There's No On as Irish as Barack O'Bama
Written by Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys. Permission to add additional verses given to Shay Black by the Corrigan Brothers (Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys).
http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/36081
Adams Congratulates President Elect Obama on Election Victory
R.I.R March of Shame - 11/02/08
Republicans are facing forward with confidence
- Mary Lou McDonald MEP
Published: 22 June, 2008
Speaking at the Annual Wolfe Tone commemoration in Bodenstown Mary Lou McDonald said;
"This time last year who would have predicted the political landscape we find ourselves in today. Both Ian Paisley and Bertie Ahern have gone. The people have rejected the Lisbon Treaty. Our own party has undergone a significant re-organisation and renewal. Republicans are facing forward with confidence,
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Escape!
by Pol Brennan
http://www.polbrennan.com/Escape.htm
They did a good job of keeping it a secret given the length of time they had been working on it. but I knew something was going on from all the movement between our wing and the other wings. I was second in charge of one of the wings of H-Block 7 within Her Majesty’s Prison Maze. They were called H-Blocks due to their design: four wings with an adjoining central administration are called the “circle,” a carry over from the old Victorian gaol model: that of cell wings radiated out from a central hub, also called a circle. Read Full Story
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/talks-to-focus-on-maze-stadium-13966963.html
Talks to focus on Maze Stadium
By Noel McAdam
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
The future of the multi-million pound Maze national stadium was today due to feature in renewed talks between the DUP and Sinn Fein.
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/brown+to+visit+ulster/2448612
Brown to visit Ulster
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2008
Source: ITN
Gordon Brown is to meet Northern Ireland's political leaders to help resolve divisions in the power-sharing government.
The Prime Minister is expected to be in Belfast on Tuesday, when he will meet party leaders at Stormont.
The visit coincides with talks between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and republicans Sinn Fein
http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/fh/free/310904710278459.php
Fr Gary takes over the reins in Ardoyne Parish
Getting a hold of Fr Gary Donegan, the soon to be Parish Priest of the infamous Holy Cross Parish in Ardoyne, is not an easy task. But, given his hectic schedule on the day in question, I can't help but admire the fact that 20 minutes before he is due to officiate at a wedding, he returns my call to say that once the nuptials are over, he will ring again to talk about his upcoming appointment.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4749767.ece
From The Sunday Times
September 14, 2008
Holy Cross dismay at loss of riot priest
The priest at the heart of the Holy Cross standoff has called on the church to explain why he is being moved to Paris
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/cold-case-team-lsquomust-changersquo-says-academic-13975455.html
Cold case team ‘must change’ says academic
By Chris Thornton
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
A major academic study has raised critical questions about the independence of the Historical Enquiries Team, the PSNI unit set up to re-examine Troubles murders, calling for it to be effectively replaced.
Editorial: Unionist opposition to equality at the heart of crisis
In his visit to the North this week, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown reiterated the urgent necessity for the transfer of policing and justice powers from Britain to the North. That is a view shared by the vast majority of people on this island.
But as An Phoblacht goes to press, the North’s Executive is in crisis. Irish republicans have delivered on every commitment entered into over a protracted period of political negotiations but the DUP continues to reject the basic principles of partnership government.
OpEd: Examine Unionists (from this weeks Irish Voice)
THE Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) merely confirmed what everyone has known for years, that the IRA is totally committed to peace and justice.
http://www.irishnews.com/articles/540/606/2008/9/24/598405_358088543026Unionista.html
Unionist autonomy from Britain is an illusion
Brian Feeney
By Brian Feeney The Wednesday Column
24/09/08
In his outstanding 2003 historical analysis Home Rule: an Irish History Professor Alvin Jackson shows that since 1972, when the British removed any remaining unionist autonomy, the role of unionist leaders has been to mediate British policy in Ireland to their followers. No easy task since unionists have consistently opposed all British policies towards Ireland except in 1919 and 1920 when the War of Independence was in full swing.
Sinn Fein News for 27 September, 2008
Sinn Féin backs Independent International Truth Commission:
BY GERRY ADAMS MP, MLA, President of Sinn Féin
Sinn Fein The Week in Review
27 September – 3 October 2008
No return to unionist majority rule - Adams
DUP refusal to set timeframe on policing and justice transfer
Obligations must be upheld
Executive meeting `unlikely’
DUP block North-South meeting
Sinn Fein demands banks guarantees and urges state bank to protect investments and deposits
Sinn Back Independent international Truth Commission
Telephone 07940 565123. Email or visit www.sinnfein.ie
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/1006/1222959409718.html
Opin: McCain Lacked Judgment on Issue of Visa for Adams
Mon, Oct 06, 2008
OPINION: John McCain was wrong on the peace process: an Obama presidency is in Ireland's interest, writes Jean Kennedy Smith
Sinn Féin News for 5 October, 2008
DUP Blocks All-Ireland Council Meeting
The DUP blocked Friday's planned meeting of the All-Ireland Ministerial Council in Armagh which once again raised very serious questions about the party's commitment to power sharing, to partnership and to equality.
