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Letters (Free article)
8 December 2005
Irish Ferries' crisis A Chara, We must look on the Irish Ferries' crisis in the wider context of the Irish labour market. Over the past ten years we can see that it is constructed on two pillars, light touch regulation and minimal enforcement capacity. An example of the thinking informing this policy, which is…
New cards profile women republicans: Mná na hÉireann - Unfinished Revolution (Free article)
8 December 2005
With Sinn Féin's Céad Bliain year coming to a close the party has produced a set of limited edition cards honouring republican women. The Mná na hÉireann - Unfinished Revolution cards, which resemble playing cards, show photos of women from 1798 through to the present day who have contributed to the cause of Irish freedom, accompanied by their…
News in Brief (Free article)
8 December 2005
Zapatista evolution The Zapatista Front for National Liberation has disbanded to allow for the creation of a civil, left-wing political movement. The most prominent public figure in the armed section of the movement will next month initiate a tour of Mexico in an alternative to the Presidential election campaign.…
Mary Lou for Dublin Central (Free article)
8 December 2005
Sinn Féin Chairperson and Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has been selected as Sinn Féin's candidate to contest the Dublin Central constituency at the upcoming 26-County General Election. McDonald was nominated by Councillor Nicky Kehoe and seconded by Councillor Christy Burke at a selection convention in Dalymount Park last week.
Spicer's mercenaries accused of murdering Iraqis (Free article)
8 December 2005
A private 'military services' company run by notorious former Scots Guards Officer Tim Spicer, Aegis Defence Services, has become embroiled in controversy after 'trophy' video footage of some of its employees apparently shooting at random at Iraqi civilians was posted on the internet.
McDowell pleads immunity (Free article)
8 December 2005
Michael McDowell is claiming "sovereign immunity" in his defence in a libel action taken against him by the national newspaper Daily Ireland.
Flag Ban - Priest refuses requiem Mass for veteran republican (Free article)
8 December 2005
The family of veteran Belfast republican Billy McDonnell, who died on Thursday 1 December, has expressed anger at a priest who refused to celebrate Requiem Mass because the coffin was draped with the Irish National flag.
Memories of George Best (Free article)
8 December 2005
My earliest memory of George Best is the large poster of him that used to adorn the living room wall of my aunt and uncle's. It was somewhat incongruous not least for the fact that it was a GAA house in which there was little interest in soccer at all.
Anger at Harney's broken promises in Kilkenny (Free article)
8 December 2005
5{ yees of the Comerama textile factory in Castlecomer, County Kilkenny held a protest at Leinster House last Tuesday, supported by Sinn Féin's Carlow-Kilkenny representative Kathleen Funchion and party TDs Arthur Morgan and Aengus Ó Snodaigh.
Lisburn Council - Bastion of discrimination (Free article)
8 December 2005
A British Government initiative to tackle poverty exclusively in unionist areas of Lisburn City Council as a policy of, "economic apartheid".
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