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	Motions Passed at 2002 Ard Fheis
		Ard Fheis accepts the statement "This is Republican Socialism", as published in the Starry Plough, as a basic introduction to the aims and principles of the IRSP.
		Ard Fheis condemns the worlds drug companies and western governments in their refusal to reduce the cost of drugs and treatment for HIV/AIDS, which should be made freely available to help ease the suffering of those millions who suffer from the escalating HIV/AIDS crisis in the Third world.
		Ard Fheis formally recognises that the present system of government is undemocratic in the sense that it represents the interests of a tiny minority of the population, the landed classes and big business.
	www.irsm.org /irsp/ardfheis/2002/motions.html (2284 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Ard Fheis -- Oct. 29, 1923 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Ard Fheis (or the Sinn Fein Convention) was held at the Mansion House, Dublin.
		Mary MacSwiney, sister of the former Lord Mayor of Dublin who starved himself to death, was elected Chairwoman of the Convention in the absence of Eamon de Valera, imprisoned.
		Mary MacSwiney urged members of Ard Fheis to give up alcoholic drinks and smoking as first measures of passive resistance to the Free State Government.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,716787,00.html (150 words)

	Workers party- policy on Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		This Ard Fheis supports the idea of a citizens' Europe that stresses equality challenges dangerous nationalist fundamentalism, as manifest in the former USSR and Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland, and at the same time ensures that debate about the future of Europe must be conducted from the viewpoint of citizenship rather than institutions.
		This Ard Fheis strongly supports the existing linkages which have been forged by the Party with other socialist parties in Europe and urges that a comprehensive set of proposals be prepared seeking (i) a new European Socialist Coalition and (ii) a date and venue for a preliminary conference of the invited parties (and observers).
		The Ard Fheis further recognises that the debate on EMU has often not been on the central policy and ideological decisions involved but on the practical issues like the conditions for joining the single currency or the proposed restrictions like the 3% restriction on budgetary deficits.
	www.workers-party.org /wpeupolicy.htm (2302 words)

	Workers party policy on the Republic of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		This Ard Fheis recognises that the dominant political trend over the last five years has been a move towards a policy of consensus and that this move has been orchestrated by, and has been singularly beneficial to those with wealth in the country i.e.
		This Ard Fheis rejects the notion that land use and ownership, monetary policy, the availability (and cost) of credit and investment policy are the preserve of the private domain and believes that they must be open to democratic control.
		To this extent the Ard Fheis rejects the special constitutional privileges given to the churches in the control of education, and health; to property over the common good; and in particular the lack of rights of women and children separate from those of the 'family'.
	www.workers-party.org /wprepfull.htm (2806 words)

	RTE News - Sinn Féin Ard Fheis passes emergency motion
		The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis has passed an emergency motion, put forward by the party's Ard Comhairle, urging those involved in the murder of Robert McCartney to admit their role and to make themselves accountable in court.
		Ahead of the Ard Fheis, the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, said it would not be the end of the world if Sinn Féin does not use the opportunity to address the crucial issues facing it.
		Mr McDowell said the Ard Fheis is an opportunity for the party to end paramilitary activity and criminality as requested by the Government.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0304/sinnfein.html (711 words)

	Sinn Féin: Ard Fheis 2004 - Maskey - obstacles to dialogue must be overcome
		Ard Fheis 2004 - CAP reform must be used to aide Irish farming
		Ard Fheis 2004 - George - All of Ireland must remain GM free
		Members are aware that last year the Ard Chomhairle established a unionist outreach committee and appointed myself to head up this work.
	sinnfein.ie /gaelic/news/detail/3542 (942 words)

	The Militant - 5/25/98 -- Sinn Fein Meeting Marked By Resolve To Intensify Fight For A Free Ireland
		The Ard Fheis overwhelmingly endorsed the leadership proposal to cast a Yes vote in the May 22 referenda in the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland on the "Northern Ireland Agreement." The agreement was negotiated in talks that included Sinn Fein earlier this year but has not been signed by the nationalist party.
		Through six hours of debate at the Ard Fheis, more than 60 delegates presented their views and the conclusions of the discussion on the agreement in their local areas.
		At the conclusion of the Ard Fheis, there was a huge vote in favor of the proposals advanced by the leadership, with 331 of the 350 delegates endorsing their course.
	www.themilitant.com /1998/6220/6220_5.html (1748 words)