Gerry Adams in Cleveland: No return to Unionist Majority Rule
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams MP MLA stopped in Cleveland on October 2nd to update activists on the current crisis in the Irish political process.
Sinn Fein The Week in Review
4-10 October 2008
McGuinness urges `real and meaningful power sharing and partnership’
Sinn Fein seek `proper payback for Irish taxpayer’
Northern Bank prosecution `driven by political considerations rather than justice or evidence’
DUP block housing project proposal `rides roughshod over equality’
De Brun lays out Sinn Fein’s campaign in Europe
Gerry Adams congratulates Martti Ahtisaari on Nobel prize
Sinn Féin News for 10 October, 2008
Sinn Féin supports Dáil Bank legislation with strong reservations
Job creation and enterprise must be focus of Budget 2009
Obama backs Cory on Finucane inquiry
Peggy McGuinness passes away
URGENT (Passed on by Kate McCabe, IAUC)
Two Years after the St Andrews' promise:
Time to Keep Your Word
THE IRISH LANGUAGE ACT NI NOW!
http://www.serve.com/pfc/misc/anespie.html
PFC Statement Issued On Behalf Of The Family Of Aidan McAnespie
http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/fh/free/305596415038156.php
Ederney priest reviews life during 'Troubles'
By Nuala McAloon
In his latest book due to be launched in Easons at 2.00pm this Saturday, Ederney native Fr Joe McVeigh, takes a nostalgic look back at his life, and reflects on his career as a priest and particularly on his experiences working during the 'The Troubles'.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/obama-calls-for-full-finucane-murder-probe-13995260.html
Obama Calls for Full Finucane Murder Probe
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Barack Obama has backed calls for an inquiry into the murder of Northern Ireland solicitor Pat Finucane, campaigners said last night.
Progress on Policing is Threatened by Stupidity
http://www.belfastmedia.com/editorial_article.php?ID=348
Andersonstown News Thursday
IF THE PSNI were deliberately trying to convince the people of West Belfast that they’re not up to the job with which nationalists and republicans have agreed to entrust them, they couldn’t be doing a much better job.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1021/breaking66.htm
Pressure Increases for Finucane Inquiry
Britain is coming under continuing US pressure to grant a fully independent inquiry into the murder of a prominent Northern Ireland lawyer, his family claimed today.
http://www.nwipp-newspapers.com/FH/free/308838948348194.php
Holy Cross Priest Hands Drugs Over to Police
Just weeks into his new job as Parish Priest of the Holy Cross Parish in Ardoyne in Belfast and Father Gary Donegan is already facing some difficult decisions.
Sinn Fein - The Week in Review
17-24 October 2008
Budget will mean `savage cuts’ -- Adams
Call for independent truth recovery process
Adams meets Campbell on Irish Language Act
Sinn Féin protest British army parade
Sinn Fein’s pledge for `a strong voice in Europe’
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1024/breaking12.htm
Belfast Survey Finds Dissatisfaction With PSNI
Just 12.5 per cent of people in one nationalist area of Belfast think the PSNI is doing a good job in responding to crime, it was revealed today. (10/24/2008)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/oct/27/northern-ireland-ulster-troubles
More Ulster Collusion Fears As New Cases Uncovered
* Owen Bowcott
* The Guardian,
* Monday October 27 2008
Detectives re-examining thousands of deaths and murders in Northern Ireland's Troubles have uncovered two more cases of killings that have triggered suspicions of collusion between the security forces and paramilitary groups.
October 28th 08
Adams Holds British Secretary of State Responsible for Sunday March Pass Controversy
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP MLA has expressed serious concern at the failure of British Secretary of State Shaun Woodward to recognise the provocation offered by the British Army military parade in Belfast City centre.
Mr. Adams called for a calm and dignified protest.
http://www.belfastmedia.com/home_article.php?ID=1465
Arrest Author of McGurk’s Book Call
North Belfast News By Aine McEntee
10/30/08
The daughter of a UVF victim has urged the Police Ombudsman to arrest and question the author of a new book who claims to have significant knowledge about the loyalist bombing of McGurk's Bar in 1971.
