PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde's comments that he would review the status of the Full-Time Reserve pending the outcome of the upcoming marching season are "at best irresponsible", said Sinn Féin policing spokesperson Gerry Kelly. Free article

After An Phoblacht's revelations last week that the Dublin Government is to monitor developments at Lisburn City Council, it was announced this week that the council is to undertake a telephone survey throughout the borough as part of its controversial Good Relations Strategy. Rubbishing the initiative, Sinn Féin's Paul Butler said: "Despite the Good Relations Strategy, Lisburn City Council is still plagued by the reality of ongoing discrimination against Catholics in the borough. Free article

The Bogtrotters, that hardy band of republican hill walkers, descended out of the driving rain and lashing winds to the Whelp Rock area high above the Poulaphouca reservoir on their most recent outing. This rugged place hosted the last major base for the United Irishmen in the summer and autumn of 1798. Free article