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Friday, September 30, 2011

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Fermanagh Hotels, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Hotels
Hotel Carlton, Main Street, Belleek, Co. Fermanagh BT93 3FX
Killyhevlin Hotel, Killyhevlin, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT74 6RW
Guesthouses
Belmore Court Motel, Tempo Road, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT74 6HX
Customs House Country Inn, 25 - 27 Main Street, Belcoo, Co. Fermanagh BT93 5FB

Waterford Hotels, County Waterford, Ireland

Hotels
Arlington Lodge Town House, John's Hill, Waterford City
Athenaeum House Hotel, Christendom, Ferrybank, Waterford City
Belfry Hotel, Conduit Lane, Waterford City
Days Hotel Waterford, No 1 The Quay, Waterford City
Dooleys Hotel, The Quay, Waterford City
Faithlegg House Hotel & Golf Club, Faithlegg, Co. Waterford
Grand Hotel, Tramore, Co. Waterford
Granville Hotel, Meagher Quay, Waterford City
Lawlors Hotel, Bridge Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
Lismore House Hotel, Main Street, Lismore, Co. Waterford
Majestic Hotel, Tramore, Co. Waterford
OSheas Hotel, Strand Road, Tramore, Co. Waterford
Park Hotel, Leisure Centre & Holiday Homes, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
Ramada Viking Hotel, Cork Road, Waterford City
Rhu Glenn Country Club Hotel, Luffany, Slieverue, Waterford City
Round Tower Hotel, College Road, Ardmore, Co. Waterford
The Fitzwilton Hotel, Bridge Street, Waterford City
Tower Hotel & Leisure Centre, The Mall, Waterford City
Waterford Castle Hotel & Golf Club, The Island, Ballinakill, Waterford
Waterford Marina Hotel, Canada Street, Waterford City
Woodlands Hotel, Dunmore Road, Waterford City
Guesthouses
Beach Guest House, 1 Lower Village, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford
Beach Haven House, Tivoli Terrace, Tramore, Co. Waterford
Coach House, Butlerstown Castle, Butlerstown, Cork Road, Waterford
Diamond Hill Country House, Slieverue, Waterford
Newtown Farm Guesthouse, Grange, Ardmore, Via Youghal, Co. Waterford
Pilgrims Rest Hotel, Mount Melleray, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford
Powersfield House, Ballinamuck, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
Rice Guesthouse & Batterberry Bar, 35 & 36 Barrack Street, Waterford City
Seaview Guesthouse, Windgap, N25 / Youghal Road, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Roscommon Hotels, County Roscommon, Ireland

Hotels
Abbey Hotel, Conference and Leisure Centre, Galway Road, Roscommon Town
Abbeyfield Hotel & Leisure Centre, Sligo Road, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
Whitehouse Hotel, Ballinlough, Roscommon
Guesthouses
Gleesons Townhouse & Restaurant, Market Square, Roscommon Town

Westmeath Hotels, County Westmeath, Ireland

Hotels
Athlone Springs Hotel, Monksland, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Bloomfield House Hotel, Belvedere, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Creggan Court Hotel, Kilmartin N6 Centre, N6 Roundabout, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Glasson Golf Hotel & Country Club, Glasson, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Hilamar Hotel, Main Street, Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Mullingar Park Hotel, Dublin Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Prince of Wales Hotel, Church Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Radisson SAS Hotel, Northgate Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Shamrock Lodge Hotel and Conference Centre, Clonown Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Temple Country Retreat & Spa, Horseleap, Moate, Co. Westmeath
Guesthouses
Mc Cormacks Guesthouse, Old Dublin Road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

Wicklow Hotels, County Wicklow, Ireland

Hotels
Arklow Bay Conference and Leisure Hotel, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Brooklodge and Wells Spa, Macreddin Village, Near Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
Chester Beatty Inn, Ashford Village, Co. Wicklow
Esplanade Hotel on the Seafront, Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Glenview Hotel, Glen-O-The-Downs, Delgany, Co. Wicklow
Marriott Druids Glen Hotel, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
Parkview Hotel, Main Street, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
Ramada Woodland Court Hotel, Southern Cross, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Rathsallagh House, Golf and Country Club, Dunlavin, (West Wicklow), Co. Wicklow
Royal Hotel and Leisure Centre, Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Summerhill House Hotel, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow
Tinakilly House Hotel, Wicklow, (Rathnew), Co. Wicklow
Woodenbridge Hotel, Vale of Avoca, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Guesthouses
Ballyknocken House & Cookery School, Glenealy, Ashford, Co. Wicklow
Stoops Guesthouse, Stoops, Coolattin, Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow

Mayo Hotels, County Mayo, Ireland

Hotels
Achill Cliff House Hotel, Keel, Achill Island, Co. Mayo
Ashford Castle, Cong, Co. Mayo
Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Breaffy International Sports Hotel, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Carlton Atlantic Coast, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo
Castlecourt Hotel Conference and Leisure Centre, Castlebar Road, Westport, Co. Mayo
Clew Bay Hotel, James Street, Westport, Co. Mayo
Days Hotel Castlebar, Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Downhill House Hotel & Eagles Leisure Club, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Downhill Inn, Sligo Road, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Hotel Newport, Main Street, Newport, Co. Mayo
Hotel Westport, Leisure Spa & Conference, Newport Road, Westport, Co. Mayo
Kellys Gateway Hotel, Main Street, Swinford, Co. Mayo
Knock House Hotel, Ballyhaunis Road, Knock, Co. Mayo
Knockranny House Hotel & Spa, Westport, Co. Mayo
McWilliam Park Hotel, Knock Road, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
Milltimes Hotel, Town Centre, Mill Street, Westport, Co. Mayo
Ostan Oilean Acla, Achill Sound, Co. Mayo
Park Inn Mulranny, Mulranny, Westport, Co. Mayo
Pontoon Bridge Hotel, Pontoon, Foxford, Co. Mayo
Stella Maris Country House Hotel, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
TF Royal Hotel & Theatre, Old Westport Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Westport Plaza Hotel, Castlebar Street, Westport, Co. Mayo
Westport Woods Hotel & Spa, Quay Road, Westport, Co. Mayo
Wyatt Hotel, The Octagon, Westport, Co. Mayo
Guesthouses
Augusta Lodge, Golf Links Road, Westport, Co. Mayo
Boffin Lodge, The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo
Kennys Guest House, Lucan Street, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Knockranny Lodge, Knockranny, Westport, Co. Mayo
Lake View House, Ballina Road, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo

Longford Hotels, County Longford, Ireland

Hotels
Longford Arms Hotel, Main Street, Longford Town
Guesthouses

Derry Hotels, County Derry, Ireland

Hotels
Beech Hill Country House Hotel, 32 Ardmore Road, Derry BT47 3QP
Best Western White Horse Hotel, 68 Clooney Road, Derry BT47 3PA
City Hotel, Queens Quay, Derry BT48 7AS
Radisson SAS Roe Park Resort, Roe Park, Limavady, Co. Londonderry BT49 9LB
Ramada Da Vinci's Hotel, 15 Culmore Road, Derry BT48 8JB
Guesthouses
Brown Trout Golf & Country Inn, 209 AgiveyRoad, Aghadowney (near Coleraine), Derry BT51 4AD

Carlow Hotels, County Carlow, Ireland

Hotels
Dolmen Hotel and River Court Lodges, Kilkenny Road, Carlow
Seven Oaks Hotel, Athy Road, Carlow Town, Co. Carlow
Talbot Hotel Carlow, Portlaoise Road, Carlow Town, Co. Carlow

Martin McGuinnes, Garda McCabe Murder

When Garda Gerry McCabe was murdered by a Provisional IRA Unit in 1996, the IRA Army Council meet to discuss the fall-out from the killing which had occurred as a direct result of an IRA Army Council sanctioned Robbery. At the IRA Army Council meeting were Martin McGuinness, Kevin McKenna, Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy and Michael McKevitt, Martin McGuinness had the following to say about the summary execution of Garda Gerry McCabe:
“This is about the death of a Freestater who attempted to interrupt the work of the Provisional IRA, I am not going to play any part in disowning IRA volunteers in the interests of political expediency” (McGuinness, 1996).
The above Diaries which were maintained by a member of the East Tyrone IRA contain details of Martin McGuinness being arrested in Monaghan in 1986, they also contain details of Martin McGuinness attending a meeting in Monaghan in 1987 following the Enniskillen bombing on the 8th November that year. The diaries detail how Martin McGuinness in the presence of other IRA members shook hands with and congratulated the Monaghan man who constructed and planted the Enniskillen bomb that murdered 11 people including a young nurse who died in her father’s arms. The Enniskillen bomb was direct and intentional retaliation for the summary executions of eight IRA members and a civilian by the SAS at Loughgall earlier that year.
McGuinness explained to those senior IRA gathered at the Monaghan meeting, that while he was personally satisfied with the Enniskillen attack, the leadership would have to issue a statement through An Phoblacht distancing themselves from the civilian deaths. The IRA member who constructed and planted the Enniskillen bomb had been reared in a council housing estate (Tully) in Monaghan Town with IRA commander Jim Lynagh who had been executed at Loughgall, and who had been betrayed by an informer based in Monaghan Town. The republican leadership statement issued in relation to the Enniskillen bombing was written by a senior Sinn Fein member from Monaghan Town and was released by (PO’Neil) which was the sudo-name for a leading republican who was based on the third floor of 44 Parnell Square, Dublin.