Statement from Jean Mc Bride regarding proposed British Army Parade in Belfast
Issued through the Pat Finucane Centre Thursday Oct 30
Contact 07989 323418 for further detail
Sinn Fein - The Week in Review
24-30 October 2008
:: Adams Holds British Secretary of State Responsible for Sunday March Controversy
:: DUP Excuses Over Policing & Justice Transfer Challenged
:: Sinn Fein Call For `Stability in the Executive’ to Deal With Economic Challenges
:: Budget Cuts Protested
http://eirigi.org/latest/latest301008_2.html
100 Reasons To Protest On November 2
30/10/08
The British Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) is one regiment of the British Army who will coat trail through Belfast this coming Sunday, November 2.
Below are over 100 cases where members of the UDR/RIR have been charged with serious offences, mostly involving firearms or explosives. This list does not claim to be exhaustive, it is merely an indicator of the sectarian nature of Britain’s notorious militia. Read Full Story
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/army-homecoming-parade-ends-peacefully-14028467.html
Army Homecoming Parade Ends Peacefully
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Images from The Royal Irish Regiment's homecoming parade in Belfast, Sunday, November 2, 2008.
A tense armed forces homecoming parade passed off without incident in Belfast yesterday where police mounted a huge security operation to keep apart thousands of loyalist supporters and republican protestors.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1104/1225523343309.html
Rise in Number of Irish Deported from US
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Irish Times
Conn Corrigan
INCREASING NUMBERS of Irish people are being sent home from the United States due to a big rise in overall deportations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7708163.stm
DUP Suspension Over Adams Claims
Nelson McCausland was ordered to leave the Assembly for the day
DUP assembly member Nelson McCausland has been suspended from Stormont for a day over allegations about Gerry Adams.
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/politics/Plight-of-Disappeared-adds-to.4656364.jp?articlepage=1
Plight of Disappeared Adds to Party Tensions
Published Date: 04 November 2008
By Staff reporter
THE rift at the heart of government showed no sign of healing as the DUP accused Gerry Adams of withholding information on the whereabouts of the Disappeared.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/irish-presidentrsquos-husband-helped-uda-chief--get-fasttrack-irish-passport-14033726.html
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Irish President’s Husband Helped UDA Chief Get Fast-track Irish Passport
By Emily Moulton
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
UDA boss Jackie McDonald was given a fast-tracked Irish passport by the husband of Irish President Mary McAleese so he could attend a Rangers game.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1105/breaking83.htm
Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 16:26
Hearings into Hamill killing set for January
Irish Times
Jason Michael
The stalled public inquiry into the killing of a Catholic man by a loyalist mob four years ago will get under way early next year, it was revealed today.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1105/breaking101.htm
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 20:03
NI Chief Constable Challenged Over Stalemate Comments
Unionists tonight challenged Northern Ireland Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde over his claims that political stalemate at Stormont is fuelling the violence of dissident republicans.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7711536.stm
Year's Delay for Saville Report
The Saville Inquiry's report into the events of Bloody Sunday will not be completed until autumn 2009, the chairman of the inquiry has revealed.
The Inquiry had been due to deliver its completed report this autumn.
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008
Nov. 8th Regional Meeting in Chicago (includes agenda)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/7714610.stm
'IRA Milk Scam' Libel is Settled
A settlement thought in the region of 100,000 euro has been paid to Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins and former FG minister Ivan Yates. It relates to Sunday Independent articles in 2004 which claimed they had colluded with the IRA in a multi-million euro milk scam.
http://www.belfastmedia.com/news_article.php?ID=2290
’Murph Buries Two Blanketmen in One Week
Andersonstown News Thursday
Two former Blanketmen from Ballymurphy have died in the space of a week.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1110/breaking63.htm
Monday, November 10, 2008, 15:52
Maze Conflict Transformation Centre to Cost £10m
The proposed conflict transformation centre at the site of Northern Ireland’s Maze prison will cost over £10 million (€12.4 millon), it was revealed today.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/ahern-era-was-about-peace-prosperity-and-progress-1529948.html
Opin: Ahern Era Was About Peace, Prosperity and Progress
The former Taoiseach's greatest skill was his ability to build partnerships, writes Richard Aldous
Sunday November 09 2008
Statement of Thanks from Póls Family
A chairde,
As we enter what we hope to be the final few days of Pol's detention, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all those that have helped in highlighting Pol's plight and offered support to Pol and his family throughout this trying ordeal.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/law-lord-backs-psnirsquos-holy-cross-dispute-14059071.html
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Law Lord Backs PSNI’s Holy Cross Dispute
By David Gordon
Thursday, 13 November 2008
A Law Lord has rebuked the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission over its intervention in a legal case arising from the Holy Cross dispute.
The comments were made in a judgement rejecting a challenge against the policing of the loyalist blockade seven years ago.
