25 March 1999 Edition
Petition presented in support of Roma asylum-seekers
25 March 1999
A delegation from the County Monaghan Roma Support Group this week presented a petition of over 1500 signatures from County Monaghan urging the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform John O'Donoghue to favourably respond to pleas for father and son Demian and Valentin Anghel to be allowed to stay in Ireland. Free article
SF delegation meet with Kesh POWs
25 March 1999
Sinn Féin north Belfast Assembly member Gerry Kelly led a delegation to Long Kesh on Tuesday. In meeting with the remaining 84 Republican POWs Kelly said his aim was to keep them fully updated on the ongoing political situation. Free article
Co-operative housing
25 March 1999
In an effort to allieviate the housing crisis, NABCO- the National Association of Building Cooperatives, have built another lot of rental co-ops in the Dublin area. This time Townsend Street was the area targeted. The site on which the one and two bedroomed flats were built on was bought by SIPTU and given to NABCO. Free article
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Community ownership of new West Belfast health project
25 March 1999
Sinn Fein's Alex Maskey, chairperson of the West Belfast European Partnership Board (WBEPB) joined with senior researcher Naj Loughlin and community, voluntary and statutory agency representatives to launch a new health and social survey for West Belfast on Tuesday March 23 in West Belfast's Springvale Training Centre. Free article