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Carrickmacross rejects Development Levies (Free article)
11 March 2004
At the March monthly meeting of Carrickmacross Town Council, the members rejected the proposed development contribution scheme on the proposal of Sinn Féin Councillor Matt Carthy, following on decisions by other local authorities in County Monaghan. Carthy said he was delighted the council had voted to reject "these unfair charges".
Bring Them Home (Free article)
11 March 2004
On Sunday 7 March, West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin organised a sponsored walk from Gortin village to the top of Mullacairn in aid of the Colombia 3 Bring Them Home Campaign. The walk was well attended by local Ógra activists, along with members of the Bring Them Home Campaign and local MLA Barry McElduff.
RUC chief had loyalist links (Free article)
11 March 2004
RUC Chief superintendent Harry Breen, who was killed by the IRA in March 1989, colluded with loyalist death squads, according to evidence given to the Oireachtas committee considering the Barron report. The revelation came as further evidence emerged of Special Branch collusion with unionist paramilitaries involved in the Dublin/Monaghan bombings.
Sinn Féin submission on electoral funding (Free article)
11 March 2004
Sinn Féin MLA Francie Molloy says the Electoral Commission's public hearings into the Funding of Political Parties, scheduled to take place in Belfast today, afford the opportunity to highlight serious concerns about British Government interference in the electoral and democratic process.
Collusion Wall unveiled (Free article)
11 March 2004
Sinn Féin West Belfast MLA Bairbre de Brún officially unveiled the Collusion Wall on Beechmount Avenue in West Belfast on Wednesday. "This wall, on which is told the stories of some of the victims of collusion, is an important step in breaking the silence about the true nature of British rule in Ireland," she said. "These are the stories of some…
Targeted by the state - The 1984 British miners' strike (Free article)
18 March 2004
Twenty years ago this month, on 5 March 1984, the National Union of Mineworkers, together with the communities from which it drew its membership, embarked on an epic confrontation with the Thatcher government. Although superficially a struggle over proposed pit closures, in reality the Miners' Strike was actually about something transcendentally…
Lies fail to save Spain's right-wing government (Free article)
18 March 2004
On Wednesday 10 March, pre-election polls in Spain indicated that the governing right-wing Popular Party would win a clear majority in last Sunday's Spanish general election, with a predicted 184 seats. By Sunday, however, the political climate had changed utterly as a result of a bombing atrocity that had left 200 people dead. Outgoing Prime…
Hospital groups gather to take on Hanly (Free article)
18 March 2004
A conference in Kill earlier this month brought 16 representative hospital action groups together to form an organisation to campaign for a quality health service for all. Representatives of Hospital Action Groups came from Clonmel, Ennis, Kilkenny, Louth, Longford, Mallow, Mayo, Monaghan, Mullingar, Naas, Nenagh, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Tullamore,…
McDowell's racist card (Free article)
18 March 2004
Wake up! This is scary stuff. Justice Minister Michael McDowell proposed last week to hold a constitutional referendum, to coincide with the June elections, to remove the right to Irish citizenship from children born here to non-nationals.
Mála Poist (Free article)
18 March 2004
Madrid massacre lessons A Chairde, The PP government in Spain has paid the price of trying to manipulate the massacre in Madrid for party political gain. Politicians here should learn the lesson that people can see through such opportunistic politicking.
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