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sligo / politics / elections / news report Monday March 01, 2004 13:42 by JP
Labour Party officials moved quickly this morning to diffuse another simmering row over selection of election candidates with a strong declaration that a convention for the Sligo/Strandhill electoral area had been conducted “strictly above board and in full accordance with party rules”. The statement from the party’s regional organiser, Mr. John Feely came in a response to a claim by Mr. Martin Cadden, who surprisingly withdrew from the contest for selection at Saturday’s convention, that the party head office had “manipulated the system” to ensure that Ald. Jim McGarry would secure a nomination. The row is the latest in a catalogue of differences which have surfaced since Ald. McGarry left Fine Gael to join the Labour Party late last year. On this occasion, Mr. Cadden, who had been expected to be an automatic choice for the Strandhill area for the forthcoming council elections, is claiming his late withdrawal was a protest against head office interference. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday March 01, 2004 13:30 by Anarcho
When the [British] government abandoned its prosecution of the GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun, it suggested that Blair had something to hide. The prosecution offered no evidence against Ms Gun, despite her admitting that she leaked information about an American spying operation at the UN in the run-up to the war. She said she acted to try to prevent Britain illegally invading Iraq. Arrested nearly a year ago and charged eight months later under the Official Secrets Act, she is now a free woman. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Monday March 01, 2004 13:23 by Colombia Solidarity Campaign (Britain)
The threats against trade unionists continues read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / news report Monday March 01, 2004 11:24 by Axe man
In the latest leg of the race against waste, it transpired that your service charge money is being used to ship waste to India, illegally. Sorry about the cut and paste (IT - pay per view) but I thought somebody in the Fingal anti-bin tax campaign might have covered it. I suppose they were too busy watching the SF Ard Fheis. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday March 01, 2004 00:09 by Anthony
Eoin Rice is back in the Court on Monday morning at 10.30 to challenge his detention in Limerick prison for refusing to accept a ban from the county of Clare as a bail condition for a minor "driving offence". The bail court wil be in session at Clover Hill prison in Clondalkin. The No. 78 bus to Clondalkin leaves from Aston Quay if anyone would like to attend the hearing. read full story / add a comment |
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