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Volunteer Liam McParland Commemoration (Free article)
19 November 2009
THE 40th anniversary of the death on active service of Belfast Brigade IRA Volunteer Liam McParland was marked by 300 republicans in west Belfast on Sunday. Liam, a quiet, unassuming man and an ardent gaelgeoir, died in a car crash on 6 November 1969 while on IRA business. The commemoration, organised by the Remember Our Volunteers Committee,…
New sculpture honours PJ Branley and Dessie McNulty (Free article)
19 November 2009
ON Sunday 8 November 200 republicans from Donegal and Fermanagh gathered at the spot on the main Ballyshannon/ Donegal Town Road where Sinn Féin members PJ Branley and Dessie McNulty were killed in a car accident exactly a year previous. They were there to remember and to show support for the Branley and McNulty families who had gathered to…
Sinn Féín condemns attacks in Belfast and Fermanagh (Free article)
26 November 2009
SINN FÉIN has condemned those involved in attacks in two separate violent incidents in the North last weekend. A bomb exploded at the headquarters of the Policing Board and shots were fired in County Fermanagh. A 400lb bomb partially exploded after a vehicle broke through a barrier outside the headquarters of the North's Policing Board in Belfast…
Attempts to divide and conquer workers must be resisted (Free article)
26 November 2009
A quarter of a million public service workers staged a one-day stoppage across the 26 Counties on Tuesday. The extensive areas of the country hit by flooding were exempted from the action and workers in the emergency and other front-line services made huge efforts to assist those hit by the deluge. Wide sections of the media, in a grossly…
Mála Poist (Free article)
26 November 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…
Building on the MacBride Principles (Free article)
26 November 2009
THIS MONTH marks 25 years since the advent of the MacBride Principles for Fair Employment. An Phoblacht looks back at the past history and present significance of the MacBride Principles in the battle to tackle job discrimination and promote socio-economic equality in the North.
I nDíl Chuimhne, Comhbhrón agus Beannachtaí (Free article)
26 November 2009
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Imeachtaí / Events (Free article)
26 November 2009
There is a charge of €10/£7 for inserts printed in our Imeachtaí column (carried in our print edition and on our website, www.anphoblacht.com). There is no charge for I nDíl Chuimhne, Comhbhrón etc. The deadline for notices is 5pm on Monday before publication. In order to be included notices must be received by email, post, phone or fax at…
The Mitchel McLaughlin Column (Free article)
26 November 2009
THE European election results delivered a severe reality check to the DUP. It's time that Peter Robinson accepted the message that the electorate sent to him - prevarication and weak leadership does not build confidence nor does it convince rejectionists that their agenda is unattainable. But unless Mr Robinson begins to implement the commitments…
Maskey and Ó Donnghaile to run in South and East Belfast (Free article)
26 November 2009
Sinn Féin activists gathered in South Belfast on Tuesday night where they selected Alex Maskey as the party's candidate for South Belfast and Niall Ó Donnghaile for East Belfast in the forthcoming Westminster election. Both candidates were selected unopposed. Speaking after the convention, Alex Maskey MLA said, "Firstly I want to thank friends…
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