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The Mary Nelis Column (Free article)
15 April 2010
No one with any integrity would argue that the Good Friday Agreement has 'normalised' what is referred to as Anglo Irish relations. Indeed the historical relationships between the two islands has never been either normal or friendly mainly due to the imperialist aggressive nature of the British State headed up by the Monarchy.
Fógraí bháis: Chrissie Heffernan (Free article)
15 April 2010
Life-time republican and community activist Chrissie Heffernan passed away recently after a battle with illness. A large funeral on the Tuesday after Easter heard Chrissie's friend and colleague Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Crowe remember the Liberties woman with pride and extend condolences to the Heffernan family on behalf of the thousands of…
Remembering the Past: Sinn Féin shakes up local government in North (Free article)
15 April 2010
From the establishment of Six-County state local government in that area was a bastion of sectarian bigotry and the means by which Unionism exercised discrimination in housing and jobs and voting. Sinn Féin boycotted local elections up to the early 1980s but the party's decision to contest for council seats across the North in 1985 saw sectarian…
Bold move demonstrates leadership SDLP sorely lacks (Free article)
22 April 2010
Alex Maskey's withdrawal of his nomination in South Belfast for the 6 May Westminster election in order to maximise nationalist representation was a real show of leadership by Sinn Féin. The move was made despite the rejection by the SDLP of a reciprocal pact after a unionist unity candidate was put forward in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. This…
Mála Poist (Free article)
22 April 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…
Westminster Election profiles (Free article)
22 April 2010
The Sinn Féin vote in East Derry has more than doubled since 1998 and first time Westminster candidate Cathal Ó hOisín takes on the seat for the party this time out. Ó hOisín has represented Dungiven on Limavady Borough Council since 2005 and is currently Mayor of the Borough.
Adams attacks unionist parties over Bill of Rights (Free article)
22 April 2010
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP has said that unionist opposition to a Bill of Rights is 'a symptom of a political leadership which is out of touch with many within their own community'. "Working class unionist families, the working poor and other disadvantaged sections of unionism have been very badly let down by the main unionist parties," he…
Bronagh Wilson (Free article)
22 April 2010
I met Bronagh Wilson and her family last Saturday night. She is an ordinary young woman from west Belfast with two small children. But she is also one of the bravest people I have had the honour to meet during my life. Her story is one of great love and compassion.
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