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WHAT’S INSIDE 5 Challenging times – Liadh Ní Riada, bringing a strengthened republican voice to the European Parliament 6 Conor Murphy MP on opinion polls and Border polls 7 ‘Lethal Allies’: Anne Cadwallader’s explosive new book naming names in Britain’s dirty war in Ireland previewed 8&9 ‘We need a fighting, radical and independent trade union movement,’ says Senator David Cullinane | Top US trade unionists ‘In Common Cause Against Austerity’ 12 The struggle for equality in education 14 Mortgage crisis: Homeowners warned against loopy ‘legal protection’ 15 History in Omagh as Tyrone women Sinn Féin councillors elected to two top posts 18 Tragedy and courage as Priory Hall saga ends 19 Housing crisis: Proof that capitalism doesn’t work 20 & 21 Remembering the Past: The centenary of the Irish Volunteers, Óglaigh na hÉireann 22 Tá sé thar am éirí as an euro 23 Mickey Brady MLA on the cold reality of fuel poverty 24
5 Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald TD with Terry O'Sullivan, General President of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA), who pulled the winning ticket in this year’s Sinn Féin National Draw (full results on page 29)
5 Medical card protest in Crumlin, Dublin: Parents of children who have had their medical cards revoked in Budget 2014, and their supporters, protest on the road to Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin
5 Pat Cusack is presented with the Monaghan Integrated Development Volunteer of the Year Award by Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Conlon in recognition of his work with suicide prevention and bereavement support charity Sosad Ireland
The Basque peace process is under relentless attack from Madrid securocrats 25 MEP Martina Anderson welcomes EU tobacco product curbs 26 & 27 Uncomfortable Conversations: The time is here for unionism to stand up and be part of this debate 28 Book Reviews: The enigmas of Parnell and Kildare in the Tan War 31 Farm Forum’s first meeting in Mayo
5 Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson in Ramallah at prisoners’ release from Israeli jails on 29th October
5 Burma’s pro-democracy campaigner, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi meets Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly, Michelle O’Neill, Paul Maskey and Alex Maskey in Stormont
5 A republican colour party lowers its flags during the unveiling of a plaque in remembrance of IRA Volunteer Thomas ‘Bootsey’ Begley on Sunday 20 October, in Ardoyne