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Mother and baby attacked after British Army parade (Free article)
8 October 2009
LOYALISTS attending a so-called 'homecoming' parade in Antrim last Saturday for British soldiers returning from Afghanistan attacked a young mother and her baby. Antrim Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Brady said a group of sectarian thugs attacked the woman's car with her child on board and added: "I am disgusted at hearing that a car containing a…
Protest demands rejection of Basque extraditions (Free article)
8 October 2009
THE Don't Extradite the Basques Campaign has welcomed the display of public support for the two Basque men fighting extradition from Belfast to Spain as Arturo Beñat Villanueva's hearing began in the High Court on Monday, 5 October. Villanueva is accused of being a member of Basque pro-independence youth organisation Jarrai from 1994-2000.…
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
8 October 2009
Bhí scéal (den genre miotas uirbeach, b'fhéidir) ag cara liom an tseachtain seo faoi dhuine a raibh aithne ag duine eile a bhí ag aonach capall i rith an tsamhraidh. Bhí sé ag díol capaillín agus fad a's go raibh sé ina sheasamh lena chapall tháinig fear eile chuige agus capaillín leis, á tharraing le rópa gorm. Bhí sé ag teacht ar 3.30, bhí an…
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
8 October 2009
I HAVE been struck from an early age at the difference between the official nicknames given to county teams and the more usual expressions applied by fans. Dublin are still referred to in programmes as 'The Metropolitans', which has a decidedly Batmanesque ring to it. In actual fact, it refers to the original hurling club established in the city…
Fermanagh co-option agreed (Free article)
8 October 2009
SINN FÉIN Fermanagh Council Group Leader Cllr Thomas O'Reilly has congratulated Phil Flanagan after he was co-opted onto the Council to replace Domhnaill O Cobhthaigh who resigned from the council recently. Phil Flanagan, whose family is from the area originally, is married and runs a small business.
Remembering the Past: IRA bombs British Cabinet (Free article)
8 October 2009
THE year 1984 saw the British government of Margaret Thatcher step up its war in Ireland with greater repression on the streets of the Six Counties, the use of paid perjurers to round up and jail citizens in a form of internment, and the continued murder campaign by Britain's counter-gangs, the unionist paramilitaries. In March of that year,…
New Councillor for Andersonstown (Free article)
8 October 2009
Andersonstown republican Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín has been co-opted to Belfast City Council to replace Paul Maskey who will concentrate on his role as an MLA for West Belfast. A member of the West Belfast Comhairle Ceantair officer board for several years, Caoimhín initiated the West Belfast Sinn Féin newspaper which is distributed quarterly to…
Antrim Borough 'cold house for nationalists' (Free article)
8 October 2009
A LOCAL Councillor has raised concerns about increased anti-nationalist activity in Antrim and the perceived institutionalised bias in local government policy. Speaking on Wednesday, Antrim Borough Councillor Anthony Brady said that in the past week alone he had highlighted a sectarian attack carried out by a group of thugs who attacked a car…
Nuacht na nOibrithe (Free article)
8 October 2009
Aer Lingus jettisons 676 jobs and cuts pay, 67 paper jobs shredded, Taxi drivers halt two-day gridlock, Green Isle Foods bins Labour Court invite and ISME calls health workers 'economic saboteurs'
Fógraí bháis: Susie Loughran (Free article)
8 October 2009
SUSIE Loughran (51) lived in Clowney Street, Beechmount, in Belfast, all her life. She was the only girl of five children born to her parents Patsy and Billy McShane. Her first job was on the assembly line of the Grundig Factory in Dunmurry. An active member of the Republican Movement, she and Paul Loughran, from Amcomri Street, began their…
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