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Published July 3, 2009
‘Clarified’ Lisbon Treaty the very same
Despite the predictable media hype, and bogus claims of doing down the
Brits, nothing has changed in terms of the Lisbon Treaty, writes Aengus
O Snodaigh, Sinn Féin Dail spokesman on European affairs.
Published June 26, 2009
Time for a realignment in Irish politics
Almost one-third-of-a-million people voted for Sinn Féin candidates
across Ireland in the recent EU elections - the exact figure, 331,797
people.
Published June 19, 2009
Time for DUP to tell their people the truth
The current DUP
position where they work with Sinn Féin, or profess to work alongside
them, while saying they are smashing them, simply invites ridicule.
Published June 12, 2009
Electorate assesses value of its vote
This Thursday and Friday the people of Ireland go to the polls in a rare
all-Ireland plebiscite - an election to the European parliament.
Published June 4, 2009
Consigning Irish children to a regime of torture
The Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse, published this
week, left no one in any doubt that children in the Twenty-Six County
state were never treated equally
Published May 29, 2009
Elections - an exercise in participatory democracy
Members of the small republican political party eirigi agreed at its annual
conference to 'tactically contest elections at a time of our choosing'.
Published May 22, 2009
Bobby Sands and Margaret Thatcher
Two personalities from opposite ends of the political spectrum, who
helped shape their respective worlds and are inextricably linked through
decisions they took over 30 years ago had anniversaries last week.
Published May 15, 2009
Would society
really be better off had Suzanne Breen not spoken to the Real IRA?
Published May 8, 2009
The British state
is increasing its erosion of civil liberties for Irish citizens.
Published May 1, 2009
Pseudo groups are locked into political fantasy world
Three very distinct and separate voices were heard across the Irish
media last weekend.
Published May 1, 2009
Published April 24, 2009
It is
difficult not to feel a surge of emotion racing through the veins when
reflecting on what the men and women of 1916 gave
up in order to make a stand against a malign foreign power.
Published April 17, 2009
Force of argument is way forward
The 1916 Rising was the end product of more than a century of protest,
largely peaceful, since the brutal suppression by the British
government of the 1798 Rebellion.
Published April 10, 2009
Can intelligence services be trusted?
There is a connection between the civil action brought by relatives of
Omagh bomb victims and the arrests in relation to the killing of the
two soldiers in Antrim and the PSNI officer in Lurgan.
Published April 3, 2009
Intimidation of Shell to Sea campaigners
Over the course of recent weeks the state has intensified its
intimidation of Shell to Sea campaigners.
Published March 27, 2009
Who is McGuinness to talk of treachery?
Many years ago I looked up to Martin McGuinness. Most within the ranks
of the Provisional IRA did likewise.
Published March 19, 2009
Anyone who is surprised that “the dissidents” are still actively
fighting will have had their head in the sand for the past number of
years. And, of course, they are certainly not reading this.
Published March 13, 2009
Society needs to make decisions about core values
The partition of Ireland not only divided the territorial integrity of
the nation and its people, it also led to the underdevelopment of
politics on a left-right axis.
Published March 6, 2009
UVF/PSNI collusion sentences fail to convey horror
Last week’s case demanded deterrent custodial sentences and
not someone jauntily walking free making contemptuous gestures to
cameramen.
Published February 27, 2009
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