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Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
16 July 2009
DUBLIN Sinn Féin had a bad election. In the locals we took 36,259 votes and 8.6% of the poll. In the European contest we took 47,928 votes and 11.8% of the poll. We lost four councillors and our MEP. However, despite the losses, we have halted the decline. In the 2007 generals we took 35,259 votes and 6.9% of the poll.
11-year-old boy held by Scottish police for three hours as... (Free article)
16 July 2009
THE 11-YEAR-OLD son of An Phoblacht General Manager Michael 'Dixie' Dickson was held by Scottish police for three hours last Sunday, 12 July, while his father was arrested and questioned under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Dixie, a republican former prisoner who is well-known in Scotland and throughout mainland Europe for his anti-racist…
Tyrone Volunteers Day honours our freedom fighters (Free article)
16 July 2009
WEST TYRONE MP Pat Doherty addressed this year's Tyrone Volunteers Day last weekend. The parade and commemoration is held annually on the anniversary of Tyrone Hunger Striker Martin Hurson. Two bands took part in this year's mobilisation - the Martin Hurson Memorial Band and the South Derry Martyrs Memorial Band.
INTERVIEW: Noel Harrington, newly-elected councillor in Kinsale (Free article)
16 July 2009
NEWLY-ELECTED Kinsale Town Councillor Noel Harrington is a familiar face in republican circles, having been involved in the Movement since the late 1960s. ELLA O'DWYER first met him at a Manchester Martyrs commemoration in Bandon about seven years ago and they struck up a comradely friendship; anybody who knows Noel will know how easy it is to…
INTERVIEW: Larry O'Toole, new Sinn Féin group leader on Dublin City Council (Free article)
16 July 2009
SHORTLY after last month's local elections, where LARRY O'TOOLE topped the poll in Artane/Whitehall, he was appointed the new Sinn Féin group leader on Dublin City Council. He tells ELLA O'DWYER about what he hopes to bring to the role, the priority issues for Sinn Féin on Dublin City Council and the desirability of an 'Alliance of the Left'.
Doherty slams Eamonn Ryan for betraying students (Free article)
16 July 2009
RESPONDING to comments this week by Green Party Minister Eamon Ryan that he would back the return of third level fees in the 26 Counties, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Education Pearse Doherty has described his comments as yet another reversal of Green Party policy and a betrayal of third level students across the state. "How much longer will Green…
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
16 July 2009
Tá mise ar na daoine sin a chreideann go mbíonn infhaiteacht na teicneolaíochta i gcónaí ag tarraing píosa fada siar ó cumas na teicneolaíochta atá ann, 'sé sin le rá go mbíonn dáileadh agus roinnt na teicneolaíochta déanta i mbealach go mbíonn na soláthróirí céim nó dó chun tosaí orainn i bhfad sula dtugtar amach ar an ghnáth mhargadh aon…
Dublin Port dispute over dismissals (Free article)
16 July 2009
FOLLOWING an attempt by major employer Marine Terminal Ltd in Dublin Port last month to force through the collective dismissal of its dockers, workers represented by SIPTU are seeking an all-out picket from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions for the port. More than 70 workers placed a picket on the MTL building last Friday in an attempt to…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
16 July 2009
LET'S try something different this week; something a little bit more entertaining than continuing 'Lessons in Journalism' for Jim Cusack or taking the mick out of DUP ministers who don't believe in gravity. Instead of talking about things that appeared in the news, let's focus on things that didn't. Here's something that didn't appear in any…
Liverpool events on Irish unity (Free article)
16 July 2009
SINN FÉIN MP Pat Doherty was in Liverpool on 30 June at the memorial to An Gorta Mor in the city centre. He addressed a well-attended public meeting at Liverpool's St Michael's Irish Centre as part of a series to open up the debate in a number of key cities on the question of Irish unity and in the run-up to next year's conference in London in…
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