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16 January, 1997 |
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Gardai brought heroin into Dublin Heroin sold on the streets of Dublin was imported by a man working for the Garda, An Phoblacht can confirm. Heroin and ecstasy supplies into Dublin in recent years included quantities brought into the country by a drug courier working for the Garda, according to secret Customs documents examined by An Phoblacht. Women's Coalition supports McAliskey bail call also MEP calls for inquiry into ``inhumane' prison conditions, Whitemoor Trial Opens and Dog attack on Belmarsh visitor Women's Coalition supports McAliskey bail call The Six-County Women's Coalition, the women's group set up to fight last year's Stormont elections, has called for Irish prisoner Roisin McAliskey, who is nearly six months pregnant, to be granted bail on humanitarian grounds. Nationalists living in Derry's Waterside are warning that lives will be lost if loyalist attacks on Catholic homes continue. IRA attacks in Belfast and Fermanagh The IRA this week carried out attacks on Crown Forces in Belfast and on an RUC barracks in Tempo, County Fermanagh. IRA attacks in Belfast and Fermanagh The IRA this week carried out attacks on Crown Forces in Belfast and on an RUC barracks in Tempo, County Fermanagh. `Joyriding' scourge of the community As so-called `joyriding' has once again hit epidemic levels in parts of West Belfast, residents in the Twinbrook and Poleglass areas have decided to unite and stop the activities of those involved in stealing and wrecking cars, and jeopardising the lives of local people. `Joyriding' scourge of the community As so-called `joyriding' has once again hit epidemic levels in parts of West Belfast, residents in the Twinbrook and Poleglass areas have decided to unite and stop the activities of those involved in stealing and wrecking cars, and jeopardising the lives of local people. Those responsible for protecting the environment are siding with the chemical industry, says Robert Allen Those responsible for protecting the environment are siding with the chemical industry, says Robert Allen On the day that Patrick Mayhew said he was "very glad'' the loyalist "ceasefire'' was intact the Laurel Glen Roadhouse on the Stewartstown Road in Twinbrook was being cleared after local residents noticed a device attached to a security grill. Community workers targeted again Belfast Sinn Féin councillor Alex Maskey has hit out strongly after the RUC and British army raided the homes of community workers in West Belfast last Thursday 9 January. ``These raids follow a disturbing pattern'', said Maskey. ``They are sanctioned at the highest level''. Since 1980, when nurses had their last pay review, we have consistently been told that we had to wait until times were better |
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