26 June 2003 Edition
Huff and Puff might blow the house down
26 June 2003
Trimble won last week's Ulster Unionist Council vote, but even his most loyal supporters believe Trimble will, sooner or later, snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, writes LAURA FRIEL. Free article
A new kind of politics
26 June 2003
n the final part of his series of articles exploring the republican vision, An Phoblacht's PAUL O'CONNOR examines the relationship of republicanism to socialism. Free article
Survivors of Symphysiotomy seek justice
26 June 2003
'Survivors of Symphysiotomy' are victims of a surgical procedure practised in Irish hospitals between the 1950s and the 1980s. Free article
Politics in the post-democratic era
26 June 2003
An Phoblacht's ÁINE Ní BHRIAIN talks to Sinn Féin's Director of Elections about the party's political canvass throughout the North. Free article
International
26 June 2003
Iranian dissidents set themselves on fire
A dozen Iranian opposition protestors took the desperate step of setting themselves alight outside European embassies this week to highlight the undemocratic nature of the Iranian regime. One woman in Paris died, while others suffered horrific injuries.
The supporters were protesting raids by French agents in Paris last week, which saw 1,300... Free article
Maith thú Mandela!
26 June 2003
This week, AN DRAOI RUA congratulates Nelson Mandela on receiving his honorary doctorate from NUI, Galway, his acceptance speech on that occasion and for the oration he gave on the opening night of the Special Olympics. Free article