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In T h e Haughey Mould
T H E SLOGAN which dominated the R.D.S. during the Fianna Fail Ardfheis at the weekend had its own blend of subtle double-meaning to catch the attention of a wide spectrum of voters, outside the party, while at the same time forcing all of us to look anew at the largest party in the state that has had more than its share of internal troubles in recent years. All the shadows of those turbalent events, in the period after Mr. Charles J. Haughey became leader, may not yet be dispersed. There are, undoubtedly, some people within Fianna Fail and outside it, who will endeavour to keep the old sores open. Yet whatever eke has to be said about the past twelve months, and the latest Ardfheis, it was quite clear that the greater part of the internal challenge had disappeared, or gone to ground, or simply accepted the realities. Fianna Fail is now very much a party in the Haughey mould. Let us state, therefore, at once, that all may still not be well in every corner of F.F. activity. Far too many of the speeches, the "solutions" and the criticisms of current Government failings were old hat, that have either been found wanting when tried in the past, or had not been tried at all by Fianna Fail when they were in Government and in a position to do something about them. That is, perhaps, the nature of Opposition criticism, especially in a year where we are facing into the Euro-elections that will give the public an opportunity to pass a verdict on Labour and Fine Gael, while at the same time not providing an opportunity to change the government. It was former F.F. Minister, Neil Blaney...also taking on the Haughey party in the Euro-poll in Connacht/Ulster...who said at the week-end that a Government is only as good as its Opposition, and that judged by that standard, then Fianna Fail have not got all their act together yet. On the other hand, the Ardfheis performance of this year was a big improvement on the in-fighting of the past half-decade. Fianna Fail would seem to be rapidly getting back to work. Whether they can do the same for the country is another question. It must also be said that last weekend's Ardfheis displayed a number of significant policy shifts or renewed inputs that are worth pursuing in the months ahead. These include the direct call on the President of the United States (any President, and not simply Mr. Reagan) to openly commit that great democracy on the issue of Irish partition. Mr. Haughey also re-affirmed Irish committment to neutrality while stressing that there would be no watering down of the historic claim to full Irish independence as part of the Forum's report. He rightly and bluntly, asserted that ultimate British withdrawal from Irish affairs was an essential and specific part of any final overall solution of our national question. In fact, the clear-cut articulation of so many of the basic requirements that are necessary for a place among the nations of the earth, will give Fianna Fail so much to be going on with, that many of the details run the risk of being ignored. Things like the interesting and very practical suggestion from Robert Molloy to mix public and private home ownership. All in all, a positive weekend. Fianna Fail must now convince the electorate that, if returned to power, they would actually be as effective, radical and efficient in government as they claim they would be, while in Opposition.

500 YEARS
"Sturdie Beggers and Younge Fellowes"
Galway's reputation as a centre of education goes back many centuries. It caused problems even in the early seventeenth century because of the number of students in the city at that time. The corporation was some what unsympathetic as their ordinance of 1629 shows:

Industrial Exhibition April 13-15
The G a l w a y 84 Industrial Exhibition was l a u n c h e d at a reception in the Chamber of C o m m e r c e and Industry Offices on Monday evening. The Mayor, Dr. Michael Leahy, said it was his "pleasant duty to wish the Exhibition every success and to congrat ulate the people who have made it a success over the last five years". Mr. John C o y l e , President of the Chamber of Commerce thanked the organising committee, Eamon Geary, Gervase Watson, Barry Condron, Seosamh O hOgartaigh, Noel Smithwick and its Chairman, Toe Hanlev. This Exhibition which will display goods and services made and available in Galway to business people and to the citizens has been very successful in the past and is a major achievement of the Chamber of Com merce and Industry in its

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"Whereas divers sturdie beggers and younge fellowes pretending themselves to be schollers doe daily in great numbers flocke and resorte to this townefrom all partes of the kingome, which is not onely dangerous to the Corporacion by harbouring such multitudes and unknowne straunge personnes, but also disableth the inhabittantes from haveing anie meanes to relieve their own people or such younge schollers of the birth of the towne, who have a desire to studie and learne: It is therefore ordered in oppen courte, by common consent, that such forreigne beggars and all pretended schollers beinge borne out of this towne and countie therof and not licenced by the Maior or Sheriffes, shall with all expedicion be conveyed by TWO EVENTS prompt us to write this week about the situation in Nicaragua in the severall constables of the context of the proposed visit by Mr. Reagan to this country. the frauncheses into the The first is a statement issued by two of our fellow citizens, Mr. John Arden way leading towards their and Ms. Margaretta D'arcy, who have recently returned from that country owne native countrie, with which they visited with a delegation of artists and writers. Their assessment of directions that if any (of) the situation is that the U.S. Government is trying to destabilise the new regime them or any other forraine and , particularly with the mining of the ports, to disrupt the economy. They beggar or poore scholler doe point out that Nicaragua is not a Marxist-Leninist dictatorship and that whatever returne thereunto againe restrictions operate there at the moment are almost entirely due to pressure without licence, as being exerted by the C.I.A. backed contras from Honduras and Costa Rica. aforesaid, that they shall be The actions they call for are the expected ones: moral, political and financial whipped out of this towne that the support for a country under siege. More specifically they ask that in the year of and countie, the U.S. presidential election that the American Government be left in no doubt porters of anie gate through as to Ireland's attitude to the policy of intervention and subversion in Central which anie such beg(ger) or America. It is not often that Ms. D'arcy, Mr. Arden and Bishop Casey agree. poore scholler shall come shall forefeit five (pounds) The second event which directs our attention to this issue is the fact that sterling as a t(ine) to the another of our citizens (who said we were provincial?) has been invited in the Corporacion for his or their company of such distinguished people as the Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia negligence in suffering Marquez and the film maker Costa Gavras to take part in an international (them) to come to the delegation to the United Nations on behalf of Nicaragua. Senator Higgins, as a towne, to be leavyed by member of the Nicaragua Support Group, hopes to meet both the U.N. distresse or action of debt, Secretary General and the Speaker of the American House of Representatives and to be further punished to express the concern of public opinion in Europe about American policy in at the Maior's discrecion.

