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Nuacht na nOibrithe (Free article)
6 August 2009
Union calls for social provisions to be included in NAMA legislation, Trade union rep refuses to sign tax report and Community backs Dublin Port workers
Fógraí bháis: Mary O'Sullivan (Free article)
6 August 2009
MARY O'SULLIVAN was born in Barrow, Ardfert, in 1948. She was one of five children, with three sisters and one brother. Her parents, Bill O'Sullivan and Sarah Flaherty, originally came from the Curraheen/Derrymore area. Bill was an active republican in the late 1930s and early 1940s and he campaigned for IRA Volunteer Maurice O'Neill who was…
Fógraí bháis: John 'Bruno' Bruen (Free article)
6 August 2009
JOHN BRUEN, or 'Bruno' as he was known, died at home in Glasgow on 24 July aged 57. Like many from the west of Scotland, Bruno was of Irish descent (his grandfather was from Sligo), born and brought up in Glasgow but retaining a huge affinity and love for Ireland as well as Scotland. From an early age Bruno was involved in republican flute bands…
Remembering the Past: Bombay Street, 1969 (Free article)
13 August 2009
THE EVENTS of August 1969 will be forever etched on the minds of the nationalist people of the Six Counties. The mid-1960s saw a Catholic population inspired and encouraged by the Civil Rights movement in the United States demand the right to vote, to housing and to jobs. The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) organised marches…
1969-2009 The struggle continues (Free article)
13 August 2009
FORTY years ago the Orange state began to come apart at the seams as people demanded their democratic entitlements to equality in voting, housing and employment. Those who sought their rights were attacked by the RUC who attempted to beat and shoot them off their own streets. Loyalist mobs and the RUC attacked nationalist homes and in Belfast…
Mála Poist (Free article)
13 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…
Assembly team reshuffle (Free article)
13 August 2009
MITCHEL McLaughlin is standing down as chair of the Assembly Finance and Personnel Committee as part of a reshuffle announced by Sinn Féin last Thursday, 6 August, but he stays on as the party's spokesperson on Economy and Finance. He will be replaced as chair by West Belfast MLA Jennifer McCann.
Féile an Phobal: The People's Festival celebrates its 21st birthday (Free article)
13 August 2009
BELFAST'S Féile an Phobal (The People's Festival) notched up a special birthday this year. It reached the grand old age of 21 and with its celebratory keys in hand it opened its Féile doors to thousands of people who enjoyed its packed programme of events. In the introduction to its clár, Seán Paul O'Hare, the director of Féile, said: "Féile an…
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