Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sinn Féin will finalise its pre-budget submission to the Government today which details how €4bn in spending cuts and taxes can be achieved in December's Budget.
Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
A year ago today I set off for my week's holiday in Paris. Before I left I spoke with the UUP's Alex Kane by phone and we discussed the ongoing refusal of Sinn Fein/IRA to work devolved government due to their childish fit of pique over the devolution of polcing and justice 'powers' (in reality it is nothing more than transferring the budget from London to Belfast as the police will retain operational...
The Daily Rant (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
With the deaths earlier this year of Harry Patch and Henry Allingham next week's Remembrance Sunday service will be the first without any survivors from the First World War alive today in the U.K. Only three men to serve in the devastating 'War to End All Wars' remain, the youngest 108 years old. A recent collection of photographs marks the passing of their generation. The utter brutality and shocking...
The Final Redoubt (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
To quote: Nigel Farage has thrown his toys out of his pram, and accused the House of Commons authorities of being "fascistic", after the Commons decided to withdraw Commons passes from serving MEPs. (Iain Dale) Sorry Iain but you are so wrong on this. The BNP are legally elected Ministers whether you like what they say or not, and a lot of people have accepted the fact they were right about...
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The passing of the Bill to create the 'NAMA' bad bank by the Lower House in Leinster House following further surrender by Green coalition partners condemns the population of the 26-Counties to suffer for generations, Republican Sinn Féin have stated.
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Statement by the Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton The Czech Republic’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty on November 3, paving the way for its adoption as EU law does not mark the end of history. The principles of upon which the campaign against the Lisbon Treaty was fought are timeless and will hold true as long as the human race exists.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
SINN FÉIN has hinted it could pull out of the Northern Executive and Assembly if the Democratic Unionist Party delays the transfer of policing and justice powers until after the British general election scheduled for early June at the latest.
Belfast Media | Home (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
SCORES of residents in a West Belfast street were evacuated from their homes for a several hours on Halloween night after a suspicious object was found on the windowsill of a local home. The alert took on a worrying new aspect as trick-or-treating local children had been knocking on doors in the street. The alert in St James' Crescent started at around 7.20pm on Saturday when a suspicious object was...
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Statement by the Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton
Enemies of the People (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Kelly Report on M.P.s’ Expenses Scandal 2009 Posted in State-crime Tagged: Conservative Party, Lib-Dem, New Labour, Parasite, Plaid Cymru, Respect Party, Sinn Fein, SNP, State-crime, U.K.I.P.
BBC NEWS | The Devenport Diaries (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
It looks like we are soon going to get a couple of new MLAs. The SDLP's Carmel Hanna (who is currently sitting in a Health Committee meeting) is planning to retire. A selection meeting has been arranged for next month in South Belfast with Belfast councillor Bernie Kelly and former SDLP spin doctor and well known blogger Conall McDevitt thought to be in the running. In East Londonderry, as was confirmed...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Sinn Féin councillor Conor Maskey has criticised the DUP MEP Diane Dodds for double-jobbing - she’s still a councillor apparently - “Sinn Féin is committed to ending dual-mandates within our party..”. Meanwhile the party has selected Northern Ireland Executive Junior Minister, Gerry Kelly, MLA, as their candidate for north Belfast in the next general election. Do they...
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
In view of Hilary Armstrong's splendid holding to the old Fabian and Christian Socialist line on drugs in the House of Commons this week, in view of the absence from her latest (last') constituency communication of any reference to a successor, in view of the very public ongoing collapse of the already beleaguered Constituency Labour Party on that question, in view of the BNP's promise to contest this...
Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
In his News Letter column Alex Kane emphasises the importance of the SDLP leadership contest to prospects of a constructive, workable Northern Ireland Assembly. In stark terms, if the moderate nationalist party cannot recover and challenge Sinn Féin’s ascendancy, then devolved government will continue along current lines, perpetuating a community tug of war which results in stasis. Although...
BBC NEWS | The Devenport Diaries (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Some guffawing from DUP MLAs as a senior BBC executive demonstrated the corporation's new Democracy Live service in the Member's Dining Room on Wednesday. A test search on the words "North West" brought up Sinn Fein's Claire McGill talking in Tuesday's debate on the need for special economic treatment for the area. Apart from talking about the "North West", Ms McGill said "Strabane"...
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