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Goverment admits Lisbon promises won't protect workers' rights or (Free article)
18 June 2009
THE Fianna Fáil/Green Government's failure to protect workers and public services in the text containing 'guarantees' due to be signed off on by the European Council of Ministers this week have been described by Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald as "deeply disappointing". She said: "It is deeply disappointing that the Government does not…
If at first you don't succeed... stick at it (Free article)
18 June 2009
THE response to Sinn Féin's election performance last week varied from disappointment to delight, depending on the region you were looking at. While the results in the capital left people a little downbeat, the outcome nationally is another story and very significant inroads were made across the country. Aside from the not inconsiderable fact that…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
18 June 2009
MISSING the point completely this week - which, if nothing else, shows remarkable week-in, week-out consistency - is John Drennan of the Sunday Independent. John revealed that the deployment of gardaí in Mayo to protect the dodgy Corrib gas project of one of the richest transnational corporations in the world has cost €12 million since 2006. The…
Calls grow for Inquiry as Shell accused of sinking fishing boat (Free article)
18 June 2009
GOVERNMENT Minister, Fianna Fáil' s Éamon Ó Cuív, has joined the growing calls for a full investigation into the sinking off the Mayo coast last week of a boat owned by Pat O'Donnell a member of the Erris Inshore Fishermen's Association (EIFA). Shell Ireland (SEPIL) has denied accusations that its employees were involved in the sinking of the…
International: Iran (Free article)
18 June 2009
Although the situation remains remarkably fluid it seems unlikely that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will, in the weeks and months ahead, retain the same authority and power he has gained in Iran over the years. He may well retain his office - although even that is uncertain - but his authority has been both undermined and diminished by events…
Trí lá sa merde (Free article)
18 June 2009
Tá sé ocht nó naoi mbliain anois ó thosaigh mé ag dul go dtí an Bhriotáin ar na laethanta saoire agus téimid ar ais ansin go minic anois ag foghlaim i gcónaí faoi na difríochtaí idir an cultúr thall agus an cultúr abhus. Nuair a bhí na tóghcháin thart coicís o shin fuair triúr againn ticéad ag praghas ana-saor agus ar aghaidh linn ar feadh trí lae…
More than a game By Gael Gan Náire (Free article)
18 June 2009
THE Jackeen is on holidays again. Sure, life is one long bloody holiday to the Jackeen and he's probably claimed some social welfare allowance for to pay for the tickets. Them fellas don't know the meaning of the word work. I was with them over in New York in the '60s on the buildings and sure they spent the whole time whingeing and crying about…
Sinn Féin meets GAA President at Stormont (Free article)
18 June 2009
Sinn Féin MP for Newry and Armagh Conor Murphy met with Uachtarán of the GAA, Christy Cooney along with party colleagues Michelle Gildernew and Martin McGuinness on Monday in Stormont.
Remembering the Past: Theobald Wolfe Tone (Free article)
18 June 2009
THEOBALD Wolfe Tone was born at 44 Stafford Street (now Wolfe Tone Street), Dublin, in 1763. His father was a coachmaker and the family was relatively prosperous. Tone studied law at Trinity College Dublin and in London but never practised. His adventurous character drew him to military affairs and to politics.
Kelly meets Parades Commission on Tour of North (Free article)
18 June 2009
SINN FÉIN Assembly member for North Belfast Gerry Kelly led a party delegation to meet with the North's Parades Commission at their Belfast Office on Wednesday. The meeting was held to deal with the determination of the Commission to allow loyalist supporters to parade past Ardoyne shops as part of the Tour of the North this Friday night.
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