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Short Strand residents on alert after loyalist violence Short Strand residents fear a long hot summer after rival UDA and UVF members clashed on the Castlereagh Road in East Belfast in the early hours of Sunday morning. IRA not involved in O'Connor disappearance The IRA has denied any involvement in the disappearance of County Armagh man Gareth O'Connor. Trimble targets Parades Commission UUP leader David Trimble has again suggested that violence will be the inevitable outcome if the Orange Order's demands on sectarian parades are not met. Sinn Féin has hit out at the continued harassment of the party by the PSNI following an incident in West Tyrone. NIO refuses Holy Cross compensation The NIO Compensations Agency has refused to pay damages to the families of several traumatised children of Holy Cross Primary Schoolin North Belfast. McConomy family wants truth from soldiers Members of the family of Stephen McConomy, the eleven-year-old Derry schoolboy killed by a British Army plastic bullet in April 1982, traveled to London on Wednesday to hand deliver four letters to the Minister of Defence, Geoff Hoon MP. The letters were personally addressed to the four British soldiers who were in the Saracen in the Bogside when Stephen was killed, including the soldier who fired the fatal plastic bullet. Francis Hughes remembered: Don't mourn, organise, says McGuinness A large crowd turned out on Saturday night 10 May at St Mary's graveyard in Bellaghy, County Derry to mark the 22nd anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Francis Hughes. Sinn Féin councillor Philip McGuigan has accused the Democratic Unionist Party of not being interested in truth or justice after unionists rejected a motion he tabled in Ballymoney Council calling for an independent inquiry into the 1989 killing of IRA Volunteer Gerard Casey. A tribute to the 16-year-old Fian John Dempsey, who was shot dead by the British during the 1981 hunger strikes. Ahern's commitment to Six-County representation welcomed Comments made by the Taoiseach in the Dáil in relation to northern representation have been welcomed. Dún Laoghaire SF pickets unveiling of fountain to Famine Queen Dún Laoghaire Sinn Féin on Tuesday picketed the unveiling of the new public space at the entrance to the town's harbour that includes a fountain dedicated to Britain's Queen Victoria. T&G candidate pledges to reinstate O'Reilly Liverpool man Tony Woodley has been tipped as favourite for next week's T&G election for a new General Secretary to replace Bill Morris. Dublin City Council backs retention of historic house Dublin City Council has decided to back the preservation of 16 Moore Street, the site of the 1916 Rising. The seventh Gathering of the Clans was held in Navan last week, Friday 9 May, and well over 200 people attended the get-together. On Friday 2 May, a new Sinn Féin cumann was launched at a function in Forkhill, named after local Volunteer Gerry McKiernan. Tá suíomh nua idirlín seolta ag Ealaín na Gaeltachta Teoranta. A fun day was held by St Teresa's GAA Club on the Glen Road in Belfast to celebrate the club's 40th anniversary. Eileen Fleming Eileen Fleming |
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