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Mála Poist (Free article)
6 August 2009
Cuireann An Phoblacht fáilte roimh litreacha ónár léitheoirí. Scríobh i nGaeilge nó i mBéarla, 200 focal ar a méid. Déantar giorrú ar litreachta más gá. Cuir do litir chuig [email protected] An Phoblacht welcomes readers' letters. Write in Irish or English, 200 words maximum. Letters may be edited for brevity. Send your letters to…
'Proud and indebted' (Free article)
6 August 2009
During the Hunger Strikes of 1980/81, the people of Tyrone turned out in their thousands to try and save the lives of those on hunger strike. At the funeral of Martin Hurson, Tyrone stood still in tribute to a young man who gave his all for the freedom of future generations.
The Mary Nelis Column (Free article)
6 August 2009
IT WAS Padraic Pearse who warned of "the risen people" and nowhere has there been a more apt description of the events of August 1969 in Derry. It is 40 years since a community rose in revolt in what became known as 'The Battle of the Bogside', events which are surely unique in the annals of civil disturbance. Over three days, an entire…
Holland case underlines need for transfer of powers (Free article)
6 August 2009
Harry Holland was murdered in horrific circumstances in West Belfast in September 2007. A loving family man, his killing shocked the West Belfast community. There has been widespread community support for his family ever since the brutal murder, and throughout the subsequent trial. Widespread concerns have been expressed at the role of the…
Anger and dismay at decision in Harry Holland case (Free article)
6 August 2009
LAST week west Belfast MP Gerry Adams wrote to the British Attorney General Patricia Scotland, on behalf of the family of murdered West Belfast shopkeeper Harry Holland. Adams asked the Attorney General to review the sentences of the accused in the case and refer them to the Court of Appeal.In a reply the British Attorney General has refused to…
THE RECESSION: From German Christian Democrats to American liberals and Chinese communists, they all grasp the fundamental fact: you can't cut or tax your way out of a recession, you can only grow our way out (Free article)
6 August 2009
LET'S focus on the central aspect of economic debate: fiscal policy. Admittedly, deficits and borrowing and debt are pretty dry issues, but the political battle will be won or lost here. The reason why the Fianna Fáil/Green Party Government brought in the April budget was not to halt the recessionary slide or to stop unemployment climbing. It was…
Interview: Cuban Ambassador to Ireland, Noel Carillo (Free article)
6 August 2009
'Solidarity not charity' is how the Cuban Ambassador Noel Carillo described the motivation behind the successful function for Cuba held in Dublin's Teachers' Club on 25 July 2009. Artist Robert Ballagh chaired the evening which featured an enthralling re-enactment of the Great Escape by republican prisoners from the H-Blocks of Long Kesh in 1983.…
'Too many women are jailed' (Free article)
6 August 2009
THE criminal justice system is failing women, Sinn Féin's Martina Anderson MLA has told An Phoblacht. Martina, who represents the party on the Policing Board, was speaking after Sinn Féin published its response to a recent consultation document by the British Government for the management of women offenders. "The criminal justice system has been…
Navan mayor slates HSE budget cuts aimed at domestic violence services (Free article)
6 August 2009
CUTS proposed by the Health Service Executive targeting the Meath Women's Refuge and Support Services (MWRSS) will place even more women and their children in the frontline of domestic violence, Sinn Féin Cllr and Mayor of Navan Joe Reilly has said. "The proposed cutbacks are totally unacceptable and place more mothers and children in the…
This news feature is funded by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) (Free article)
6 August 2009
How the EU Parliament works, Pléann De Brún tosaíochtaí uachtarántacht na Sualainne and De Brún slams new vote on old Lisbon Treaty
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