Another Green World (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Had a useful meeting with Christian last monday, I hope the Greens in the Dail take action on this . The greens in Bolivia by which I mean the indigenous are doing serious work to protect the environment and of course if you are doing good work you face repression (if you are doing not very good work the clue is being given a well paid job by Fianna Fail!) This is a quick cut and paste from my good...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
SUDAN’S HUMANITARIAN affairs minister will arrive in Ireland this weekend for an official visit during which he will meet freed aid worker Sharon Commins and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
MINISTER FOR Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has said that he will talk to his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner in the wake of the Ireland-France soccer World Cup controversy.
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Brian Feeney, historian of Sinn Fein, Round Britain Quiz panellist and Irish News columnist, is gloating over the perceived discomfiture of Peter Robinson as he tries to find firm ground in his troubled party. The latest pimple Brian has been picking at is the police reserve issue which actually appears to have been finessed. Peter seems to working his way through the divisive issues one by one. He...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
“It could yet go wrong. Get in and say to the politicians to get in and finish it off.” The words of a worried Shaun Woodward appealing last week to civic and church leaders to basically ask Peter Robinson to remove what the British and Irish governments see as DUP roadblocks on the way to completing the process of devolution. The Irish administration accepts that Sinn Fein has got close...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Father Michael Sinnot, an Irish priest kidnapped in the Philippines one month ago, has been freed, Ireland's Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said late Wednesday in Belfast. "He has been handed over to a clinic where he is being looked after and medically checked," said Martin, who was in Belfast for meetings.
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Republic's Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin will hold talks with the First and Deputy First Ministers during a visit to Belfast tomorrow.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
THE KEY factor in persuading the Irish electorate to ratify the Lisbon Treaty in the second referendum was a sense of vulnerability arising out of the economic crisis, Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said in Dublin yesterday.
Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Several prestigious domestic and European job vacancies will be filled in the coming weeks. In Europe, the EU is set to get its first president and Ireland will appoint Charlie McCreevy's successor to the European Commission. At home, two people will be elected to the Seanad, and there may even be a vacant position on the European Court of Auditors in Luxemburg. So where are the vacancies, who are...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
A NEW study aiming to provide an in-depth survey of the Muslim community in Ireland and its future place in Irish society was launched last night by Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin.
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
An Phoblacht 22 Oct 2009 THE financial package from the British Government to support the transfer of powers over Policing and Justice from Britain to the North of Ireland was published on Wednesday. The development follows the latest round of negotiations on the package between British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the North’s First and Deputy First Ministers, Peter Robinson of the DUP and...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Good news from the BBC, Sunday, 18 October 2009: Kidnapped Darfur aid staff freed Two aid workers who had been kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region have been released by their captors, reports say. Irish citizen Sharon Commins, 32, and her Ugandan colleague Hilda Kawuki, 42, were working for the Irish charity Goal when seized by gunmen in Kutum in July. Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin has this morning begun a four-day visit to the United States.
U.S. Politics and the World (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
corn1971 posted a new topic: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8288181.stm Early returns are showing clear majorities for the "Yes" campaign - just 18 months after voters rejected the treaty first time round. The treaty, aimed at streamlining decision-making in the 27-nation EU, cannot take effect unless all member states ratify it. Ireland's foreign minister predicted a convincing win for the "Yes"...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin has welcomed the outcome of the referendum and has described the result as good for Ireland.
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