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On this day - Broadcasting ban introduced (Free article)
19 October 2018
On this day 30 years ago the British government introduced the controversial broadcasting ban preventing Sinn Féin representatives from being heard on TV and radio.
Seumas O’Kelly (Free article)
9 November 2018
The writer, newspaper editor and Irish republican Seumas O’Kelly was a native of Loughrea, County Galway. Author of short stories, plays, poems and a novel, The Weaver’s Grave which was his masterpiece, O’Kelly’s life was cut short because of his commitment to Irish freedom. The O’Kelly family of Loughrea were flour millers and merchants and…
110 years ago - The Irish Women’s Franchise League (Free article)
5 November 2018
At the start of the 20th century women began to campaign actively against the denial of their right to vote. In 1903 the Women’s Social and Political Union was founded in England and the militant feminists commenced the battle for the vote. In Ireland there had been groups working for women’s suffrage but the campaign really began here on the…
Time for the Irish government to step up to the mark - Declan Kearney (Free article)
5 November 2018
In this article, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA reflects on the latest initiative from civic nationalism, which involved 1,000 people co-signing a letter to An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar urging him and the Irish government to step up and defend the rights of Irish citizens in the north.
35 years ago - Gerry Adams elected president of Sinn Féin (Free article)
13 November 2018
THE Ard Fheis of 1983 marked a significant stage in the political development of Sinn Féin. The historic gathering came in the wake of the campaign in support of the H-Block and Armagh prisoners, the epic Hunger Strikes, the intervention of prisoner candidates, North and South, in 1981 and Sinn Féin’s electoral rise in the Six Counties in 1982 and…
Employment review panel meeting In Belfast (Free article)
14 November 2018
Panel Meeting on Recruiting People with Conflict-Related Convictions, Monday 19 November 2018, from 9.30am-1.00pm in Crumlin Road Gaol
'Wherever Brexit circus stumbles to, Ireland must be protected' - Mary Lou McDonald (Free article)
17 November 2018
In this article, first published in the Irish News, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald writes that amid the current Brexit crisis, the backstop must be protected .
‘Make change for me tomorrow!' - The progressive Left: a New Europe: & Irish Unity (Free article)
19 November 2018
In this article Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney writes that the progressive left across Europe needs to build and increase its representation in the European Parliament in order to deliver a more social and democratic EU.
The Castlefin Tragedy (Free article)
26 November 2018
On 28 November 1938, IRA Volunteers blew up six customs posts along the border in Counties Armagh and Fermanagh. Two other posts - at Clady and Strabane in Co Tyrone - were also to have been demolished that night but the bombs to be used exploded prematurely, killing three Volunteers at Stranamuck, near Castlefin, Co Donegal.
Sinn Féin propose all-island soccer team (Free article)
22 November 2018
Sinn Féin have said that it is time to consider the establishment of a 32-county soccer team in light of the success of the country’s other all island sporting bodies. Sinn Féin Dáil Deputy leader Pearse Doherty made the comments on the Chamber floor earlier today. The Donegal TD and avid Celtic supporter, highlighted the recent departure of…
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