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Fógraí bháis: Billy Kelly (Free article)
26 March 2009
THE republican community in north Belfast, and much farther afield, were shocked to hear of the sudden death on 28 February of Billy Kelly, a republican activist of 50 years' standing. Billy, from the New Lodge area, can truly be called a lifelong republican. From a strongly republican family, his mother was an assistant to James Connolly, while…
Addressing the public finance deficit (Free article)
2 April 2009
SINN FÉIN last week set out in detail how it would stimulate and stabilise the 26-County economy through a major plan to retain and create jobs. This week, the party published the details of its submission to the Irish Government to address the shortfall in public finances. The Sinn Féin proposals would protect those on low to middle incomes and…
Mála Poist (Free article)
2 April 2009
Cuireann An Phoblacht fáilte roimh litreacha ónár léitheoirí. Scríobh i nGaeilge nó i mBéarla, 200 focal ar a méid. Déantar giorrú ar litreachta más gá. Cuir do litir chuig [email protected] An Phoblacht welcomes readers' letters. Write in Irish or English, 200 words maximum. Letters may be edited for brevity. Send your letters to…
The Mary Nelis Column (Free article)
2 April 2009
I DON'T suppose many of the children from the Shankill Road or Sandy Row attend the Royal Belfast Academical Institute. The chairperson of the board of governors and former head of the Civil Service in the North, Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, this week outlined plans for the entrance tests for pupils to the Institute and to the other minority of…
Republican ex prisoner group launched in Tyrone (Free article)
2 April 2009
REPUBLICAN ex-prisoners from Mid and West Tyrone will assemble next Saturday, 4 April to officially launch Abhaile Arís - a support organisation for people who have served time in jails as a result of the conflict. The launch will include the official opening of an arts and craft shop on James Street, Omagh at 3pm.
Adams to visit Gaza (Free article)
2 April 2009
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams is to visit the Middle East next week. Adams has on several occasions raised the necessity of a negotiated peace settlement in the region with US Presidents Clinton and Bush as well British Prime Minister Tony Blair. In September 2006 Adams visited Israel and the Palestinian territory on the west Bank.
Sinn Féin challenges community safety proposals (Free article)
2 April 2009
SINN FÉIN Policing and Justice spokesperson Alex Maskey has reiterated that the transfer of powers over policing and criminal justice offers locally-elected political representatives the opportunity to identify and agree their own community safety priorities.
Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
2 April 2009
DÉIRDRE DE BÚRCA is either suffering from a bad case of amnesia or she is telling lies. In her pre-election billboard campaign, the Green Party Euro candidate tells Dublin's prospective voters "I stand for more powers for Irish voters in Europe." Unfortunately for Déirdre, this catchy little slogan is at odds with her support for the Lisbon…
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