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Remembering the Past (Free article)
31 July 2008
ONE of the largest military operations undertaken by the British Army since the end of the Second World War was mounted across the Six Counties on the last day of July 1972. The background to 'Operation Motorman' was the British breach of the truce with the IRA which had lasted from 26 June to 9 July 1972.
Terrifying mob attack on home of Safer Neighbourhood worker (Free article)
31 July 2008
ON Friday 25 July the Sinn Féin Mayor of Belfast Tom Hartley opened the "Kids Space" in the St James area of West Belfast. Local communty activists reclaimed what was an area of overgrown, derelict land near the Bog Meadows Nature Reserve, and transformed it into the 'Kids Space'. The activists cleared the plot then got local children involved in…
Magazine Review (Free article)
31 July 2008
IRIS, The Republican Magazine (Special Edition) The Greatest Escape (H-Block Break-Out) Published by An Phoblacht Price €7
Pay talks fail to guarantee collective bargaining rights (Free article)
31 July 2008
SOCIAL PARTNERS involved in pay talks in the 26 Counties have failed to reach agreement on the issue of collective bargaining, a worrying lack of development for the trade unions with the talks in their final week. If agreement on collective bargaining was reached, employers would have to recognise trade unions in workplaces where the workers want…
Taking the Field of Valour (Free article)
31 July 2008
WHILE regular sports columnist and true blue Dub Matt Treacy is off spending a fortnight in somewhere like Playa Del Trabolgan, carrying out an in-depth study into the performance-enhancing qualities of 12 pints of Guinness and an extra large King Prawn with Broccoli in Oyster Sauce every night, An Phoblacht has nervously allowed one of Matt's…
British Army parade 'an affront to Irish nationalists' (Free article)
31 July 2008
SINN FÉIN West Tyrone MLA Barry McElduff has dismissed suggestions that members of the British Army's notorious Royal Irish Regiment (formerly the Ulster Defence Regiment) should be given a so-called 'homecoming parade' on return from Afghanistan.
Short Strand wants 'homes not forts' (Free article)
31 July 2008
'HOMES not forts' is the demand being spearheaded by Sinn Féin in East Belfast's Short Strand area. Party members have launched a drive to collect signatures from local people supporting the party's call for the dismantling of Mountpottinger barracks a symbol of division and conflict for many years in this nationalist area.
Ferris welcomes collapse of WTO talks (Free article)
31 July 2008
THE collapse this week of the proposed WTO deal which would have seen the decline of Irish Agriculture has been welcomed by Sinn Féin Agriculture Spokesperson Martin Ferris TD.
Older people being punished by health cuts (Free article)
31 July 2008
SINN FÉIN Health and Children Spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD has described as "a total sham" the Irish Government's claimed commitment to improved care for older people after a survey has shown that Health Services Executive (HSE) cuts are adversely affecting home help and home care packages.
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