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Mary Lou 'the best candidate in Dublin' launches EU bid (Free article)
7 May 2009
MARY LOU McDONALD'S bid to hold Sinn Féin's European Parliament seat in Dublin was formally launched last week with 350 supporters crowding into the Gresham Hotel on O'Connell Street with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness to get the campaign off to a rousing start. Setting the tone for the evening and the campaign ahead, Paul Donnelly, a sitting…
Moore Street, Dublin - A hotbed of revolution (Free article)
7 May 2009
AS the families of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation await the outcome of a planning appeal to reverse a decision to allow a €1.25 billion commercial shopping development to go ahead in the historical area of Moore Street, Dublin - including historic sites central to the story of the Easter Rising - the great-grandson of one of Ireland's…
Drug dealing thugs run riot in Dolphin's Barn (Free article)
7 May 2009
IN AN ATTEMPT to intimidate an entire community, drug-dealing thugs ran riot in Dublin's Dolphin's Barn, leading to calls from local Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh for a united response from the people and the gardaí and for the promised regeneration of the area to proceed. On the night of 26 April flats and cars of residents in Dolphin House…
Kelly hails GAA Belfast strategy (Free article)
7 May 2009
SPEAKING at the launch of the GAA's Belfast Strategy, Ardú Bhéal Feirste, last week, Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly paid tribute to the GAA for being at the heart of many communities over the 125 years of its existence. The north Belfast MLA and junior minister said the GAA brings vision and energy to those that it reaches, never more so than with the…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
7 May 2009
FEWER than one in five councillors elected in 2004 and 13 per cent of TDs elected in 2007 are women. Only three of Cowen's 14 ministers are women and 100 per cent of them are called Mary. That's not statistically relevant, by the way, it just creeps me out a little. I mean, could they not have found room for a Patricia or a Susan?
Sectarian murder sentences criticised (Free article)
7 May 2009
THE family of murdered Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen (15) in Ballymena has criticised the jail terms to be served by his killers. Speaking after the hearing, the McIlveen family said they were "deeply disappointed" by the sentences imposed by trial judge Treacy. A murder conviction carries a mandatory life sentence but the tariffs set by…
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
7 May 2009
Bhuel cuireadh tús cuí leis an fheachtas toghchánaíochta an tseachtain seo agus mar a bheifeá ag dual, bhí sé ag cur báistí. Caithfidh go bhfuil coibhneas idir canbhasáil agus báisteach. Smaoin aer te (á labhairt ar thairseach), comhiompar, frasaíocht agus báisteach agus tagann soiléiriú ar chúrsaí aimsire le linn toghchán. Cosúil le leabhar Miles…
Special Branch failed to warn death-threat targets (Free article)
7 May 2009
THERE was "systematic failure" by Special Branch to warn people in the past that their lives were in danger, a member of the Stevens Inquiry team has testified. Former RUC Detective Chief Inspector Vincent McFadden was giving evidence last week to the Billy Wright Inquiry. The inquiry is examining the assassination of the Loyalist Volunteer Force…
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
7 May 2009
LAST SUNDAY, having once again barely survived Ciara's assault on our golfing status, we decided to repair for dinner and watch Wexford and Offaly in the Division Two hurling league final. Well, that was the plan. The four screens, however, were busy: 'The Pool' and 'The Toon' on two of them, the 'vital' Championship (i.e. Second Division) clash…
Anger at Tesco over kids' GAA kit (Free article)
7 May 2009
CHILDREN were told to change their sports jerseys by a manager at Tesco in Antrim Town during a fund-raising back-pack. The chair of St Comgall's GAC, Tom Crilly, said the children, all under 12 years of age, had been initially told by Tesco to wear their club kit to take part in a charity bag-pack, just like all other bag-packing teams.
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