It took Sinn Féin 20 years to outpoll the SDLP in the North. They
did not set out to do so when they entered electoral politics in
1982.
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Sinn Féin - A lot done, more to do
Published June 23, 2004
The nationalist Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition looks at how
the impasse over the annual march to Drumcree Hill in Portadown
by the Protestant Orange Order in Portadown can be resolved.
Published June 23, 2004
A large tract of County Clare is being sealed off as large
numbers of Irish and US security forces and military support take
up positions in advance of the visit to Ireland by US President
George Bush.
Published June 23, 2004
Adams blasts collusion cover-up
Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams has accused the British government of
using an investigation into the murder of Belfast defence lawyer
Pat Finucane to block an inquiry into the controversial killing.
Published June 23, 2004
US leadership needed in peace process - Kerry
US presidential candidate John Kerry has offered his assistance
to the Irish and British governments in the peace process, if he
is elected to succeed president George Bush later this year.
Published June 23, 2004
Tension mounts over re-routed parade
Unionists have warned of a potential deterioration in relations
following a decision to reroute a unionist parade away from the
Springfield Road on Saturday.
Published June 23, 2004
Coalition strained over policy shift
Relations in the Dublin coalition government have become
increasingly difficult in the wake of a poor performance in the
local and European elections last week.
Published June 23, 2004
Blair vows no devolution while IRA active
The British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said there will be no
return to power-sharing government in the North of Ireland unless
all activity by the Provisional IRA ceases.
Published June 23, 2004
by Danny Morrison (for the Andersonstown News)
It was Seamus Mallon who famously once described the Belfast Agreement as ‘Sunningdale for Slow Learners’, a soundbite which was immediately seized upon by opponents and critics of the Republican Movement. They were claiming, in varying degrees, that what was negotiated in 1998 was available in the power-sharing Sunningdale arrangements of 1974 and therefore republicans, by continuing the armed struggle, had to bear major responsibility for the continuation of the conflict and the loss of all subsequent life.
Published June 21, 2004
Anti-war groups prepare protests for Bush summit
A number of organisations have announced plans for protests in
the south Clare area for the visit of US President George Bush
to Ireland next weekend.
Published June 21, 2004
Ahern urged to seek top EU post
Following the successful negotiation of a new constitution for
the European Union, the Irish Prime Minister, Taoiseach Bertie
Ahern, could be set to quit the Dublin government for the
lucrative position of President of the European Commission.
Published June 21, 2004
Sinn Féin has suspended one of its newly elected Dublin
councillors while it purses an investigation into unspecified
allegations.
Published June 21, 2004
Dublin/Monaghan group goes to Europe
Relatives and survivors of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings
are going to the European Court of Human Rights in their battle
for a full public inquiry.
Published June 21, 2004
Making Republicanism Relevant - This is our Time
An edited version of the annual speech by Sinn Féin President
Gerry Adams at the grave of Wolfe Tone in Bodenstown, County
Kildare.
Published June 21, 2004
A north Belfast hospital was stormed by a mob of unionist
paramilitary supporters after Friday night’s contentious ‘Tour
of the North’ march.
Published June 21, 2004
The British government has suggested that serious efforts to
restore the North’s power-sharing institutions may be put off
until after the summer, drawing criticism from Sinn Féin for
backing what it said was a timetable set by unionist hardliners.
Published June 21, 2004
By Danny Morrison
(for the Irish Examiner)
(for the Irish Examiner)
If the election results augur well for the future of one party above all others throughout Ireland, that party is Sinn Féin. Both North and South its vote has continued to increase and later today the party’s confirmation as the leadership of northern nationalists will be reinforced with the election of Bairbre de Brun to Europe in a close-fought contest with Jim Allister of Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Published June 14, 2004
Heath unleashed Bloody Sunday ‘death squad’ - QC
The Bloody Sunday inquiry was urged today to determine the extent
of former British Prime Minister Ted Heath’s responsibility for
the deaths of the 13 people shot dead by troops at the civil
rights march in Derry over 30 years ago.
Published June 14, 2004
The results of the European and local elections.
Published June 14, 2004
ALL-IRELAND SUCCESS FOR SINN FÉIN
Sinn Féin has made historic gains in local and European elections
at the expense of Fianna Fáil in the South and the SDLP in the
North.
Published June 14, 2004
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