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Facing up to the challenges ahead BY DOMHNALL O COBHTHAIGH (Free article)
16 June 2005
At a recent meeting, someone mentioned the likely problems facing putative Sinn Féin Ministers around the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Rates issues. I silently groaned and remembered just how bad it had seemed when we had a functioning Executive. At that time, the problem was that we didn't have the fiscal or financial freedom to avoid…
The horrors of Mao (Free article)
16 June 2005
The Beatle's 1968 song Revolution contains the lines: "But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow." Not the most profound political analysis you might come across but Lennon and McCartney were certainly talking a lot more sense than those who believed that Maoism was the path to human…
Omagh residents protest Army presence (Free article)
16 June 2005
Omagh residents held a protest on Thursday 9 June to coincide with a British Army event-taking place within the confines of the army camp in Omagh.
Water Rates - the true story BY JOE DOHERTY (Free article)
16 June 2005
As someone who has followed, as I am sure many people have, the Water Rates campaign trickle on and off, there have been many esoteric positions or statements by various commentators on this hugely important issue. I would like to set the record straight and clear the muddied waters so to speak. Sinn Féin is opposed to the introduction of a…
Death of Jon Idígoras (Free article)
16 June 2005
On 5 June 2005, Basque political leader Jon Idigoras died from complications from a respiratory illness. He was 69 and one of the most representative figures of the Basque Liberation Movement. Fulfiling his political responsibilities and dedication to the last moment, just hours before his death he called the people closest to him to his bedside:…
PSNI fire shots at wrong man (Free article)
16 June 2005
PSNI members who opened fire during a chase near Lisburn, County Antrim, on Wednesday 8 June fired at the wrong man.
Lisburn superbigots discriminate against Irish (Free article)
16 June 2005
Lisburn Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Butler has told An Phoblacht he will be seeking legal advice after the DUP-dominated council rejected a motion calling on the council to implement a Department of Environment circular in relation to the Irish language being acceptable as a minority language under a European Charter.
One-way traffic at Croker (Free article)
16 June 2005
According to the bookies, all of Sunday's senior hurling and football championship matches were foregone conclusions. Certainly, Wexford, Kilkenny and Cork had easy paths to their provincial de-ciders, but Leitrim battled hard to make Galway work for their victory.
Who is 'Lord Laird' anyway? (Free article)
16 June 2005
The recent outburst of an Ulster Unionist peer in the British House of Lords might have appeared to be 'extraordinary' to some commentators, but if anything the protagonist was simply acting true to form. John Laird has a long history of political extremism and has been a lifelong opponent of progressive change.
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