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The TV year that was: 2001 (Free article)
20 December 2001
By Seán Ó Donaile "You can Never underestimate the intelligence of the general public"- P Barnum's cynical comment of over one hundred years ago is still accurate today, as channels increase their appeal to the lowest common denominator, with ever-increasing ratings. What began as 'fly on the wall' real-life documentaries have descended into…
The Rebellion of San Salvador Atenco (Free article)
8 January 2002
Last 2 October, when the Mexican government announced the expropriation of 5,000 hectares of farmland around San Salvador Atenco, 20 miles outside Mexico City, they presumed everyone was on board for their big airport plans. Addressing the campesinos who were about to lose their land, President Vincente Fox gushed how they had, in effect, "won the…
Democratic Rights and Entitlements (Free article)
10 January 2002
Sinn Féin's position in respect of attendance at Westminster is an established and well known policy position. This is the basis on which the electorate voted for the four Sinn Féin MP's in the last election of June 2001.
Irish unity debate must begin (Free article)
10 January 2002
Speaking to an elected representatives' conference in Belfast on Saturday, the Sinn Féin Chairperson and Foyle Assembly member, Mitchel McLaughlin, said that the major political topic for debate still outstanding is the issue of Irish unity. McLaughlin told the conference:
Pre-election Sinn Féin baiting (Free article)
10 January 2002
The sudden re-emergence of anti-Sinn Féin rhetoric from Fianna Fáil this New Year is no coincidence.
Mala Poist (Free article)
10 January 2002
The Referendum Commission A Chairde, The recent passing of the Referendum Bill through the Dail has done nothing more than to emphasise the extent of disregard this Government has for the Irish electorate. This bill effectively abolishes the Referendum Commission, ensuring now that both sides of any future referenda debate will not be heard…
2002 - What needs to be done (Free article)
10 January 2002
Two things are certain about this year. Ireland is going to the World Cup and there will be a Leinster House election. In between, there are the little niggling issues, such as managing an economy that by any measure is faltering badly. The New Year has barely started and the announcements of business closures have continued unabated.
Barney McFadden - Father of Derry republicanism laid to rest (Free article)
10 January 2002
Barney McFadden was a "colossus of the struggle in Ireland", Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness told mourners at the funeral of the veteran Derry republican, who died suddenly on Christmas Eve.
Andrews to visit Colombia Three (Free article)
10 January 2002
Former Dublin Foreign Affairs minister David Andrews this weekend travels to Bogota, Colombia, accompanied by Caitríona Ruane of the Colombia Three campaign, Bring Them Home, to visit with Jim Monaghan, Martin McCauley and Niall Connolly. They will be joined by Mexican Irish embassy official Síle Maguire.
Health service need urgent funding (Free article)
10 January 2002
Health and Education are a priority. Everyone recognises this. But it has taken the Executive in the Six Counties nearly three years to hear what every man, woman and child has been saying. To a large degree we have to thank the two Sinn Féin Ministers, Bairbre de Brún and Martin McGuinness, for making sure that the Executive has backed words with…
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