Martin McGuinness, who was arrested in Smithboro, County Monaghan in 1986 when he had just attended a meeting with East Tyrone IRA commander Kevin McKenna has been endorsed as Sinn Fein’s candidate for the presidential election. However, while Martin McGuinness accepts that he was a senior figure in the Provisional IRA he denies responsibility for directly or indirectly murdering anyone. This is a comprehensive lie; Martin McGuinness personally and directly was involved in the murder of at least 23 people and gave the command for the murders of dozens of more people mainly civilians (Read this FREE e-Book).
Martin and a close relative overseen and was directly responsible for taking the family of Patrick ‘Patsy’ Gillespie hostage in 1990, strapping Patrick Gillespie into a car that was carrying a 1000lb bomb and forcing Patrick to drive that bomb into the British Army base at Coshquin, Martin McGuinness and his IRA unit then detonated the bomb by remote control and thereby murdering Patrick and five soldiers from the Kings Regiment. Patrick Gillespie was a Catholic who had worked as a civilian cook in an army base, this tactic of targeting civilians who carried out menial work for the British had been sanctioned by Martin McGuinness, Kevin McKenna and others in 1986 and was mainly directed at terrorising the Protestant population in the north.
When Martin McGuinness arrived in Smithboro in 1986 it was to visit Kevin ‘The Assassin’ McKenna the Provisional IRA commander of the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional IRA and later IRA Chief of Staff, under whose command operated Jim Lynagh, Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kelly, Michael ‘Pete’ Ryan and so forth, who collectively had murdered hundreds of people in the border counties of Fermanagh, Tyrone and Armagh as well as murdering Gabriel Murphy, Columbia McVeigh (school boy) and many other innocent civilians on the southern side of the border.
Mc Guinness had travelled to Monaghan in 1986 to ratify a new ‘military’ strategy that would allow for the specific and intentional, yet ‘justifiable’ targeting of Protestants. This new strategy which was based on a Maoist philosophy adopted by IRA Commander Jim Lynagh while in Portlaoise Prison would mean that anyone who in any way supported the British presence in the North could be directly and intentionally targeted. So a man delivering bread, or a woman cleaning the toilets in an RUC station would be as legitimate a target as a fully armed SAS soldier.
When Mc Guinness had concluded his meeting with McKenna (who was living in a mobile home at that time) and other senior IRA members in Smithboro in 1986 Mc Guinness was arrested, however, he was quickly released again when a senior M16 Agent, Michael Oakley contacted Garda Headquarters in the Phoenix Park. A Garda detective who had been involved in the preparations for the interrogation of McGuinness in 1986 said:
“It was all done over our head; we were told in no uncertain terms that the British authorities wanted McGuinness released without charge”.
Sinn Féin has formally endorsed Martin McGuinness as its Presidential candidate at a top-level meeting in Dublin last week; Martin McGuinness remains a senior member of the Provisional IRA, however, due to his long standing close links with M16 the British have adopted a hands off approach to senior Provisional IRA members, and in particular Martin McGuinness who is viewed as a key Intelligence asset.
While McGuinness has said he was ready to tackle questions about the IRA during the campaign. He said he believed he had played a key role in ending the decades of violence and wanted to look to a new future, however, Martin’s denial of murder is fraudulent as is the claim by Gerry Adams TD that he was never a member of the IRA.
On the prospect of meeting British royalty if he was to become Ireland’s figurehead, McGuinness has said: “If the people of Ireland decided that I should be their president, my responsibilities and duties would be to meet heads of state from all over the world and to do that without exception, and that would be my position.”
Opponents have already said his former IRA role could become a roadblock and could spark campaign debates that risked upsetting victims of republican violence.
“I hope it does not,” he said. “No doubt there will be people within the media, particularly the hostile media, who will attempt to do just that.”
Mr McGuinness said the same prospect had faced Gerry Adams when he moved into politics in the South, but it had not prevented him winning a seat in the general election.
He added: “The past is a terrible place but I think I am seen very much as a part of the future. This is about new beginnings and I have been at the heart of new beginnings.”
Sinn Féin said it had the backing of four Independent TDs to ensure Mr McGuinness could stand in the election.
With 17 Sinn Féin Oireachtas members, he needed at least three extra signatures on his nomination paper.
TDs supporting his nomination are Dublin North Central’s Finian McGrath, Roscommon-South Leitrim’s Luke “Ming” Flanagan, and Kerry South’s Tom Fleming and Michael Healy Rae.
Independents Mary Davis and Sean Gallagher officially became candidates on Monday after each secured the necessary support.
They are on course to fight it out with front-runner Michael D Higgins, of Labour, and Fine Gael’s Gay Mitchell.
Independent senator David Norris said in a Late Late Show interview on Friday night that he would like to re-enter the race, having previously dropped out.
Child Abuse and Sinn Fein
Liam Adams Extradition
Sinn Fein and the IRA have a long history in relation to the torture, murder, mutilation and rape of children. The IRA kidnapping, torture, murder and secret burial of school boy Columbia Mc Veigh in Monaghan in the early 1970s showed clearly that Sinn Fein and the IRA have more in common with the Moore’s murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. The body of Columbia Mc Veigh has never been found, although the IRA have admitted that they murdered and secretly buried the child in Monaghan.
Liam Dominic Adams, brother of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams TD appeared before the Dublin High Court on Tuesday 26th July 2011 for an extradition hearing. Liam Dominic Adams is wanted in Northern Ireland for the alleged Rape of his daughter Aine when she was four years old. Gerry Adams TD has already admitted that he knew about the alleged Rape since the 1980s and that he believed his niece Aine when she told him that Liam had Raped her over a number of years, beginning when she was four years old. However, Gerry Adams TD did not report the matter to the authorities and it was only in 2007 when Gerry Adams realised that Aine would no longer remain silent that he made a statement to the PSNI through his solicitor.
Liam Adams was a senior member of both the IRA and Sinn Fein in Belfast and Dundalk, long after Gerry Adams TD knew about his brother’s alleged Rape of a child, Gerry Adams continued to promote Liam within the republican movement, giving Liam unquestioned access to children both in Belfast and Dundalk. Gerry Adams TD also concealed the fact that his father Gerry Adams Snr was a child rapist and then proceeded to give his father a full IRA funeral to further compound the hurt of those children raped by Gerry Adams Snr.
Child Rape and Sinn Fein
As the Cloyne Report was published 16/7/2011 one could not help but feel sick at the comments by some Sinn Fein politicians who seem to think that Sinn Fein have clean hands when it comes to the rape of children and the cover-ups of child rape in Ireland. Caoimhghin O’Caolain TD seemed detached from the reality of his party’s history with child rape.
In recent times Sinn Fein have tried desperately to cover-up the fact that many of their members have engaged in the rape and sexual abuse of children. This cover-up was heightened when Liam Dominic Adams, brother of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams TD, was exposed as a child rapist by his daughter Aine Tyrrell. Liam Adams will face an extradition hearing in the High Court in Dublin on the 26th July 2011, in relation to allegations that he raped his daughter Aine from she was four years old.
Gerry Adams said he believed his niece when she made the allegations in 1987. However, Liam Adams went onto become a prominent figure in Sinn Féin. As chairman of the Louth comhairle ceantair in 1996, he was the party's most senior official in the county.
He canvassed with Gerry Adams in the 1997 Dáil elections and went on to hold positions, including treasurer of a cumann, in West Belfast despite previous claims from his brother that he had long been expelled from Sinn Féin. So while Gerry Adams and known, and by his own public admission, believed that his brother Liam was a child rapist, Gerry continued to offer succour and promote Liam within the republican movement.
However, Liam Dominic Adams is not the only skeleton in the Sinn Fein/IRA wardrobe, Michael Marron a Sinn Fein/IRA activist from Barcroft Park in Newry who ran a smear campaign against former IRA man, turned peace campaigner, Eamon Collins (murdered by the IRA 1999) pleaded guilty and was sentenced to several years in prison for raping a female child in Newry. Marron like many hundreds of others had used his unquestioned position in Sinn Fein/IRA to carry out his evil deeds against little children.
It is well known that an IRA ‘punishment squad’ that operated out of Drumargh Park in Armagh City was made up of child rapists and paedophiles who were given a free hand as many of them were informers, this group was made up of members from Armagh and Monaghan and its informers never severed one day in jail.
In Monaghan Town, Brendan Toal, father of Monaghan, Sinn Fein Councillor, Malachy Toal was arrested and questioned on two occasions in relation to separate instances of child molestation at Mullaghmatt housing estate in Monaghan Town. As the children sexually molested were only 4 years old the DPP decided the children would not be able to give evidence in an open court. Indeed in 2000 Donna Toal, Malachy Toal’s daughter set herself up as a campaigner for victims of sexual crime, however, at the very time that she was ‘campaigning’ her own cousin on her mother’s side of the family was before Monaghan Circuit Court for the systematic sexual abuse of his two nieces.
Sinn Fein and the IRA in Belfast have had a long history with child abuse and rape, Gerry Adams Snr, father of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams TD was a known child rapist, but his crimes were concealed by Sinn Fein and the IRA and he was actually given a full IRA military funeral.
The OC of the provisional IRA in north Belfast used his position on many occasions to rape and molest women and children, when victims did go forward to the authorities these victims and their families were forced out of the area by Sinn Fein/IRA, this pattern was repeated in all areas where Sinn Fein/IRA wielded power.
In Armagh County it is known that several women and children were raped by an IRA active service unit, this unit included Aidan Starrs who was a prolific sex offender, all three members of this unit were shot dead by the IRA for being informers, the person who carried out their murders, Freddie Scappactini was in fact an M15 agent and this is now public knowledge.
Martin Forbes (53) from Strabane in County Tyrone was a senior member of Sinn Fein/IRA, he also used the alias Drew, Forbes had been a senior member of the IRA and had served several years in the IRA Blocks at Long Kesh for IRA activity, upon his release Forbes had been selected by the Sinn Fein leadership to run as a candidate in local government elections. Forbes had used his position in Sinn Fein/IRA to sexual molest both women and children.
In stark contrast to the crimes being committed by Sinn Fein/IRA members and being concealed by those organisations, Sinn Fein/IRA actually used their mouth-piece tabloid An Phoblacht/Republican News to lambast people who were outside of Sinn Fein/IRA but who came before the courts for sex related and lesser crimes. While Sinn/Fein IRA were lambasting petty criminals in their tabloid rag, behind closed doors Sinn Fein/IRA from their leadership down were concealing the Rape and sexual molestation of children. Niall O Dowd, Editor, Irish Voice tabloid in New York who has been a cheer leader for Sinn Fein over many years never mentioned any of this Sinn Fein/IRA paedophile activity.
In Dublin several child rapists worked hand in hand with Sinn Fein/IRA, Christy Griffin and Stephen ‘Rossi’ Walsh were key players associated with Sinn Fein/IRA in Dublin, both Christy Griffin and Rossi Walsh are now serving long sentences for child rape. The list of child molesters and rapists exposed in Sinn Fein/IRA over the years is endless; however, those who protected these rapists and concealed their crimes remain at large.
One stands amazed that so-called republicans can justify concealing the rape of children and protecting their rapists, however, one must remember that Sinn Fein/IRA is an organisation that has for four-decades been engaged in the kidnap, rape, murder, mutilation and torture of men, women and children the length and breadth of Ireland.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Armagh Hotels, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

