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Mála Poist (Free article)
3 December 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…
Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
3 December 2009
ON Monday, 7 December world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to negotiate the future of our planet. The UN Climate Change Summit is the most important political event of the year. Unfortunately very few people know that it is happening. Even fewer seem to know what is at stake.
Carol singers at Leinster House demand restoration of Christmas Bonus (Free article)
3 December 2009
SIN FÉIN spokesperson on social and family affairs Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD joined campaigners for the restoration of the Christmas bonus who gathered at the gates of Leinster House on Tuesday to raise their voices to demand the reversal of what is in effect a cut in the income of those in receipt of long term social welfare payments. Campaigners sang…
Who fears to speak of a united Ireland? (Free article)
3 December 2009
"THIS generation needs to be a generation of 'impatient republicans'," that's the message Senator Pearse Doherty sent to Ógra Shinn Féín at its National Congress a number of weeks back in Belfast as we launched our new national campaign, 'Who fears to speak of a united Ireland?' He's right, of course, and as impatient republicans the…
EU must seek legally binding deal in Copenhagen - de Brún (Free article)
3 December 2009
SINN FÉIN MEP Bairbre de Brún has said that the EU must seek a legally binding deal at the UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen. Speaking on Wednesday, 25 November de Brún said: "The European Parliament clearly stated today that EU negotiators must seek a legally binding deal in Copenhagen.
International: Uruguay and Honduras (Free article)
3 December 2009
FROM Uruguay comes confirmation that the new order in Latin America - progressive and popular - continues to grow and consolidate. On 29 November, Uruguayan voters chose a former guerilla as their new president, putting him a clear 10 percentage points above his rival in a run-off vote. Jose Mujica was a founder member of the National Liberation…
Bill must contain strengthened socio-economic rights for all - Anderson (Free article)
3 December 2009
ANY new Bill of Rights for the Six Counties must contain economic and social rights protections, Sinn Féin's equality and human rights spokesperson Martin Anderson MLA has declared. Speaking after the British Government published its consultation paper on a Bill of Rights, Anderson said: "It must be remembered that the promise of a new Bill of…
Week of solidarity against apartheid walls in Palestine and Gaza siege (Free article)
3 December 2009
THE Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign took part in this year's International Week of Solidarity called by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign. An international call to activists was put out to launch a week of global mobilisation from 9 to 16 November.
Poppy loyalists lay siege to pub (Free article)
3 December 2009
THE PSNI facilitated a large crowd of loyalists who besieged a pub in Portadown in the early hours of last Sunday morning. The Protestant-owned bar became the focus of the mob's anger following an incident during which a number of loyalists were refused entry. Loyalists later claimed they had been refused because they were wearing British…
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
3 December 2009
THE recent death by suicide of German soccer goalkeeper Robert Enke has given rise to a good deal of debate on depression in sport. A number of high-profile former leading sports people, including the boxer Frank Bruno and former New Zealand All Black John Kirwan, have been among those prominent in media discussions of the issue.
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