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/politics/Extracts-from-the-Law-Lords39.4689087.jp
Extracts From the Law Lords' Judgment on the Case of Child E and Holy Cross
Published Date: 13 November 2008
By Staff reporter
The lead Lord in the judgment, Lord Carswell, said the essence of case was that the State and the police force "failed to take appropriate steps to discharge their positive obligation under article three of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights to protect the appellant (mother) and her young daughter (Child E) against the infliction upon them of inhuman and degrading treatment".
But he said: “I am satisfied that the senior police officers did at all stages pay regard to the interests of the children, with particular concern for their physical safety.
http://cbs5.com/localwire/22.0.html?type=bcn&item=GERRY-ADAMS-VISIT-bagm-
13 Nov 2008 19:05
Gerry Adams Visits New Treasure Island Park,
Site of Gaelic Games
San Francisco (BCN)
Irish political leader Gerry Adams, president of the political party Sinn Fein, paid a visit to San Francisco today, stopping at Treasure Island to celebrate the opening of a new sports field aimed at bring Gaelic sports and culture to youth in the Bay Area.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/dup-anger-at-adamsrsquo-lsquoafrikanerrsquo-jibe-14062986.html
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
DUP Anger at Adams’ ‘Afrikaner’ Jibe
Friday, 14 November 2008
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams told supporters in the US that he wants to reach an accommodation with unionism, but hit out at what he called its “Afrikaner wing”.
http://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/nov/09/obama-likely-to-visit-ireland-as-president/
Obama Likely to Visit Ireland as President
Barack Obama will visit Ireland as president, predicts one of his most prominent Irish-American supporters in the Democratic Party, Massachusetts congressman William Delahunt.
Sinn Fein
Double Week in Review
2-15 November 2008
Partnership is the only way forward -- Adams
Rally outlines vision for Irish unity -- and the role of women in the struggle for freedom
Unionist at `crossroads’
Sinn Fein President congratulates President elect Obama
Sinn Fein to give Irish unity perspective at Leeds forum meeting
Minister welcomes end of 11-plus
Concern at Saville Inquiry delay
Historic first as Sinn Fein take policing partnership chair
Adams re-launches Bobby Sands Trust website
Infrastructure investment – consultation and all-Ireland co-operation
Sinn Fein TD in Gaza and urges Israel to end the blockade
EU Conflict resolution conference hears Basque peace process call
Week in Review is produced and circulated by Sinn Fein MPs and London Office. Telephone 07940 565123 email [email protected] or visit www.sinnfein.ie
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/nov/14/michael-stone-gerry-adams-uda-northern-ireland
Michael Stone Guilty of Murder Attempt on Sinn Féin Leaders
Loyalist Paramilitary Convicted of Attempting to Murder Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness
Michael Stone is restrained by security staff at the front doors of the Stormont parliament building in Belfast, in November 2006. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA Wire
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Movie-Hunger,-The-Life-of-Bobby-Sands,-Part-One&id=1650827
The Movie Hunger, The Life of Bobby Sands, Part One
By Russell Shortt
Russell Shortt is a Personal Travel Consultant with Exploring Ireland - the leading specialists in customized, private escorted tours, escorted coach tours and independent self drive tours of Ireland.
Article Word Count: 250 [View Summary] Comments (0)
Bobby Sands was born on 9 March 1954 in Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was a predominately loyalist area and Sands' family were forced to move due to loyalist intimidation. When he left school, he became an apprentice coach-builder but he was forced out by fellow-workers who were loyalist.
http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/36161
An Plobacht Top Stories
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
Robert Hamill
Thomas Devlin
Operation Ballast
UVF Leader Paid £5 Million
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5162238.ece
From The Sunday Times
November 16, 2008
Impasse That Blocked the Assembly Appears to be Thawing
Signals from republicans and unionists indicate that they may be closer to sharing power again Liam Clarke
Behind all the bluster, the Democratic Unionist party and Sinn Fein may finally be talking the same language. Gerry Adams grabbed headlines and the hearts of his $500-a-plate guests at a New York fundraising dinner last week, when he told them that “there are few human beings as petty and mean-spirited and negative as those in the Afrikaner wing of unionism”.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/four-more-lives-lost-on-roads-as-toll-reaches-250-1541405.html
Independent.ie
Four More Lives Lost on Roads as Toll Reaches 250
By DON LAVERY
Sunday November 16 2008
ROAD crashes in Co Donegal claimed four more lives last week -- including two Sinn Fein workers -- with fatalities reaching 250 so far this year.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/psnirsquos-cold-case-unit-in-cash-crisis-14064397.html
PSNI’s Cold Case Unit in Cash Crisis
By Jonathan McCambridge
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Police last night insisted that the unit set up to investigate more than 3,000 unsolved murders will not close despite admitting that it faces financial difficulties.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7732800.stm
BBC NEWS
£69m bill for 'collusion' inquiry
The cost of independent inquiries into alleged collusion by the security forces into three murders in Northern Ireland is almost £69m.
