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Demand the
Right to vote

Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness MP on Wednesday called on people to come out on 29 May and demand the right to vote. more

They cancel elections and kill 'their own' citizens

It has been a bad few weeks for the British government, its policy makers and those trying to wreck the peace process, writes JIM GIBNEY

'Stakeknife' turns out to have blunt British blade

The naming of 'Stakeknife' exposed the way the media becomes a willing participant in the so-called 'dirty war', writes ADAM O'TOOLE.

Were the British spying on Sinn Féin?

British Intelligence may have been running a spying operation from the Falls Road library across from the Sinn Féin office.

Students protest return to fees

Students in Dublin turned to radical action this week to protest at proposed reintroduction of third level fees, and the slashing of the Back to Education Allowance.

Dublin losing out on jobs

Another 251 jobs in Dublin and Antrim have fallen victim to the mantras of restructuring and "operational efficiency".

Harney's principles of power

The Progressive Democrat leader has said she "feels strongly about the things she has views on."

Young Catholic mother warned of sectarian attack

A 20-year-old Catholic mother has been warned by the PSNI that unionist paramilitaries have plans to burn her out of her Tandragee Road home in Portadown.

PSNI assault disabled man

Sinn Féin councillor Pat O'Rawe has slammed the PSNI after two young men were seriously asaulted during an incident in the early hours of Sunday morning two weeks ago.

RUC destroyed shoot-to-kill evidence

A PSNI spokeperson told a Dungannon court on Tuesday 20 May that vital documents relating to the SAS killings of three IRA Volunteers in Coagh County Tyrone were destroyed by the RUC.

Coiste launches political tours of Belfast

On Thursday 8 May, Alex Maskey, launched Coiste na nIarchimí's new Political Tourism initiative.

Sinn Féin picket inaugural meeting of Strabane DPP

A group of 80 Sinn Féin members who picketed the inaugural meeting of the Strabane District Policing Partnership on Thursday night.

Welcome for Domestic Violence body

The launch of the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency will combat a social problem affecting nearly one in five Irish women.

22nd anniversary of hunger striker's death

The 22nd anniversary of the death of Raymond McCreesh on Hungerstrike in Long Kesh will be commemorated in Camloch on Sunday the 25 May.

Unbowed and unbroken

Hundreds of people turned out for an evening of poetry, prose, and music last Thursday to commemorate the 1981 Hunger Strikes.

The Ireland that we dream of?

In the first of a series of articles exploring the nature of the republican vision, PAUL O'CONNOR examines the changes in Irish society and notions of identity since de Valera's time.

Unionist debates equality in West Belfast

Dermot Nesbitt has a fragmented and narrow notion of sectarianism, based almost exclusively upon individual attitude, argues LAURA FRIEL

Government not protecting workers

Sinn Féin's Arthur Morgan has accused the government of having no affinity with protecting the rights and entitlements of workers.

No more stalling on Ombudsman for Children

Representatives of the Children's Rights Alliance have called on the government to keep its promises to children by creating the Office of Ombudsman of Children.

Submissions wanted on Seanad reform

The Committee on Procedures and Privileges of the Seanad is asking TDs to make submissions about the reform of the Seanad.

We want more than Britney

Ógra Shinn Féin stepped up its anti-globalisation campaign last Thursday by taking part in a Globalise Resistance meeting.

Wolfe Tone Society backs Palestinians

The Wolfe Tone Society had a highly visible presence on the 17 May Palestinian Rally in Trafagar Square in Central London.

Belfast's snazzy new black taxi centre

The West Belfast Taxi Association's ambitious plan to turn its old Castle Street taxi rank into an ultra modern passenger centre has came to fruition.


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