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History made as Sinn Féin takes Chair of Monaghan VEC (Free article)
20 December 2007
COUNCILLOR Pat Treanor has become the first Sinn Féin cathaoirleach of a Vocational Education Committee (VEC) when he was unanimously elected into that position in Monaghan this week.
Rambling Jack - the Fenian Balladeer (Free article)
20 December 2007
With 2008 marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Mícheál MacDonncha recalls a forgotten Fenian whose life spanned the decades from before the Great Hunger to within living memory of our own time.
Power lines - 'Repeal flawed planning Bill' - Ó Caoláin (Free article)
20 December 2007
As controversy and community opposition to proposed new overhead power-lines grows, Sinn Féin Cavan-Monaghan TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has challenged Environment Minister John Gormley on his "double standards" on key planning legislation which facilitates major projects with minimal community consultation.
The Fifth Column - Xmas Quiz (Free article)
20 December 2007
IT'S the Fifth Column Xmas Quiz, pulling some arguably intellectual plums from the staple diet of schoolboy humour and sniggering of yer man slumped in front of the telly with a large bottle of Southern Comfort and a box-set of Reverend William McCrea DVDs.
Philip Connolly: Born Christmas Survivor (Free article)
20 December 2007
SOME PROBLEMS in modern life have few tangible answers. Why does vinyl sound better than CD? Can I wear these very wide trousers again? And for those of us who live in what used to be called the countryside, what is it like having broadband? Fortunately, there are answers to the vexed question of how to survive a modern Christmas. Here is a list…
The republican movie buff's guide to Christmas films (Free article)
20 December 2007
WITH Christmas fast approaching, many weary republicans will be looking forward to a Yuletide break and a lengthy soujourn on a comfy couch by the toasty embers of a turf fire (or renewable wood, pellet, brick, etc) with suitable beverages and perhaps the odd mince pie, with cream, of course.
INTERVIEW : Michelle Gildernew, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development (Free article)
20 December 2007
MICHELLE GILDERNEW is the minister in charge of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), which also has responsibility for fisheries.
INTERVIEW : Susan George, social activist and writer, on the EU Treaty (Free article)
20 December 2007
EOIN Ó BROIN speaks to writer and social activist SUSAN GEORGE about how important the Irish referendum on the EU Treaty is for democrats and progressives across Europe. With her satirical political novel, The Lugano Report, acclaimed by no lesser figures than Noam Chomsky, John Pilger and George Monbiot, Susan George's is a voice that should be…
Venezuela - the revolution has only just begun (Free article)
20 December 2007
In recent years Venezuela has been a beacon of hope for those who know that another, more just political and social order is possible. The Bolivarian revolution has overseen a huge redistribution of Venezuela's oil wealth, primarily focusing on significant levels of social spending in the areas of public health, education and nutrition projects.…
Interview : Salome Mbugua, Director of the African Women's Network Ireland (Free article)
20 December 2007
SALOME MBUGUA (36), from Kenya, has been living in Ireland for the last 13 years. Salome is the director of AkiDwA (the African Women's Network Ireland) an organisation aiming to empower African women living in Ireland. Salome talks to ELLA O'DWYER about the motivations behind her work, the discrimination she's encountered in Ireland and her hope…
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