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Armagh City Hotel, 2 Friary Road, Armagh, Co. Antrim BT60 4FR

Kilkenny Hotels, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Hotels
Club House Hotel, Patrick Street, Kilkenny
Days Hotel Kilkenny, Springhill, Smithsland South, Kilkenny
Hotel Kilkenny, College Road, Kilkenny
Kilford Arms Hotel, John Street, Kilkenny
Kilkenny Hibernian Hotel, 1 Ormonde Street, Kilkenny City
Kilkenny House Hotel, Freshford Road, Talbot's Inch, Kilkenny
Kilkenny Inn Hotel, 15 / 16 Vicar Street, Kilkenny
Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Ormonde Street, Kilkenny
Kilkenny River Court, The Bridge, John Street, Kilkenny
Langton House Hotel, 67 - 69 John Street, Kilkenny
Lyrath Estate Hotel, Spa & Convention Centre, Dublin Road, Kilkenny
Mount Juliet Conrad, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny
Newpark Hotel, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny
Springhill Court Hotel, Conference, Leisure & Spa Hotel, Waterford Road, Kilkenny
Troysgate House, Vicar Street, Kilkenny
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Lacken House, Dublin Road, Kilkenny
The Bailey, 10 Parliament Street, Kilkenny City
The Glendine Inn, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenn
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The Laurels B&B, College Road, Kilkenny
Zuni Restaurant & Townhouse, 26 Patrick Street, Kilkenny City

