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Western Rail Corridor funding derailed (Free article)
19 May 2005
Last Friday's one-day conference on the Western Rail Corridor (WRC) held in Castlebar had most, if not all commentators convinced that the government was finally about to make a solid commitment on its financial support for the reopening of the WRC. The day certainly had all the trappings that you would expect, with the issuing of a major…
Fianna Fáil tries to mimic An Phoblacht - FF paper should spur Sinn Féin members to promote and sell An Phoblacht (Free article)
19 May 2005
A leaked internal Fianna Fáil report has revealed that the party is ageing, has far fewer members than its head office believed, and is not attracting new members. Most of its local cumainn meet only once a year or less. The leak may well have been FF's own effort to stir its membership in preparation for the next General Election. Part of the…
McMullan elected chair of Moyle Council (Free article)
19 May 2005
Sinn Féin's Oliver McMullan made history on Monday night when he was elected as chair of Moyle District Council, the first time the party has held the position. In another historic first, the party went into Monday's meeting as the largest party on the council, with four councillors, and proposed the introduction of the D'Hondt system of voting.
McGuinness to address Coiste youth camp (Free article)
19 May 2005
Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness is to address Coiste na nIarchimí's annual youth camp, which is being held in the picturesque Benburb Priory, County Tyrone, over the weekend of 11 and 12 June.
Kildare hosts conference on EU Constitution (Free article)
19 May 2005
On the day, Kildare Sinn Féin hosted a meeting of Sinn Féin representatives from throughout the Leinster constituency in the Town House Hotel on the theme of Europe, which was addressed by Eoin Ó Broin from the party's European Department, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD and Stellan Hermansson, General Secretary of the GUE/NGL (Group of the European United…
Sinn Féin re-launched in County Kildare - BY FIONNTÁN Ó SÚILLEABHÁIN (Free article)
19 May 2005
Following a relatively barren period for Sinn Féin in County Kildare in recent years, the past weekend saw the revival of the party in the county, with the official launch of the Joe Cahill/Marie Wright Cumann at a well-attended meeting in the Town House Hotel, Naas on Saturday.
Profit before people endangers safety (Free article)
26 May 2005
Monday's horrific school bus crash in Navan, County Meath, which resulted in the overturning of the bus, the death of five schoolgirls, and upwards of 40 injuries, illustrates the extent to which profit is now seen as more important than safety.
Left feel let down by Lula (Free article)
26 May 2005
Three years ago, Luis Inacio 'Lula' da Silva and the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT) were elected to power promising broad-based agrarian reform. Lula's rags to riches past was seen as a guarantee that he would keep his word, and when he was inaugurated as Brazilian President in 2003, the powerful Movement of Landless Workers (MST) declared a truce…
Taking the fifth (Free article)
26 May 2005
On 5 May, Conor Murphy made history by taking the fifth Westminster seat for Sinn Féin, in Newry/Armagh, with a massive 8,000 more votes than his nearest rival, the SDLP's Dominic Bradley. Last week, An Phoblacht's JOANNE CORCORAN met with Conor to ask him how he managed to return almost 21,000 votes for Sinn Féin in a traditionally SDLP area.
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