Sinn Fein’s support in the 26 counties has surged according to a new
opinion poll, which also predicts Fianna Fail is facing a virtual
wipeout in the forthcoming general election.
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SF overtakes Dublin govt in poll
Sinn Fein’s support in the 26 counties has surged according to a new
opinion poll, which also predicts Fianna Fail is facing a virtual
wipeout in the forthcoming general election.
Published December 3, 2010
The Dublin government triggered a torrent of national anger on Sunday
night when it handed over economic sovereignty to European and
International Monetary Fund administrators for an 85 billion euro loan.
Published November 29, 2010
Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty has weakened the Fianna Fail/Green Party
coalition’s slender hold on power with a stunning and historic election
victory in Donegal.
Published November 26, 2010
Independent TDs have joined with the opposition parties to pile pressure
on the crumbling Dublin government to pull the plug after the Green
Party finally succumbed to public outrage and said it is set to pull
out.
Published November 22, 2010
Pressure is weighing on the 26-County government to leave the stage this
week as a team of economists from the International Monetary Fund
arrived in Dublin to begin planning massive cutbacks in government
spending.
Published November 19, 2010
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has called for others to join with him
in providing leadership to help bring Ireland out of the current crisis.
Published November 16, 2010
The 26-County government has been almost completely sidelined in the
battle over Ireland’s economic destiny as the larger European Union
governments and ‘bond vigilante’ investment funds fought over plans to
deal with Dublin’s soaraway budget deficit.
Published November 12, 2010
The use of a military fragmentation grenade in an attack on a PSNI
patrol in west Belfast marks a new departure for the armed campaign of
Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH) and the breakaway IRA groups.
Published November 8, 2010
A brutal Garda attack on a student protest in Dublin which injured and
traumatised protesters as young as 16 and 17 years of age has been
strongly condemned.
Published November 5, 2010
A bailout of the 26 County state by the European Union and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) is increasingly likely as confidence in
the coalition government’s ability to manage the state’s economy ebbs
away.
Published November 1, 2010
The UVF ‘ceasefire’ is increasingly being viewed as a sham after the
unionist paramilitary groups organised two nights of heavy rioting in
the Rathcoole area of Belfast in response to an ongoing collusion
inquiry.
Published October 28, 2010
Thirty thousand public service jobs in the Six Counties are to be
eliminated after the British government slashed its promised
contribution to maintaining society in the Six Counties.
Published October 24, 2010
26-County democracy in the dock
Five hundred days after the seat was vacated, the Dublin government has
incredibly told the High Court that there has been no unreasonable delay
in holding a by-election in Donegal South West.
Published October 19, 2010
The Dublin government is to hold talks with the leaders of two of the
main opposition parties -- pointedly excluding Sinn Fein -- as it
struggles to cope with the consequences of its own ineptitude and
corruption.
Published October 14, 2010
Unionist paramilitaries who killed more than 100 people during the first
18 months of internment escaped detention because the British government
believed there was “no serious Protestant threat” to the state, newly
discovered papers reveal.
Published October 12, 2010
Public support for so-called ‘dissident’ republican groups has been
significantly underestimated by the Irish political and media
establishment, according to academic research published on Thursday.
Published October 8, 2010
The Taoiseach Brian Cowen has denied the sovereignty of the 26-County
state has been jeopardised by the banking and budget crises, even as
European officials began dictating Irish economic policy.
Published October 4, 2010
The fifty billion Euro robbery
A massively increased price-tag for the bank bailout by the Fianna
Fail/Green Party government has left the 26-County state braced for
deeper cuts and rising taxes and blighted the state’s finances for a
generation.
Published October 1, 2010
The Protestant Orange Order has refused to back new laws to deal with
sectarian marches in the North of Ireland, ensuring the controversial
Parades Commission will remain in place for at least another marching
season.
Published September 27, 2010
Political transformation underway
A socialist is likely to become the next 26-County Taoiseach according
to a new poll, which shows a further decline in support for the Fianna
Fail-Green Party coalition.
Published September 24, 2010
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