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50th anniversary of Sharpeville (Free article)
25 March 2010
South Africans have marked the 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre by joining a commemorative rally in the town's stadium that was addressed by the country's Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe. On 21 March 1960 in the township, the apartheid regime's police officers opened fire on an unarmed demonstration of thousands of black South…
Public service unions should refine strategy (Free article)
25 March 2010
The public service unions need to refine their strategy to ensure maximum pressure on the Fianna Fáil/Green Government and minimum disruption to the public, such as that occurring at the Passport Office. He also questioned what he called inconsistencies in the way in which the work-to-rule is operating in local government.
Mála Poist (Free article)
25 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…
The Gerry Kelly Show! (Free article)
25 March 2010
"A brilliant night"; "fantastic"; "the best evening's entertainment I have had in years"; "people and politics and life - a great mix." "A big thank-you to the organisers!" These were just a few of the comments from some of the members of the large audience in St Kevin's Hall, North Belfast, last Sunday night, when Sinn Féin executive minister…
PSNI should not be investigating themselves (Free article)
25 March 2010
Sinn Féin Policing Board member Martina Anderson MLA, who sits on the Board's Human Rights and Professional Standards Committee (which is responsible for the oversight of investigations by the PSNI), says that serious questions will be asked of whether or not the PSNI can or should be investigating themselves.
Ó Snodaigh to produce bill to eliminate head shops (Free article)
25 March 2010
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has announced that his office is in the final stages of drafting a bill which would eliminate head shops from our communities. Speaking after attending a protest at Leinster House on Wednesday, Ó Snodaigh said Sinn Féin activists will work to raise awareness of the dangers of the products sold in…
Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
25 March 2010
RTE wants to know who is Ireland's greatest person? They want to know so much they have decided to run a series of surveys, online polls and TV programmes to resolve the matter. First off they commissioned MRBI to poll 1,000 men and 1,000 women. The result was a shortlist of 40 people, which can be read at www.rte.ie/tv/irelandsgreatest/
Sinn Féin students visit European Parliament (Free article)
25 March 2010
A delegation of Sinn Féin students has just returned from a trip to the European Parliament in Brussels, hosted by the party's MEP, Bairbre de Brún. The delegation was made up of 27 students active in cumainn organised at the University of Ulster Magee, Coleraine and Jordanstown, Queens University Belfast and St Mary's University College, Belfast,…
From injury to insult - the tragedy of Thalidomide (Free article)
25 March 2010
Thalidomide was a drug developed in Germany in the late 1950s by a company called Chemie Grünenthal and it was taken by pregnant women as, amongst its effects, it was said to help relieve 'morning sickness'. In 1959 the drug went on sale in Ireland but just two years later it was identified as the cause of disabilities amongst babies born to women…
Without a passport or a paddle (Free article)
25 March 2010
There was shock and horror across Ireland last week as it became apparent the 26-County government's strategy for economic recovery was being stymied because civil servants are refusing to help people emigrate. Hundreds of jobless people, with their PhDs in their backpockets, lined up alongside hopeful holidaymakers outside the passport office on…
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