	IRSP Ard Fheis Resolutions, 5 December 1998
		This Ard Fheis expresses its support for the Cuban, Iraqi, and Libyan people who continue to be denied basic medical equipment and medicines by the United States led blockades.
		That this Ard Fheis ratifies and applauds the courageous decision taken by the Irish National Liberation Army to declare a cease-fire on August 22nd 1998 on the recommendation of the IRSP Ard Comhairle.
		We reiterate that a party Ard Fheis remains the highest decision making body of the Irish Republican Socialist Party, and that it is the responsibility of the Ard Comhairle to implement the will of the membership as expressed at the Ard Fheis at which they themselves are elected.
	www.irsm.org /irsp/ardfheis/1998/afresolutions.html (1026 words)

	Sinn Fein Ard Fheis 1996
		That this Ard Fheis condemns the British government for their treatment of Irish political prisoners and calls for the release of all prisoners as part of a political settlement and that Sinn Féin increases its publicity on this issue.
		This Ard Fheis calls upon the British government to immediately apply the terms of protocols 1 and 2 of the recently-enacted Geneva Convention (Amendment) Act which provides for the release of prisoners of war in the wake of an end to armed conflict.
		That this Ard Fheis calls for the immediate release of all those who have been imprisoned because of the conflict in our country and who are being held as political hostages by the British and Dublin governments.
	www.sinnfein.org /ardfheis/96ardfheis/pol.html (478 words)

	SRSM Articles of Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Ard Fheis shall be the final court of appeal within the SRSM, in all matters.
		In the intervals between the sessions and subject to the decisions of the Ard Fheis, the affairs of the SRSM at National level shall be entrusted to the Ard Comhairle.
		The function of the Ard Comhairle shall be to implement the decisions of the Ard Fheis and to lead, inspire and direct the whole work of the Movement.
	srsm.port5.com /aboutSRSM/articles.html (1111 words)

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		An IRA Convention had taken place shortly before the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis where a small majority had supported the dropping of the abstensionist policy.
		At the 83rd Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in 1987 a group of IRA prisoners in Long Kesh sent revolutionary greetings while at its 1988 Ard Fheis RSF reaffirmed its support for the armed struggle.
		At the March 1981 Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle meeting Dáithí successfully proposed that Bobby Sands be nominated to contest the Westminster by-election in Fermanagh/South Tyrone caused by the death of Frank Maguire.
	www.geocities.com /southarmaghsniper1/CIRA.html (2072 words)

	The Kingdom - 2003/10/16: FF press supremo says Killarney was a top class Ard Fheis venue
		THE first Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis held outside Dublin not only transported the woman at the nucleus of the operation from party headquarters to Kerry but it also brought her on a trip down memory lane.
		And after the preparations that went into the 67th Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, which took place at Ireland’s National Event Centre at the Gleneagle Hotel at the weekend, the press director paid tribute to the hospitality shown by everyone involved in the event as crucial to its success.
		Indeed, the Ard Fheis brought a whopping 5,000 delegates and 100 TDs and senators to the town.
	archives.tcm.ie /thekingdom/2003/10/16/story11069.asp (855 words)

	An Phoblacht/Republican News: Ireland's Biggest Selling Political Weekly
		Opening the key debate on policing on Sunday, Sinn Féin's Policing and Justice spokesperson, Gerry Kelly, told the Ard Fheis that for generations the police force in the Six Counties had been a "partisan, political, Protestant and paramilitary force" which had been used as an "instrument of political repression, counter-revolution and terror".
		The Culture, Heritage and Language section of the Ard Fheis Clar opened up with a motion from Monaghan calling on Sinn Féin elected reps to do everything possible to ensure new housing developments are given Irish names.
		The debate around Party Development proved one of the most interesting at this year's Ard Fheis, and this can be seen in the number of motions actually lost in the section.
	www.anphoblacht.com /other/2005-03-10 (1004 words)

