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Catholic experience of Criminal Justice unacceptable (Free article)
14 May 2009
A new report shows that Catholics in the North are more likely to face prosecution, to be remanded in custody and over-represented in the prison population and subject to discriminatory practices in prison. The report by North's Criminal Justice Inspectorate highlights institutional bias in the Criminal Justice System and confirms the belief…
Mála Poist (Free article)
14 May 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)
14 May 2009
ON a day when the British-appointed Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in the North issued a report on the inequalities of the North's prison system for Catholics/nationalists, the DUP wants to downgrade the Equality Commission established under the Good Friday Agreement. Dr Michael Maguire stated that 80 per cent of prison officers are from the…
Transfer to candidates of the Left, says Sinn Féin by-election candidate (Free article)
14 May 2009
SINN FÉIN Dublin South by-election candidate Shaun Tracey has called on voters for his party to transfer Left after voting Sinn Féin Number 1. He called on the electorate to not be star-struck by the arrival of former RTÉ Economics Editor George Lee into the contest but to look at the policies of the party for which he has declared, Fine…
Oireachtas endorses Sinn Féin report on farming and fishing in west (Free article)
14 May 2009
The Oireachtas All Party Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food this week endorsed a report by Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris on the Future of Farming and Fishing in the West of Ireland. The report calls for the reversal of all government budget cutbacks in the agriculture sector and complete reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Martin Ferris…
Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
14 May 2009
WHAT should be the European response to the economic crisis? That was the question asked at a seminar held this week by TASC, Ireland's leading left-wing think tank. Attended by progressive academics, trade unionists and NGOs, the seminar was part of TASC's ongoing effort to promote radical and credible alternatives to the current status quo.
Adams calls for fundamental review of Prosecution Service (Free article)
14 May 2009
PUBLIC meetings continued across the North last week as part of Sinn Féin's programme promoting a 'National Conversation for a United Ireland'. Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams addressed the last in the series of meetings in the Craigavon Civic Centre on 8 May.
Marking 30 years since Margaret Thatcher came to power (Free article)
14 May 2009
WITH the possible exception of the genocidal Oliver Cromwell - whose men butchered thousands of Catholics in Ireland in the mid-17th century - nobody provokes such vitriol and anger from Irish republicans as Margaret Thatcher. Just over 30 years ago, on 4 May 1979, Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister. She continued at the helm of…
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