Uladh Ógra Shinn Féin to hold AGM

by Paddy Meehan - P.C. Wed Aug 23, 2006 00:05

So is it going to be Barry McNally I have to convince next that his organisation is sectarian in nature?

by M Reilly Wed Aug 23, 2006 02:16

Is this the same Sinn Fein crew who honoured Bloombrg and the Yankee ambassador inSligo today.

Shame on the lot of you

by Omagh Realist Wed Aug 23, 2006 16:05

Paddy Meehan aka Socialist Youth, Stop pissing against the wind, stop talking about high falluting intellectual theoritic scientific socialism and start living in the real world, action is what gets results, thats why you do not have any results.

Define Sectarianism?

Get a Life Paddy !

by Gemma Devine Wed Aug 23, 2006 16:06

Great to see the growth of ÓSF, especially here in Omagh, great campaigns on Lebanon Solidarity and Suicide Prevention. Keep it up!

by M Reilly Wed Aug 23, 2006 16:27

Gemma, you mention that Sinn Fein has great campaigns on Lebanon Solidarity in Omagh. How does that square with the Sinn Fein councillors honouring Bloomberg in Sligo yesterday? (See separate strand - “Sligo Says No to War”)

by Anti Sectarian Wed Aug 23, 2006 16:35

SF are sectarians as they only orientate towards one communal group. There is no attempt or desire to win over Protestant people to SF. Therefore, SF are sectarians and a part of problem in this country. By the way, why did SF attend the unveiling of the memorial in Sligo? Many Irish participated in the US Civil War on Union side and should be honoured. They fought against slavery and undermining of workers conditions. Bloomberg is the last man that should be guest of honour at such an event. The reason SF attended was beacuse they see the world through nationalist eyes and thus have a distorted world view.

by Spirit of Tone and McCracken - Last person spoke nonsense! Wed Aug 23, 2006 20:20

In the last weeks there was a new wave of attacks by loyalist thugs in Derry, Belfast and parts of County Antrim. It says much about what has been endured by nationalist communities in the Six Counties over decades that this summer can be described as relatively quiet. But this is in a month where a young man was beaten almost to death, where attacks on homes are continuing and just two months after the brutal sectarian murder of teenager Michael McIlveen.

An RTÉ reporter this week asked an interviewee if recent attacks were not 'tit-for-tat'. It was patiently pointed that while there had been sectarian attacks aimed at unionists such as the targetting of Orange halls - attacks which republicans deplore - the scale of assaults on nationalist communities was at a different level and has involved murder, arson and expulsion from homes. It seems that sections of the political and media establishment in the 26 Counties still refuse to face up to the reality of sectarianism in Ireland today.

Now, as in the past, the flames of hatred that drive hatchet-wielding thugs to attack peaceful homes are fanned by Unionist politicians and Orange demagogues. We heard it again on the Twelfth, including when a clergyman who made a mild appeal for tolerance from an Orange platform was heckled by members of his congregation.

There is a deep-seated fear within the Unionist community, a fear engendered by a siege mentality. Anyone who dares to step away from the circled wagons is deemed a traitor. Ian Paisley has built his entire political career and his party on this fear. That is why he and the DUP have been so vehemently opposed to the Good Friday Agreement. That Agreement, if fully implemented, undermines the entire sectarian basis of the Six-County state.

Paisley and company know that the Agreement's even-handed guarantees of equality for all sections of the community cannot credibly be presented outside of the narrow world of loyalism as a sell-out. So they have had to raise the bogey-man of republican 'criminality' as an excuse for their obstruction of the Agreement. For too long they were indulged in this political charade by both the Irish and British governments.

A year on from the IRA's historic declaration of 28 July 2005 and with four months to go to the deadline for agreement on restoration of the Good Friday Agreement's democratic structures, the two Governments must turn up the heat on the Unionist leadership. Anything less will be yet another license for Unionism to obstruct political progress and to stir up sectarian hatred.

Republicans will remain firm in their opposition to sectarianism in all its forms and totally determined to replace it with liberty, equality and solidarity for all the people of Ireland.

by M Reilly Wed Aug 23, 2006 20:46

If they stay as firm in their opposition to sectarianism as they did in their opposition to the war in Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine then we had all better look out for ourselves.

by Phil Thu Aug 24, 2006 18:05

I'm fed up with people aping Adams' 'Historic this and Historic that!' What happened on 28 July 2005 was that Adams had finally persuaded the IRA to surrender and accept what Hume could have got 30 years ago, a Parliament with Unionism at the helm. The Republican Movement of today is more akin to the SDLP than the Movement of which the Hunger Strikers were members. Adams began the dismantlement of that movement sometime between the deaths of the Hunger Strikers and 1986 aided and abetted by his loyal followers who saw Political careers looming large on the horizon.

by The Sun Burst - Ógra Shinn Féin Mon Aug 28, 2006 15:19 osfnational at yahoo dot ie 07909516638

Ógra Shinn Féin held a successful Annual General Meeting according to new Ógra Uladh organiser, Andrea OKane.

Uladh Ógra Shinn Féin held their AGM on Saturday 26 August in Belfast.
The day started with a vigil for suicide prevention and over 1,000 leaflets were distributed throughout Belfast city centre, whilst the vigil was taking place.

The AGM was then held in Belfast city hall. The meeting began with an Ógra review of the last years activities, which reported a major increase in both the activities and profile of Ógra Shinn Féin. The outgoing officer board reports were as encouraging, all reporting increased activity, professionalism and membership.

This election of a new officerboard, returning familiar faces to continue their sterling work for the upcoming year, however there was a noticeable number of young faces on the officerboard, who are taking on various portfolios for the year on behalf of Cuige Uladh Ógra Shinn Féin. Following this the new officerboard came into effect and began their new term, as the meeting of the uladh cuige then took place.

Barry McColgan, who was recently appointed National Organiser for Ógra Shinn Féin stepped down at the meeting and handed over the reins of Uladh organise, Andrea OKane.

Speaking following the meeting, Andrea OKane said she was looking forward to the challenge in taking up the post of Uladh organiser of Ógra Shinn Féin,

There has been massive growth throughout the last year in Ógra. I would like to see this growth continue and I am pleased to take up the post of Uladh Organiser of Ógra Shinn Féin. Three main priorities at resent are bring the suicide prevention campaign to an end with the presentation of a petition to both the London and Dublin governments demanding an all Ireland approach to suicide prevention.

Another priority will be the upcoming freshers fayres in various colleges and further education institutions, and a general recruitment campaign, we will also be mobilising a large Ógra contingent to attend a major health rally in Dublin in October on Saturday 21st October.

Taking up the post of Uladh organiser presents a major challenge for myself, but also presents a major opportunity for myself to help the growth and development of Ógra Shinn Féin in Ulster.

ÓSF activists send clear message outside City Hall while others leafleted extensively

by ÓSF - Ógra Shinn Féin Mon Sep 11, 2006 16:59

ÓSF

by Phil Mon Sep 11, 2006 17:25

What is it with Ogra Shinn Fein and Photographs?

Here's us doing nothing!

by Donnchadh Mon Sep 11, 2006 21:16

ÓSF are a mirror image of ÓFF. There is no difference between them at all - except the ÓFF dont go round saying that every leaflet they hand out is a "historic development", every decision they make about their hair cuts and Ché t-shirts are "historic and couragous decisions," and they dont repeat every bland foolishness that comes out of their party leader's mouth like gems of wisdom from the mouth of the Prophet.

I would have to say that the Green party are twenty time more radical than ÓSF - and, with them its not just a trendy pose, they actually mean it.