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Cowengate: The whole tweet and nothing but the tweet (Free article)
1 October 2010
“GOD, what an uninspiring interview by Taoiseach this morning.” So began Simon Coveney’s September 14th tweet. By that evening, the Fine Gael spokesperson for Transport and the Marine had caused three separate media hurricanes: a debate about libel online, Ireland’s international reputation, and a full-scale leadership debate in Fianna Fáil.…
Illegal money-lending | Sinn Féin highlights ordinary families’ debt crisis (Free article)
1 October 2010
Sligo hunt for loan sharks BY JOHN HEDGES “PARASITICAL” and violent loan sharks preying on families struggling to make ends meet are being pursued by Sinn Féin Sligo County Councillor Seán MacManus. Seán has asked the council to back his motion urging the Government to crack down on illegal money-lenders charging interest rates anything…
INTERVIEW: Sinn Féin Dublin City Councillor Dessie Ellis (Free article)
1 October 2010
Dessie can do it BY JOHN HEDGES DESSIE ELLIS is organised. Very organised. He has to be. His desk in his constituency office in Finglas (part of his house) is covered in constituents’ case forms. They’re in neat, segregated piles, according to their type. I give up counting them when I reach 38. And that’s without those in working…
HET leave more questions unanswered (Free article)
1 October 2010
Families to sue PSNI chief BY LAURA FRIEL THE families of those shot dead by loyalist gunmen in a Belfast betting shop are suing the PSNI Chief Constable for failing to prevent the killings. Seán Graham’s bookies on the Ormeau Road became a scene of carnage after two UDA gunmen opened fire at customers in February 1992. Five men were…
Remembering the Past BY MÍCHEÁL Mac DONNCHA (Free article)
1 October 2010
Terence MacSwiney dies as the world watches ONE EVENT more than any other in 1920 brought international attention to the Irish people’s struggle for freedom and that was the hunger strike and death in London of the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork and Irish Republican Army officer Terence MacSwiney. Terence MacSwiney was elected mayor of his…
Letter to the Taoiseach (Free article)
1 October 2010
HOW are things, Taoiseach after the Fianna Fáil drink-in - sorry, think-in? Did you see Michael McDowell on ‘Ireland’s Greatest’ on RTÉ? His great man is none other than Michael Collins but this has not impressed our North Belfast Councillor Conor Maskey who tweeted afterwards “Michael McDowell will always exist as an inconsistent,…
INTERNATIONAL THE ETA CEASEFIRE (Free article)
1 October 2010
An opportunity for peace in the Basque Country BY EOIN Ó BROIN ON September 5th, ETA declared an end to “offensive armed actions”. In its statement, the Basque independence organisation said “the Basque Country is at a crossroads [and] can now take the road to independence”. The armed group confirmed its “commitment to finding a…
A different game now (Free article)
1 October 2010
AN EDITORIAL in The Guardian in London is possibly the last place you might expect to find praise of the GAA but, yes, there it was on Tuesday morning: a fulsome piece lauding the All-Ireland Football Final. Amateurism, the mixing of supporters and so on are unremarkable for any Irish person but one can see why they attract comment from…
INTERNATIONAL | MIAMI FIVE APPEAL SIGNED BY EX-PRESIDENT MARY ROBINSON AND 47 TDS AND SENATORS (Free article)
1 October 2010
Cuban/Miami Five begin 13th year in US jails BY EMMA CLANCY AS THE Cuban Five enter their 13th year behind bars in US jails, the international campaign for their release marked the anniversary of their imprisonment in September 1998 with demonstrations and vigils around the world, including in Ireland. René González, Antonio Guerrero,…
THE ECONOMY AND JOBS | DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER IN WATERFORD, CARLOW AND KILKENNY (Free article)
1 October 2010
Martin McGuinness meets community leaders about jobs in the South-East MARTIN McGUINNESS, the Sinn Féin deputy First Minister, has completed a series of high-profile and well-received engagements with trade unions, workers, employers, councils, mayors, and development and community groups throughout the South-East, talking to people at the…
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