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Lyre Volunteer commemorated (Free article)
26 February 2004
The Clonakilty Sinn Féin Cumann held a simple and dignified commemoration at Lyre last Sunday in memory of IRA Volunteer Larry Cunningham, who was shot and mortally wounded there on 15 February 1923 by Free State forces. The cumann had earlier on the week painted up the iron cross that perpetuates his memory.
Sinn Féin's Tallaght Ard Fheis (Free article)
26 February 2004
In 1994, Killinarden in the South Dublin suburb of Tallaght played host to the 89th Sinn Féin Ard Fheis. The annual gathering took place at a key moment in the search for a workable peace process in Ireland. The Ard Fheis was held in the community hall in Killinarden because Sinn Féin had been again refused permission to hold its annual gathering…
Going over the Ard at the Fheis (Free article)
4 March 2004
An Phoblacht's ROBBIE SMYTH has been at Ard Fheiseanna as a reporter for the paper and at times as a member of the Steering Committee, who co-ordinate the delegate speaking times, Ard Chomhairle elections and other thankless tasks. This year, Robbie was attending as Sinn Féin General Secretary and reports for us on how he saw the weekend's events…
Imeachtaí and Draw Results (Free article)
4 March 2004
• SF FUNCTION: Music by Céilí Swing. 10pm Friday 5 March, Community Centre, PETTIGO, County Donegal. Táille €10 • COLOMBIAN FUNDRAISER: 9.30pm Friday 5 March, Meehan's KILTYCLOGHER, County Leitrim. Music by Garryowen. Táille €7 • COMHAIRLE CHEANTAIR LIATROMA ANNUAL DINNER DANCE. Music by Mary Rose. 9pm Friday 5 March, the Bush Hotel, CARRICK ON…
I nDíl Chuimhne agus Comhbhrón (Free article)
4 March 2004
I nDíl Chuimhne Mar. 1st 1983: Vol Eddie Dynes, North Armagh Brigade; Mar. 3rd 1991: Vol Noel Wilkinson, Tyrone Brigade; Mar. 3rd 1991: Vol John Quinn, Tyrone Brigade; Mar. 3rd 1991: Vol Malcolm Nugent, Tyrone Brigade; Mar. 3rd 1991: Vol Dwayne O'Donnell, Tyrone Brigade; Mar. 4th 1972: Vol Albert Kavanagh, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion; Mar. 6th…
Governments still indulging unionist intransigence (Free article)
4 March 2004
At last year's Ard Fheis the debate on the Peace Process centred on delegates' frustration at the lack of a pro-active approach on the part of the Dublin Government; their outrage at the suspension of the institutions by the British Government and its wilful failure to live up to its obligations under the Agreement; dismay at the demand for…
International Women's Day (Free article)
4 March 2004
International Women's Day, which falls on Monday, has its origins in the trade union movement in America in the early 20th century, particularly in the activism of the women who worked in the clothing industry sweatshops of the time. In 1907, the women held a Hunger March in New York to protest the dangerous working conditions and very long…
Media mesmerised by Sinn Féin growth (Free article)
4 March 2004
"A decade after the ditching of Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, which prevented Sinn Féin from being interviewed on television or radio, the targeted party has gone from strength to strength." These words could easily have been written by the Sinn Féin publicity department. But they weren't. Their author was Senan Molony, who wrote them in…
Policing is a battle-a-day (Free article)
4 March 2004
Addressing the Ard Fheis on one of the key issues of the Peace Process, Sinn Féin's spokesperson on policing, Gerry Kelly, MLA for North Belfast, said that the desperately needed new beginning to policing in the Six Counties could only be achieved if outstanding issues on the matter were urgently addressed.
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