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Video: Seán South & Feargal O'Hanlon Commemoration 2011 – County Fermanagh (Free article)
3 January 2011
THE annual Sean South & Feargal O'Hanlon Commemoration was held on New Year's Day 2011 at Altawalk, County Fermanagh. See the video here .
Limerick Seán Sabhat Commemoration: 'Stand up for a real Republic' (Free article)
3 January 2011
REPUBLICANS TODAY have been urged by Martin Ferris and Maurice Quinlivan at the Seán Sabhat Commemoration in Limerick on Sunday 2nd January to “stand up for Ireland". Pádraig Malone chaired the event which heard Limerick City Councillor Maurice Quinlivan thank local republicans for the increasing level of activity and commitment.…
Bertie was an economic genius (Free article)
3 January 2011
ALL the negative media moaning about Bertie Ahern is a little unfair. Far from being an economic illiterate, the man must have been a financial visionary He won loads of lolly on the gee-gees in dollars, sterling and punts; He didn’t succumb to the folly of having a bank account; He planned very assiduously for his…
Seanad changes should include votes at 16 and how all elections are held (Free article)
3 January 2011
ABOLITION of the Seanad should be part of a wider overhaul of the electoral system, former Senator Pearse Doherty has said, to include votes at 16 and for Irish citizens living abroad. There should also be a time limit for the holding of elections, the establishment of an independent Electoral Commission, and voting should be held at…
Conference: ‘Possibilities for Left-Wing Parties & Civil Society’ (Free article)
4 January 2011
'New Political Possibilities in Ireland for All Left-Wing Parties in Partnership with Civil Society' By Tom O'Connor of Cork Institute of Technology A CONFERENCE entitled New Political Possibilities in Ireland for All Left-Wing Parties in Partnership with Civil Society will be held on Monday 31 st January in the Davenport Hotel,…
Welfare cuts for citizens but bail-outs for banks ‘unjust and obscene’ (Free article)
4 January 2011
MORE THAN A MILLION people in the 26 Counties are this week being hit by new cuts to their social welfare and child benefits while Fianna Fáil and the Green Party continue to bail out the banks for their reckless behaviour, Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald has said. She said that many people have already been forced over Christmas…
Westminster VAT hike will raise weekly bills for families – Sinn Féin (Free article)
4 January 2011
THE WESTMINSTER Government’s VAT rise starting today from 17.5% to 20% will mean higher weekly shopping and heating bills, hurting most those who can least afford it and it is the wrong way to address the deficit, Sinn Féin Economy spokesperson Mitchel McLaughlin has said: This VAT increase will reduce the spending power of the…
Thinking of Labour? Read their Fine Gael partner's policies first, says Adams (Free article)
4 January 2011
PEOPLE thinking of voting Labour should read the Fine Gael's policies first because Eamon Gilmore made it clear on RTÉ Radio today that he intends to go into government with a Fine Gael that believes in a cuts agenda, Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams has said. The Sinn Féin president said the general election should be about a genuine…
‘Senseless attack’ on Cullyhanna Band Hall (Free article)
5 January 2011
By a local correspondent THE destruction of the Band Hall in Cullyhanna in Christmas week was an absolutely senseless attack that has deprived the entire community of a fantastic facility. Thousands of pounds’ worth of new musical instruments and uniforms belonging to the band were destroyed in the fire at the premises on the…
Eamon Gilmore missing the point on EU/IMF deal, says Pearse Doherty (Free article)
5 January 2011
LABOUR PARTY Eamon Gilmore leader is missing the point on the EU/IMF deal, Sinn Féin Economy spokesperson Pearse Doherty TD has said. If the new government does not allow for the bondholders in banks such as Anglo Irish Bank to be burned then they will simply be continuing on the same road to economic ruin as the current government.…
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