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Tokenism with a capital T - Women and the Ard Chomhairle (Free article)
4 March 2004
-BY ELLA O'DWYER As someone who was gradually brought to see the necessity of introducing affirmative measures in order to ensure gender equality on the Ard Chomhairle, I was deeply disappointed to see that the republican family were denied any real opportunity to decide for themselves which republican women they would elect. While not all…
An alternative globalisation is possible (Free article)
4 March 2004
Dublin TD and International Affairs spokesperson for Sinn Féin Aengus Ó Snodaigh opened the International motions debate. This year, they dealt with globalisation and solidarity; the oppression suffered by Tibet's inhabitants under Chinese occupation; the war against and the occupation of Iraq and the situation of the prisoners in US's Army base…
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS (Free article)
4 March 2004
Once again the voices of the Basques, Palestinians and South Africans were present at Sinn Féin's Ard Fheis to talk about solidarity, empathy and freedom. Pernando Barrena and Esther Agirre travelled from a very troubled Basque Country, as representatives of the banned political organisation Batasuna.
A vision for Irish farming (Free article)
4 March 2004
This Ard Fheis reflected the growing concern of the party with agricultural and rural development issues, and delivered a strong message and growing awareness that, as Bairbre de Brún phrased it, "the wellbeing, indeed the very survival of Irish agriculture depends on developing the industry on an all-Ireland basis".
Delegates sick of health problems (Free article)
4 March 2004
One or two motions in the health debate may have proved contentious last weekend, but the overall tone from all the delegates was one of unconcealed anger at the problems in the health sector both North and South of the border. Spokesperson for health in the 26 Counties, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD opened the debate, and lashed into shocking health…
Local government gets a lashing (Free article)
4 March 2004
Corruption and the absence of any real power were the two issues that dominated the debate on Local Government on Friday night. With Sinn Féin on the verge of fighting local elections in the South, the debate proved to be one of the more passionate of the weekend. Constant reference was made to the growth the party is going to experience in the…
Housing is a right (Free article)
4 March 2004
Housing was one of the more emotive issues debated on Saturday. This topic was very popular among many of the younger delegates, who all know first-hand about the housing crisis throughout this island. But it was also addressed by several senior figures, all eager to voice their anger at the problems associated with the issue.
Education Minster failing special needs children (Free article)
4 March 2004
Dublin TD Seán Crowe kicked off the debate on education last Friday, and came down hard on the Dublin Government over the issue of special needs education. Speaking in favour of a motion slamming the unacceptably slow processing of the claims by schools for special needs and resource teacher funding, Crowe said "the sad reality is that this…
Equality Commission not working (Free article)
4 March 2004
Equality and Human Rights continue to be the cornerstones of Sinn Féin policy and of republican ideology as a whole. Towards that end, delegates spoke on a wide range of related issues, including the lack of provision for children with special needs - particularly those in rural or deprived areas, the rights of women, racism, and the rights of…
Engaging the Irish people in defining the New Ireland (Free article)
4 March 2004
Appropriately enough, the 2004 Ard Fheis opened with resolutions relating to the All-Ireland Agenda, which Martina Anderson, the party's All-Ireland Co-ordinator, introduced as "providing a framework through which we can engage the people of Ireland in defining the New Ireland they want.
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