Louth Hotels, County Louth, Ireland

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Ballymascanlon House Hotel, Carlingford Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Boyne Valley Hotel & Country Club, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Crowne Plaza Dundalk, Green Park, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Fairways Hotel & Conference Centre, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Four Seasons Hotel & Leisure Club, Carlingford, Co. Louth
Park Inn Dundalk, Carnbeg, Armagh Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth
The D Hotel, Scotch Hall, Drogheda, Co. Louth
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Keernaun House, Greengates, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Lismar Guesthouse, 8 - 9 Stapleton Place, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Cavan Hotels, County Cavan, Ireland

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Cabra Castle Hotel, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan
Cavan Crystal Hotel, Dublin Road, Cavan Town, Co. Cavan
Errigal Country House Hotel, Cavan Road, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Hotel Kilmore, Dublin Road, Cavan Town, Co. Cavan
Park Manor House Hotel & Estate, Virginia, Co. Cavan
Radisson SAS, Farnham Estate Hotel, Co. Cavan
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Keepers Arms, Bridge Street, Bawnboy, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan

Dissident Charges Derry

One of three men accused of having a bomb in a car in Londonderry has claimed he only found the device in the road and was taking it to a local priest.

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Eamon Cassidy - 49 and from Glenfada Park in the city - was arrested alongside two other men, after police intercepted their car on the Buncrana Road on Monday.
Officers were investigating alleged dissident republican activity in the area, close to the border with Co Donegal, when they stopped the vehicle and found the bomb.

Cassidy and his two co-accused - 54-year-old Eugene McLoone from Abercorn Road and 46-year-old Danny Doyle from Quarry Street - are all charged with possessing an improvised explosive device with intent to endanger life.
Doyle previously served a prison sentence in the 1990s after arms and explosives were found in his house.
The trio appeared at Bishop Street Courthouse on Thursday amid tight security.
A detective told the court that Cassidy claimed he was the one to find the bomb and that he was worried children may find and play with it - so he was taking it to a priest.
He claims he was given a lift by McLoone, who drove past in his car accompanied by Doyle.
A defence solicitor said that, according to Cassidy, the other men didn't even know he had the bomb with him.
But District Judge Barney McElholm said the defendants' version of events completely lacked credibility and he refused bail.
As the defendants were led from the dock, members of the public stood up and applauded.

Dublin Safest Roads in Europe

Dublin now has the safest roads of any capital city in Europe, it has been claimed.
Just seven people to date have been killed on Dublin’s road this year and none since June. By this stage last year 13 people had been killed.
At the unveiling of a Garda casualty reduction implementation plan, which will include a crackdown on jaywalking, the head of the Road Safety Authority (RSA)Noel Brett said recent figures showed how successful Dublin had been in reducing the number of road accident victims.
According to the European Transport Safety Council report, Dublin has achieved a 12 per cent annual reduction in casualty numbers in the last 10 years.
Mr Brett said the reduction was down to several issues including greater enforcement by the garda traffic corps, the ban on HGV trucks in the city centre and a huge increase in the volume of cyclists which tend to slow down motorists.
Chief Superintendent Alan Reid of the Dublin Metropolitan Division said the controversial 30 kilometre enforcement zone in Dublin city centre was proving to be a success.
He cited international research which shows that just 5 per cent of those who are hit at 30kph are killed which rises to 45 per cent at 50kph and 85 per cent for those hit by a motorist driving at 60kph.
However, he said it was being implemented as a traffic calming measure rather than as an enforcement measure. “We’re looking for compliance strictly in that area,” he said. “I believe the 30 kilometre zone has been very helpful in focusing people’s minds as they move into the vulnerable area where pedestrian and pedal cyclists are meeting the car driver.”
It has also emerged that the number of road fatalities in the country in general is likely to dip below the 200 mark for the first time ever this year. To date 136 people have been killed on Irish roads in 2011. The equivalent figure this time last year was 151.
Nevertheless, the gardai will introduce a casualty reduction implementation plan from Saturday for eight weeks to coincide with the months of October and November when traditionally there is a spike in accidents.
The campaign will be particularly focused on speeding especially in 30kph and 50kph zones and gardai on bicycles will enforce jaywalking particularly at busy junctions where pedestrians are likely to break the lights.
Vulnerable road users will be targeted through education to include the use of safety messages on both Dublin City Council and National Roads Authority VMS signs and more awareness campaigns, most notably a “It won’t happen to me” road safety programme at senior secondary school level.

Hotels Dublin Hotels, George Frederic Handle Hotel Temple Bar

The George Frederic Handle Hotel is one of Dublin’s premiere Hotels located in Temple Bar, the cultural heart of Dublin.

The George Frederic Handel Hotel is located on Fishamble Street in Temple bar. Although the hotel was built in 1996, it is located on one of the most historically significant streets in Dublin. The George Frederic Handel Hotel offers contemporary living space complemented by tasteful interior design.

The site on which the George Frederic Handel Hotel now stands, once housed the music hall where Handel’s “Messiah” was first performed. To this day, Handel’s famous work is still recited once a year right outside the front door of the George Frederic Handel Hotel.

Our beautifully appointed 3 star hotel with 5 star services boasts individually appointed and upgraded rooms. All of our bedrooms are en-suite with bath and shower, flat screen 26” satellite TV, direct dial telephone, hot beverage facilities and crisp white linen. We can offer Double, Twin and Triple rooms or if you need a little more space, we can facilitate you in one of our executive doubles.

