21 August 2003 Edition
12-year-old arrested for speaking Irish
21 August 2003
Members of the PSNI stopped and assaulted 12-year-old Garvan Brown after he was asked a question and answered them in Irish. Free article
PSNI marshal fans into loyalist band parade
21 August 2003
Celtic football supporters have told An Phoblacht they are lucky to be alive after their buses were attacked by loyalists after they drove inadvertently into a loyalist band parade on the Ballyclare Road near Glengormley around 7.30pm on Saturday 16 August. Free article
Unionist paramilitary feud in Derry
21 August 2003
Sinn Féin has expressed concern as the latest feud between unionist paramilitaries threatens to break out in Derry. Free article
Begley lashes St Enda's arsonists
21 August 2003
Omagh Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Begley says there is outright fury among people of Omagh at the arson attack on St Enda's GAA Club in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Free article
Scappaticci court action fails
21 August 2003
A legal attempt to force British NIO minister for security Jane Kennedy to confirm or deny that the man named by the media as the British agent known as 'Stakeknife' failed in Belfast High Court this week. Free article
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Segragation needed in Maghaberry
21 August 2003
Speaking after meeting the Steele Review Panel looking into safety at Maghaberry Prison, Sinn Féin representative Raymond McCartney said that segragation of prisoners is needed. Free article
Maginness slept through negotiations
21 August 2003
Sinn Fein North Belfast Representative Cathy Staunton has accused Alban Maginness of "either sleeping through the negotiations or not being part of the SDLP negotiating team". Free article
Sinn Féin TD welcomes inquiry into consultants' suspension
21 August 2003
Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has welcomed a proposed inquiry into the suspension of two consultants at Cavan General Hospital. Free article
15th Desmond Greaves Summer School
21 August 2003
This weekend, the 15th Desmond Greaves Summer School will be held in Dublin, so named after the labour historian C Desmond Greaves, biographer of James Connolly, Liam Mellows and Sean O'Casey. Free article
Alex Maskey visits Ballybay hunger strike exhibition
21 August 2003
Birch Court in Ballybay played host to a major exhibition on the theme of the 1981 Long Kesh hunger strike on Saturday 9 August. The event was attended by several hundred people throughout the day and was described by the organiser, Ballybay Town Councillor Gene Duffy, as "a huge success". Free article