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THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
11 March 2010
I have been told there were debates at the Ard Fheis. Delegates strode purposefully to the podium, notes in hand, to address their colleagues with earnest looks upon their faces. "No to coalition," some cried. "Yes to the devolution of policing," said a few. "Death to the evil fascist conspiracy that is An Taisce," cried others (bizarrely not an…
Remembering the Past: Thatcher 'hopping mad' at extradition victory (Free article)
11 March 2010
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was described as "hopping mad" and "spitting blood" in 1990 when the Supreme Court in Dublin delivered a significant judgement that set back efforts to establish an extradition conveyor-belt for republicans from the 26 Counties to the North and to Britain.
Time for coalition to stand down (Free article)
11 March 2010
The job creation debate saw delegates identify the government's lack of strategy on employment; the fallout of that ineptitude - particularly emigration - and the need for this government to be decommissioned. Senator Pearse Doherty, speaking directly to one of the worst outcomes of recession in Ireland, emigration, said "jobs are far from a…
Community safety, accountability and child protection raised (Free article)
11 March 2010
Policing Board member Alex Maskey addressed the Ard Fheis discussion on justice, policing and community safety, describing the Hillsborough agreement that secured a date for the transfer of powers on policing and justice as a "truly welcome development" that showed Sinn Féin are "delivering on our mandate".
A new economic vision (Free article)
11 March 2010
Opening the economy and workers' rights section on Saturday, ICTU and SIPTU President Jack O'Connor said that "the cause of Ireland has become the cause of bankers". After referencing the James Connolly quote, O'Connor added: "Indeed, in many ways we have exchanged subservience to British rule for subservience to the financial markets."
Advancing the Irish Unity agenda (Free article)
11 March 2010
The Ard Fheis adopted an emergency motion welcoming the agreement reached at Hillsborough between Sinn Féin and the DUP. The motion recognised the deal as delivering on the mandate as adopted by the special Ard Fheis on policing in January 2007. Proposing the motion, Martin McGuinness said that in 2009 he advised the Ard Fheis that he was…
The Irish Unity Pledge and Canada (Free article)
11 March 2010
This year's Ard Fheis heard an address by Warren Allmand, former Canadian Attorney General, human rights activist and longtime supporter of peace, unity and justice in Ireland. Allmand first visited the Six Counties in 1966 as part of a Canadian parliamentary delegation and returned on several occasions in the 1990s as an international observer…
Ard Fheis receives international greetings (Free article)
11 March 2010
Sinn FÉin's Director of International Relations Padraic Wilson introduced three keynote international speakers at the party's Ard Fheis on Saturday 6 March. Executive Committee member of the PLO Professor As'ad Abdul Rahman addressed delegates, followed by Baleka Mbete, a national chairperson and former deputy president of the ANC, and Katalina…
Fringe meeting discusses Palestine solidarity (Free article)
11 March 2010
SINN Féin delegates participated in a packed fringe meeting on Palestine during the party Ard Fheis which was addressed by an executive member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Doctor As'ad Abdul Rahman.
Equality and Human Rights high on agenda (Free article)
11 March 2010
Equality and human rights were high on the agenda of this year's Ard Fheis, with a number of important motions supported by delegates. One such motion outlined the party's support for the Equality and Human Rights Alliance. The motion attacked the government's record on social and economic rights and asserted that equality and rights must be at…
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