25 November 2004 Edition
Milnes lawyers want retrial
25 November 2004
The legal team representing Kieran Milnes (the Belfast man sentenced to nine months imprisonment after he confronted a teenager he believed was stealing his car) are demanding a retrial. Free article
Suspected car thieves attack resident
25 November 2004
A father of four suffered severe back and leg injuries after he was attacked by three thugs at his Lagmore Meadows home in Belfast on Friday night 19 November. The thugs slashed the man with a knife and beat him with planks of woods after he confronted them in his back garden. Free article
Former councillor warned of death threat
25 November 2004
PSNI members visited the home of former Sinn Féin Councillor Seean Hayes in the Markets area of Belfast to warn him of an imminent death threat purporting to come from the Red Hand Defenders, a cover name used by the UDA. Free article
UDA attack pensioner's home
25 November 2004
A nationalist pensioner is being treated in hospital after her Coleraine, County Derry, home was attacked by members of the UDA on Tuesday 23 November. The gang responsible for the attack on the pensioner had earlier threatened her three grandsons, warning them to leave the area. Free article
Derry taxi drivers attacked
25 November 2004
A Derry taxi driver has appealed to unionist politicians to use whatever influence they have to put an end to attacks on taxis, based in Derry's Cityside, travelling through the Waterside area. Free article
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Nestlé and Kraft plan Fairtrade hijack
25 November 2004
The bandwagon is leaving town. The free trade lobbyists have realised that we consumers like fair trade products more, so Nestlé and Kraft, two of the world's larger food and particularly coffee producers, are in a race to introduce 'fair-trade' coffee brands into Europe and North America. Free article
March for Tara from Garden of Remembrance to Wood Quay
25 November 2004
A march against the proposed M3 motorway route through the Hill of Tara is being held in Dublin on Saturday 27 November, beginning at 1.30pm. Free article
Anderson in Italy
25 November 2004
Sinn Féin's All-Ireland Co-ordinator, Martina Anderson, recently travelled to Turin to represent the party at the Turin Social Forum where the theme for the three-day conference was 'Tra sogni e conflitti' (between dreams and conflicts). Free article
Offaly honours the Manchester Martyrs - BY JONATHAN O'MEARA
25 November 2004
A large crowd braved the weather in Birr, County Offaly, last Sunday to commemorate the 137th anniversary of the Manchester Martyrs. On 23 November 1867, Michael O'Brien, William Philip Allen and Michael Larkin were publicly hanged at New Bailey Prison, Manchester. Free article
Lagan Valley Commemoration
25 November 2004
The Lagan Valley Commemoration Committee would like to invite the public to their annual commemoration weekend honouring local Volunteers from the area. Starting on Friday evening at the Felons from 8pm, there is a celebration of local comrades who have fought and died in the struggle. Free article