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Fix the student grants system, says Ógra Shinn Féin (Free article)
1 October 2010
BY SEÁN Ó SÉ University College Cork Sinn Féin, Martin Hurson Cumann THERE are several problems with the grants system that Ógra Shinn Féin feels have to be addressed for education to become readily available to young people from every group in Irish society. Immediate and proper funding is required to allow students to avail of the…
Education in the North | Removing academic selection is an equality issue (Free article)
1 October 2010
BY John O’Dowd MLA Sinn Féin spokesperson on Education in the Assembly ONE of the most quoted lines from the 1916 Proclamation states that republicans “will cherish all the children of the nation equally”. The Ireland we live in does not do that. As republicans, this presents us with one of our greatest challenges. The education…
Glórtha fós ag glaoch (Free article)
1 October 2010
AG an am seo den bhliain bím gnóthach le hullmhúchán agus teagmháil le coistí ar fud na tíre atá ag dul tríd mholtóireacht Glór na nGael. Is bliain ar leith atá ann i mbliana nó beidh Glór na nGael ag comóradh 50 bliain dá chomórtas le linn 2011 agus i measc na gcoistí atá páirteach, fós, tá cuid a bhí páirteach i bhfad siar sna blianta nuair…
British Army undercover unit watched murder (Free article)
1 October 2010
AN undercover unit of the British Army watched the murder of a teenager yet did nothing to intervene, a report by the Historical Enquiries Team has confirmed. Seventeen-year-old Damien Walsh was shot dead by UDA gunmen at a coalyard in west Belfast where he worked in March 1993. The building was under surveillance by an undercover British…
STRABANE REPUBLICAN COMMEMORATION | SINN FÉIN MP TELLS VIGILANTE GROUP... (Free article)
1 October 2010
‘Republican Action Against Drugs’ should go away and stay away THE vigilante group caling itself ‘Republican Action Against Drugs’ “should go away and stay away”, Sinn Féin West Tyrone MP and MLA Pat Doherty said at last weekend’s annual Strabane commemoration in memory of republican dead from the local area. A large section of Pat…
FRIDAY 8pm: Belfast music night for Basque political prisoner in Maghaberry (Free article)
1 October 2010
Roddy McCorley Club on Friday night from 8pm till late A great line-up of musical acts including Gráinne Holland and Felimi O'Connor, Acoustic Dan and the Black Mountain River Dipsos, Caoimhín and Flavia, and Buddy Checker and the Smokin' Elbows THE Belfast Basque Solidarity Committee is urging people across Belfast to come along…
Pamela Kane: The fighting spirit of Tyrone and Dublin (Free article)
1 October 2010
BY SORCHA BERRY PAMELA KANE comes from a republican family. Growing up in Baldoyle, in north Dublin, her mother is from Ringsend in south inner city Dublin; her father, Albert, is from Tyrone. Her republican roots come from her father’s side of the family. His mother was in Cumann na mBan. Pamela’s own role in the republican struggle…
X-Factor and 'Cementgate' are not the news (Free article)
1 October 2010
SERIOUS congratulations to the inspired Sinn Féin legend who coined the term “Trucky Ár Lá” (and taken up by one of the red-top tabloids the following day). But am I the only person nonplussed by the massive media coverage the event soaked up this week? Maybe it is a case of 'Bah, humbug' but these are serious times, with grave…
FIGHTING BACK - Assembly must have control of economy (Free article)
1 October 2010
THE likely impact of the British Government’s public spending cuts on the North’s economy, the need for a united campaign of resistance against these cuts, and the need for control of the economy to be devolved to the Assembly have been outlined to An Phoblacht’s EMMA CLANCY by Sinn Féin Economy spokesperson Mitchel McLaughlin. THE BRITISH…
What kind of Ireland do we want? (Free article)
1 October 2010
BY DÓNAL ÓG CUSACK At the 1st An Phoblacht Autumn School FIRSTLY, Id like to thank those who invited me here today. I’m honoured to be asked to share my thoughts and views with you. Over the years I have been used to many challenges, principally those posed by my chosen sport of hurling. I believe I have been privileged to be part of…
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