26 June 1997 Edition
A voice for freedom
26 June 1997
The biggest cheer at the Wolfe Tone commemoration in Bodenstown was reserved for Sinn Féin's new TD Caoimhghin O Caoláin. Free article
Sinn Féin to study decommissioning proposals
26 June 1997
British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday announced new proposals which he said were designed to handle the issue of decommissioning and thus facilitate progress to substantive negotiations. Free article
Looking to a republican democracy
26 June 1997
Below is an edited version of the speech by Mid-Ulster MP Martin McGuinness at the annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration at Bodenstown on Sunday 22 June Free article
Stealing the best China
26 June 1997
Brian Campbell explains how Britain came to occupy Hong Kong Free article
Orange Order stoke the flames
26 June 1997
As the Orange Order raises the temperature with plans for an increased number of parades through nationalist areas in the event of another Drumcree stand-off, nationalist communities are taking precautions to ensure basic supplies and services continue. Free article
Phoney ceasefire exposed
26 June 1997
Loyalist spokesperson Billy Hutchinson claimed that a car bombing that almost killed two nationalists in Belfast on Saturday was probably the work of loyalists operating under the Combined Loyalist Military Command. Hutchinson maintained that the bombing had all the hallmarks of a ``measured response'' to the killings of two RUC men in Lurgan last week. Free article