It is the total government bill for inquiries into the deaths of solicitor Rosemary Nelson, loyalist leader Billy Wright and Portadown man Robert Hamill.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/policing-powers-to-be-devolved-to-stormont-lsquowithin-monthsrsquo-
14067738.html
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Policing Powers to be Devolved to Stormont ‘Within Months'
By Noel McAdam
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
A series of steps leading to the devolution of policing and justice powers “within months” was unveiled today.
The DUP-Sinn Fein agreement paves the way for the first Executive meeting in five months to take place this Thursday, after mounting and prolonged criticism across Northern Ireland society.
For Immediate Release -
Contact Paul Doris 212-736-1916
20 November 2008
INA Statement -
Irish Northern Aid Welcomes Irish Breakthrough on Policing and Justice.
Irish Northern Aid President, Paul Doris today gave a guarded welcome to the breakthrough on the devolution of Policing and Justice powers brokered in the North of Ireland between Sinn Fein and the DUP and called on the incoming US Administration to exert its influence to persuade loyalist paramilitaries to disarm.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1120/breaking6.htm
Last Updated: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:58
North Executive in First Meeting Since June
The North's Executive will meet today for the first time since June after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin agreed an end to their stand-off.
Sinn Fein - The Week in Review
14-21 November 2008
- Policing and justice arrangements agreed
- Time to Deliver
- Action on collusion urged
- Disabled people’s rights demanded
- Sinn Fein to speak at Latin America 2008
- BNP’s `racism and bigotry’ must be defeated
- Survey shows cost of education cuts
Week in Review is circulated by Sinn Fein MPs. Telephone 07940 565123 or email or visit www.sinnfein.ie
Irish Hearld
November 2008/ Samhain 2008
IAUC Convention Embraces New Visions For Peace With Justice
by George Trainor, San Francisco Chapter President, IAUC
Walnut Creek hosted the annual Irish American Unity Conference's convention. IAUC President Kate McCabe acclaimed the success of this years national convention in Walnut Creek.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/damian-oloan/2008/11/22/can-obama-deliver-amendments-to-blairs-flawed-inquiries-act
Can Obama Deliver Amendments to Blair's Flawed Inquiries Act?
Damian O'Loan, 22 - 11 - 2008
Damian O'Loan (Paris): The election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States may bring good news to the hunt for one of the most closely guarded secrets in the history of British involvement in the Northern Irish troubles. During the campaign, as noted here and elsewhere, the now President-elect pledged support for a comprehensive truth recovery process, in particular for a full, independent public judicial enquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane, a lawyer shot dead in front of his wife and children at home in Belfast in 1989, by loyalist paramilitaries with the alleged collusion of British state agencies.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1119/1227026415553.html
Unification of Ireland Based on Consent an Imperative, Says Ahern
MARY MINIHAN
Wed, Nov 19, 2008
THE UNIFICATION of the Republic and Northern Ireland is an "imperative" and not an empty aspiration, according to former taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhidideyojey/
Pol Brennan Loses Bid to Stay in US
29/11/2008 - 10:47:41
A former IRA man and Maze prison escapee who has been living in the US for
nearly 25 years has been denied the right to remain in the country.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/1129/1227828908072.html?via=mr
Clinton Can Afford Ireland a New Role on World Stage
Sat, Nov 29, 2008
ANALYSIS:After eight years of hard power and military boots on the ground, America is ready for soft power and the subtle art of negotiation, and Hillary Clinton says she will draw heavily on the Clinton presidency's Irish experience in her new role as US secretary of state, writes Niall O'Dowd.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/163250m-cost-of-raking-over-the-troubles-1042735.html
£250m: Cost of Raking Over the Troubles
Bloody Sunday Inquiry Bill Alone Runs to £180m
By David McKittrick, Ireland Correspondent
Monday, 1 December 2008
The cost of inquiring into deaths during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, including the huge Bloody Sunday inquiry, has reached more than a quarter of a billion pounds and is set to rise still further.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1202/1228169325446.html
Murder inquiry told Nelson was IRA 'terrorist'
Gerry Moriarty, Northern Editor
Tue, Dec 02, 2008
THE INQUIRY into the murder of Rosemary Nelson has been told the solicitor was an IRA "terrorist" who had an affair with one of her clients, Colin Duffy. Mr Duffy was described to the inquiry as a prominent IRA figure in Lurgan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7761313.stm
Ministers Meet Bush in Washington
The first and deputy ministers met President George W Bush in Washington on Tuesday.
