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Call to ban CS Spray (Free article)
23 September 2004
Sinn Féin in Derry is calling for the controversial CS Spray employed by the PSNI to be banned. Councillor Paul Fleming made the call after a young nationalist, Gareth Coyle, was deliberately sprayed in the face with the weapon by the PSNI earlier this month.
Unionists force by-election over flag row (Free article)
23 September 2004
Limavady rate payers face a bill of between £8,000 and £10,000 after Unionist Councillor Boyd Douglas forced a by-election to fill the seat left vacant by Sinn Féin's Francie Brolly, who resigned from the council last month.
Anti-Poverty Conference in West Belfast (Free article)
23 September 2004
West Belfast Economic Forum and the Anti-Poverty Network hosted a major conference on poverty in West Belfast last week. Bringing together leading academics, voluntary sector activists and political lobbyists, the conference aimed to identify the causes of poverty and debate proposals for the creation of an anti-poverty strategy.
Morgan resigns from SDLP (Free article)
23 September 2004
Former SDLP Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Martin Morgan, announced last week that he was resigning from the party. Although citing personal reasons for his retirement and a desire to concentrate on his career as a social worker, it is thought the North Belfast councillor has become disillusioned with the party.
Significant social housing victory (Free article)
23 September 2004
Ballyfermot Sinn Féin Councillor Tony Smithers has achieved a significant victory in the battle to reform the City Council's plans for a major new development in Cherry Orchard. At a meeting of the City Council on Tuesday night, he successfully sought the inclusion of 10% social housing in the plan.
An Phoblacht at the Fête... (Free article)
23 September 2004
Sinn Féin and An Phoblacht shared the Solidarité Irlande marquee earlier this month at the annual Fête de l'Humanité outside Paris, which this year attracted some 600,000 people. Visitors to the marquee were given political information about the situation in Ireland, could sample Irish food and drink or purchase republican publications and other…
Record number of SF councillors attend AMAI conference (Free article)
23 September 2004
• Some of the Sinn Féin Councillors who attended last week's 91st Annual Conference of the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland in Listowel. Included are: Seán Conlon, (Monaghan); Jackie Crowe, (Castleblaney); Séamus Morris, (Nenagh); John Dwyer, (Wexford); Paul Hogan, (Athlone); Robbie Sargent, (Dublin); Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin,…
The Tricolour Riots (Free article)
23 September 2004
On the evening of the 28 September 1964, 40 years ago, a detachment of the RUC, acting on the direct instruction of Brian McConnell, then Minister of Home Affairs, attacked the Divis Street headquarters of the Republican Party (Sinn Féin had been outlawed that year) in West Belfast. Their perilous mission was to remove an Irish Tricolour.
Robert Emmet remembered (Free article)
23 September 2004
• Philip Emmet, a direct descendant of Robert Emmet, lays a wreath at the site of Emmet's 1803 execution at Saint Catherine's Church on Thomas Street, Dublin on Monday evening, 20 September. The commemoration, organised by the Emmet Memorial Committee, marked the 201st anniversary of the patriot's execution by British forces following his failed…
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