The blundering around SDS is not the only aspect of An Post mismanagement in recent weeks. Arthur Morgan, Sinn Féin TD for Louth, has been speaking in support of An Post workers from Drogheda. Morgan has asked that the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Dermot Ahern, urgently investigate serious concerns regarding mismanagement at An Post. Free article

Apart from ignoring the views of their own workers, Aer Lingus management have taken another drastic step in the needless downsizing of the company. The airline is to stop all shorthaul cargo services from Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports in 2005. Free article

Senior loyalists have threatened further 'protests' following the Parades Commission ruling which banned Apprentice Boys from parading past nationalist Ardoyne last week. Apprentice Boys from the Ligoniel Walkers Club wanted to march in Ardoyne before boarding coaches to take them to the main Apprentice Boys parade in Derry. Free article

Loyalists attempted to abduct a Catholic woman, stabbed an 18-year-old Catholic and forced a public house to close in a weekend of sectarian attacks in County Derry and Ballymena. Free article

A group of Eastern Europeans and Spaniards were making plans to leave south Belfast after their home was targeted by unionist paramilitaries shortly after 9pm on Sunday night, 15 August. Free article

Sinn Féin spokesperson on human rights, Caitríona Ruane MLA, has said that figures released showing that the PSNI and the British Army had stopped and searched 14,910 in the past 12 months using the repressive powers of the Terrorism Act are "shocking but not surprising". Free article

A round up of the rest of the week's events. Free article