14 January 1999 Edition
Scandal of not spending money
14 January 1999
What a scandal! The Christmas trees went up in Dublin's inner city areas which continue to suffer the scourge of heroin. The wreaths were hung on the trees, the mass cards, the tears of those who looked on in silence at the deaths of their friends and neighbours - young people whose lives were destroyed, and little Christmas came and trees came down - to go up again next year, with yet more deaths. Quite unnecessary - quite avoidable. Free article
Right wing tries to derail Colombian talks
14 January 1999
The efforts of the Colombian government and the left-wing Revolutionary Army Forces of Colombia (FARC) to reach some consensus in relation to the beginning of a possible peace process in Colombia could be delayed after the killing of at least 150 peasants by the right-wing United Self-Defence Groups of Colombia (AUC). Free article
Dícoimisiniú Cumhachtaí an `Elite' sa Choimisiún Eorpach
14 January 1999
Caithfidh go dtagann an fearg céanna ort is a dtagann ormsa nuair a chloistear figiúirí ar nós £3.5 billiún d'airgead pobal na h-Eorpa bheith caite go calaoiseach ag lucht cumhachta an Choimisiún Eorpach. Free article
Workers in struggle: Is this the real EU?
14 January 1999
Corruption, cronyism and fraud. These are just three of the charges levied at the door of the EU Commission by the European Parliament this week. After all the hype of the single currency launch in early January another side of how EU institutions operate came into public view. Free article
Back issue: Growing support for men in H-Block
14 January 1999
The growing support for the men `on the blanket' in H-Block has made itself felt in a variety of ways during the past few weeks. Free article
New in print
14 January 1999
New Perspectives on Ireland: Colonialism, Home Rule as Rome Rule and 1798 - Myth and Truth Free article
Cinema: Southpaw
14 January 1999
Boxing has always been a route via which young men from deprived backgrounds make it out of the ghetto, but in Irish boxer Francis Barrett's case, the reality is more complicated. Free article
Television: Rats and sinking ships
14 January 1999
Rat (Channel 4) Lost at Sea (C4) In Memory of Stephen (BBC1) World Darts Championship (BBC2) Free article
Editor's desk
14 January 1999
The News of the World duly obliged with a ranting and raving spread last Sunday. ``We reveal IRA's sickest stunt ever'' they screamed, which, for a British tabloid, is really saying something. They printed... Free article