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Bodenstown 1963 (Free article)
24 June 2004
• This old photograph was taken at Bodenstown on June 23 1963 and includes from left: Joe Clarke, veteran of the Battle of Mount Street 1916; Mrs Russell, Cumann na mBan 1916 and a Republican Justice during the Tan War and imprisoned in 1922; Julia Grennan, member of GPO garrison 1916; May Daly, sister of Charlie Daly executed by Free State Forces…
British Government under pressure over Cory (Free article)
24 June 2004
As the families of Rosemary Nelson, Robert Hamill and Billy Wright are accusing the British Government of stalling over the establishment of public inquiries into the three killings, it has emerged that US Democratic Presidential hopeful John Kerry has signed a letter calling on the British to establish an inquiry into the killing of solicitor Pat…
Sinn Féin excluded as six cities elect chairs (Free article)
24 June 2004
After the exhilaration, the headlines, the amazing first count victories of Sinn Féin topping many polls across constituencies of the 26 Counties, inaugural AGMs of city councils brought a hard dose of reality. The squalid undemocratic power grubbing that characterises local authority politics resumed, as if there had been no election at all. The…
Publish details of Sligo pact - MacManus (Free article)
24 June 2004
The outgoing Mayor of Sligo, Cllr Seán MacManus, has called on the Fianna Fáil/Labour Coalition on Sligo Borough Council to publicise details of the written agreement reached between both parties, which includes their sharing the Mayoralty and domination of most other committees of the new Council.
SF councillor suspended (Free article)
24 June 2004
Media speculation abounded this week over news that Sinn Féin Councillor Martin Christie, who was elected in Blanchardstown, Dublin, to Fingal County Council, had been suspended without prejudice from the party. On Tuesday, Christie confirmed this to be true.
Europe tops Ard Chomhairle agenda (Free article)
24 June 2004
Sinn Féin General Secretary Robbie Smyth said the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle, which met in Dublin on Saturday, engaged in extensive discussions relating to the role of the party's new MEPs both in the European Parliament and in Ireland. Smyth said that the party's national executive had discussed "our future engagement within the EU Parliament,…
Lisburn unionists under scrutiny (Free article)
24 June 2004
The behaviour of unionist councillors at the AGM of Lisburn City Council on Thursday 24 June will be observed by a Dublin Government observer and a Sinn Féin delegation, led by former Mayor of Belfast Alex Maskey. The AGM is due to elect the mayor and deputy mayor of the council and fill the senior posts on the council's committees. Last year's…
Mála Poist (Free article)
1 July 2004
Hypocrisy of Sinn Féin A Chairde, I am an Irish American and have and will support Irish unity. I have never heard so much inaccuracies about George Bush's policies and the thousands of protestors that you report have been arrested here in the States. You might as well call yourselves French.
Ag foghlaim Gaeilge (Free article)
1 July 2004
JIM GIBNEY writes about his struggle, over many years, to learn Irish. Political struggle is a tough and at times a weary business. So, when you get a special moment, you treasure it all the more. I had one such moment a few weeks ago.
A day in the life (Free article)
1 July 2004
Irish human rights worker EOIN MURRAY writes from Gaza in Palestine about the tribulations involved in negotiating Israeli security checks as he travelled to Jordan to get his visa renewed, including one scare in which he was treated as a potential suicide bomber. This article was written before last weekend's upsurge in military activity in Gaza…
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