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THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
5 November 2009
SO ME and the apolitical flatmate are on our way out of Starbucks (yes, Starbucks - I like the muffins) in Dublin last Saturday afternoon. We'd been shopping, we're high on caffeine and full of muffinly goodness. All is well with the world and I'm only delighted to hold the door open for the young girl struggling in through the entrance with her…
Sinn Féin Ministers actively defending public services (Free article)
5 November 2009
As working people and trade unionists from across Ireland take to the streets this week in defence of jobs and in opposition to cuts to public services, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has welcomed the emphasis being placed on defending vital health services at the rallies that are taking place in the Six Counties.
PART OF THE UNION: Martin Ferris, Sinn Féin's new Workers' Rights spokesperson, urges everyone to join a trade union, especially now (Free article)
5 November 2009
MARTIN FERRIS is Sinn Féin TD for Kerry North and party spokesperson on Agriculture. Last month he took on an additional new key brief as Sinn Féin spokesperson on Workers' Rights. Martin Ferris has taken over as spokesperson from Arthur Morgan TD, who is focusing on his brief as party spokesperson on Finance and on completing a report for the…
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
5 November 2009
DONAL ÓG CUSACK'S admission (if that is the correct term to employ) regarding his being gay has caused a great deal of interest, some of it prurient but much of it sympathetic and focused on the whole issue of GAA players' sexuality. It has also given rise to a plethora of jokes, some funny, some just abusive but overall the balance of sympathy…
Adams calls for major mobilisation in support (Free article)
5 November 2009
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams has called for a major mobilisation of public support for ICTU-organised rallies this Friday in support of a fairer way to deal with the economic crisis. Gerry Adams said: "Sinn Féin is encouraging party members and supporters and the public to come out in solidarity with fellow trade unionists, workers in the…
Open day brings vital information to ex-POWs (Free article)
5 November 2009
Coiste na n-Iarchimí held a successful information day in Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, Belfast, on Saturday 31 October. Speakers representing a number of ex-prisoners' groups from across Belfast outlined areas of work that they are involved in as they challenge the prejudices that former prisoners still face.
Scéal ar bith fós de phlean 2028 (Free article)
5 November 2009
AG léacht de chuid Conradh na Gaeilge ag Oireachtas na Samhna i mbliana chuir an tAire Éamon Ó Cuív síos ar an Phlean 2028 - plean straitéiseach agus oibre don Ghaeilge a cuireadh le chéile mar thoradh taighde agus éisteachtaí poiblí a reáchtáladh le linn 2008. Bhí Ó Cuív ag caint ar phainéal a raibh Uachtarán an Chonartha, Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa…
28th annual Feargal O'Hanlon Lecture addresses 100th anniversary of founding of the Irish Transport & General Workers' Union (Free article)
5 November 2009
A CAPACITY attendance at this year's Volunteer Feargal O'Hanlon Memorial Lecture in the Teach na nDaoine Family Resource Centre in Monaghan Town heard the head of the Legal Rights Unit of SIPTU, Michael Halpenny, call for underpinning legislation for collective bargaining. He also called for large turn-outs at all mobilisations called for by the…
Loyalist charged with sex offences (Free article)
5 November 2009
PROMINENT loyalist and Orangeman Mark Harbinson has been refused bail after being charged with raping a 13-year-old girl and being in possession of indecent photographs of a child. A number of other sex offences involving children are under investigation. As a loyalist, Harbinson has been a key figure in the ongoing campaign of sectarian…
Concerns remain over kidnapped Irish priest (Free article)
5 November 2009
CONCERN remains about Irish priest Fr Michael Sinnott despite the release of a video by his kidnappers in the Philippines in which a ransom was demanded. The footage confirmed earlier reports from Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly that Sinnott was still alive.
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