18 December 1997 Edition
Derry shut down for Apprentice Boys March
18 December 1997
ON one of the busiest shopping days of the year, the RUC closed off Derry city centre from early Saturday morning to facilitate a march by thousands of Apprentice Boys Free article
A good moment in history
18 December 1997
Everyone agreed it was historic, but whether it was good, bad or indifferent depended largely on your perspective. Emerging from No 10 Downing Street after an hour long meeting with Tony Blair, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams described it as ``a good moment in history''. Free article
Unionists want limited agenda
18 December 1997
THE Stormont talks broke for Christmas on Tuesday with Unionists refusing to agree that everything must be on the table for discussion. Free article
Two hundred years of Irish republicanism
18 December 1997
THE 1798 rebellion was one of the defining moments in modern Irish history. Free article
Councillor and POWs get bullets in post
18 December 1997
TWO republican POWs have recieved threatening Christmas cards in the post containing bullets. Free article
A lifer's Christmas inside
18 December 1997
Harry Maguire, one of the Casement Accused, was arrested in 1988 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1989, in one of the most controversial cases heard in the Six Counties. Free article