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School costs are crippling low-income families (Free article)
8 September 2005
As the new school year begins, Donegal Sinn Féin Councillor Pearse Doherty says the government must address the costs associated of sending children to school, which is a major worry and burden to many parents of low-income families.
Remembering the Past - Mass escape from the Curragh (Free article)
8 September 2005
On the 8 September 1921, 84 years ago, one of the most daring and successful IRA prison breaks took place. In 1921 over 1,300 IRA Volunteers were imprisoned in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare. The camp was sprawled over ten acres and the men were housed in 60 wooden army huts arranged in four rows, designated A,B,C and D. The compound was…
Unionists walk out on missionary priest motion (Free article)
8 September 2005
Sinn Féin Councillor Bernice Swift and party colleague Poilin Uí Cathain took the initiative in proposing a motion at Monday night's Fermanagh District Council Meeting in support of Father Gabriel Dolan, who is facing charges after his recent protest in Kitale, Kenya, demanding the repossession of grabbed land.
Fifth Column (Free article)
8 September 2005
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Sinn Féin attempt to oust GAMA from Castleblayney By-pass (Free article)
8 September 2005
A Sinn Féin motion at Monday's meeting of Monaghan County Council which sought to revoke the contract awarded to GAMA to develop the Castleblayney By-pass was rejected by the combined votes of the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael members.
Canavan settles Clash of the Titans (Free article)
8 September 2005
It is very rarely that a football match involving any county other than Dublin has me totally absorbed until the final whistle. Even when games are close there is normally a degree of detachment where I can peer at supporters from the counties concerned and study their joy and pain with the curiosity of a Victorian collector of strange insects.
Water tax delay does not go far enough (Free article)
8 September 2005
Commenting on Direct Rule Minister Seán Woodward's announcement that the British Government will delay the introduction of phased water charging for domestic customers until April 2007, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Regional Development, Raymond McCartney MLA has expressed regret that the Minister's proposals are still firmly fixed on the…
Havana weekend in the Hills of Donegal (Free article)
8 September 2005
The Irish-based Cuba Support Group plan to hold a 'Camp Havana' weekend in Gleann Cholmcille in a Gaeltacht area of Southwest Donegal from 16-18 September. This weekend is being jointly hosted by the local Sinn Féin cumann in Gleann Cholmcille as part of Sinn Féin's support for participative tourism.
Derry and Antrim republican dead to be honoured (Free article)
8 September 2005
The new republican Garden of Remembrance at Gulladuff in County Derry will be the scene of a major historical commemorative event this coming Saturday when plaques inscribed with the names of the republican dead from Counties Derry and Antrim will be unveiled.
Union membership in decline (Free article)
15 September 2005
The recent figures from the Central Statistics Office on membership of a trade union make for grim reading. Just over a third of workers in the 26 Counties, 34.6% are now members of trade unions compared with 45.8% in 1994. The decline is greatest in Dublin which had the highest proportion of union members in 1994 but has plummeted over 15 points…
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