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Referendum Watch ... Referendum Watch ... Referendum Watch ... (Free article)
1 October 2009
Referenda are an important part of our political culture. They are a profoundly democratic way of making fundamental decisions about how our society is run. They also provide an opportunity to discuss, debate and become more informed about important issues such as the European Union. Of course referenda have their downsides. As polling day…
McGuinness speaks at British Labour Party Conference (Free article)
1 October 2009
Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness this week addressed a fringe event at the British Labour Party Conference in Brighton. As part of a wide ranging speech McGuinness challenged the rejectionists on all sides and warned that progress on transferring powers on policing and justice was crucial in the time ahead.
Slógadh Shinn Féin 2009 (Free article)
1 October 2009
Bhí Slógadh Sinn Féin i mbliana lonnaithe san fhoirgneamh Gaelach is nua aimseartha ar an oileán seo - Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin. Ainmníodh an áit in ómós do Sheán Ó Canáin, sean phoblachtach, nach maireann, a tháinig amach as imtheorannú sna daichidí agus a bhí gníomhach le saol na Gaeilge sa chathair go bhfuair sé bás agus na pleananna…
Hate crime and the Orange Marching Season (Free article)
1 October 2009
Hate crime is on the rise in the Six Counties. Sectarian attacks by loyalists against Catholics still predominate but the mindset that produces such attacks is now also targeting others on the basis of their ethnicity, their status as immigrants or their sexuality.
Ireland needs media diversity not battling giants (Free article)
1 October 2009
In a globalised world, who owns media, communication and information resources is a crucial issue. What we listen to, read and watch has never been more important. Regulating who controls these news media resources is vital. Yet in Ireland the real significance of the ongoing battle between Independent News and Media's (INM) Tony O'Reilly and…
RUC Special Branch failed to stop killing (Free article)
1 October 2009
RUC Special Branch officers who did not prevent the murder of 26-year-old Margaret Perry in order to protect an informer have escaped prosecution despite a damning report by former Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan. The body of the Portadown woman was discovered in a shallow grave in a County Sligo forest in 1992, a year after she had gone missing. Perry…
Trade unions launch fightback against cuts (Free article)
1 October 2009
THE Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has announced a rolling campaign of resistance to cuts in workers' wages, conditions and jobs as some of the country's largest unions ballot their members on industrial action as part of a campaign to defend jobs and services. ICTU leaders met in Dublin on Wednesday as An Phoblacht went to press (details…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
1 October 2009
LISTENING TO RTÉ's Pat Kenny and Seán Whelan on Tuesday morning I suddenly realised who the main players on the Yes side of the Lisbon debate are. It's not bumbling Enda Kenny, ranting Dick Roche, IBEC's sidekick Eamon Gilmore or any of the people from the Yes political parties.
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
1 October 2009
ANYONE who has ever visited New York, or indeed any of the big American cities, will probably be aware of the huge role that the GAA plays in the lives of Irish people, both those new to the Diaspora and into second, third and even more distant generations. Ciara was certainly amazed at the fact that you could emerge from a train at Van…
Cuimhní ar an Ghaeilge i nDoire (Free article)
1 October 2009
Ba gnáthach le muintir na cathrach seo, Béarlóirí, 'the creeve' a ghlaoch ar na ranganna Gaeilge a bhíodh ar siúl. Bhí ranganna sna 1930í ar Shráid an Fheabhail, Conlon's Rooms, agus ansin bhog siad go Halla Naomh Cholm. Faoin am sin bhí an-bhaint ag cléir na cathrach leis an Chonradh ach laghdaigh sin sna 50í. Luaigh Séan Ó Canainn go…
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