26 October 2000 Edition

Fullerton murder inquiry call

26 October 2000

Mary Nelis, Sinn Féin human rights spokesperson, has supported the call of the family of Eddie Fullerton for a full public inquiry into his death. ``From evidence available, Councillor Fullerton's killing had almost certainly been sanctioned at a high level within the British military establishment,'' she said. Free article

Gas blow for West

26 October 2000

Not only is the Irish economy not going to maximise its benefit from the huge gas reserves discovered in the Corrib field off the coast of Mayo, now the West and North west are also to be denied access to the new gas being piped ashore. Free article

Invest to overcome inequity

26 October 2000

26-County taxpayers are spending £130 million annually to subsidise the hospital stays of private patients. These were just some of the findings in a report published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) on the 26-County private healthcare sector. Free article

Let someone else make the sandwiches

26 October 2000

Well it was a first. Women gathered together from all across the Connaacht region. The meeting was held in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, last Saturday, organised by Women in the Connaught Sinn Féin Cúige. Free article

Councillor demands urgent fire safety review

26 October 2000

Cork City Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan O'Brien has called for an urgent review of all fire safety procedures in Cork Corporation housing estates. Free article

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Dublin dental patients wait six years

26 October 2000

Dublin Sinn Féin councillors have said this week that the crisis in orthodontic service waiting lists in the Northern Area Health Board region has left children waiting up to six years to have treatment and has ``ruined children's teeth''. Free article

Sinn Féin attracts more young members

26 October 2000

Ógra Shinn Féin National Organiser, Councillor Matt Carthy, explains why when other parties cannot attract young people to their ranks, Sinn Féin has little difficulty. Free article

Resurgent UCG Sinn Féin

26 October 2000

Six-County Education minister Martin McGuinness recently visited University College Galway for its Societies Day and addressed an audience of 350 students. The university cumann signed up almost 200 new Sinn Féin members. Free article

Fógraí bháis: Volunteer Patsy Haughian

26 October 2000

Republicans from across Armagh and indeed Ireland were saddened to learn of the death of death of Lurgan IRA Volunteer Patsy Haughian, who passed away at the of 38 in Newry Hospice on 24 September after a courageous three-year battle against cancer. Free article


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