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Murphy leads by example (Free article)
18 March 2010
The Fianna Fáil/Green government could learn a thing or two from Conor Murphy's swift and decisive action last Friday. Sinn Féin's Minister for Regional Development in the Northern Executive sacked a number of members of the northern water board, NI Water, including the chairperson, when it was found that there was serious mismanagement in…
Mála Poist (Free article)
18 March 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…
A reflection on the Irish Catholic Church and the clerical scandals (Free article)
18 March 2010
Irish Catholics have for centuries suffered at the hands of those who had limitless and uncontrolled authority over their lives and liberties. While individual priests and bishops stood with the people in opposition to such authority, for the most part the Church leadership stood resolutely on the side of the politically and socially powerful -…
Hamill Inquiry questions Public Prosecution Service decision (Free article)
18 March 2010
The North's Public Prosecution Service (PPS) was under scrutiny again this week after the Robert Hamill inquiry challenged its decision not to prosecute former RUC officer Robert Atkinson. Robert Hamill was kicked to death by a loyalist mob in 1997. Atkinson was one of four armed officers at the scene who failed to intervene to protect the…
Liberation theology: Sharing the people's lot (Free article)
18 March 2010
Here, two Irish priests, Tipperary man Fr Joe Cantwell and Fr Joe McVeigh from Fermanagh, talk to ELLA O'DWYER about their respective vocational journeys. The Tipperary man went on what, in the 1960s, was known parochially as 'the foreign missions', to countries like Nigeria and Kenya, to work with the poor and oppressed. The Fermanagh man…
Tallaght scandal a fundamental breakdown (Free article)
18 March 2010
SINN FÉIN TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has described as "astounding" the fact that thousands of GP referral letters were left unopened or did not reach the consultants for whom they were intended at Tallaght Hospital. He said that the failure which led to GP letters remaining unopened and x-rays unread also exposed the "two-tier nature of our health…
Murphy sacks NI Water board members (Free article)
18 March 2010
Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy, has been praised for his decisive action last Friday, when he announced that he had dismissed Chairman Chris Mellor and a number of non-executive directors of the Board of NI Water (NIW). Then on Tuesday, in a statement to the Assembly, Murphy said he was now considering the positions of two more NIW…
Doherty reiterates Omagh bomb inquiry call (Free article)
18 March 2010
Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty has reiterated his call for a full cross border public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. He was speaking following Tuesday's publication of a report by the Westminster Committee on affairs in the North, which is calling for a new investigation to be set up to examine whether vital intelligence was…
The Mary Nelis Column (Free article)
18 March 2010
Have the British government ever told the truth about the North or indeed the truth about atrocities carried out against defenceless people during their colonial exploits in many countries of the world? What are the chances they will come clean on the atrocity that was Bloody Sunday in Ireland, that they will tell the truth?
TG4 launches second Éalú series (Free article)
18 March 2010
A new drama-documentary series reliving the stories behind six of Ireland's greatest prison escapes, as told by the men and women who conceived, planned, and executed these daring bids for freedom, begins on TG4 on Thursday 8 April. Éalú (Escape) returns for a second series following the widely acclaimed first series in 2004. These documentaries…
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