9 April 1998 Edition
SF to study talks deal
9 April 1998
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said on Friday afternoon that the party's negotiating team will take the talks document back to their Ard Chomhairle. ``We will assess the document in the context of our peace strategy: Does it remove the causes of conflict? Can it be developed and is it transitional? As in the past we will approach this development in a positive manner,'' he said. Free article
Roll of Honour
9 April 1998
1st Battalion
Vol Tony Henderson Apr. 4th, 1971
Vol Terence McDermott Oct. 2nd, 1971
Vol Martin Forsythe Oct. 24th, 1971
Vol Tony Jordan June 28th, 1972
Vol John Finucane June 28th, 1972
Vol Francis Hall Aug. 30th, 1973
Vol Gerard Fennell Nov. 8th, 1974
Vol John Rooney Nov. 15th, 1974
Vol Sean McDermott Apr. 5th, 1976
Vol Thomas Kane July 6th,... Free article
Time will tell
9 April 1998
For the formal opening of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, relatives walked from where the original procession was stopped in William Street to the Guildhall, symbolically finishing a march stopped dead by British Paratroopers 26 years ago. Free article
RUC harassment of solicitors ``ongoing''
9 April 1998
The author of the UN report into RUC harassment of solicitors has said that the practises described in the report are ongoing. ``I have had further reports of harassment and this proves that things have not changed,'' he said. Free article
Attacks continue
9 April 1998
The INLA shot dead Trevor Deeney, who had links with the UVF and served a prison sentence for UVF activity in the 1980s, at about 12.15am on Wednesday morning as he arrived home from work. Free article
Walls go up despite nationalist objections
9 April 1998
The decision to build a 200 metre long `peace line' in the Whitewell Road area on the outskirts of North Belfast and plans for another across Ardoyne Road have been bitterly criticised by nationalist residents and local Sinn Fein councillors. They believe the measures behind the planning of both 30 feet high structures reflects the desire by loyalists to ``stake out territory'' that is lying empty due to a population shift by loyalists out of Belfast. Free article