While the George Frederic Handel Hotel is in the heart of Ireland’s cultural capital, Our Tour guide will show you that nature, history and culture are all at your fingertips when you stay at The George Frederic Handel.

Autumn Leaves

When you have checked into your comfortable room, why not enjoy Our Tour. As you step out the front door of the George Frederick you will notice across the street, the modern architectural structure that is the civic offices for Dublin City Council. The council during construction of these tastefully designed civic offices ensured that their limited outdoor space was landscaped for your enjoyment. You can sit quietly on the granite seating provided for your convenience, as you enjoy a good book or simply listen to the flow of the ancient River Liffey.

Dublin City Council

Having enjoyed the civic space at the Dublin County Council offices you may wish to enter the Contemporary Music Centre which is positioned to the back of the Council offices at 19 Fishamble Street, this music collective offers library and shop facilities for visitors, there is always something going on at the Contemporary Music Centre and visitors are always welcomed.

Christchurch

Christchurch Cathedral sits at the top of Fishamble Street, this is a magnificent building dating back to 1030, and we know this date as the earliest manuscript dates Christchurch Cathedral to its present location around 1030, when you visit this national treasure make sure to take a tour of the Bell Tower, breath-taking. By this stage you will be ready for a break, and why not simply retire to Darkey Kellys Pub which is just up the street from the George Frederick Handel Hotel, enjoy lunch, evening tea or simply a beverage of your choice.

Darky Kellys

Stroll at your leisure through Temple Bar; use your camera to record the variety of traditional Irish pubs, theatres, Art and so forth that is on offer. If you are lucky enough to be in Temple Bar at the weekend you can enjoy the weekly open air markets that are held in the various squares for your perusal.

Street Market

Your journey will all depend on the day and time you are staying at the George Frederic Handle Hotel, however, let’s assume you are free during the day to have a walk about, and then Dublin Castle has to be a must on your journey. Dublin Castle was the seat of British colonialism in Ireland for centuries; however, we are grateful to have this Historical giant in our national heritage as it is now home to many national and international treasures including the Chester Beatty Library.
Dublin Castle

The Chester Beatty Library (entry FREE) is home to some of the most treasured literature in the world and is made up of the lifelong collection of Sir Chester Beatty, to walk through the Chester Beatty Library is to walk through time, cultures and traditions, now almost lost to time and memory. Dublin Castle has daily guided tours, in which participants will be given a clear and concise history of the role of Dublin Castle over the centuries.

Also housed within the walls of the grounds of Dublin Castle are the tranquil gardens that pay tribute and commemorate those members of our national police service (An Garda Siochana) who have fallen while serving our country. This beautifully landscaped garden also houses a monument to Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin who was murdered by drug dealers in 1996.

Chester Beatty Library

By now you will be tired and ready to relax for an hour, why not call into the Project Arts Centre in Temple Bar, here many shows can be enjoyed Free, while others may have a small charge attached they are all contributing to the survival of culture and art in Ireland and your support by visiting or participating are graciously invited.

While Temple Bar is home to many fine eating houses and traditional Irish pubs, The Italian Corner Restaurant is a highly recommended location for great food, world class service and value for money. By now you may want to retire to the comfort of your room at the George Frederic Handel Hotel, if you wish to do some late evening socialising, the funky Mezz Bar is recommended.

Mezz Bar

Option 2
Walk It and Talk It: I love walking in Dublin, one of my favourite walks is to start in Dame Lane, view City Hall, the wonderful Dublin Castle Court Yards, Garda Memorial Garden (a monument to Irish heroes), Chester Beatty Library, Isolde’s Tower (13th Century), the Viking Longship Memorial, Viking archaeological pavement sculptures, the site of the first performance of Handel’s Messiah, George Frederic Handel Hotel, the courtyard of Christ Church Cathedral, St Audoen’s Church (Norman), City Walls (12th Century), Dublin City Council Offices, the Four Courts, St Michan’s Church (Viking period) and the Crypt for Mummies tour and finish at the Old Jameson Whiskey Distillery.