job of p r o m o t i n g Industry. Mr. Coyle said that Galway has come well through the recession so far, thanks to the hard work of t h o s e in manufacturing and service industry and organisations, and the strong support given by the I.D.A., Udaras na Gaeltachta and the County D e v e l o p m e n t Team. It is important to keep going well and to promote Galway as a centre for new industry and its attendant services, and to emphasise the good points of the City with the University, the R.T.C. and the excellent medical services foremost among them. Promoting indus try and commerce in Galway is the Chamber's main function. It is a voluntary body and has the independence of action, the breadth of experience and the active enthusiasm which are

essential ingredients to Regional Development. The Chamber is involved in the development of Galway and will continue to be so. The Conference on Enterprise Develop ment, the commitment to the infrastructural develment of the airport, the plans for an Enterprise Centre and for a Venture Capital Fund for new e n t e r p r i s e is ample evidence of that. And if you need any further evidence to convince you of the central position of the Chamber of Com merce and Industry, and of its members in the economy of the West, come and see the Galway 84 Industrial Exhibition at Leisureland, Salthill, from Friday, 13th April, to Sunday, 15th. F i n a l l y , M r . Joe Hanley thanked the E x h i b i t i o n Sponsors, Bank of Ireland, Udaras na Gaeltachta, and the Industrial Authority.

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Galway Chamber of Commerce Industrial Exhibition Committee who have arranged the Quincentennial Exhibition at Leisureland from April 13th. Back row (L/R) Seosamh O hOgartaigh, N. Smithwick, P.R.O.; John Coyle, Chamber President; Eamorni Geary, Secretary; Joe Hanley, Committee Chairman; Front: Barry Condron and Gervase Watson, Treasurer.

Central America. We need to be reminded -- and to remind our politicians -- that we have every right to an independent foreign policy and to express solidarity with those who are enduring the kind of historical experience with which we ourselves have been familiar. Important questions are raised by Arden, Higgins and D'arcy. They come to a focus in the proposed visit to our city by the U.S. President. Bluntly, if we welcome Mr. Reagan, are we thereby acquiescing in his foreign policy? Or can we hold these feelings to ourselves (if indeed thay are generally shared) and remembering the warmth and friendship always extended to Ireland from America, throw out out arms in welcome? We fed that this dilemna is sufficiently complex and important to merit serious discussion. The editor wishes to open a debate on the issue -- rather as we did on the recent Amendment -- and hereby invites all those for and against the Visit to state their case to the people of Galway for a special supplement which will appear in the Advertiser at a future date.

liste to the Maior, for the time being, of all their schollers and of what places thy name themselves; otherwise any such maister neglecting to performe this, to forefeit term shillinges to be levyed by distress or accion of debt, as aforesaid. Thomas P . O'Neill.

"It is likewise ordered, for the better detection and discovery of those forraine beggars, by the consent aforesaid, that everie one of such poore and needie men borne in the towne as shallbe allowed of to begg shal have a leadfen) token or marcke fastened to his capp, to distinguish him from others; and for better knowledge that this order sha(lbe) duely executed, that everie schoole-master shall once everie quarter of a yeare deliver a noate or

covered, beginning with an i n t r o d u c t i o n to Helen Cheiston, 8Vt G a l w a y H i s t o r y by years old and a pupil at Q u i n c e n t e n n i a l Professor T. P. O'Neill on the G l e b e Primary Friday night. Notes School, Pulpord Road, The conference wil be Norton, Stockton-onConference on "Old officially opened by Dr. Tees, Cleaveland, Eng Galway" Michael Leahy, Mayor of land, has written G a l w a y R e g i o n a l Galway, at 7 p.m., on requesting a Pan Pal as Technical College is the Friday, 6th April. she is doing a project on venue for a weekend Admission to this Ireland. Please write to conference on " O l d conference is free and her at her school Galway". Most aspects of open to the general Galway's history will be public

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