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Remembering 1916, building for Irish unity (Free article)
16 April 2009
REPUBLICANS throughout the length and breadth of Ireland turned out in large numbers last weekend to mark the 93rd anniversary of the 1916 Rising. At Easter commemorations the 90th anniversary of An Chéad Dáil and the 100th anniversary of the founding of Na Fianna Éireann were also marked. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of momentous…
Joe Cahill Memorial tournament (Free article)
16 April 2009
THE fifth Joe Cahill Memorial tournament took place last Saturday 11 April in Belfast. Held in the magnificent setting of Cardinal O'Donnell Park, home of the host club, off Belfast's Whiterock Road the tournament saw 8 U12 football teams from across the city take part. The tournament was instigated five years ago by the Gort na Mona Historical…
The Mary Nelis Column (Free article)
16 April 2009
NOW let's see if I have got it right. While Polish residents of the Village area of Belfast were being intimidated out of their homes, representatives of unionist paramilitaries, long associated with racist and sectarian incidents in the North, were in Poland on what has been described as "ground-breaking anti-racism training" paid for out of the…
International: Basque country (Free article)
16 April 2009
THE banning of left-wing Basque nationalist parties, and an alliance between rival Spanish chauvinist parties, has meant that for the first time since limited autonomy was granted to the south-west Basque region (Bascongadas) under Spanish rule in 1979, the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) has lost control of the regional Parliament of the Basque…
McGuinness launches Ballagh 1916 signatories series at Stormont (Free article)
16 April 2009
SINN FÉIN Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness MP MLA and prominent Irish artist Robert Ballagh, launched the first of seven pieces of art depicting the signatories of the 1916 proclamation at the Sinn Féin party room in Stormont, on Thursday 9 April. Also in attendance were be Irish born artist Brian O'Doherty (previously known as Paddy…
Presentation to families of Belfast's Patriot Dead (Free article)
16 April 2009
A presentation ceremony in An Culturlann Mac Adaim O'Fiaich, the Sinn Féin Mayor of Belfast, Tom Hartley, presented Easter Lilies to the families of Belfast's republican dead. In a poignant speech to the hundreds of family members, Hartley praised, "the courage and dignity of the families of our martyred dead" for the way in which they carried…
Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
16 April 2009
I DON'T understand the proposed National Asset Management Agency. I have listened carefully to Finance Minister Brian Lenihan and his chief adviser, Peter Bacon. I have read all the news reports. I have gone online to read background information on the theory and practice of bad banks and toxic debts. And still I just don't get it. I understand…
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
16 April 2009
Ar na buntáistí a bhaineann le mo chuid oibre bím ag tiomáint go rialta go háiteanna ar fud na hÉireann agus dá bhrí sin bíonn deis agam éisteacht leis an raidió go rialta agus mé sa ghluaisteán. Ó fógraíodh deireadh ré PK cúpla seachtaine ó shin bím ag coinneal cluasa oscailte dá chomharba, ag macnamh ar na Turbridys, Duffys, Ó Callaghans agus…
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