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Jarvis leaves 650 students homeless (Free article)
30 September 2004
It's BEEN a week of ups and downs for Public Private Partnerships (PPP), or Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) as they call them in Britain and the Six Counties. On one hand, you had the sinking PFI specialist contractor Jarvis in trouble again, while on the other the financial services sector in Ireland and Britain were embracing PPP/PFI schemes…
O'Reilly reinstated, O'Leary's perks and British energy dogfight (Free article)
30 September 2004
A new inquiry into the controversial sacking of the ATGWU Irish General Secretary Mick O'Reilly and another senior union officer, Eugen McGlone, in 2001, has led to the reinstatement of O'Reilly as ATWGU leader and McGlone as regional organiser.
Planes, trains and parliaments (Free article)
30 September 2004
On 13 June 2004, MARY LOU McDONALD was elected as Sinn Féin's first ever MEP. Her election rocked the establishment, which had its worst nightmares confirmed when she comfortably took one of the four, much-coveted, Dublin seats.
Housing report highlights sectarian intimidation (Free article)
30 September 2004
1,245 people were intimidated out of their homes in the last financial year, according to the latest figures released by the Housing Executive. The majority of those forced to flee came from the Greater Belfast area, Larne, Antrim and North Down.
European Department up and running (Free article)
30 September 2004
This month saw the setting up of the Sinn Féin European Department, which is tasked with helping Mary Lou McDonald and Bairbre de Brún in their work as MEPs. One of its first appointees is Eoin Ó Broin, who is originally from Dublin and has represented Sinn Féin as a councillor in Belfast City for several years.
PSNI fail to arrest Shoukri for breaking bail (Free article)
30 September 2004
Controversy has erupted over the case of UDA member Ihab Shoukri, who walked free from court last week despite breaking bail conditions banning him from entering Belfast. The DPP is seeking a report from the PSNI on the case after it was revealed that Shoukri was seen in Belfast last week by the PSNI, who failed to arrest him as they are required…
A National Stadium at Long Kesh... Really? - BY GERARD MAGEE (Free article)
30 September 2004
With September marking the climax of the inter-county championship season for the different Gaelic sports, attention now shifts to the administrative side of the GAA. Among the topical issues coming to the fore again will be Rule 42, relating to the sharing of GAA grounds with other sporting organisations.
Protests greet return of Dáil (Free article)
30 September 2004
The longest summer holidays in the country ended on Tuesday as the Dáil finally returned to work. The main news item of the day was Bertie Ahern's cabinet reshuffle, but a range of groups gathered outside Leinster House to highlight the failures of the coalition government.
Better than Fiction - BY CAOILFHIONN NÍ DHONNABHAIN (Free article)
30 September 2004
The third annual Documentary Film Festival Stranger than Fiction starts at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin on Thursday 30 September. Though documentary-style films have become more mainstream of late, with the growing popularity of films such as Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 911, along with Morgan Spurdock's recently…
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