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Protests in Europe Ahead of Euro Summit   Riot police are attacked by petrol bombs during clashes in Athens. Greece was hit by violent protests and a general strike on Wednesday and workers also demonstrated in other EU nations ahead

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Sinn Fein and the election in 2011 0

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Gerry Adams (for Leargas) President of Sinn Fein This blog is now the Sinn Fein candidate for Louth and East Meath. In the Fairways Hotel last night party activists from across the constituency unanimously and enthusiastically endorsed my candidacy. I

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WikiLeaks cables: IRA used Irish boom to turn ‘respectable’ 0

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Leaked dispatches detail how group rode Celtic Tiger economy to move from racketeering to sophisticated business ventures Nicholas Watt The Celtic Tiger boom described in the WikiLeaks cables is perhaps a distant dream to Irish prime minister Brian Cowen and

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WikiLeaks cables: MI5 offered files on Finucane killing to inquiry 0

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Leaked dispatches strengthen Finucane family’s demands for inquiry into collusion between UFF gunmen and security forcesNicholas Watt and Owen Bowcott WikiLeaks cables reveal US diplomats feared that ‘elements of the security-legal establishments’ in Britain beyond MI5 were resisting an inquiry

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Obama’s Sellout on Taxes 0

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Game Plan for a Flat Tax, Social Security Cutbacks and Austerity  I almost feel naïve for being so angry at President Obama’s betrayal of his campaign promises regarding taxes. I had never harbored much hope that he actually intended to

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Economy, not unity, is Irish priority 0

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While the crisis gripping Ireland may have rescued Sinn Féin from total irrelevancy in the Republic, the prospect of a united Ireland is more unlikely than ever Gerry Adams, whose Sinn Féin party recently won the Donegal South West seat.

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The euro crisis: a contagious Irish disease? 0

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The proposed Irish bail-out has not calmed the financial markets. And now their attention is moving on to new victims in the Iberian peninsula DUBLIN, LONDON AND MADRID ON NOVEMBER 21st the Irish government at last gave in. It yielded

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Michael Gove’s plan to slash sports funding in schools splits cabinet 0

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Education secretary’s proposal angers athletes and teachersNick Clegg and Andrew Lansley voice their doubts Toby Helm and Anushka Asthana Michael Gove announces National School Sport Week in June. Teachers and athletes now fear the impact of the education secretary’s plan

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Greeks vote in local elections 0

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Polls assume greater significance following premier’s threat to dissolve parliament if his party does not fare well. Papandreou sees the municipal and regional polls as a litmus test [EPA] Greek residents have begun voting in local and regional polls amid threats

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A Nobel Peace Prize laureate in prison

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A Nobel Peace Prize laureate in prison If the court indeed deports Mairead Corrigan-Maguire we’ll know that our court system is also tainted to the teeth By Gideon Levy The photograph was recently distributed by the IDF’s propagandists: Mairead Corrigan-Maguire

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