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News Archives for February, 2009

28 February, 2009

Day 5 of Bairbre de Brun visit to Gaza

General Strike in the West Bank and Gaza Read full article


27 February, 2009

Day 4 of Bairbre de Brun visit to Gaza

Today we visit Bethlehem and Hebron on the West Bank Read full article


26 February, 2009

Day 3 of Bairbre de Brun visit to Gaza

We leave the hotel at 6.00am to travel to Gaza Read full article


25 February, 2009

Day 2 of Bairbre de Brun visit to Gaza

Tomorrow we head to Gaza Read full article


25 February, 2009

Sinn Fein representatives challenge PSNI at Shankill DPP meeting

Councillor Janice Austin and Councillor Maire Cush at the DPP meeting

A public meeting of the West Belfast District Policing Partnership was held in the Highfield Community Centre in the Shankill Road area on the evening of Tuesday, February 24. Read full article


24 February, 2009

De Brun leaves for Gaza - Day 1

Sinn Fein MEP Bairbre de Brun will be writing a daily blog on her experiences as part of a European Parliament delegation to the Gaza strip in Palestine. You can follow Bairbre's daily blog at www.westbelfastsinnfein.com. Read full article


24 February, 2009

De Brun to visit Gaza strip

Bairbre de Brun MEP with former US President Jimmy Carter (Left) on a previous visit to Gaza to oversee the conduct of democratic elections in the area.

Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún will travel to Gaza this week as part of a cross-party group of European MPs to see first hand the humanitarian needs on the ground. Read full article


19 February, 2009

O'Broin launches new book in West Belfast

Eoin O'Broin launched his new book, Sinn Fein and the Politics of Left Republicanism, at St Mary's College, Falls Road on Wednesday 18 February 2009. Read full article


15 February, 2009

Pat Finucane 20th Anniversary Events Take place

A series of events, organised by Relatives for Justice and Sinn Fein, were held last week to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of human rights lawyer Pat Finucane by a British government death squad. Read full article


15 February, 2009

Sinn Fein election workers take to the streets of Derriaghy and Lisburn

As the European election, to be held on Thursday, 4 June, approaches, Sinn Fein activists have already been out on the streets, delivering bulletins in the Lisburn and Derriaghy areas. Read full article


12 February, 2009

Easier to register in Alabama than in North of Ireland

West Belfast Sinn Fein MLA Jennifer McCann has commented after the revelation that it is easier to get onto the electoral register in Birmingham, Alabama, than it is to get on the register in the North of Ireland. Read full article


10 February, 2009

Adams Accuses British State of Involvement in murder of Pat Finucane

Mark Thompson, Gerry Adams and Seamus Finucane at the Pat Finucane mural

Sinn Féin west Belfast MP Gerry Adams today unveiled a mural to murdered human rights lawyer Pat Finucane. The event, which was chaired by Sinn Féin councillor Maire Cush, was also addressed by Pat Finucane's brother, Seamus, and Mark Thompson from Relatives for Justice. Read full article


9 February, 2009

U.S Hibernian Delegation visits West Belfast

West Belfast paid host last week to a delegation from the Ancient Order of Hibernians from the New York and New Jersey areas of the United States. Read full article


8 February, 2009

Pat Finucane 20th anniversary events to take place

A series of events are to take place throughout Belfast this week to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of leading human rights lawyer Pat Finucane. Sinn Fein has organised a mural launch at the former Andersonstown barracks site and a candlelight vigil on the Antrim Road while the victims group, Relatives for Justice, has organised an anniversary gathering outside the High Court and a panel discussion in Saint Marys College. Read full article