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Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
28 May 2009
THERE are nine days left. Seats will be won or lost on the basis of what each of us do and say in the remaining days of the campaign. Every vote is crucial. Including transfers. For Sinn Féin, securing transfers is vital if we are to make breakthroughs across the country. Enormous thought and energy will be spent on identifying and securing…
OPINION: Report of Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Free article)
28 May 2009
The Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse is a hugely damning and damaging indictment of the powerful and the privileged in Irish society over decades. Religious orders, the Catholic Church Hierarchy, successive governments and the Department of Education stand indicted for the torture and murder of children and for conspiracy to…
Arriving with Gaza's convoy of hope (Free article)
28 May 2009
THE 'Hope for Gaza' convoy - organised by a range of small, Europe-based humanitarian organisations and other groups - travelled from Milan over the past month to bring aid to the citizens of Gaza who have been imprisoned by the Israeli military for several years. Although the convoy has mostly medical supplies on board, the Israeli Government…
New Sinn Féin website (Free article)
28 May 2009
AFTER many months of development, Sinn Féin unveiled its new party website, www.sinnfein.ie, on Wednesday. The site has been completely redesigned with a simple, modern and stylish look. The site focuses on interacting with people through the use of blogs, videos, social networks and an email list where people will get regular updates from the…
Cúlchaint (Free article)
28 May 2009
Bréan den Toghchán? Bréan den easpa díospóireachta agus lucht canbhásála ag cnagadh go héadrom ar do dhoras agus ag rith trí dhoras síos an sráid sula mbíonn seans agat an doras a oscailt? Bréan de bheith bréan. Cláraigh leis an chumann, a chomrádaithe, tá alt eile againn sa cholún seo faoina toghcháin a tseachtain seo agus geallaim go gcloífidh…
Nationalise banks - Doherty (Free article)
28 May 2009
SPEAKING in the Seanad this week Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty called for the immediate nationalisation of banks in need of Government aid as part of a short to medium term response to the banking crisis and said government proposals for a National AssetsManagement Agency (NAMA) is unworkable. Doherty called for immediate nationalisation "of…
Trade union say dockers' redundancy figures are exaggerated (Free article)
28 May 2009
AN ATTEMPT by a major employer in Dublin Port to force through the collective dismissal of its dockers has been referred by SIPTU to the Government under the Protection of Employment Act, 2007. The company, Marine Terminals, accounts for at least 25% of port traffic.
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
28 May 2009
READING the Sunday Times last weekend you can't help but laugh. Eoin 'I wrote 11 reports for the European Parliament' Ryan is struggling for the last seat in Dublin. And, most horrifying of all, he could lose to 'that woman', Mary Lou McDonald. Has the Ryan dynasty been reduced to this? To going gently into that good night at the hands of a…
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
28 May 2009
SOME people had thought that Pat Spillane, in his righteous indignation last Sunday after the Monaghan-Derry match, might have reverted to his use of the dread 'P' word: the name that dare not mention its name, as it were. Puke Football. In fairness, though, you would have to say that the match in Derry even gave Puke Football a bad name.
Nuacht na nOibrithe (Free article)
28 May 2009
Care workers want action on Ryan Report,Ferry workers to strike, Belfast traffic wardens continue protest, Nurses strike postponed and EU adopts 'Blue Card' system
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