http://www.irishnews.com/articles/540/5860/2008/12/1/604231_365095100362Mazeescap.html
Maze Escaper Plans to Appeal US Deportation Back to North
Barry McCaffrey
Dec 1, 2008
THE family of Maze prison escaper Pol Brennan say that he will appeal a court ruling that he can be deported from the US.
http://www.iauc.org
IAUC Condemns Egregious Display of Arrogance at Nelson Inquiry
Contact: Kate McCabe, National President, 734.657.2436
December 3, 2008--The Irish American Unity Conference denounces the recent comments made regarding human rights solicitor Rosemary Nelson's character and moral integrity. It is only from a particular level of arrogance that such allegations could be deemed acceptable in a court of law.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=azQ6UeTphqLc&refer=europe#
Ireland Recalls Local Pork as Tests Confirm Dioxins
By Colm Heatley
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Ireland’s government ordered the recall yesterday of all pork products made from pigs slaughtered in the country after tests confirmed the meat contained dioxins, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland said.
Sinn Fein Latest News - 7 December, 2008
- Loyalists attempt to murder Sinn Féin minister
- 60,000 protest against Budget cuts
- Brian Keenan in his own words
- Outrage at securocrat smear of Rosemary Nelson
JusticeforDavidMcIlwaine.com
McIlwaine Says Voices of Victims Silenced by Legal System;
Launches Website for Justice in Case of Murdered Son
Contact: Paul McIlwaine, +44 (0)78 864 57411
Belfast, 9 December 2008—The family of murdered teen David McIlwaine has just launched a website in David's memory and in support of the family's ongoing struggle for justice following the murder of 18-year-old David and friend Andrew Robb in 2000 by members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1210/1228849742633.html?via=rel
Battle to maintain confidence in Irish beef produce abroad
Arthur Beesley, Senior Business Correspondent
Wed, Dec 10, 2008
DAMAGE LIMITATION:THE DISCOVERY of potentially dangerous contaminants in a very small section of the national cattle herd presents a formidable challenge to the beef industry as it threatens to erode confidence in the safety of all Irish beef products.
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1210/1228849742612.html
Fears grow for 400 jobs at three pigmeat factories
Ronan McGreevy and Jennifer Long in Waterford
Wed, Dec 10, 2008
JOBS CRISIS:FEARS ARE growing for 400 jobs in three pigmeat-producing factories beside each other on the Waterford/Kilkenny border.
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1210/breaking11.htm
Carlow firm insists it bought oil in Republic
Irish Times Reporters
Wed, Dec 10, 2008
The food recycling facility at the centre of the pigmeat recall said today that it had only every purchased oil from "legitimate suppliers in the Republic".
http://www.belfastmedia.com/news_article.php?ID=2442
Brian Keenan booklet launched
Andersonstown News Monday
The Roddy McCorley Club on the Glen Road was packed last Wednesday evening for the launch of ‘Brian Keenan – A Republican Legend’.
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Latest News - 10 December, 2008
- More British troops withdraw from Ireland
- Sinn Féin in London for Westminster briefings
- Sinn Féin challenge government on plans to re-run Lisbon
- Remembering the Past: The Sunningdale Agreement
- Unionists react angrily to proposed Bill of Rights
- Downturn turns to crisis in Ireland's year of refusal
- Opinion: An Opportunity Has Been Missed (Stadium at Maze)
- Markievicz remembered
- Border shoppers are 'brawling in car parks'
- Ireland braced for tough New Year
- Michael Stone gets 16 years for Assembly attack
- Martin Ferris asks: Did Government over-react? (re: Pork)
- Cowen's fudge and fumble over Lisbon
IRISH REPUBLICAN NEWS
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Friday-Thursday, 5-11 December, 2008
1. LISBON II: 'SMOKE AND MIRRORS'
2. Bill of Rights proposed for North
3. Provocative speech by Tory leader
4. British Army in 'draw down'
5. Loyalists target former INLA man
6. United Ireland referendum soon - SF
7. Feature: The Sinn Fein election
8. Analysis: Vilifying the dead
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- 'Worthless' guarantees fail to win over treaty opponents
- Warning over SDLP executive role
- Blair explains Catholicism move
- Praying for £1m: Belfast's Clonard Monastery seeks funds for repairs
- Iconic Orange hall to remove cage
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SPECIAL REPORT
Euro protects Ireland from economic pneumonia
Rates helped stoke construction boom and bust but may limit downturn
By Simon Kennedy, MarketWatch
Last update: 12:01 a.m. EST Dec. 10, 2008
DUBLIN (MarketWatch) -- A walk along the bank of the Liffey in the east of Dublin is like a step-by-step guide to the boom-and-bust economy that Ireland hoped it had left behind when it joined the euro zone.
