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It can be difficult to be tough without appearing rude, says Michael McDowellWHEN it emerged in a recent Standards in Public Office (Sipo) report that Sinn Fein had spent thousands of euro on fuel supplied by Morgan Fuels as part of Martin McGuinness's u
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MOST Irish political parties have tried their hand at fundraising in the US over the past decade, but it's Sinn Fein that has been by far the most successful.Foreign political parties that wish to raise cash in the US must register with the Department of
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CONVICTED fuel smuggler Hugh Morgan's company Morgan Fuels gave €31,198 in political donations in the past decade, including more than €11,000 to Fianna Fail.Company records show that Morgan Fuels (Ireland) made a further €19,850 in 'political' donations
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said asking for specific job creation figures for the Government's employment action plan is like counting seagulls.Defending the 270 initiatives announced to drive investment and enterprise, Mr Kenny said it was daft to try to p
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny has defended as "common sense" the Government's controversial septic tank registration plans.But he refused to be drawn on calls for a grant-aid programme for financially struggling countryside householders who cannot afford upgrades
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TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has defended as "common sense" the government's controversial septic tank registration plans.But he refused to be drawn on calls for a grant-aid programme for financially struggling countryside householders who can't afford upgrades
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Enda's performance in Davos, not the fake horseplay in Brussels, was the real problem, writes Declan LynchWhen the mainstream fails us, it gives an opening to darker forces. And last week Gerry Adams took advantage when he accused Enda Kenny in the Dail
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The party hasn't explained its plans for a united Ireland, save for a foggy dew of rhetoric, writes Concubhar O LiathainWhenever I hear a Sinn Fein representative utter the words 'united Ireland', I shudder and call to mind the lyrics of an Ian Gillan so
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'There was a terrible bias against Irish actors in Hollywood. We seemed much more foreign... British actors don't have a hard time'Fionnula Flanagan is not the person you were expecting. Famous for playing mothers and matriarchs, in the flesh there is li
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A GROUP of left-wing TDs have threatened to petition the President to invoke a never-before-used Article in the Constitution to force a referendum on the new European treaty.If the Government refuses the vote on whether Ireland should adopt tough Brussel
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TAOISEACH Enda Kenny last night continued to fend off growing calls for a referendum on the EU's tough new budgetary rules as he was accused of acting "like an eejit" at a meeting of European Union leaders.Mr Kenny said the Cabinet had now formally writt
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Gerry Adams dismissed the "buddy-buddy" antics as the mark of an "amadán" — though the Sinn Féiner’s own faltering schoolboy Irish made you wonder who was the real fool. Joe Higgins went further and suggested the Taoiseach had been passed around the Brus
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THE TAOISEACH reacted sharply to a claim by the Sinn Féin leader that he had been over-friendly with the French president at the EU summit in Brussels on Monday. Asking Enda Kenny how much austerity he had signed up to in the fiscal treaty, Gerry Adams a
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THERE were heated exchanges in the Dail today during discussions about the new treaty agreed in Brussels last night.Opposition parties have said they may take a legal challenge if the Government decides not to hold a referendum on the treaty which is des
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OPPOSITION parties have called for a referendum on the new European fiscal compact designed to rein in Government spending and reduce the budget deficits in the area’s countries.Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin said the people should be consulted on any
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Senator John Kerry said on Friday he had contacted British officials, hoping to end their quest to subpoena confidential interviews of Irish Republican Army (IRA) veterans kept under seal at Boston College in Massachusetts. Kerry, a De
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Britain claims BC's recordings may contain information about the killings of several people, including a mother of 10. One former IRA member says Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams (seen here in 2005) ordered that murder. (AP) BOSTON — For 30 years, the so-cal
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Interesting to watch Enda Kenny talk at Davos today. He seemed relaxed and reasonable, and indeed at one point one of the other speakers noted that others who were in the throws of a debt crisis needed to follow Ireland’s example (of being ‘good little b
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday said the Government isn't looking for a write-off of on the country's debt as it paid over €1.25bn to Anglo Irish Bank bondholders.Finance Minister Michael Noonan said that if one word was needed to describe the problem in
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Gerry Adams MP (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is the president of Sinn Féin, which is the second largest political party in Northern Ireland and fourth largest party in the Republic of Ireland. Full Article
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Sinn Fein presidential candidate Martin McGuinness smiles as Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams (R) gives him a hair cut as he canvasses in Dublin on October 26, 2011 during his final day of campaign. Irish voters go to the polls on October 27 to elect a new President.
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Sinn Fein presidential candidate Martin McGuinness (L) speaks with the media outside Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Ireland on October 25, 2011 as Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams (R) looks on during his final two days of canvassing. Voters go to the polls on October 27 to...
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Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, left, and Gerry Adams, right, stop to speak to the media while canvassing in Drogheda, Ireland, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Irish Presidential candidate Martin McGuinness was out canvassing ahead of Thursday presidential election.
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Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, front, and Gerry Adams, right, stop to speak to the media while canvassing for votes in Drogheda, Ireland, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Irish Presidential candidate Martin McGuinness was out canvassing ahead of Thursday presidential election public vote.
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Former UN General Secretary and Peace Nobel, Kofi Annan, third right to left, gestures with former Norwegian Primer Minister Gro Harlem Brutland, left, beside to Northern Irish Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, right him, and former Irish Primer Minister Bertie Ahern, right, with British Jonathan...
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International negotiators including former Irish premier Bertie Ahern called on armed Basque group ETA to declare a definitive end to violence. Negotiators pressed Spain and France to greet such a move by starting talks to deal exclusively with the consequences of the conflict, which...
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Northern Irish Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, right, waves to the media as he arrives to the international conference to find a solution for the troubled Spanish region of the Basque Country, in San Sebastian, northern Spain Monday Oct. 17, 2011. ETA has killed 829 people in bombings and...
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Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness (L) and party President Gerry Adams (R) shake hands with supporters as they arrive for a press conference after being officially ratified by his party to be a candidate for the Irish Presidential election at the Writers' Centre in Dublin, Ireland on...
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Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, left, and Gerry Adams speak to the media during a press conference in Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. Martin McGuinness has been formally declared as Sinn Fein's candidate in the Irish presidental election. The 61-year-old's nomination was...
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams speaks to delegates at his party's annual conference at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011.
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From left to right, British diplomat Jonathan Powell, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, former UN General Secretary and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan, former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland and former French politician Pierre...
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File - In this Oct.17, 2011 file photo Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, second from left waves at the end of the International Peace Conference in San Sebastian, northern Spain. The Basque daily Gara says the armed group ETA has issued a statement Thursday Oct. 20, 2011 saying it is...
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Lokarri leader Paul Rios (L) greets Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on arrival to the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country, taking place in San Sebastian October 17, 2011.
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Sinn Fein candidate Martin McGuinness (L) smiles with a shopkeeper as he campaigns along with Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams (R) in Dublin on October 26, 2011 during his final day of canvassing. The voters go to the polls on October 27 to elect a new President.
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