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Bertie and the 'Sinn Féin imports' (Free article)
26 April 2007
As the 26 County general election draws closer, it is obvious that Bertie Ahern is becoming more anxious. Following a massive show of support from Belfast women for the Sinn Féin female candidates in Dublin two weeks ago, Bertie was reported in the Irish Independent (17 April) to have said that he was not upset by Sinn Féin imports coming into…
Offences Against the State Acts have no place in Ireland's future (Free article)
26 April 2007
As An Phoblacht goes to press this week, provisions to the notorious Offences Against the State Acts, introduced in 1998, were being renewed by TDs in Leinster House. Sinn Féin, the Green party and two independent TDs - Finian McGrath and Joe Higgins opposed the move.
Mála Poist (Free article)
26 April 2007
'An Phoblacht' welcomes readers' letters. Letters in Irish or English should be kept short (no more than 200 words) and typed or handwritten clearly, double-spaced and on one side of the paper only. Name and address should be supplied for verification, but these will not be published if we are so requested. Cuireann 'An Phoblacht' fáilte roimh…
Interview : Six County First Minister Designate Martin McGuinness (Free article)
26 April 2007
New Ross has always been a strategic place in the South of Ireland. When 10,000 rebels poured into the streets of New Ross in the 1798 rebellion, crown forces knew that to lose New Ross could create a domino effect in which Waterford and Cork could also be lost to the United Irishmen. The pikes have long since been decommissioned but New Ross and…
Youth wings unite to demand weekend election (Free article)
26 April 2007
The youth wings of all the main political parties in the 26 Counties have jointly called for the government to commit to weekend voting in the interest of guaranteeing and promoting students' and other young people's right to vote.
Plastic Bullet death 'unjustifiable' (Free article)
26 April 2007
An investigation conducted on behalf of the victim's family by Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan has described the killing of 15-year-old Paul Whitters in April 1981 as "unjustifiable". The report found the teenage victim had been shot at close range, posed no serious threat and could have been arrested.
The Mitchel McLaughlin Column (Free article)
26 April 2007
The establishment of the Political Institutions and the all-Ireland structures on 8 May will present all of the parties with a real opportunity to grow the Northern economy in the context of island-wide strategies. During the election campaign all the parties making up the new Executive and Assembly made the economy a political priority.
International : Wolfowitz & the World Bank: Power, Corruption and Lies (Free article)
26 April 2007
He became head of the World Bank promising to fight corruption, but now neo-con Paul Wolfowitz has himself become emblematic of the corruption at the heart of this particular Old Boys' Club.
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