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8 November 2001 Edition

Holy Cross parent takes legal action

8 November 2001

A parent representing the Right to Education Group is taking legal action against the RUC/PSNI and the Secretary of State in the High Court. Free article

Different name, same bigots

8 November 2001

Sunday should have been a day of quiet celebration at the prospect of a new beginning. Except that it wasn't. Sunday should have seen the Royal Ulster Constabulary consigned to a particularly ignominious chapter of Irish history. Only it didn't. Instead, Sunday was the day when the British state thought it would be able to fob off the nationalist community in the Six Counties with the old force in new clothes. Only it can't. Free article

Taxi driver escapes death in Lurgan

8 November 2001

A Catholic taxi driver was lucky to escape death when loyalists opened fire on him as he went to pick up a fare in the Mourneview Estate in Lurgan on Wednesday night, 31 October. Free article

'Colonel J' to face questioning?

8 November 2001

Commenting on newspaper reports that the infamous Colonel 'J' from the Brian Nelson affair is to be questioned by the Stevens team, Sinn Féin's Alex Maskey said: Free article

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RUC allow Orange stunt on Garvaghy Road

8 November 2001

The RUC/PSNI escorted a group of Orangemen through the nationalist Garvaghy Road on Sunday, 4 November. Free article

Delay in criminal justive review unacceptable

8 November 2001

Sinn Féin Criminal Justice spokesperson, Mitchel Mc Laughlin has called on John Reid to publish the Criminal Justice Review Draft Legislation without further delay. Free article


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