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BBC interview with Sinn Fein Leader Mary Lou McDonald

23rd February 2018 shoreditchadmin2 0

BBC interview with Sinn Fein Leader Mary Lou McDonald, following her meetings this week with Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May.

Gerry Adams address to Ard Fheis 2017

21st November 2017 Socialist Action 0

Gerry Adams’ final address as President of Sinn Féin to Ard Fheis 2017.

Watch the video here.

Text here and below.

There can be no return to the status quo

11th July 2017 Socialist Action 0

The following piece on why the power sharing talks have halted, by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, was originally published here on his regular Léargas blog.

North Down UDA commander Dee Stitt with DUP Leader Arlene Foster

Grubby details of CON/DUP will undermine Good Friday Agreement

29th June 2017 Socialist Action 0

By Ian Richardson

Most of the reaction to the agreement between the Tories and the DUP has been anger. Critics are fully justified as an effective bribe has been made to keep Theresa May in office, at a time when public services across Britain continue to be cut.

Uniting Ireland – an agreed future

29th June 2017 Socialist Action 0

The following speech by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, with preceding extracts from the speech, sets out an agenda for Irish unity, which was previously published here by Sinn Féin.

DUP dawdles behind Tories into cul-de-sac

16th June 2017 Socialist Action 0

By Stephen Bell

At the time of writing, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Arlene Foster, has stated that: ‘Discussions are going well with the government and we hope soon to be able to bring this work to a successful conclusion’. Providing the essential number of MPs to maintain a minority Tory government gives a degree influence which the DUP probably did not anticipate.