Martin McGuinness Diaries


The above Diaries which were maintained by a member of the East Tyrone IRA contain details of Martin McGuinness being arrested in Monaghan in 1986, they also contain details of Martin McGuinness attending a meeting in Monaghan in 1987 following the Enniskillen bombing on the 8th November that year. The diaries detail how Martin McGuinness in the presence of other IRA members shook hands with and congratulated the Monaghan man who constructed and planted the Enniskillen bomb that murdered 11 people including a young nurse who died in her father’s arms. The Enniskillen bomb was direct and intentional retaliation for the summary executions of eight IRA members and a civilian by the SAS at Loughgall earlier that year.
McGuinness explained to those senior IRA gathered at the Monaghan meeting, that while he was personally satisfied with the Enniskillen attack, the leadership would have to issue a statement through An Phoblacht distancing themselves from the civilian deaths. The IRA member who constructed and planted the Enniskillen bomb had been reared in a council housing estate (Tully) in Monaghan Town with IRA commander Jim Lynagh who had been executed at Loughgall, and who had been betrayed by an informer based in Monaghan Town. The republican leadership statement issued in relation to the Enniskillen bombing was written by a senior Sinn Fein member from Monaghan Town and was released by (PO’Neil) which was the sudo-name for a leading republican who was based on the third floor of 44 Parnell Square, Dublin.
Martin McGuinness, who was arrested in Smithboro, County Monaghan in 1986 when he had just attended a meeting with East Tyrone IRA commander Kevin McKenna has been endorsed as Sinn Fein’s candidate for the presidential election. However, while Martin McGuinness accepts that he was a senior figure in the Provisional IRA he denies responsibility for directly or indirectly murdering anyone. This is a comprehensive lie; Martin McGuinness personally and directly was involved in the murder of at least 23 people and gave the command for the murders of dozens of more people mainly civilians (Read this FREE e-Book).
Martin and a close relative overseen and was directly responsible for taking the family of Patrick ‘Patsy’ Gillespie hostage in 1990, strapping Patrick Gillespie into a car that was carrying a 1000lb bomb and forcing Patrick to drive that bomb into the British Army base at Coshquin, Martin McGuinness and his IRA unit then detonated the bomb by remote control and thereby murdering Patrick and five soldiers from the Kings Regiment. Patrick Gillespie was a Catholic who had worked as a civilian cook in an army base, this tactic of targeting civilians who carried out menial work for the British had been sanctioned by Martin McGuinness, Kevin McKenna and others in 1986 and was mainly directed at terrorising the Protestant population in the north.
When Martin McGuinness arrived in Smithboro in 1986 it was to visit Kevin ‘The Assassin’ McKenna the Provisional IRA commander of the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional IRA and later IRA Chief of Staff, under whose command operated Jim Lynagh, Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kelly, Michael ‘Pete’ Ryan and so forth, who collectively had murdered hundreds of people in the border counties of Fermanagh, Tyrone and Armagh as well as murdering Gabriel Murphy, Columbia McVeigh (school boy) and many other innocent civilians on the southern side of the border.
Mc Guinness had travelled to Monaghan in 1986 to ratify a new ‘military’ strategy that would allow for the specific and intentional, yet ‘justifiable’ targeting of Protestants. This new strategy which was based on a Maoist philosophy adopted by IRA Commander Jim Lynagh while in Portlaoise Prison would mean that anyone who in any way supported the British presence in the North could be directly and intentionally targeted. So a man delivering bread, or a woman cleaning the toilets in an RUC station would be as legitimate a target as a fully armed SAS soldier.
When Mc Guinness had concluded his meeting with McKenna (who was living in a mobile home at that time) and other senior IRA members in Smithboro in 1986 Mc Guinness was arrested, however, he was quickly released again when a senior M16 Agent, Michael Oakley contacted Garda Headquarters in the Phoenix Park. A Garda detective who had been involved in the preparations for the interrogation of McGuinness in 1986 said:
“It was all done over our head; we were told in no uncertain terms that the British authorities wanted McGuinness released without charge”.
Sinn Féin has formally endorsed Martin McGuinness as its Presidential candidate at a top-level meeting in Dublin last week; Martin McGuinness remains a senior member of the Provisional IRA, however, due to his long standing close links with M16 the British have adopted a hands off approach to senior Provisional IRA members, and in particular Martin McGuinness who is viewed as a key Intelligence asset.
While McGuinness has said he was ready to tackle questions about the IRA during the campaign. He said he believed he had played a key role in ending the decades of violence and wanted to look to a new future, however, Martin’s denial of murder is fraudulent as is the claim by Gerry Adams TD that he was never a member of the IRA.
On the prospect of meeting British royalty if he was to become Ireland’s figurehead, McGuinness has said: “If the people of Ireland decided that I should be their president, my responsibilities and duties would be to meet heads of state from all over the world and to do that without exception, and that would be my position.”
Opponents have already said his former IRA role could become a roadblock and could spark campaign debates that risked upsetting victims of republican violence.
“I hope it does not,” he said. “No doubt there will be people within the media, particularly the hostile media, who will attempt to do just that.”
Mr McGuinness said the same prospect had faced Gerry Adams when he moved into politics in the South, but it had not prevented him winning a seat in the general election.
He added: “The past is a terrible place but I think I am seen very much as a part of the future. This is about new beginnings and I have been at the heart of new beginnings.”
Sinn Féin said it had the backing of four Independent TDs to ensure Mr McGuinness could stand in the election.
With 17 Sinn Féin Oireachtas members, he needed at least three extra signatures on his nomination paper.
TDs supporting his nomination are Dublin North Central’s Finian McGrath, Roscommon-South Leitrim’s Luke “Ming” Flanagan, and Kerry South’s Tom Fleming and Michael Healy Rae.
Independents Mary Davis and Sean Gallagher officially became candidates on Monday after each secured the necessary support.
They are on course to fight it out with front-runner Michael D Higgins, of Labour, and Fine Gael’s Gay Mitchell.
Independent senator David Norris said in a Late Late Show interview on Friday night that he would like to re-enter the race, having previously dropped out.
Child Abuse and Sinn Fein
Liam Adams Extradition
Sinn Fein and the IRA have a long history in relation to the torture, murder, mutilation and rape of children. The IRA kidnapping, torture, murder and secret burial of school boy Columbia Mc Veigh in Monaghan in the early 1970s showed clearly that Sinn Fein and the IRA have more in common with the Moore’s murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. The body of Columbia Mc Veigh has never been found, although the IRA have admitted that they murdered and secretly buried the child in Monaghan.
