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OPINION : War Park enthusiasts peddle imperialist myths (Free article)
9 October 2008
THE 26 County State is drifting into celebration of an imperialist army, the British Army. Celebration of war is being conducted in the name of peace. On 7 October President Mary McAleese, opened a 'Peace' Park in Mayo listing the names of Mayo men who fell in the service of the British Empire, or with US forces in Korea and Vietnam. Though they…
Call for Campbell to act as 'a minister for all' (Free article)
9 October 2008
DUP MINISTER for Culture, Arts and Leisure Gregory Campbell is coming under increasing fire over his attitude to the GAA.
Remembering the Past: 'Unofficial' executions of the Civil War (Free article)
9 October 2008
DURING the Civil War period June 1922 to May 1923, the Free State Government executed 77 republican prisoners of war. But in addition to these it is estimated that well over 100 republicans were 'unofficially' executed by the Free State Army and by the notorious Criminal Investigation Department (CID) based at Oriel House in Dublin.
Those behind Fermanagh bomb have nothing (Free article)
9 October 2008
THE people behind the bomb at Wattlebridge, near Newtownbutler, in County Fermanagh last Saturday offer nothing positive and can deliver even less, Fermanagh/South Tyrone MP Michelle Gildernew said.
Matt Treacy (Free article)
9 October 2008
SO the GAA Special Congress has passed the new yellow card rule and voted overwhelmingly to allow Antrim and Galway take part in next year's Leinster championship - against, it has to be said, the opposition of most Leinster hurling counties.
Banking fatigue bites deep (Free article)
9 October 2008
IS THERE a cure for Banking Crisis Fatigue and over-exposure to credit-crunch-obsessed media? This week I nearly signed up for Google news alerts on "banking crisis" but was saved by a brief but momentary distraction of the latest YouTube spoof on Sarah Palin.
Threat to 1,500 Aer Lingus jobs (Free article)
9 October 2008
AER LINGUS employees are to ballot for all-out industrial action over a cost-saving plan by management looking to save €74 million that requires 1,500 jobs being outsourced or axed altogether.
Campaign to free Liliany Obando (Free article)
9 October 2008
COLOMBIAN trade unionist and human rights activist Liliany Obando was arrested on 8 August by anti-terrorism police and charged with "rebellion" against the state in what she has called a "new witch-hunt against the political opposition in Colombia".
The story of Eileen Flynn - a censored story (Free article)
9 October 2008
[Editorial note: Last week Phoenix magazine reported that the Irish Times did not publish a short letter filling in a gap in reportage of the death of Eileen Flynn. We asked the author of that letter to fill in that gap here.]
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