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COMMUNISTS accused Northern Ireland’s biggest parties of “sectarian point-scoring” yesterday after Tuesday night’s debate before the British general election got dirty.
During the BBC Northern Ireland debate, Sinn Fein MLA John O’Dowd attacked Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson over paramilitary endorsement for his party.
On Monday the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC), an umbrella group for the paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA), Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando, urged voters to back DUP and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) candidates in four battleground constituencies.
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH
Why not pay a visit to Feile an Phobail, a people’s festival of community arts with roots in the days of internment without trial, and where the spirit of solidarity remains undimmed, says LYNDA WALKER
