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Progress made on Irish language Act (Free article)
26 October 2006
Sinn Féin West Belfast MP Gerry Adams met British Direct Rule Minister Maria Eagle on Tuesday on matters relating to the implementation of the West Belfast Task Force and the introduction of an Irish Language Act.
Irish unity - Need for more strategic thinking at EU level (Free article)
26 October 2006
Last week saw a major one-day conference at the European Parliament to discuss how the EU can assist the process of Irish unity. The conference, which brought together academics, MEPs and an all Ireland delegation of Sinn Féin activists and elected representatives, looked at lessons from other countries. There were contributions from German…
SF meets Cowen - All-Ireland investment and peace dividend discussed (Free article)
26 October 2006
It is probably the most important set of decisions the coalition government will ever take, and it could mean commitments to spend over €70 billion in the 26 Counties alone, but serious questions have been raised this week about the Dublin Government's National Development Plan (NDP) - not just the efficiency of the plan, but also the question of…
Moyross - problems are surmountable (Free article)
26 October 2006
With a number of recent shootings, two young children seriously injured in a firebomb attack last month and families feeling forced to move out of the area, the Limerick housing estate of Moyross has been in the news headlines for all the wrong reasons. Here, ELLA O'DWYER speaks to Sinn Féin Limerick East general election candidate Maurice…
Letter to the Taoiseach (Free article)
26 October 2006
I have always been a great believer in writing to the Taoiseach. Who else are you supposed to tell if the PSNI is using CS gas against Catholics in Strabane or Lurgan?
Report shouldn't be excuse for social housing cutbacks (Free article)
26 October 2006
Sinn Féin Social and Family Affairs spokesperson Seán Crowe TD, responding to the publication of the ESRI report on the Ex-ante Priorities for the National Development Plan 2007 - 2013, said that the report must not be used by Government as a pretext for cutbacks in social and affordable housing provision. He called on the Minister for Finance…
Media View (Free article)
26 October 2006
Who fears to speak of Sinn Féin? Most of the hacks and their media masters can only warm to a Sinn Féin story if it involves a former prisoner (and his/her record), a distorted quote that indicates support for violence, or unspecified and unsubstantiated allegations of criminality. But political campaigns, a Dáil speech on the health service or…
Plaque unveiled to memory of Hunger Strike TD (Free article)
26 October 2006
Over 300 people gathered in Monaghan town's Dublin Street last Sunday for the unveiling of a bronze plaque commemorating former Cavan/Monaghan TD Kieran Doherty who died on hunger strike in Long Kesh prison in 1981. The plaque, at the Sinn Féin constituency office was unveiled by Michael Doherty, brother of the late TD.
INTO to fight to prevent school (Free article)
26 October 2006
The Irish National Teacher's Organisation is seeking urgent meetings with both the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) and the Department of Education to discuss implementation of widespread closures and amalgamations of Catholic primary schools, as announced in the media. There was no prior consultation with the INTO, the primary…
Power, madness and economists (Free article)
26 October 2006
Last week, Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún was on the Newstalk radio station to talk about an important one-day conference organised by the party at the European Parliament to discuss how the EU can assist in ending partition and in the process of Irish unity. Jim Power, Chief Economist with Friends First and self-styled Sinn Féin bête-noir, was…
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