Irish Politics, Politicians in Ireland, TDs, Irish Government

SF TD confirms arrest on drink-driving charges

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Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.... Continue reading »

Arthur Morgan, your future lies in Fine Gael

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  arthurmorganOriginally uploaded by iomhanna. I was struck by this comment from Arthur Morgan, posted on United Irelander: “At last year’s 1916 commemorations – the Government were falling over themselves to honour our Patriot dead. Even Fine Gael are trying to present themselves as Republicans!” A quick history lesson for you Morgan,... Continue reading »

Accepting the Statelet, part II

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The Irish Independent reports: “Another group of senior IRA figures, including one who controls one of its most lucrative rackets, have left the organisation in the North over recognition of the PSNI. The Tyrone-based senior IRA man runs a tax-exemption certificate racket responsible for raising huge amounts of money for the IRA going back to... Continue reading »

Diary of a Delmage Park resident

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Maurice sent this in from an anonymous resident living in Delmage Park. It gives a good picture of what the people of the area have to put up with on an almost daily basis. I live in Delmege Park with my partner and young family. We are an ordinary family, who have never been involved in crime and have no associations with those involved in the... Continue reading »

Time For Debate - Power in Your Hands!

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The whole media spin on last weeks St Andrews talks created an untrue allegation that agreement had been reached. The only people who have signed up to the document at St Andrews are the Dublin and British Governments. However Sinn Féin did agree to consult their grass roots on the document before taking any discision. Also Sinn Féin’s... Continue reading »

Ard Chomhairle discuss St Andrews

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I see that the Ard Chomhairle will meet this afternoon to get briefed on the Governments proposals from St Andrews. The Ard Chomhairle will also decide on the consultation which will take place in the party during the coming weeks. I have yet to fully make up my mind on the deal but I am leaning towards rejecting it as the reforms of the... Continue reading »

Time to get back to real politics

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Well, as I indicated last week, I think the Opposition has completely run out of steam on the so-called ‘Bertiegate’ issue. Yesterday’s opinion poll in the Irish Times would seem to bear that out. At a time when working families across the country expect their politicians to be working constructively to improve our infrastructure, develop our... Continue reading »

Successful Freshers for DKIT Ógra Shinn Féin

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Promoting real politics - not gimmicks On Wed the 20th September Ógra Shinn Féin Co Lú ran a recruitment drive in Dundalk Institute of Technology. The Cumann has been in the college for three years and until this year was the only active political society in the Institute. The drive went very well receiving a great deal of attention... Continue reading »

Louth T.Ds Past and Present address ‘On The One…

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Ógra Shinn Féin began their seven day ‘On The One Road’ Hungerstrike tour of Ireland on Saturday 26th August. From Belfast a convoy of Ógra Shinn Féin activists travelled to Dundalk where local Ógra Shinn Féin, Republican activists and members of the public gathered at the Imperial Hotel for the launch of the Ógra Shinn Féin publication,... Continue reading »

Genealogy Query - BECKMAN : HANLEY

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View Full Details] 6.ALLEN : MORGAN : I’m hoping to find information about my grandfather. His name was Arthur Morgan, and he was born in Alabama in 1911. He would have had siblings named, Mattie, Jean, Howard, Lee, and William. … Posted: 10-Sep-2006 |... Continue reading »

Dick Roche just can’t do boundaries

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Dick Roche just can’t do boundaries Writes Squid of The Limerick Blog on September 9th, 2006 Read More: Fianna Fail, Sinn Féin, Limerick East, Limerick West, Electoral Register Four months after a survey carried out by members Sinn Féin in Limerick, revealed that the residents of three large estates immidiately north of the Limerick... Continue reading »

SF plays tributes to hunger striker Doherty

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Sinn Fein activists joined Cavan-Monaghan TD Caoimhghin O’Caolain at the front of Dail Eireann today to pay tribute to IRA-man Kieran Doherty who died on hunger strike in 1981.... Continue reading »

South African workers now getting legal minimum…

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Nineteen South African workers who were being paid just €2.50-an-hour to fit seatbelts on school buses are now receiving the legal minimum wage, according to Sinn Féin TD Arthur Morgan.... Continue reading »

