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Taoiseach Enda Kenny told an unemployed man protesting against budget cuts to get a job, while his Employment Minister Richard Bruton revealed that a referendum re-run has already been considered, in a series of embarrassing campaign gaffes by Fine Gael's leadership this week.
A decision by the Irish national soccer squad to wear armbands to mark
the 18th anniversary of the Loughinisland massacre has been widely
welcomed.
The Police Ombudsman in the North has been asked to investigate a
stop-and-search operation conducted by the PSNI in the grounds of a
primary school, in full view of young schoolchildren.
A doctor appointed by the United Nations is to assess the condition of
internee Marian Price as concerns grow for her health.
Britain is Ireland’s closest friend, Taoiseach Enda Kenny told an
assembly of parliamentarians from both jurisdictions at the Dublin
parliament this week.
A flag of British Army’ murderous SAS unit, raised in Loughgall on the
25th anniversary of the ambush of eight IRA men in the village was
designed to “intimidate and offend” people, a Sinn Fein assembly member
has said.
The campaign for the release of Marian Price has taken a dramatic turn
after a judge dismissed charges against her and three other
republicans. Despite the decision, British officials have said the
interned former spokesperson for the 32 County Sovereignty Committee
will remain behind bars.
The European Union’s Austerity Treaty is to be renegotiated following
major political changes in France and Greece, but the Dublin
government has insisted Ireland’s referendum on the treaty
must go ahead later this month in any event.
Republican prisoners at Maghaberry are being denied all medical
consultations following policy changes at the prison, according to a
prisoners’ support group.
The families of two republicans brutally murdered five years ago in
Belfast say they are alarmed at reports surfacing this week that
indicate British intelligence may be protecting the killers.
The DUP has refused to approve funding for Sinn Féin’s most recently
appointed political adviser, Jarlath Kearney, because the party refused
to follow a new ‘security’ vetting procedure, it has emerged.
A Derry-born soccer player has received death threats in the wake of
his selection to play for Ireland in the 2012 UEFA European Football
Championship.
This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Loughgall Martyrs. It
occurred on the 8th May 1987 in the Armagh village of Loughall.
Ordinary citizens understand, better than the governments of Europe and
the spin doctors of austerity that you can’t cut your way out of a
recession.
A look at the life and death of the leader of the Irish Citizen Army,
Michael Mallin, who was executed by firing squad 96 years ago this
week.
Europe’s financial crisis has mutated into a political crisis, and its
“fiscal compact” will make things worse, not better.