	Sinn Fein Ard Fheis - LLB May '98 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Sinn Fein's Ard Fheis was dominated by discussion of the peace deal, with the final decision delegated to a special conference next month.
		He stressed that the SF leadership was reporting back to the Ard Fheis on the negotiations and that ordinary members would have time to examine the peace document before any agreement.
		The Ard Fheis called for the release of all political prisoners -- loyalist as well as republican -- even though many Sinn Fein supporters wouldn't recognise the actions of some loyalist paramilitaries as political.
	www.llb.labournet.org.uk /1998/may/news5.html (517 words)

	Sinn Féin News: News for 28 February, 2004
		Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaígh has addressed the Ard Fheis on motion 120, which reads:Sinn Féin is committed to the creation of an Irish nation that is an independent sovereign state that respects the rights of sovereignty of all nations in keeping with (and subject to the constraints of) international law.
		Sinn Féin EU spokesperson Bairbre de Brún speaking during the Ard Fheis debate on agriculture and rural regeneration said: 'We must secure a future for Irish farming.
		Given the drastic housing shortages experienced in the six counties, it is essential that a comprehensive and adequately funded programme of social housing development be instituted as a matter of urgency.
	www.sinnfeinnews.com /2004-02-28 (756 words)

	Republican Sinn Fein 93rd Ard-Fheis 1997. Motions. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		That the incoming Ard Chomhairle give a clear direction on what course of action should be taken by Republican Sinn Féin in response to any Six-County or 26-County referenda that may follow the current talks.
		That this Ard Fheis reaffirms that no elected representative can claim the mantle of Republicanism, who would take or propose the taking of seats in Westminster with or without the taking of an oath of allegiance to the English Crown.
		That This Ard Fheis deplores (a) radio surveillance and electronic equipment being used in British bases in South Armagh as causing damage to public health; (b) the disposal by the British government of radioactive waste in the Beaufort Dyke sea dump between Ireland and Scotland.
	www.iol.ie /~saoirse/video/motion97.htm (4344 words)

	UCC Fianna Fáil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		It was an Ard Fheis of immense importance for the Donagh O'Malley Cumann.
		The reforming energies of the Donagh O'Malley Cumann were moulded into an elite election fighting brigade for the Ard Fheis weekend.
		Anthony Kelly was challenging for the honour to sit on the Party National Executive, he was running for Committee of Fifteen.
	www.ucc.ie /fiannafail/ardfheis.htm (351 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Key questions remain for Sinn Fein
		However, few could have predicted that the focal point of Sinn Fein's centenary Ard Fheis would have been the arrival in the audience of the family of a man stabbed to death by IRA members outside a Belfast pub.
		But the newspaper images of the sisters at the Ard Fheis will confound those who portrayed their campaign as part of a "popular revolt" against the IRA.
		Gerry Adams told the Ard Fheis he does not believe the IRA Army Council is the legitimate government of Ireland.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/4324747.stm (605 words)

	RSF National Conference1999. Motions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		That a big effort be put in by the incoming Ard Chomhairle to increase the organisation of Republican Sinn Féin throughout the country.
		That this Ard-Fheis instructs the incoming Ard Chomhairle to ensure that people applying for membership of Republican Sinn Féin have a basic knowledge of the principles of the organisation with a view to educating themselves further during the probationary period.
		That this Ard-Fheis call on the incoming Ard Chomhairle to embark on a series of nationwide education seminars for the general public on Republican Sinn Féin aims and principles.
	www.iol.ie /~saoirse/video/motion99.htm (4394 words)

	News - September '01
		This Ard Fheis, the first of the 21st century, takes place in the shadow of these outrages.
		This Ard Fheis meets at a time that is deeply somber, from any point of view.
		This is the first Ard Fheis attended by Bairbre de Brun as Minister of Health and Martin McGuinness as Minister for Education.
	www.redaction.org /news/sept_01.html (9762 words)

	Fresh initiative on Republican alternative to Stormont Agreement
		Joe O'Neill, Ard Chomhairle, pointed out that members of a legitimate political party were bailed on condition they do not take part in Republican Sinn Féin political activity.
		A motion from the McKelvey/Steele Cumann, Belfast was carried calling on the incoming Ard Chomhairle to devise a strategy for the upcoming Stormont assembly elections.
		In the international affairs section Des Long, Ard Chomhairle, said that Republican Sinn Féin opposed "the current efforts of both the United States and Britain to bend other countries to their will, the end result of which will be war and bloodshed.
	radio.weblogs.com /0100730/stories/2002/11/19/freshInitiativeOnRepublica.html (1118 words)

