Sinn Féin

Matt Carthy TD & Órfhlaith Begley MP look at the role the Irish Government has in ending partition - what it can do, how it needs to ramp up preparations & become an active advocate for unity.

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Peter O'Connell from Merrion Press hosts the launch of Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin's new book "Defects: Living with the Legacy of the Celtic Tiger". He is also joined by Stephanie Meehan a former resident of the infamous Priory Hall development, Irish Examiner journalist Mick Clifford as well as campaigners Kath Cottier and Michael Doherty.

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We discuss the FF/FG Government's long-delayed 'Housing for All' plan as well as the ongoing fallout from the "MerrionGate" controversy over the appointment of former minister Katherine Zappone to a job at the United Nations. With Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald, Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin and Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty .

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In episode 6, Linda Dillon MLA chats to Kathleen Funchion TD about the impact partition had on women north & south & how the creation of two patriarchal states on the island of Ireland, where the rights of women were barely even considered, is still being felt today.

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Our 5th episode of the 'From Partition to Unity' series looks at how the Irish Language was impacted by Partition.  Sinn Féin's Irish Language Officer, Conáll O'Corra chats to Mairéad Farrell TD & Senator Niall O'Donnghaile about the impact partition had on the Irish language community including language development policies & official status of the language across the island. 

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On the 4th episode of our 'From Partition to Unity' series, Sinéad Ennis MLA chats to former MLA & speaker of the Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin & current MLA for North Belfast, Carál Ni Chuilín about the historic & ongoing efforts to end partition, from armed campaigns through to the Good Friday Agreement & current preparations for a referendum.

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In the third episode of our 'From Partition to Unity' series, we have John Finucane MP & Pearse Doherty TD in conversation about the economic cost of partition to both economies, north & south. How partition divided the islands economy & the legacy this division has left to this day. 

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Mary Lou McDonald TD is joined live by Dr Mosheer Amer from Gaza, Sabreen Abeedallah of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society in east Jerusalem, and Professor Kamel Hawwash of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign to discuss the brutal Israeli onslaught against the besieged Gaza strip and also the wider context of Israel's apartheid regime and ongoing human rights violations in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. 

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A new podcast that looks back on the history & impact of Partition, the years that followed & plans for the future of the island.

Episode 2: 'The Orange State'

Nicola Brogan MLA talks to lifelong republican & commentator, Jim Gibney about the outworking & impact of partition over several decades in the north.

Available from Monday 17th May on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts & all other major platforms. 

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Housing Expert Dr Rory Hearne joins Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin TD to discuss the issue of investment funds buying-up family homes and driving-up house prices, and what measures can be taken to prevent this from happening 

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