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Power generator closes but toxic waste remains (Free article)
13 November 2008
FOR YEARS it poured poison into the Irish atmosphere. This blight on the landscape was widely reviled in Ireland and loved by British governments but all demands to get rid of it were spurned because it was heavily relied upon for power. No, I don't mean Sellafield - I'm referring to the Progressive Democrats, who finally put themselves and the…
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
13 November 2008
Le linn Chogadh na nDúchrónach i nGaillimh, ba é bás an Athar Uí Ghríofa, ar 14 Samhain 1920, ar cheann de na heachtraí is mó cáil, nó cé gur mháraigh forsaí na Corónach go leor leor daoine, bhí rud difriúil, scanrúil, faoi ionsaí ar shagart a léirigh nach raibh aon mheas acu ar shochaí agus creideamh mhuintir na hÉireann ag an am.
Media View BY ROBBIE SMYTH in New York (Free article)
13 November 2008
Deciding on a breed of puppy for your new house, which school to send your children to, or prioritising the policies and strategies that will guide and shape the USA over the next four years - Barack Obama has a busy agenda this week and he has to take all of these 'vital' decisions with the US media following every step, though some news outlets…
Hermon presided over torture, paid perjurers, shoot-to-kill and collusion (Free article)
13 November 2008
THE news of the death of former RUC Chief Constable John Hermon last week opened up old wounds within the nationalist community. While the mainstream media attempted to portray Hermon as a conventional cop serving during a testing time of turmoil, nationalists remember him as the RUC leader who presided over arbitrary detention and summary…
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
13 November 2008
THE hoary old subject of hare coursing continues to raise its aurally-enhanced head in these parts. In August, DUP Environment Minister Sammy Wilson, without (of course) consulting his alleged colleagues on the Executive, extended the ban imposed a number of years earlier by the British Government, comforted in no small measure no doubt by the…
Dublin street signs changed in remembrance of Ken Saro-Wiwa (Free article)
13 November 2008
Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald has congratulated activists from the 'Remember Saro Wiwa' campaign group for poignantly marking the 13th anniversary of the execution of Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Saro-Wiwa led a prominent non-violent campaign against the environmental damage associated with the operations of multinational oil…
Belfast conference on advancing women's rights (Free article)
13 November 2008
SINN FÉIN activists held a successful conference on the theme 'What Women Want' on Saturday, 8 November, at St Mary's University College in west Belfast. MEP Bairbre de Brún and Jennifer McCann MLA were key speakers at the event, which discussed the role of women in the Republican Movement and the challenges facing women today in the ongoing…
Remembering the Past (Free article)
13 November 2008
The writer, newspaper editor and Irish republican Seumas O'Kelly was a native of Loughrea, County Galway. Author of short stories, plays, poems and a novel, The Weaver's Grave which was his masterpiece, O'Kelly's life was cut short because of his commitment to Irish freedom.
Gerry Adams launches Sands Trust website (Free article)
13 November 2008
ADDRESSING the many republicans from across Belfast who gathered in the Felons' Club last Friday, 7 November, for the launch of the Bobby Sands Trust website, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams praised the work of the members of the trust for their work over the years.
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