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News for 14 February, 2004
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Sinn Féin set to outline re-organisation
It was revealed today that Sinn Féin is set to propose a massive re-organisation of the Executive with three new ministries to be created, while the overall number of Ministers will remain at 10. View more |
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McLaughlin addresses SF elected representatives forum in Navan
Sinn Féin elected representatives from across Ireland are meeting in Navan, County Meath for the inaugural meeting of the party's National Elected Representatives Forum. The meeting will be attended by the party's TD s, MLAs and Local Government councilors from across Ireland. View more |
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Media reports suggest UUP to meet DUP in next two weeks
Media reports today suggest that the Ulster Unionists and the DUP are to meet in the next two weeks to discuss the DUP's blueprint to restore devolution. View more |
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West Belfast the North's most deprived constituency
Gerry Adams canvassing in his West Belfast constitutency West Belfast is statistically the most deprived constituency in the North of Ireland and has also been characterised as the area most affected by the 30 years of conflict. A detailed study recently conducted by the West Belfast Economic Forum and commissioned by the West Belfast Partnership Board has exposed the multi-layered nature of deprivation experienced by the people of West Belfast. With over 300 pages of statistical analysis, the document provides a ready resource for any agency tasked with challenging deprivation. View more |
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SDLP anti-racism motion divides City Hall
Exactly what are the SDLP doing in Belfast City Council? In a night of political one-upmanship on Monday last, the party chose to put forward a motion which would see the Council unite to condemn racism, but did so in terminology that no other party could endorse. View more |
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Smoke and mirrors - BY LAURA FRIELThe DUP's devolution proposals mark an important shift in as much as they are "a shift by that party from the never-never-land politics they have inhabited for decades," Sinn Féin's Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness told the party's Six-County Cuige AGM in Belfast this week. McGuinness said the DUP had recognised "that power-sharing is the way forward" and that this brought the party "into the ballpark of the Good Friday Agreement politics". View more |
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Editorial: Who do you think you are kidding Mr Murphy?
Paul Murphy It seems to be the habit now of British representatives in the Six Counties to send letters of denial to committees in the 26 Counties investigating British collusion. When, during the course of his investigation, Justice Henry Barron requested some of the 68,000 relevant files on the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings from the NIO, he received a ten-page letter refuting allegations of collusion. View more |
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