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The Mary Nelis Column (Free article)
11 June 2009
THERE was something pathetic about the 'dolly mixture' line up of unionists singing God save the Queen in the Kings Hall last Monday, all of them claiming to be the 'traditionalist unionist voice'. What was missing was the traditional rendering of God our help in ages Past led by the man who had topped the poll in the 30-year life of European…
Christy Burke should return Sinn Féin seat - Ó Snodaigh (Free article)
11 June 2009
DUBLIN City Councillor Christy Burke has resigned from Sinn Féin just days after the results of the Dublin Central by-election and the Local Government Elections in which he stood as a Sinn Féin candidate.
Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
11 June 2009
Dublin city has voted Left. That is the clear message from last Friday's election. The people of the city have delivered a verdict on the failed right wing policies of both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Labour, Sinn Féin, People Before Profit and a number of progressive independents have a clear majority on the Council.
The rise of the Right must be resisted (Free article)
11 June 2009
LAST WEEKEND, people throughout the 27 EU member states cast their votes to elect 736 Members of the European Parliament. Turn-out was a paltry 43%, the lowest in the three decades of European voting. Voter apathy was widespread with over half of the electorate choosing to stay at home, politically apathetic due to ubiquitous corruption scandals,…
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
11 June 2009
Mar thuismitheoir is minic a bhíonn ionadh orm faoi cé chomh cruthaíoch a's a bhíonn páistí, agus go deimhin ní amháin cruthaíoch ach samhlaíoch comh maith. Go minic bronntar leabhrán orm ag duine acu, le scéal fantasaíoch nua-scríofa faoi damhan-alla nó péileadóir nó girseach éigin atá ar tí an domhan a shabhail tríd cumhachtaí iontacha rúnda.…
Manhunt for mercenary leader who worked for Shell in Mayo (Free article)
11 June 2009
THE head of the mercenary group intercepted in Bolivia eight weeks ago while plotting to assassinate Bolivia's Socialist President Evo Morales has been named as a Hungarian man who was a private security guard on the Shell pipeline project in Mayo. And Tibor Revesz may have been hiding out in Ireland while Bolivia launched an international manhunt…
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
11 June 2009
IN IDLE MOMENTS during the Dublin-Meath match on Sunday I used my perch in the Cusack Stand to study some of the characters who were wandering about beneath Hill 16. First of all, contrary to urban legend, the Hill denizens were no less punctual than those in any other part of the ground although several dozen did amble in well after 4 o'clock.…
Don't Extradite the Basques Campaign launched (Free article)
11 June 2009
THE Don't Extradite the Basques Campaign was formally launched on Wednesday 10 June against the extradition to Spain of Belfast-based Basque pro-independence activists Iñaki de Juana and Arturo 'Beñat' Villanueva at a press conference in An Chultúrlann. Civil rights activist Fearghas Ó hÍr outlined the campaign on behalf of the committee, joined…
Turn out for Bodenstown 2009 on 21 June (Free article)
11 June 2009
IT'S that time of year again when republicans come together in Bodenstown to honour one of Ireland's most beloved patriots, Wolfe Tone, and after a hard-fought election campaign the event will be an appropriate venue for people to re-energise themselves. The event this year falls on Sunday 21 June. People should assemble in Sallins at 1.30pm…
Belfast hears harrowing eye-witness account of Israeli assault on Gaza (Free article)
11 June 2009
IRISH human rights activist Caoimhe Butterly provided an eyewitness report from Gaza at a meeting in St Mary's University College in west Belfast on Wednesday 3 June, organised by the Irish Palestine Solidarity Committee. Butterly has been working in Jabaliya and Gaza City as a volunteer with ambulance services and as a co-ordinator for the Free…
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