- Roche held at gunpoint during Co Wicklow hotel robbery
- Northern Executive to consider economic aid package
- Stone's no surrender
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Latest News - 15 December, 2008
- Sinn Féin Bookshop's top 10 for Christmas
- Irish government announces re-run of Lisbon Treaty vote
- Bill of Rights - Important Milestone
- Michael Stone gets 16 years for Assembly attack
- Irish Labour Party & Sinn Féin team up for joint Dáil motion on growing housing crisis
- Remembering the Past: The 1918 general election
http://www1.96fm.ie/news/detail.asp?type=news&article_id=92769&pt=n
Nelson inquiry challenge dismissed
A High Court judge has dismissed a legal bid by the PSNI to be allowed to question witnesses at the inquiry into solicitor Rosemary Nelson`s murder.
- Local Pork and Beef safe to eat - Gildernew
- President McAleese pays tribute to US role in Irish peace process
- Intelligencer / Morrison for Special Envoy?
- Editorial / A New Danger in the North
- Maskey hits out after Newtownbreda attack
- Europe takes measures to protect Ireland's pint
http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=3506
Britain ‘should prepare exit strategy from Northern Ireland’
Tuesday, 16th December 2008. 2:50pm
By: Marcus Papadopoulos.
The British government should prepare the ground for leaving Northern Ireland if it does not have strategic interests in the country, according to Sinn Fein’s Conor Murphy.
- Judge Orders RUC Files Released To Pearse Jordan's Family
- SF: Prosecute landlords of poor quality units
- Strabane District Policing Partnership Chair for SF
- UK runs Guantanamo camps says detainees; Nuala O'Loan Investigates
- President of Ireland dedicates AOH famine memorial
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PFC Action Alert-email US army...PFC Action Alert-email US army
No Afghan contract for Spicer!
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Sinn Fein Double Week in Review
5-18 December 2008
- Bill of Rights - `important milestone’
- Irish people’s concerns `ignored’ on Lisbon
- An all-Ireland economy `makes sense’
- Plans to tackle economic hardship announced
- Re-capitalisation of banks: semi- or full nationalisation necessary to protect taxpayers’ interests
- Sinn Fein in Westminster Briefings
- Hunger special screening in London
- Sinn Fein attend UN Climate Change Conference
- Beef and Pork `safe to eat’
- Final edition of Irish Language Lá Nua published
- Conor Cruise O'Brien Dead at 91
- Obama Should Talk to U.S. Enemies, Gerry Adams Says
- Interview: Progressive Unionist Party leader Dawn Purvis
IRISH REPUBLICAN NEWS
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Friday-Thursday, 12-18 December, 2008
1. NORTH-SOUTH CRISIS
2. RIR, RUC failed to arrest Nelson murder suspects
3. PSNI loyalists caught on camera
4. Catholics forced out of homes
5. Stone to appeal jail sentence
6. Miami Showband return to Banbridge
7. Feature: Time to write a new chapter in Pol Brennan's life
8. Analysis: A Cabinet that keeps hitting the panic button
http://republican-news.org/
Flash: 'Derry 4' trial collapses
The trial of four Derry City men accused of membership of the 'Real IRA' collapsed dramatically at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.
- Minister's praise for hunger striker Sands prompts complaint to police
- Is the second referendum on Lisbon an abuse of democracy?
http://www.irishecho.com/newspaper/story.cfm?id=18940
St. Kieran's saved
Locals will run Irish Valley Landmark
By Peter McDermott
December 24, 2008 The Catholic diocese of Allentown has agreed to hand over St. Kieran's Church in Irish Valley,
Heckscherville, Pa., to a local committee, which plans to hold historic tours of the area.
- Disney treat that ended in tragedy for Derry Family
- Superb new look for Museum of Free Derry
- Guinness to brew special anniversary stout
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Latest News - 24 December, 2008
Happy Holidays!!
- Christmas Carol - A parable for our times
- 90th anniversary of Markievicz election marked in Stormont
- The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry
- Interview : Former republican POW John Thomas speaks to Gearóid Mac Aodh
On behalf of Sinn Féin News, we want to wish you and your family a Happy Holiday season and a wonderful New Year.
We thank you for your continued support for our ongoing efforts to bring about a United Ireland based on equality, peace and justice.
