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Bomb attack on PSNI member furthers no cause (Free article)
14 January 2010
Senior Sinn Féin politicians have condemned the bombers who attempted to kill a PSNI member near Antrim last Friday 8 January. The attack, according to Mitchel McLaughlin, "was timed to counter Sinn Féin efforts to break the deadlock with the DUP over the devolution of justice and policing powers to Stormont".
Fianna Fáil shenanigans on by-election and budget challenged (Free article)
14 January 2010
IF Fianna Fáil does not agree to a spring date for the Donegal South-West Dáil by-election then Sinn Féin will move the necessary legislation to have the poll held, Donegal Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has warned. The by-election is to fill the seat left vacant as a result of the election of Pat the Cope Gallagher to the European Parliament…
Lone parents and the children of the nation (Free article)
14 January 2010
Among those vulnerable sectors of Irish society targeted in recent budgets, lone parents are in a particularly bleak position. As Frances Byrne of OPEN, the national network of local lone-parent self-help groups in Ireland, points out, single parents are "the poorest of the poor.
Major stage musical based on Easter Rising planned for 2011 (Free article)
14 January 2010
I WAS OUT with a few mates in the pub the first time I heard about a proposed musical based on the 1916 Rising. There was strong reaction amongst the company, I can tell you, and none of it good. One fella nearly choked on his pint. There was sniggering, grunting and a barely-concealed snarl from one quarter. A musical based on the Rising?!! An…
Solidarity actions successful as Gaza situation deteriorates (Free article)
14 January 2010
THE one-year anniversary of Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip was marked by a convergence of solidarity activists on the territory in actions that successfully delivered aid and drew the world's attention to the plight of the besieged Palestinians. Around 2,000 activists from around the world, including several from Ireland, joined the Viva…
The 26-County economy in 2010 (Free article)
14 January 2010
€1.64 TRILLION is the total level of debt this January in the 26-County economy. Don't worry, though: €1 trillion of that is just the estimated liabilities of firms in Dublin's International Financial Services Centre. We only need to worry about the other €640 billion debt! These figures come on top of a year when unemployment rose 46% in 2009.…
115 jobs in balance in Derry (Free article)
14 January 2010
ARLENE FOSTER has been challenged to fulfill her pledge as Enterprise Minister to Foyle Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson to save jobs at the Arntz Belting engineering company in Derry, where 115 workers fear losing their livelihoods as the Pennyburn-based firm began a 90-day consultation period from last Monday on the future of the plant.
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
14 January 2010
Tógadh céim eile níos cóngaraí d'fhoilsiú an nuachtáin seachtainiúil Gaeilge 'Gaelscéal' an tseachtain seo nuair a fógraíodh an nuacht go bhfuil Trevor Ó Clochartaigh ainmnithe mar Bhainisteoir Tionscadail ar an nuachtán nua. Bhuaigh plean 'Gaelscéal', - comhfhiontar idir An Curadh Chonnachtach agus Eo Teilifís, an conradh ag deireadh na bliana…
Action demanded after deaths from exposure (Free article)
14 January 2010
TWO deaths from exposure to the cold in Belfast in the past two weeks have highlighted the vulnerability of homeless people and migrants during this spell of severe wintry weather. Robert Kowalski, a migrant worker from Poland who was aged in his early 30s, died behind a church on Belfast's Lisburn Road on Christmas Eve. A second man, who was…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
14 January 2010
A LOT of people were distracted by a minor scandal involving the Robinsons last week. But while the celebrity magazines and tabloid rags obsessed themselves with this, poring over the scandal in the most gratuitous fashion, those of us with a better understanding of politics kept our eye on the big story: the SDLP leadership contest. Last week,…
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