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Remembering the Past: Robert Emmet's executed comrades (Free article)
1 October 2009
ROBERT EMMET is one of the best remembered Irish patriots but less well known are his comrades who were also executed for their part in the Rising of 1803. Emmet was put to death on 20 September 1803 in Thomas Street. Prior to that, from 1 to 17 September, Dublin had seen the execution of 14 men. Six more were executed after Emmet, two in…
Concern for safety of 3,500 Iranians in Camp Ashraf (Free article)
1 October 2009
IRANIAN EXILES in cities across the world are continuing their protests aimed at highlighting the plight of members of the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), besieged in Camp Ashraf, Iraq, since 28 July. Concern for the safety of the 3,500 inhabitants of the camp arose after the attack carried out on Ashraf by the Iraqi armed forces…
Nuacht na nOibrithe (Free article)
1 October 2009
Labour Court backs Coca-Cola workers, Worldwide dockers back Dublin Port strikers and Bank staff strike
Battle for the Americas in Honduras (Free article)
1 October 2009
THE daring return of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, deposed in a military coup on 28 June, to the capital Tegucigalpa on 21 September has galvanised the country's resistance movement and prompted the coup leaders to unleash a fierce wave of military repression. Zelaya remains under siege in the Brazilian embassy with his family and dozens of…
Conquering Misery - Mountain Challenge 2009 (Free article)
1 October 2009
A BIG congratulations to all those who stepped up to the mark for the Brian Keenan Annual Mountain Challenge on Saturday 5 September. Out of 186 participants, 183 completed the challenge from Bloody Bridge, Newcastle, Co. Down right over Donard Mountain, the highest peak in the Six Counties and on to Deer's Meadow which was a gruelling 16.5…
Bogside and Brandywell Republican Monument rededicated (Free article)
1 October 2009
A large crowd attended the unveiling of a new commemorative stone and rededication ceremony at the Bogside and Brandywell Republican Monument on Sunday last organised by the Derry Republican Graves Association. The ceremony started with young republicans from the area carrying portraits of the 16 local members of 1st Battalion of Derry Brigade…
Volunteer Diarmuid O'Neill commemoration (Free article)
1 October 2009
"In the weeks and months ahead we have the opportunity to show that the legacy of Diarmuid O'Neill, of Tony Ahern and Dermot Crowley, of Kilmichael and Crossbarry, remains alive in West Cork. Never before has the economic and moral bankruptcy of the political establishment been plainer." So said Bandon Sinn Féin Councillor Rachel McCarthy who…
Fianna Fáil - corrupt party of the elite (Free article)
8 October 2009
The toppling of John O'Donoghue as Ceann Comhairle has shone a light on the elitist and corrupt party that is Fianna Fáil. They have been in power continuously since 1997 and have governed in the interests of the powerful and the wealthy in Irish society at a time when wealth was never so excessive and consumption was never so conspicuous.
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