first edition of this book appeared in 1979, when no Irish publisher was prepared to handle the title. This, the long awaited, new and updated version, remains utterly true to the original by republishing the main body of the text in exactly its original form. However, there is also the addition of 14 new appendices, comprising articles,…
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