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THE LOCAL ELECTIONS: Southern stars (Free article)
21 May 2009
THE 1997 Leinster House elections showed in just one small constituency the potency and potential of the Sinn Féin vote. Coming from a standing start, Sinn Féin's Martin Ferris took nearly 16% of the first preferences with 5,691 votes. In 2002, Ferris topped this performance by taking a seat from Labour Party former leader Dick Spring. In the…
The Mitchel McLaughlin Column (Free article)
21 May 2009
ONCE again the people of Ireland are facing challenging economic times, not least for our small businesses (SMEs), and Social Economy Enterprises (SEEs), whose future is fundamental to the economy. How we respond to the challenges facing SMEs and SEEs will be crucial in the time ahead as they represent 98% of businesses employing hundreds of…
Christy Burke a fearless voice for Dublin Central, says Adams (Free article)
21 May 2009
CHRISTY BURKE is a fearless voice, one of the hardest-working councillors and worthy of being the TD for Dublin Central, Gerry Adams said during a canvass in the constituency at the weekend. The Sinn Féin President reminded voters that Christy Burke was jailed in the 1980s for his defence of Moore Street traders along with the late Tony Gregory…
Reality of recession on the doorsteps (Free article)
21 May 2009
Having been involved in over a dozen elections - local, general, European Parliament and by-elections - in the space of 26 years I have never seen anything like the anger towards Fianna Fáil and the Green Party that we are finding in the current contest. People are feeling betrayed and exploited and it's personal. They tell you their stories…
Special showing of H-Block film 'Hunger' in London (Free article)
21 May 2009
A SPECIAL screening of Steve McQueen's award-winning film Hunger at a London cinema on Sunday drew a large audience to see the film and ask questions of one of the central characters in the H-Block prison struggle, Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane. Opening the discussion at London's Phoenix Cinema, Bik praised Steve McQueen's film which he said invoked…
A young Irish rebel with the Zapatistas (Free article)
21 May 2009
ÓGRA Shinn Féin activist GARY McCLEAN recently spent three months as a volunteer worker in Autonomous Rebel Zapatista Territory (Chiapas, Mexico). Now back in Ireland, Gary reflects on events and progress there.
Government let SR Technics be destroyed (Free article)
21 May 2009
THE Fianna Fáil/Green Government must be held responsible for the loss of jobs at SR Technics, having failed to support viable plans or to take the operation into state ownership, Dublin Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said this week. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said the loss of 1,200 jobs at SR Technics is a "devastating blow" to the Dublin region and to…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
21 May 2009
YOU can imagine the sober mood in RTÉ a couple of years back as they contemplate their Lisbon referendum coverage. This inescapably mad notion of giving both sides of the debate equal time - 'Why, oh why, oh why, will the potato-eating monkeys not just do what Fintan O'Toole tells them?' our RTÉ heroes lament - means that Sinn Féin, as the only…
Ceachtanna stocaireachta (Free article)
21 May 2009
Tá súil eile agam ar toghacháin na laethanta seo! Toisc go dtagann baill den Chumann Gaelach ó cheantracha difrúla i mBaile Átha Cliath agus nach bhfuil curam ceantar toghachána faoi leith againn, bheartaíomar sinn féin a roinnt agus dul i mbun stocaireachta don iarrathóir inár gceantar féin.
McIlveen murder - lenient sentencing to be challenged (Free article)
21 May 2009
THE leniency of sentencing handed down to four men convicted of the sectarian murder of Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen was discussed at a recent meeting of the Policing Board. The 15-year-old Ballymena schoolboy died after being beaten by a unionist gang in May 2006. Four men have been convicted but the trial judge ruled that even the…
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