Liam Dominic Adams, brother of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams TD appeared before the Dublin High Court on Tuesday 26th July 2011 for an extradition hearing. Liam Dominic Adams is wanted in Northern Ireland for the alleged Rape of his daughter Aine when she was four years old. Gerry Adams TD has already admitted that he knew about the alleged Rape since the 1980s and that he believed his niece Aine when she told him that Liam had Raped her over a number of years, beginning when she was four years old. However, Gerry Adams TD did not report the matter to the authorities and it was only in 2007 when Gerry Adams realised that Aine would no longer remain silent that he made a statement to the PSNI through his solicitor.
Liam Adams was a senior member of both the IRA and Sinn Fein in Belfast and Dundalk, long after Gerry Adams TD knew about his brother’s alleged Rape of a child, Gerry Adams continued to promote Liam within the republican movement, giving Liam unquestioned access to children both in Belfast and Dundalk. Gerry Adams TD also concealed the fact that his father Gerry Adams Snr was a child rapist and then proceeded to give his father a full IRA funeral to further compound the hurt of those children raped by Gerry Adams Snr.
Child Rape and Sinn Fein
As the Cloyne Report was published 16/7/2011 one could not help but feel sick at the comments by some Sinn Fein politicians who seem to think that Sinn Fein have clean hands when it comes to the rape of children and the cover-ups of child rape in Ireland. Caoimhghin O’Caolain TD seemed detached from the reality of his party’s history with child rape.
In recent times Sinn Fein have tried desperately to cover-up the fact that many of their members have engaged in the rape and sexual abuse of children. This cover-up was heightened when Liam Dominic Adams, brother of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams TD, was exposed as a child rapist by his daughter Aine Tyrrell. Liam Adams will face an extradition hearing in the High Court in Dublin on the 26th July 2011, in relation to allegations that he raped his daughter Aine from she was four years old.
Gerry Adams said he believed his niece when she made the allegations in 1987. However, Liam Adams went onto become a prominent figure in Sinn Féin. As chairman of the Louth comhairle ceantair in 1996, he was the party's most senior official in the county.
He canvassed with Gerry Adams in the 1997 Dáil elections and went on to hold positions, including treasurer of a cumann, in West Belfast despite previous claims from his brother that he had long been expelled from Sinn Féin. So while Gerry Adams and known, and by his own public admission, believed that his brother Liam was a child rapist, Gerry continued to offer succour and promote Liam within the republican movement.
However, Liam Dominic Adams is not the only skeleton in the Sinn Fein/IRA wardrobe, Michael Marron a Sinn Fein/IRA activist from Barcroft Park in Newry who ran a smear campaign against former IRA man, turned peace campaigner, Eamon Collins (murdered by the IRA 1999) pleaded guilty and was sentenced to several years in prison for raping a female child in Newry. Marron like many hundreds of others had used his unquestioned position in Sinn Fein/IRA to carry out his evil deeds against little children.
It is well known that an IRA ‘punishment squad’ that operated out of Drumargh Park in Armagh City was made up of child rapists and paedophiles who were given a free hand as many of them were informers, this group was made up of members from Armagh and Monaghan and its informers never severed one day in jail.
In Monaghan Town, Brendan Toal, father of Monaghan, Sinn Fein Councillor, Malachy Toal was arrested and questioned on two occasions in relation to separate instances of child molestation at Mullaghmatt housing estate in Monaghan Town. As the children sexually molested were only 4 years old the DPP decided the children would not be able to give evidence in an open court. Indeed in 2000 Donna Toal, Malachy Toal’s daughter set herself up as a campaigner for victims of sexual crime, however, at the very time that she was ‘campaigning’ her own cousin on her mother’s side of the family was before Monaghan Circuit Court for the systematic sexual abuse of his two nieces.
Sinn Fein and the IRA in Belfast have had a long history with child abuse and rape, Gerry Adams Snr, father of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams TD was a known child rapist, but his crimes were concealed by Sinn Fein and the IRA and he was actually given a full IRA military funeral.
The OC of the provisional IRA in north Belfast used his position on many occasions to rape and molest women and children, when victims did go forward to the authorities these victims and their families were forced out of the area by Sinn Fein/IRA, this pattern was repeated in all areas where Sinn Fein/IRA wielded power.
In Armagh County it is known that several women and children were raped by an IRA active service unit, this unit included Aidan Starrs who was a prolific sex offender, all three members of this unit were shot dead by the IRA for being informers, the person who carried out their murders, Freddie Scappactini was in fact an M15 agent and this is now public knowledge.
Martin Forbes (53) from Strabane in County Tyrone was a senior member of Sinn Fein/IRA, he also used the alias Drew, Forbes had been a senior member of the IRA and had served several years in the IRA Blocks at Long Kesh for IRA activity, upon his release Forbes had been selected by the Sinn Fein leadership to run as a candidate in local government elections. Forbes had used his position in Sinn Fein/IRA to sexual molest both women and children.
In stark contrast to the crimes being committed by Sinn Fein/IRA members and being concealed by those organisations, Sinn Fein/IRA actually used their mouth-piece tabloid An Phoblacht/Republican News to lambast people who were outside of Sinn Fein/IRA but who came before the courts for sex related and lesser crimes. While Sinn/Fein IRA were lambasting petty criminals in their tabloid rag, behind closed doors Sinn Fein/IRA from their leadership down were concealing the Rape and sexual molestation of children. Niall O Dowd, Editor, Irish Voice tabloid in New York who has been a cheer leader for Sinn Fein over many years never mentioned any of this Sinn Fein/IRA paedophile activity.
In Dublin several child rapists worked hand in hand with Sinn Fein/IRA, Christy Griffin and Stephen ‘Rossi’ Walsh were key players associated with Sinn Fein/IRA in Dublin, both Christy Griffin and Rossi Walsh are now serving long sentences for child rape. The list of child molesters and rapists exposed in Sinn Fein/IRA over the years is endless; however, those who protected these rapists and concealed their crimes remain at large.
One stands amazed that so-called republicans can justify concealing the rape of children and protecting their rapists, however, one must remember that Sinn Fein/IRA is an organisation that has for four-decades been engaged in the kidnap, rape, murder, mutilation and torture of men, women and children the length and breadth of Ireland.