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Betty Fleming – An appreciation (Free article)
30 November 2011
BETTY FLEMING 1932 - 2011 AN APPRECIATION So destiny would have it that Saturday the 24 th of September 2011 was to be the last day of your life. We all knew that in recent weeks you were suffering the ravages of cancer and although your mind and your pain were dulled by morphine, you were still a living and breathing symbol…
GUE/NGL's Marisa Matias named 'Health Policy MEP of the Year' (Free article)
30 November 2011
PORTUGUESE GUE/NGL MEP Marisa Matias (right) has been chosen for the MEP of the year award in health policy in a poll of MEPs organised by The Parliament Magazine . The awards were announced Tuesday night at a ceremony held in Brussels with Matias recognised for being very active in many fields, with particular emphasis on chronic…
McGurk’s Bar Massacre commemorative events (Free article)
1 December 2011
THE FAMILIES of those killed and injured in the McGurk’s Bar Massacre will be holding a series of events on Saturday 3rd December to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the bombing (the attack occurred on Saturday 4th December 1971). This is a public, cross-community event so please feel free to visit at any stage. 7:00pm – Commemorative…
All-Ireland economy – The Way Forward (Free article)
5 December 2011
Taking control of our own economic destiny By Conor Murphy MP, MLA IRELAND faces many challenges presented by the current global economic recession in addition to the historic legacy of partition where we have two failing economies competing back-to-back on an island with a population of 6.2million people. In the North, the Assembly and…
BASQUE LEFT BREAKTHROUGH IN SPANISH GENERAL ELECTION | RIGHT-WING SWEEPS TO POWER AS RULING PARTY IN MADRID (Free article)
5 December 2011
Elections see Basque pro-independence coalition return highest number of MPs BY THE DUBLIN BASQUE COMMITTEE THE Basque people elected seven MPs of the pro-independence left in the Amaiur coalition in the Spanish general election held on November 20th. Amaiur includes the Abertzale (pro-independence) Left, Eusko Alkartasuna, Aralar and…
SCHOOLS SHAKE-UP IN THE SIX COUNTIES | SERVING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, NOT INSTITUTIONS (Free article)
5 December 2011
Delivering real change in education NELSON MANDELA once said that education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. It’s a maxim that successive Sinn Féin ministers from Martin McGuinness to Caitríona Ruane and now myself have taken into office with us. Education is central to the egalitarian ideals of Sinn Féin’s…
An Phoblacht probe exposes unfair HSE Medical Card rules (Free article)
5 December 2011
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LOW-INCOME UNDER-25s | BUDGET CREATED CATCH 22 BY MARK MOLONEY » BY MARK MOLONEY AN INVESTIGATION by An Phoblacht and Sinn Féin’s Oireachtas team into a discriminatory practice by the Health Service Executive (HSE) targeting those under 25 years old has put the Government under pressure to back-track on a policy…
THE ASSASSINATION OF PAT FINUCANE | IRISH-AMERICA’S CAMPAIGN FOR THE TRUTH (Free article)
5 December 2011
Time for America and Ireland to bypass British obstruction BY SEÁN PENDER AOH National Board » BY SEÁN PENDER AOH National Board IRISH-AMERICA welcomes the interest and support of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in seeking justice in the case of Pat Finucane. The disingenuous and disrespectful actions by the British Government towards the…
The ‘Treaty’, the split and the Michael Collins myth (Free article)
5 December 2011
POPULAR HISTORY and cinema have greatly reinforced the celebrity status of Michael Collins, eclipsing many of the other key figures of the struggle for Irish freedom of his time. The Collins myth has also served to obscure the facts and the issues at stake around the ‘Treaty’ signed 90 years ago this month and the subsequent split and Civil…
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