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Celebration and remembrance at Féile (Free article)
7 August 2008
THE 27th anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Kieran Doherty coincided this year with the 20th anniversary of West Belfast's Féile an Phobail.
Matt Treacy (Free article)
7 August 2008
YOU REALLY get no conception of how fanatical New Yorkers are about baseball until you visit the place. New York Yankees hats and shirts (this in Manhattan and the Bronx as opposed to Queen's, where the Mets rule the roost) are everywhere. 'Stickball', the traditional favoured street game of New York kids, has fallen victim to traffic and…
Who needs democracy? (Free article)
7 August 2008
IN SATURDAY'S Irish Times, Michael McDowell fanboy Stephen Collins was making sure that any of his readers who might be curious at Steo's contempt for the Irish electorate were left in no doubt at just how massive it is.
Health Minister must act to tackle C-Difficile outbreak (Free article)
7 August 2008
West Belfast MLA Sue Ramsey has challenged Health Minister Michael McGimpsey to act decisively in challenging the outbreak of the clostridium difficile (c-diff) virus within the Belfast Trust area. The spread of this hospital-based infection is causing concern throughout Ireland and attention this week focused on its prevalence in the North.
Hunger Strike memorial vandalised (Free article)
7 August 2008
Sinn Féin MLA and former Hunger Striker Raymond McCartney has said that the people who vandalised the Hunger Strike memorial acted against the whole community. McCartney said,
'Protect low-paid workers' - Morgan (Free article)
7 August 2008
SINN FÉIN spokesperson on the Economy Arthur Morgan TD has demanded that the Government immediately reconvene the collapsed pay talks between unions and employers. The protection of low paid workers and alternative support and growth mechanisms for the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector must be the central focus of the Government's role in…
Pay talks collapse and industrial action looms (Free article)
7 August 2008
AS THE social partnership pay talks in the 26 Counties collapsed at the weekend, SIPTU, the largest union in the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, has warned of possible strike action if the employers' representative body, IBEC, attempts to block pay claims for SIPTU members.
UN criticises human rights failures (Free article)
7 August 2008
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has identified a number of areas in which the 26-County state is failing to meet its obligations under the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Doherty demands investment in schools (Free article)
7 August 2008
Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Senator Pearse Doherty has said measures to ensure that approval for new housing developments will hinge on an assessment of educational requirements will mean little unless funds for the provision of schools are released.
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