- McGuinness: Violent groups 'will not destroy peace process'
- 'Famine Song' stickers appear in Waterside
- Opin: Just as leaders are ready for business, it all falls apart
- Ahern reveals how peace talks nearly became a punch-up
STATE PAPERS 1978:
- 'Doomsday'threat to 262,000 Northern Catholics
- War of words over bombers 'fled South' remark by Mason
- Member of Congress suspected of IRA links
- SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams MP MLA in a New Year message
- Irish-American outlook on Troubles a 'simplistic and emotional' perspective - State Papers 1978
- The Irish Economy’s Rise Was Steep, and the Fall Was Fast
- Paisley cast big shadow over 2008
- Hospital pressures hit surgery
- Waterford Wedgwood Is in Receivership
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Sinn Fein Week in Review
December 31-January 6 2009
- End the slaughter in Gaza
- End Israeli bombardment and `cruel and brutal’ blockade
- EU-Israel Agreement must be suspended
- Sinn Fein address Palestine solidarity rally
- Gerry Adams’ New Year message
- Gerry Adams extends solidarity greetings to Cuba on 50th Anniversary of Cuban Revolution
- Sinn Fein to speak at Progressive London conference
- `Hunger’ special London screening and discussion
- State Papers 1978 - RTE Video: How to Finish off the IRA
- VR imagery used in Hamill inquiry
- Loyalist questioned over murder of UDA man
- 'More Questions than Answers': An apt title for frustrating read
Sinn Féin Latest News - 7 January, 2009
- Gerry Adams condemns rising death toll in Gaza
- Hamill inquiry to begin public hearings
- ITGWU Centenary: SIPTU's Jack O'Connor interviewed
- Irish America crucial in united Ireland campaign
- Mike Doyle, 65, dies suddenly on Christmas Eve
- Cowen invited to Finucane event
- Job losses 'devastating' for Midwest region
- Sir Anthony O'Reilly: the Celtic tiger reduced to pussycat
- Doherty stands down in Sinn Féin reshuffle
IRISH REPUBLICAN NEWS
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Saturday-Thursday, 3-8 January, 2009
- MASSACRE IN GAZA
- Pat Doherty steps down
- PSNI recruitment bid captured on phone
- Sinn Fein has abandoned 2016 target - DUP
- Hamill inquiry set to open
- International events to mark Famine
- Feature: The Burntollet attack
- Analysis: Christmas has ended - so should Gaza siege
- Weapons Highlighted As Loyalist Charged
- Finucanes’ personal invite to Taoiseach
- 'Hunger' receives 8 nominations for IFTA awards including best film
- Owners shut historic Irish estate (Lissadell House)
- Scuffles break out at rival Dublin protests
- Death of Hunger Striker Seán McKenna
- Mason wanted RUC to take full control of Ulster security
- 1909-2009: Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union Centenary
Robert Hamill:
- Family 'hopeful of truth'
- Police 'had evidence that officer protected killer'
- 50 witnesses may be criticised as probe gets under way
- Adams set for Obama inauguration
- Robert Hamill was 'killed for being a Catholic'
- Hamill 'died from head injuries'
- Split over hunger striker's monument in Dromore
- NY fundraiser for Pat Finucane conference
- Hamill injuries 'could have occurred in seconds'
- SF beats FF in a race to Mansion House for Dail anniversary
- Inflation falls to 12-year low of 1.1% in December
- 'In Bruges' and 'Hunger' secure Bafta nominations
- Hamill inquiry visits 1997 murder site
- US Justice Department rulings target immigrants’ legal rights
- Adams claims dissidents extorting drug dealers
- Opin: Inquiries are costly but we can’t put price on the truth
- Opinion: Can unionists unite?
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Sinn Fein – the Week in Review
9-16 January 2009
- Event marks 100th Anniversary of first Dail
- Sinn Fein join Gaza rallies across Ireland
- Suspend the Israel-EU agreement
- Sinn Fein Assembly team hold Gaza solidarity event at Stormont and launch billboard campaign
- Gaza raised at Irish Foreign Affairs Committee meeting and in Europe
- Gerry Adams to attend Barack Obama inauguration
- Sinn Fein address Ken Livingstone’s Progressive London conference
- Hamill family deserve the truth
- Government failing to act to defend jobs
- `Hunger’ special London screening and discussion
IRISH REPUBLICAN NEWS
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Friday-Thursday, 9-15 January, 2009
- 'CONDEMN CRIMES' - ADAMS
- Closer to justice for Robert Hamill
- Anglo-Irish Bank: Ireland's Enron
- Gaza protests continue
- Courts hear appeals for informer records
- First Dail to be remembered
- Feature: Setting the 'free Derry' record straight
- Analysis: Much to be optimistic about
