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17 December 1998 Edition

An mhonamáine Oráisteach á chreimeadh

17 December 1998

Tuigeann cách gurb é doicheall an UUP glacadh le hionadaithe Shinn Féin ar an bhfeidhmeannas ó thuaidh an dris chosáin atá sa bhealach ar fheidhmiú an Chomhaontaithe. Is í an fhadhb atá acu a bheith in aon chomh-aireacht le Sinn Féin ar chor ar bith. Ní ``coimisiúnú'' ná polaitíocht Shinn Féin atá ag cur as don UUP. Níl ann ach biogóideacht. Free article

Workers in struggle: The lessons of history

17 December 1998

1998 is not yet gone and An Phoblacht is writing its history. The disadvantages in doing this are that it is perhaps too early to get a true perspective of where 1998 fits into the greater scheme of Irish history. The advantages are that by recording the key events of 1998 now we can remember the crucial lessons before time and other factors dilute their potency. Free article

Remembering the Past: The final run from the `98 presses

17 December 1998

Mícheál O Riain looks at some of the best and some of the rest of the hundreds of books on 1798 published in this bicentenary year Free article

Back issue: Banned Christmas sign goes up

17 December 1998

Irish language enthusiasts in West Belfast have gone ahead and placed an Irish language sign on top of Andersonstown Leisure Centre despite a decision by the Unionist-dominated Leisure Services Committee at Belfast City Hall that permission for it was being refused on the grounds that Irish should not be publicly displayed. Free article

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New in print: A bag of books.... a cache of CDs

17 December 1998

Mícheál MacDonncha reviews highlights of this year's reading and listening Free article

Television: Bah! Humbug! Christmas on the couch

17 December 1998

From deep in the heart of the Free State, Seán O'Donaile puts up a forty foot aerial and tells you what's on TV this Christmas Free article

Editor's desk

17 December 1998

In the week that David Trimble talked of Sinn Féin ``drinking from the dark stream of fascism'' (see Micheál MacDonncha's piece on Trimble's Nobel speech) the satirical magazine Private Eye carried a revealing little report on some of David's political allies.

A black tie dinner was held by the Holborn and St Pancras Conservative Association. ``After the meal the president rose to... Free article

Dúirt siad...

17 December 1998

The week in quotes.... Free article


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