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All-Ireland - the only way (Free article)
18 May 2006
Who wants an all Ireland economy? Northern Secretary Peter Hain has said it's the only feasible future, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern believes the "opportunities are boundless" and the SDLP have been pushing their "North-South makes sense" campaign, but are words from the two governments being matched by actions and what about the unionist parties- what…
"No tears shed" over closures of British bases (Free article)
18 May 2006
Sinn Féin's Davy Hyland, speaking after British Ministry of Defence minister Adam Ingram announced on Wednesday 10 May that three British army bases in the North will close within two years, said that the timetable for British demilitarisation was not progressing with the speed promised by Tony Blair's government.
Crusade or charade? (Free article)
18 May 2006
Taosieach Bertie Ahern's recent announcement of a crusade on "active citizenship" is farcical argues CAOILFHIONN NI DHONNABHAIN because it is his own Government's policies that are fuelling civic disengagement.
Afghan hunger strike (Free article)
18 May 2006
Sinn Féin Dublin City Councillor, Daithí Doolan called on Justice Minister Michael McDowell to intervene to find a resolution to a hunger and thirst strike by Afghans in St. Patrick's Cathedral seeking refugee status.
The Matt Treacy Column - Hubris is an awful man (Free article)
18 May 2006
And the award for the Most Embarrassed Supporters of the Year (so far) goes to - cue drum roll - those Louth people who were boasting last week that not only would they beat Meath but would probably win the Leinster title. Camoflagued by faces that were now uniformly the same colour as their jerseys, they were to be seen sidling out of Croke Park…
Connolly honoured on 90th anniversary of execution (Free article)
18 May 2006
Sinn Fein's newly formed Belfast Trade Union Department last weekend commemorated the 90th anniversary of the execution of 1916 leader James Connolly. On Friday 12 May local Sinn Féin activists joined with other republican socialists for a commeorative ceremony at the house where Connolly lived in Belfast. Jim McVeigh chaired the proceedings…
Media View - BY JOHN O'BRIEN (Free article)
18 May 2006
The SDLP is a Very Important Political Party (VIPP), and RTÉ understands that! The Stoops are the fourth largest party in the Six Counties, the second largest nationalist party there, and possibly the seventh largest party in the whole country. No wonder that RTÉ hangs on their every word.
Fógraí bháis: Derry republican Eamon 'Lefty' Kelly laid to rest (Free article)
18 May 2006
There was deep sadness in the Greater Shantallow Area last Monday when a large crowd attended the funeral of lifelong republican Eamon 'Lefty' Kelly to Derry city cemetery.
Blaming the oppressed for their oppression (Free article)
18 May 2006
The blurb for this book claims that it is "the most complete account we will have of the sleepwalk to disaster". Government archives in Dublin and London, opened after 30 years form the basis of Hennessy's tome, supplemented with an extensive trawl through newspapers of the time- mainly the Belfast Telegraph and the Irish News. Despite the depth…
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