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Sinn Féin 'ready to fight any election' (Free article)
17 December 2009
SINN FÉIN is ready to fight any election that arises. That was the upbeat message of Alex Maskey who addressed the first official party event to be held in Lisburn town. Maskey was speaking at a convention in the Lagan Valley Island Centre which selected Paul Butler as the Sinn Féin candidate for the Lagan Valley constituency at the next…
Interview: Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Ógra Shinn Féin National Órganiser (Free article)
17 December 2009
FROM Togher on the south side of Cork City Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (20) was appointed National Órganiser for Ógra Shinn Féin last month. He has taken a break from study, after completing two years of a Law degree, to undertake the role. Here he speaks to ELLA O'DWYER about the role of Ógra in the wider republican struggle
• This news feature is funded by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) (Free article)
17 December 2009
LOOKING BACK over the year, we've picked out some of the wide range of issues on which MEP Bairbre de Brún has been vocal and active.
Unmistakeable air of change at launch of booklet on Sheena Campbell (Free article)
17 December 2009
CRIAGAVON Civic Buildings were for long an example of everything that was wrong in the Six Counties. But there was an unmistakeable air of change surrounding events on Tuesday, 15 December as republicans gathered to launch the latest book in the Republican Legends series; 'Dancing to the Revolution: Sheena Campbell, A Lost Leader'.
Christmas movies we all love (Free article)
17 December 2009
WHETHER you are a Grinch, a closet Christmas lover or someone who gives it the full tinsel effect we all love our Christmas films. What's more not only do we watch the old favourites repeatedly we also have new entrants in the Christmas movie canon. As the 10th remake of Dickens A Christmas Carol hits the cineplexes, this time in animated 3D…
Procession to recall Ballymurphy Massacre (Free article)
17 December 2009
FAMILIES of eleven people killed by the British Army in August 1971, in what has become known as the Ballymurphy Massacre, have organised a candlelight procession for Truth and Justice to be held on Thursday, 17 December One of the family members, Briege Voyle, whose mother Joan Connolly was killed during the massacre, has urged as many people as…
Julia Carney's festive fun with Santa (Free article)
17 December 2009
"I MEAN, it's just like the Eighties. Everyone's miserable, the dole queues are getting longer, even that big hair thing you people went through is back. I tell you, it's like I stepped back in time." I'm trying to watch season three of 'The Wire' but had to stick on the subtitles while he waffles on. "And what's your solution to the economy?…
Solidarity with Palestine (Free article)
17 December 2009
ONE year after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, Sinn Féin has added its voice to calls for Israel to be held to account for war crimes and for an immediate end to the devastating economic siege of the territory, home to 1.5 million people. To mark the anniversary, a thousand Palestine…
The Matt Treacy Column (Free article)
17 December 2009
I DON'T particularly like Christmas and I don't particularly care for Elvis. Elvis Christmas songs then are anathema. And I know someone who has a whole fecking CD of them! It contains the usual ones like 'Silent Night' and 'White Christmas' but some you may not have heard before... if you're lucky. Unfortunately, I have heard them all. Too many…
International: Germany (Free article)
17 December 2009
A potentially damaging controversy for Angela Merkel's conservative German Government sees her defence minister at the centre of a storm over his handling of a row about a German-ordered air strike in Afghanistan that killed civilians. German involvement in Afghanistan has proved to be deeply divisive. It is credited as one of the reasons that…
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