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EDUCATION : School principals fight bid to retain academic elitism (Free article)
14 May 2009
IN RECENT WEEKS, three groups of primary and post-primary school principals, representing more than 150 schools, have spoken out against plans by the majority of the North's grammar schools to continue to use academic selection to admit pupils next year. The principals, mainly from the Catholic sector, were reacting to a statement issued by the…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
14 May 2009
"I FIGHT this poll on the basis of 24/7 opposition to republicanism." Have we ever heard more terrifying words or faced a more fearsome foe than Jim Allister? For it was he who in making this ringing declaration of determined intent at his campaign launch last week struck this writer with a feeling of sick dread from which I have yet to recover. I…
Fighting for every vote in every county in Ireland (Free article)
14 May 2009
SINN FÉIN is fighting for every vote in every county in Ireland, MEP Bairbre de Brún said at her campaign launch on Monday for the European elections on 4 June.
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
14 May 2009
LAST weekend, GAA clubs across the country celebrated the 125th anniversary of the association in various ways. I happened to be out in north County Dublin and spent a while watching young Seán strutting his stuff for Man O War. Man O War, for those of you who don't know the exotic place that is Dublin between the city and Meath, is basically a…
Use Pension Funds to Build Schools (Free article)
14 May 2009
SINN FÉIN EU Candidate for Ireland South Toiréasa Ferris has called on the Irish Government to actively pursue the offer by the Irish Pensions funds that they would be prepared to invest up to €6 billion over the next three years in a range of State infrastructure projects as part of a plan that could secure about 70,000 jobs in the construction…
Remembering the Past: The Dublin and Monaghan bombings (Free article)
14 May 2009
IN May 1974, an Executive in the Six Counties comprising a section of the Unionist Party under Brian Faulkner, the SDLP and the Alliance Party was under siege from unionist politicians and loyalist paramilitaries who were determined to bring it down. The Westminster elections of February 1974 had seen the Faulknerites heavily defeated by…
Limerick rallies against crime gangs (Free article)
14 May 2009
AN estimated 5,000 people brought Limerick City centre to a standstill last Sunday as a special protest march against the gangland killings in this city took place. The event, organised by Stephen Collins, the father of murdered businessman Roy Collins, included a rally outside city hall where Mayor John Gilligan called for an end to the violence.
National Conversation for United Ireland (Free article)
14 May 2009
PUBLIC meetings have continued across the North as part of Sinn Féin's effort to promote a 'National Conversation for a United Ireland'. Addressed by representatives of the Sinn Féin leadership, the public meetings have provided an opportunity for discussion with members of the public on republican objectives.
Nuacht na nOibrithe (Free article)
14 May 2009
DHL agrees to enter cost evaluation process with SIPTU to save jobs, Dublin Airport Authority begins talks with union, De Brún calls for end to credit drought and Nurses propose scheme to reduce working hours
Ard Fheis Chonradh na Gaeilge (Free article)
14 May 2009
Bhí ana-dheireadh seachtaine acu siúd a bhí i láthair ag Ard Fheis Chonradh na Gaeilge in Aonach Úrmhumhan ón Aoine go Domhnach seo caite. Idir óg is aosta, daoine ar shaibhreas taithí agus glúin úr de chonraitheoirí, bhain gach a bhí i láthair tairbhe as. I measc na mbuaicphointí, bhí Léacht Fhionnbarra Uí Bhrolcháin ag Oscailt Oifigiúl na hArd…
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