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Fógraí bháis: Death of Jan Hegarty (Free article)
21 January 2010
Jan Hegarty, a dedicated Derry City republican, died on Saturday 9 January after a short illness. Married to Paddy with one daughter, Karen, Jan worked tirelessly on behalf of the prisoners for over 20 years. At her funeral, Councillor Kevin Campbell, a former blanket man, paid the following tribute:
No Orange veto (Free article)
28 January 2010
There was deep disappointment across Ireland on Wednesday as negotiations at Hillsborough Castle failed to resolve the continuing impasse around the transfer of powers over policing and justice from Britain to the North of Ireland. The decision by the DUP, at the behest of the Orange Order, to make the abolition of the Parades Commission a…
Mála Poist (Free article)
28 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…
When the Media is the Disaster (Free article)
28 January 2010
The following article is reprinted with the kind permission of The Nation (www.thenation.com), a progressive weekly magazine published in the United States. Solnit is a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine and a Tomdispatch.com regular. Her book on disaster and civil society, A Paradise Built in Hell, will be out later this year.
Three days of talks (Free article)
28 January 2010
"From the beginning of this process, I have been at pains to make this place work. Unfortunately, we have learned that there are people within these institutions who only see the future through the prism of one section of the community; that is not a sustainable way to move forward and I am not going to be part of that." So said Martin McGuinness…
2010 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis: Leinster Le Chéile Honouree (Free article)
28 January 2010
JOSEPH 'JACK' CROWE is Leinster's honouree for this year's Le Chéile celebration, the annual Ard Fheis function when Irish republicans are honoured for their special contribution to the struggle for Irish freedom. Jack talks to ELLA O'DWYER about his life in struggle.
Delayed delivery on mental health (Free article)
28 January 2010
ONE IN TEN people in Ireland are reckoned to suffer from mental health problems. Physical and mental health are two sides of the same coin but when it comes to mental health services the issue is more complex. While a person suffering from a physical ailment will have no problem letting it be known, the person with a psychological problem may be…
Sinn Féin councillor gets second death threat (Free article)
28 January 2010
Lisburn Sinn Féin Councillor Angela Nelson has received a fresh death threat from loyalists, the second she has received in two months. Nelson received two phone calls shortly after 11 pm on Thursday 21 January. She believes the caller was the same man who threatened her in a phone call in December 2009. On that occasion the call was traced to a…
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