O Brien To Be Selected For Labour North Kerry

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O Brien To Be Selected For Labour North Kerry Writes Cian of Where’s Me Country? July 27th, 2006 Read more: Uncategorized, Fianna Fail, Labour Party, Fine Gael, Kerry North From the Indo, former Mayor Terry O Brien is due to be selected tonight as Labour’s candidate for Kerry North. They are trying to win back Dick Spring’s seat which... Continue reading »

Remembering 1981: Joe McDonnell’s family…

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Remembering 1981: Joe McDonnell’s family honoured in his 1981 constituency An Phoblacht 13 July 2006 McDonnell remembered across Ireland Republicans gathered throughout Ireland last Saturday to mark 25th anniversary of the death of IRA Volunteer Joe McDonnell after 61 days on hunger strike. Events took place in Belfast, Dublin, Derry, Cork,... Continue reading »

Remembering 1981: Joe McDonnell’s family honured…

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An Phoblacht McDonnell remembered across Ireland Republicans gathered throughout Ireland last Saturday to mark 25th anniversary of the death of IRA Volunteer Joe McDonnell after 61 days on hunger strike. Events took place in Belfast, Dublin, Derry, Cork, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Waterford, Wicklow and elsewhere. Speaking in Dublin at a rally outside... Continue reading »

RTE Feigns Shock over Worker Exploitation

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RTE, the national public broadcaster, had a radio piece this morning on allegations that a government contractor was paying one-third of the minimum wage to its South African employees. Arthur Morgan, Sinn Fein TD, said that they were getting around €2.78 per hour. Harry Nash, Transport Components Limited said that when you take into account... Continue reading »

Remembering 1981: Joe McDonnell’s family h…

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An Phoblacht 13 July 2006 McDonnell remembered across Ireland Republicans gathered throughout Ireland last Saturday to mark 25th anniversary of the death of IRA Volunteer Joe McDonnell after 61 days on hunger strike. Events took place in Belfast, Dublin, Derry, Cork, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Waterford, Wicklow and elsewhere. [ Image Hosted by... Continue reading »

The Dusty is Awesome Post (part 2)

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When we left off in our completely true and not even a bit fake narrative of history, Dusty had time traveled to the Middle Ages. He started out as a knight, quickly picking up swordfighting and horseridery. However, he quickly abandoned this practice when it became clear that it would not put him in a position to gain the materials he needed to... Continue reading »

Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: SINN FÉIN: …

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Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com: SINN FÉIN: Government need to tell Shell to shift - Ferris Posted by Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com at July 14th, 2006 From noticias.info (press release), Spain    Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris said that it is not surprising that the mediation process between the Rossport 5 and Shell has not been successful as the only... Continue reading »

Fruitlootopia: beyond the wingut-opedia

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The problem of badman’s heroic endeavour to provide a catalogue of wingnuts on the irish internet is that it’s just not fair to bracket all of the lunatics together. On the one hand you have your common-or-garden wingnuts whose styles are entirely “borrowed” from the copious number of US based right wing bigoted ignoramuses political... Continue reading »

The IRA, Sinn Féin and Jean McConville: An …

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There has been widespread condemnation in the media and by politicians of the IRA’s claim that murder victim Jean McConville was a British informer. They also censure Gerry Adams’ refusal to condemn her killing. Incidents such as this reveal the true disrespect for life and human rights which the provisional movement harbours- the IRA may be... Continue reading »

Ahern urged to take acion on land plan of PSNI

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Ahern urged to take action on land plan of PSNI Daily Ireland By Mick Hall 07/10/2006 The Irish government has been urged to intervene on behalf of south Armagh residents after the PSNI announced it planned to vest land occupied by the British army in Crossmaglen. At the beginning of this month, residents living next to the joint... Continue reading »

Hit Articles - Securities Operations (Securities…

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Securities Operations (Securities operations) Securities Operations Michael Simmons’ Securities Operations is a definitive text on “back office” procedures for securities firms. For many years, Weiss (1993) was the book to … Source: www.contingencyanalysis.com European Financial Regulation The CAD established uniform capital... Continue reading »

SUPPORTING THE UNDOCUMENTED IRISH IN U.S.

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Supporting the ‘undocumented Irish’ in US Sinn Féin Dublin South West TD Sean Crowe visited Washington on 28 June as part of an Oireachtas delegation formed to lobby on the issue of the ‘undocumented Irish’. The visit came on the back of a previous visit made to the US to lobby on the issue. “There are between 40 and 60,000 thousand Irish... Continue reading »