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THE WICKLOW WAY: Sinn Féin Town and County Councillor John Brady (Free article)
25 June 2009
SINN FÉIN made definite breakthroughs throughout the 26 Counties in the recent local elections. County Wicklow is an example, securing three town council and two county council seats. The party's growth in Wicklow took off in 2004 when Sinn Féin got its first elected representatives since the 1970s. COUNCILLOR JOHN BRADY of Bray Town and County…
Sinn Féin Ministers and Oireachtas members meeting (Free article)
25 June 2009
Sinn Féin Ministers in the Executive were in Dublin on Wednesday to meet with the party's Oireachtas members to discuss the all-Ireland economic agenda. The party's Joint First Minister Martin McGuinness and Dáil Leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin stated that measures to tackle the recession need to be undertaken bi-laterally by the administrations North…
NAVAN MAN: An Phoblacht talks to the Meath town's first Sinn Féin mayor in 80 years (Free article)
25 June 2009
NAVAN TOWN has just got its first Sinn Féin mayor in 80 years when COUNCILLOR JOE REILLY accepted the chain of office. It was an historic moment for Sinn Féin in Meath and another landmark in a life that has had more than its fair share of epic moments. Joe Reilly is a household name in the republican family the length and breadth of Ireland and…
Call to disband PSNI Reserve (Free article)
25 June 2009
PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has announced that 299 of the 660-strong PSNI Reserve will be let go over the next 18 months but that the reserve will be retained for deployment on security duties such as guarding buildings. The retention of the reserve has been criticised by Sinn Féin Policing Board member Alex Maskey.
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
25 June 2009
Nuair a bhí mé ar mo bhealach ar ais ó Dhoire go Gaillimh an tseachtain seo, oíche Mháirt an 23 Meitheamh bhí focail amhráin de chuid Christy Moore i gcuimhne agam agus mé ag tiomaint tríd an dorchadas:
Unionists challenged after attack on graves (Free article)
25 June 2009
THE Republican Plot in Miltown cemetery in Belfast was desecrated on the night of Wednesday, 17 June. Racist and sectarian slogans, along with Combat 18 graffiti was daubed on the Republican Plot and a considerable amount of damage was done to the graves. The attack came in the aftermath of a series of racist attacks on Romanian families in the…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
25 June 2009
SAMMY WILSON as Minister for Finance. Edwin Poots as Minister for the Environment. Nelson McCaulsand as Minister for Culture. There's days when you just think the DUP is taking the piss, when you imagine Robbo and Doddsy sitting round the conference room in the DUP fuhrerbunker dosed up on weed and cider trying to outdo one another with more…
Call for Ó Cuív to secure future of Foinse (Free article)
25 June 2009
SPEAKING ahead of a Foras na Gaeilge meeting which was addressed by the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív, Sinn Féin Donegal Senator Pearse Doherty called on the Minister to step up and guarantee the future of the Irish language newspaper Foinse. The Senator has also called on the government to ensure that the Irish…
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
25 June 2009
IT'S not often I take part in pitch invasions. Last Sunday was the third occasion that I can recall and, perhaps significantly, the other two - after the under-21s won the Leinster final in 2007 and after the senior hurlers beat Galway in the league the same year -have all been of recent vintage. Traditionally, the most likely reaction of Dublin…
End funding of sectarian bonfires (Free article)
25 June 2009
SINN FÉIN Antrim Borough Councillor Anne Marie Logue has stated that there needs to be an urgent review of Antrim Borough Council's policy and procedure surrounding funding for 12 July bonfires Logue said that evidence from last year highlighted that funding is being delivered to some groups who are placing sectarian symbols, Irish flags and…
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