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THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
2 June 2010
"So, what do you do exactly?" It was my first ever Sinn Féin cumann meeting and, to be honest, I wasn't completely impressed. Donal seemed okay. He was the cumann secretary and the lad I'd contacted about joining. His brother, Trevor, also seemed relatively sound though I wasn't 100 per cent sure he was aware this was a political party and not a…
PPS 21 requires further improvement (Free article)
2 June 2010
Following the publication today of the final building and environmental legislation on PPS 21, Sinn Féin Planning Spokesper-son, Cathal Boylan, MLA, said it needed further improvement. After an exchange with the Minister, Boylan said, "This revised policy provides increased opportunities to develop in the countryside. The new policy proposals…
Remembering the Past: Jimmy Steele and Republican News (Free article)
2 June 2010
The split in the IRA and Sinn Féin led to the establishment of An Phoblacht as the national republican newspaper in January 1970. Six months later republicans in the Six Counties founded Republican News under the editorship of Jimmy Steele.
The Irish unity pledge campaign in Canada (Free article)
2 June 2010
A campaign has been launched in Canada to win support for an Irish Unity Pledge, following a conference there last November, which was attended by Gerry Adams. Last November, Friends of Sinn Fein (Canada) Inc. presented a Forum in Toronto entitled "A United Ireland: How Do we Get There?" The object of the conference was to generate discussion…
Patients suffer cutbacks while Anglo-Irish Bank gets another €2 billion (Free article)
2 June 2010
Sinn Féin Health & Children spokesperson and Cavan-Monaghan TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has described as "a danger to the health and safety of patients" Wednesday's announced closure of a range of hospital services in Cavan and Monaghan General Hospital over the summer months. He said it was "obscene" that patients are suffering cuts while the…
Mortgage holders need assistance (Free article)
2 June 2010
Measures must be taken to help mortgage holders struggling to meet payments, according to Sinn Féin Finance spokesperson Arthur Morgan, TD. Morgan said recent figures from the Central Bank showed a 13% increase in the number of mortgages in arrears. Many of these people are paying mortgages on homes now in heavy negative equity.
Domestic abuse victims on the rise (Free article)
2 June 2010
Safe Ireland, which represents services delivering frontline support to victims of domestic violence, said on Wednesday that the number of women seeking shelter after being subjected to domestic violence has increased by 43% in the last two years.
Waterford resists water charges (Free article)
2 June 2010
Sinn Fein City and County Councillors David Cullinane, Brendan Mansfield and Pat Fitzgerald this week launched a local campaign of opposition to the introduction of domestic water charges. The councillors dismissed Government claims that any new charging mechanism is about water conservation.
Seanad to debate Donegal job creation (Free article)
2 June 2010
Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has secured a debate in the Seanad on the need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and innovation to make towns in Donegal South West a priority for future IDA investment. Doherty has called for a comprehensive strategy from the IDA to promote Donegal.
Ritchie's public humiliation of O'Loan continues (Free article)
2 June 2010
Margaret Ritchie's public humiliation of Declan O'Loan seems to be continuing apace, according to Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay.
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