	The Militant - 5/12/97 -- Sinn Fein Campaigns For Free Ireland
		Sinn Fein is the nationalist party that is in the forefront of the struggle to end British rule in the north of Ireland.
		Three days prior to the Ard Fheis, two bomb explosions and a series of warnings disrupted road and rail transport in much of northern England.
		The Ard Fheis was timed to take advantage of the electoral opportunities that Sinn Fein faces.
	www.themilitant.com /1997/6119/6119_6.html (1268 words)

	Ireland's OWN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Delegates also supported an Ard Chomhairle motion reasserting that “Sinn Féin Poblachtach is not aligned to any political group or groupings which do not share our allegiance to the All-Ireland Republic” and a Comhairle Laighean motion "rejecting media claims that Republican Sinn Féin has links with any other political organisations in our national objectives".
		A successful Ard Chomhairle resolution stated bluntly that "any British police force in Ireland be recognised as such".
		It stated that "in view of the fact that Kevin Barry and his nine comrades gave their lives in defence of the All-Ireland Republic, their proposed reburial should not be placed in the hands of those who recognise, support or represent any of the Partitionist institutions in this island".
	irelandsown.net /rsf1.html (2074 words)

	Fianna Fail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Vigorous debates among delegates on the major issues and policies of the day will be a priority, while we will also be focusing on the development of our party membership, our organisational structures, and the need for Fianna Fáil to assert its position as the most dynamic political party in Ireland today.
		The Ard Fheis has always been an important point of contact between our parliamentary party and the membership and this gathering will see a continuation of that tradition.
		In this, the Year Of The Organisation, I think it is appropriate that we are hosting the Ard Fheis in one of our key regions.
	www.fiannafail.ie /new/site/ard_fheis.php4 (224 words)

	RSF National Conference 2001. Motions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		That this Ard-Fheis calls on all nationalist people in Ireland to refuse to join the British police in Ireland and remind them that the majority of the old RIC was made up of nationalists.
		That all members elected to the Ard Chomhairle should be prepared to stand for local elections etc in their own area if no other candidates are available.
		That members of Republican Sinn Féin should not accept positions on committees from Cumann to Ard Chomhairle level if they are not prepared to put in the effort and to attend such meetings.
	www.iol.ie /~saoirse/af2001m.htm (4189 words)

	Irish Voice: EYE ON THE NORTH: What My Ard Fheis Speech Meant@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		EYE ON THE NORTH: What My Ard Fheis Speech Meant.
		IT is now about 10 weeks since the Downing Street Declaration was announced by John Major and Albert Reynolds, and the British government are still stubbornly refusing to engage with Sinn Fein or to provide the clarification requested by us.
		Major is also refusing to recognize in any way whatsoever the validity of Sinn Fein's electoral mandate, the rights of our electorate or our rights as a political party.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:2225364&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (230 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 2 - 02 March, 1922 - THE GENERAL ELECTION.
		I should like to say at the outset that in putting it on the paper I did so expecting that it would be entirely a matter of form, in order to sanction by this sovereign Assembly the agreement come to at the recent Ard Fheis.
		I would like to emphasise that I have not brought that motion forward here with any desire to create disturbance, to break the agreement, or any of the various reasons or suggestions which are made by some Ministers yesterday in connection with resolutions or questions brought forward.
		It was in the interests of Ireland getting exact particulars of that Constitution without any possibility whatever of the change of a comma afterwards by anybody in or outside of Ireland—in the interests of the Irish people —that agreement was made in the Ard Fheis and that I bring this forward now.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/DT/D.S.192203020022.html (3564 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Sinn Fein Meets Under Shadow of Crime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Some 2,000 delegates are expected to attend this year's Ard Fheis (meeting) in Dublin.
		Sinn Fein had hoped the mood would be one of celebration and optimism as it marked its 100th anniversary.
		"This Ard Fheis is not going to be either negative or downbeat," O Caolain said.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/03/04/sinn_fein_meets_under_shadow_of_crime?mode=PF (496 words)

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