A member of ICON's Drug Addiction Committee in Dublin's north inner city and his son were beaten by Gardai in a shocking new-year demonstration of community relations on Tuesday night, 14 January. Sinn Féin Councillor Christy Burke is calling for an independent inquiry to be set up to investigate ``this brutal assault in police custody''. Free article

DUNGANNON SINN FEIN COUNCILLOR Vincent Kelly has accused the RUC of ``showing a callous disregard for the lives of nationalist children'' after a second hoax bomb find in Dungannon on Wednesday morning 15 January. Free article

A group calling itself the Dungannon Loyalist Association has threatened Catholic business people in Tyrone. A leaflet campaign in Dungannon warned that money spent in Catholic shops could be buying arms for the IRA. It also claimed that 75% of Catholics, including the business community, contribute to the IRA. Free article

Belfast Sinn Féin councillor Alex Maskey has hit out strongly after the RUC and British army raided the homes of community workers in West Belfast last Thursday 9 January. ``These raids follow a disturbing pattern'', said Maskey. ``They are sanctioned at the highest level''. Free article

A KNOWN DRUG DEALER FROM Downpatrick's Meadowlands estate attacked the home of a republican ex-POW on Monday 6 January and threatened to ``cut his throat''. Free article

A group calling itself the Dungannon Loyalist Association has threatened Catholic business people in Tyrone. A leaflet campaign in Dungannon warned that money spent in Catholic shops could be buying arms for the IRA. It also claimed that 75% of Catholics, including the business community, contribute to the IRA. Free article

I saw the Irish Brigade for the first time on 30 December last. Well, I heard them rather than saw them and from what I was told they were a slimmed-down version of what they once were, three members rather than five. Free article

A KNOWN DRUG DEALER FROM Downpatrick's Meadowlands estate attacked the home of a republican ex-POW on Monday 6 January and threatened to ``cut his throat''. Free article

Last week political news from the North was dominated by disagreements within nationalism over the forthcoming Westminster elections; this week it was the turn of unionists to begin their inter-party battles. Free article

Last week political news from the North was dominated by disagreements within nationalism over the forthcoming Westminster elections; this week it was the turn of unionists to begin their inter-party battles. Free article