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Remembering the Past: Martin Savage and the Ashtown ambush (Free article)
17 December 2009
In May 1918 British Army Field Marshal John French was appointed Lord Lieutenant and Supreme Commander of the British Army in Ireland. He had previously held the positions of Commander-in-Chief of the British Home Forces and, at the start of the First World War, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France.
Governments must face up to responsibilities (Free article)
7 January 2010
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams has rightly criticised remarks by British Secretary of State Shaun Woodward which sought to portray the difficulties in the political process as 'difficulties between the DUP and Sinn Féin'. The cause of the current political impasse is crystal clear to everyone. It is a direct result of the failure of the DUP to…
Mála Poist (Free article)
7 January 2010
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…
From the long war to the long shadow of Thatcher (Free article)
7 January 2010
AN UNBEATABLE IRA, an incompetent, uncaring Irish Government and a British political establishment whose deviousness and deviance, already well-catalogued, now stands at the precipice of a new era as the Thatcher years commence and more than a decade of her malicious vehemence is unleashed on the world. Welcome to 1979. The Six Counties in…
The Mitchel McLaughlin Column (Free article)
7 January 2010
DIALOGUE between republicanism and unionism has always been difficult but it was only through dialogue that we were able to foster and develop the present peace and political process, however fragile that may be. Genuine dialogue based on respect and equality still remains critical to progress the overall situation but particularly to resolve the…
Fitzpatrick revelations a disgrace (Free article)
7 January 2010
It emerged on Wednesday that former Anglo Irish Bank boss Seán Fitzpatrick has still not been questioned by gardaí or corporate watchdog officials over the concealment of €87m in secret loans. The revelation comes more than a year after Fitzpatrick admitted that this huge sum of money was transferred to Irish Nationwide bank in an effort to hide…
O'Dea apologises and pays damages to Sinn Féin Councillor (Free article)
7 January 2010
GOVERNMENT Minister Willie O'Dea has been forced to withdraw defamatory comments he made against Limerick City Sinn Féin Councillor and joint party Treasurer Maurice Quinlivan in the run-up to the local government elections last June.
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