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Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
27 May 2010
Who has the right to comment on the Croke Park Public Service Agreement? Labour leader Eamon Gilmore says that political parties should not 'interfere' in what is a matter for public sector workers. They should be left in peace, he says, to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the agreement and make their decision accordingly.
Dublin's Dolphin House breaches UN standards (Free article)
27 May 2010
A meeting of residents at Dolphin House, organised to highlight the living conditions in Dublin Corporation flats, was told this week that that UN standards on housing are being breached in Dolphin House.
Where's the 'free' education? (Free article)
27 May 2010
A proposal to charge a Û500 annual fee for school transport makes a mockery of the notion of free education in the 26 Counties. So said Senator Pearse Doherty, the Sinn Féin education spokesperson, as the news was announced this week. Doherty described the proposal to introduce a Û500 annual fee for primary school children and increase the current…
The Mary Nelis Column (Free article)
27 May 2010
They looked very much at ease standing outside what was once the bastion of an united monolithic Unionism. The leaders of the devolved Assemblies of Scotland, Wales and the Six Counties were at Stormont to discuss the fine mess the British Exchequer had got them into and the cuts that would be necessary to get them and all of us, out of it. It…
Dáil debates possibility of by-elections (Free article)
27 May 2010
As An Phoblacht goes to print, Leinster House faces a vote about the three outstanding by-elections due in the 26 Counties. Speaking during the debate this week, Minister for the Environment John Gormley said he may fast-track the proposed Commission that would oversee elections .
Councils owed millions in unpaid levies (Free article)
27 May 2010
The Sinn Féin Spokesper-son on Local Government Martin Ferris TD has demanded that local authorities pursue property developers who owe more than €420 million in unpaid levies.
Opinion: Tories must devolve fiscal powers to Assembly (Free article)
27 May 2010
The new British Prime Minister David Cameron has been setting out his ideas for the economy in the Six Counties. His Secretary of State Owen Paterson has talked about making the jurisdiction the "most business-friendly region in the whole of Europe." This sounds just like the economic policy of the joint UUP/Tory election manifesto, which was…
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
27 May 2010
Bhí go leor caint sna meáin an tseachtain seo caite faoi chomóradh Éirí Amach na Cásca i 2016, agus comóradh an chéid d'imeachtaí tábhachtacha eile i stair na tíre seo sna blianta romhainn, síniú an Covenant, an Somme agus araile ina measc. Bhí Brian Cowen ag maíomh go mbeidh siadsan (an rialtas, Fianna Fáil?) ag cosaint cuimhne an Éirí Amach agus…
IMC waste of public money (Free article)
27 May 2010
Commenting as the latest IMC Report published on Wednesday, Sinn Féin Assembly member John O'Dowd said that the body should be abolished and the money being wasted put into frontline services.
Remembering the Past: Incredible endurance of IRA prisoner (Free article)
27 May 2010
The release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 after 25 years in South African prisons was celebrated across the world, including by republicans in Ireland. But another release that year was a reminder that there were hundreds of Irish political prisoners and that many of them had endured very long sentences and appalling conditions.
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