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3 May, 2011
In the lead-up to the 30th anniversary of the death on Hunger Strike of Bobby Sands MP, the West Belfast News spoke to Bobby's close friend and leading Belfast Sinn Féin activist Séanna Walsh about the man who has become a revolutionary icon around the world Read full article
1 April, 2011
Hundreds of people packed out the Roddy McCorley Club on Thursday March 31 for the launch of the West Belfast Sinn Féin election campaign. Sinn Féin leaders and newly elected TDs Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald were guest speakers at the town hall-style meeting, with Sinn Féin's five Assembly candidates in attendance as well as the 14 west Belfast council candidates contesting the Belfast and Lisburn City Council elections on May 5. Read full article
21 March, 2011
Pat Sheehan MLA has welcomed today's visit by Sinn Féin's 14 TDs to west Belfast where, together with Belfast Sinn Féin representatives, they will launch a new Irish Unity billboard at the former Andersonstown Barracks site. Read full article
8 March, 2011
Sinn Féin MLAs Jennifer Mc Cann, Sue Ramsey and Carál Ni Chuilín will host a tribute to the late Sinn Féin Councillor Marie Moore at Stormont's Long Gallery tonight for International Women's Day. Read full article
8 March, 2011
West Belfast Sinn Féin chairperson Sam Baker writes on the recent election results in the 26 counties and urges the west Belfast community to get involved in Sinn Féin's campaign for the May 5 council and Assembly elections Read full article
6 March, 2011
A series of events were launched on March 1, the date the Hunger Strike began, in Belfast with a Hunger Strike Exhibition launched by Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at the Linen Hall Library, and white line pickets across the city. Read full article
4 March, 2011
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has responded to the announcement that the British queen has accepted an invitation from President Mary McAleese to visit Ireland Read full article
4 March, 2011
Sinn Féin Cllr Janice Austin has praised those who protested at the proposed visit by Tory Minister for Welfare Lord Freud to west Belfast on Friday March 4. The British Minister had planned to visit a number of community and educational facilities in west Belfast, but cancelled his visit because public protests were organised against Tory cuts. Read full article
3 March, 2011
West Belfast Sinn Féin MLA Fra McCann has said new proposals by the British department for Work and Pensions will force those most vulnerable in our society into the poverty trap. Read full article
2 March, 2011
Sinn Féin Upper Falls councillor Matt Garrett tabled a motion at the recent meeting of the Belfast City Council in relation to the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). Read full article
23 February, 2011
There is unprecedented interest in the elections that will take place in the 26 counties on Friday. This is because people across the island understand that the stakes are high. Read full article
17 February, 2011
Sinn Féin West Belfast MLA Jennifer McCann has said that proposed changes to the benefits system to be announced later today by the British Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith will hit the most vulnerable in society. Read full article
26 January, 2011
Sinn Féin Upper Falls councillor Emma Groves has called on Justice Minister to close any loopholes that allow dangerous so-called legal highs to be sold Read full article
26 January, 2011
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has refuted the claim by British PM David Cameron that he has accepted a post as 'Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead'. Read full article
25 January, 2011
Sinn Féin MLA for west Belfast and member of the Health Committee at the Assembly, Sue Ramsey, has stated that damning report by IMAS which has only come to light is a clear indication that the Health Minister must now bring forward as a priority the Women and Children's Hospital at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Read full article
25 January, 2011
Sinn Féin councillors at Belfast City Hall have met representatives of all GAA Clubs across the city in a meeting to discuss in detail the Pitches Strategy and the proposals outlined by the Belfast City Council. The meeting was organised by the party's council team. Read full article
24 January, 2011
Sinn Féin Twinbrook councillor Charlene O'Hara has called for the Education and Learning Minister, Danny Kennedy, to once and for all rule out any increase in tuition fees. Read full article
23 January, 2011
The families of victims of state violence have urged supporters in Belfast to join the Bloody Sunday march in Derry on Sunday January 30. Read full article
22 January, 2011
Sinn Féin activists gathered for the West Belfast comhairle ceantair AGM last Thursday January 20 in the Felons to elect a new officer board, assess the past year of republican activism and set priorities for the coming period. Read full article
22 January, 2011
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Upper Falls, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín, has highlighted changes for applicants of Irish passports which have come in to effect since January 17. Read full article
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