Monthly Archives: June 2009

‘LISBON TWO’ : WE DON’T OWE MILLIONAIRE POLITICIANS A CUSHY CAREER. VOTE ‘NO!’

VOTE ‘NO’ to Lisbon Two! The claim from those demanding that we now vote ‘YES’ to the Lisbon Two Treaty that they “have now secured a Commissioner in Brussels to look after our interests” is a false claim : under … Continue reading

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BRITISH ‘NEWSPAPER’ CONDEMNS POLITICAL CENSORSHIP AND SPIN!

Not ‘Terrorist Sympathisers’ or ‘Dissidents’ , but “Protesters” ! The above picture is from the British ‘Sunday Times’ newspaper , issue dated June 21st , 2009 , and it was used to accompany an article on the on-going political unrest … Continue reading

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THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY / THE HOWARD MARKS AFFAIR / A BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS.

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY. Twenty-six men were convicted on the word of Harry Kirkpatrick. On their appeal against those convictions could well rest the future of the ‘Anglo-Irish Agreement’ (‘The Hillsborough Treaty’) . Based on a full transcript of the … Continue reading

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STATE REPS ASSAULT REPUBLICAN ON STREET.

STREET ATTACK BY POLITICAL POLICE . Injury sustained by RSF member after attack by members of the political police. On Saturday , June 13th 2009 , members and supporters of Republican Sinn Féin in Lucan , County Dublin , were … Continue reading

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LISBON TREATY’GUARANTEES’ USELESS – VOTE NO IN OCTOBER 2009.

VOTE ‘NO’ to Lisbon Two! “Ní hea, No, Nein, Non, Nyet, Nope, Not, No Means No …” What part of that don’t they understand ? On Thursday , 12th June 2008 , a vote was held in this State on … Continue reading

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DUBLIN 1980 : THE GLUE SNIFFERS / HOPE IN THE SHADOWS / A BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS .

DUBLIN 1980 : THE GLUE SNIFFERS……. Pictures by Andrew McGlynn. From ‘MAGILL’ magazine September 1980. Two cultures overlapping in the one space , getting in each other’s way sometimes . We have the hospitals , the machines , the learning … Continue reading

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BRIEF REPORT AND A FEW PICS – BODENSTOWN 2009.

WOLFE TONE COMMEMORATION 2009 : brief report and a few photographs. Between eight hundred and one thousand Irish Republicans gathered , as we do each year , in Sallins Village on Sunday June 14th last and marched in a well-organised … Continue reading

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WOLFE TONE COMMEMORATION 2009.

In Bodenstown Graveyard… Annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration, Sallins, Co.Kildare, 2.00pm,Sunday June 14, 2009. The annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration will be held this year on Sunday 14 June (2009). The Dublin bus will leave from Aston Quay (ex-McBirneys/Virgin Megastore) at 12.45pm … Continue reading

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DUBLIN 1980 : THE GLUE SNIFFERS / HOPE IN THE SHADOWS / A BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS .

DUBLIN 1980 : THE GLUE SNIFFERS……. Pictures by Andrew McGlynn. From ‘MAGILL’ magazine September 1980. The Dublin Committee For Travelling People got the lease for the house from a Catholic bishop , a fact that ironically comes in handy when … Continue reading

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BODENSTOWN 2009.

Annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration,Sallins,Co.Kildare, 2.00pm,Sunday June 14, 2009. The annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration will be held this year on Sunday 14 June (2009). The Dublin bus will leave from Aston Quay (ex-McBirneys/Virgin Megastore) at 12.45pm , and will be returning … Continue reading

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