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FIVE STAR RESULT

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has praised the party's 37 candidates, their families and election teams who worked round the clock to achieve last week's historic breakthrough in the 26-County elections. more

Human Rights Commission criticised

Sinn Féin human rights spokesperson Pat McNamee has criticised the decision by the HRC not to monitor the ongoing use of plastic bullets.

Brits attempting to turn Saville into farce

Martin McGuinness has slammed the latest attempt by the British Security Services to prevent the truth about Bloody Sunday emerging.

Adair release a cause for concern

Nationalist politicians are treating with scepticism the pledge made by loyalist spokesperson John White that "the nationalist people have nothing to fear from Johnny Adair".

Sinn Féin open to East Belfast talks

Sinn Féin Deputy Chief Whip Conor Murphy has said that Sinn Féin supports dialogue with the objective of resolving conflict in interface areas.

Ending the 11+

Sinn Féin national chairperson McLaughlin has welcomed the commencement of the household consultation on the Burns Report.

Glenhull family helicopter ordeal

Mid-Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Clarke says that a Glenhull family in the parish of Greencastle were subjected to a frightening ordeal by a British Army helicopter.

Historic Ballymurphy mural project

An ambitious mural project designed to commemorate the republican dead of Ballymurphy is to take place this coming Sunday, 26 May.

Councils urged to adopt bilingual policy

A presentation was made to Fermanagh District Council outlining the bilingual policy practised by Newry & Mourne District Council.

Death of Chichester-Clark

James Chichester-Clark, later Lord Moyola, who was Prime Minister of the Northern State in 1969 when British troops came onto the streets of Belfast and Derry, died last Friday, 17 May.

Deported from Palestine: Mary Kelly's story

The invasion of Palestine last week telescoped to the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Among those seeking sanctuary there was Mary Kelly.

Hunger Strike monument unveiled

Newry witnessed the unveiling of a monument dedicated to the ten republican prisoners who died on hunger strike in 1981.

Strabane ignored in public sector jobs shareout

West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty says that Strabane District has been s overlooked in the consultation to relocate 150 public sector jobs west of the Bann.

Other News in Brief

Derry republican arrested; Republican memorial vandalised in Fermanagh; Legal challenge to British Army


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