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Donegal crime conference (Free article)
22 September 2005
Sinn Féin has rejected claims by establishment politicians that it is 'hijacking' the issue of spiralling crime in Inishowen, County Donegal. Donegal Councillor and Mayor of Buncrana Pádraig Mac Lochlainn hit out at Fianna Fáil and Fianna Gael for "failing the people of Innishowen" by not attending a meeting held in Quigley's Point on Monday 12…
A lesson in corporate greed (Free article)
22 September 2005
Over 500 jobs are under threat at Irish Ferries following the company's decision to offer workers an impossible choice between taking voluntary redundancy or lower pay, forcing SIPTU to issue immediate notice of strike action.
Remembering the Past: The First Hunger Striker (Free article)
22 September 2005
Born in 1885 in the small village of Lispole, near Dingle, County Kerry, Thomas Ashe was educated locally. He qualified as a teacher in the De La Salle Teacher Training College in Waterford City, later taking up the position of Principal at Corduff National School in Lusk, County Dublin.
Bizarre Labour U-turn on Aer Lingus (Free article)
22 September 2005
In a bizarre u-turn Labour councillors on Fingal County Council voted against a Sinn Féin motion opposing the privatisation of Aer Lingus that has been backed by Labour councillors in Dublin City and South Dublin Councils. The motion was passed by 13 votes to eight at the September meeting of the Council after Sinn Féin Councillor Felix Gallagher…
Fógraí Báis: Leo Cassin, Magheracloone (Free article)
22 September 2005
It was with sadness that the entire Magheracloone community heard of the death of Leo Cassin of Clonseady on Wednesday 14 September. The large crowds that called to Clonseady from South Monaghan and from his native Armagh City during his wake confirmed the high esteem in which Leo was held by young and old alike.
Strike at ESB (Free article)
22 September 2005
Over 1,000 ESB workers are on the picketline, as An Phoblacht goes to press, in the first major strike at the company since 1991. Early reports indicate that so far the pickets have been widespread across the 26 Counties and despite earlier reports suggesting strike-breaking by ATGWU members in the South Dublin area, the situation there has now…
Camogie decibel count rivals Rio Carnival (Free article)
22 September 2005
Being surrounded by thousands of young ladies with whistles and assorted noise-making instruments may not be everyone's idea of how best to spend a Sunday afternoon. Especially when a chap has a mild headache brought on by a bottle of stout the night before.
Reclaiming Divis Tower (Free article)
22 September 2005
o Gerry Adams MP and Fra McCann MLA on top of Divis Tower, the site of the former British Army base, recently dismantled. The Sinn Féin representatives reclaimed the site for the people of West Belfast on Wednesday 21 September
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