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CORK: Sinn Féin doubles up on city council (Free article)
2 July 2009
CORK was another constituency that performed well in the recent local elections. It was the result of patience and motivation, attributes a long time associated with the county. Whether on the field of sport or more serious battlefields, you have to hand it to Cork.
CSO report on public sector pay misleading (Free article)
2 July 2009
SINN FÉIN Spokesperson on Workers' Rights Arthur Morgan TD described this week's CSO report on public sector employment and rates of pay as "misleading". Morgan said the high rate of average pay across the public sector can be put down to the exorbitant rates of pay at higher levels and that many thousands of public sector employees earn little…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
2 July 2009
MAITH thú Jim Cusack. Last week this paper pointed out to Jim, one of our biggest fans, that he had 'accidentally' omitted to say in his coverage of the Corrib gas dispute that fisherman Pat O'Donnell had turned down compensation from Shell. The way Jim wrote the story implied O'Donnell had taken the money and was therefore being hypocritical for…
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
2 July 2009
THE Antrim footballers find themselves now in a very similar position to the Dublin hurlers. Both have reached a final for the first time in a long time but both now face formidable opposition. I have to admit that I watched the Antrim-Cavan game with every expectation of being bored, as has been the case with most football matches this year…
Government must demand release of Irish citizens from Israeli custody - Ó Snodaigh (Free article)
2 July 2009
SINN FÉIN International Affairs Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has called on the Government to demand the release of two Irish citizens and others who were yesterday kidnapped by the Israeli Navy while on a humanitarian mission to Gaza. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said the actions of the Israelis amounted to piracy and called on the Government to…
Remembering the Past: Re-interment of Barnes and McCormack (Free article)
2 July 2009
IRISH republicans Peter Barnes and James McCormack were hanged in Winson Green Prison in Birmingham on 7 February 1940. They were buried in the prison grounds and plain crosses with only their initials marked the graves. It took nearly 30 years before relatives were allowed to reclaim their bodies. Peter Barnes was born in Banagher, County…
McCausland - The No man of Ulster (Free article)
2 July 2009
Nelson McCausland has never been known to fight shy of controversy in fact he is pretty much renowned for it. If Ian Paisley was the "Never, Never, Never" man of Ulster politics then McCausland is the no man. His notoriety began as leader of the Ulster Clubs and it was "no" to the Anglo Irish Agreement.
Tábhacht nuachtáin don Ghaeilge (Free article)
2 July 2009
TÁ tábhacht ollmhór le nuacht-seirbhís trí mheán na Gaeilge. Baineann an tábhacht sin le beocht na teanga, stádas na teanga agus le forbairt pobal na teanga. Is féidir an tábhacht sin a mheas i gcomthéacs an tionchair a bhíonn ag an Bhéarla ar ár saolta agus ar an dóigh a thuigimid an domhain.
Campa Náisiúnta Óige 2009 (Free article)
2 July 2009
KNOCKATALLON, County Monaghan, an area of outstanding beauty with a rich history to match was the setting for the National Youth Camp 2009. Young people from across Ireland gathered in the republican heartland on Friday, 19 June, to pitch their tents in anticipation of a weekend of education, debate, craic agus ceol. The theme of the weekend,…
McKay condemns Ballymena shooting (Free article)
2 July 2009
SINN FÉIN North Antrim MLA Daithí McKay has condemned those responsible for a gun attack on a house in the Rossdale area of Ballymena last night.
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