28 August 1997 Edition
News review
Thursday 21 August
A major new crackdown is announced by the 26-County government on polluters of rivers and the environment.
Pop group Boyzone are centre of a controversy over including Indonesia as part of their Southeast Asia tour.
An attack on a bar in Portadown may signal the start of a loyalist feud, with the UVF being blamed on the attack by the LVF.
Friday 22 August
Paedophile priest Brendan Smyth dies suddenly in the exercise yard of the Curragh Prison.
The British Nuclear Installation Inspectorate granted British Nuclear Fuels permission to put the Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield into full production.
Pope John Paul II goes ahead with a visit to the grave of Prof Jerome Lejeune, a controversial anti-abortion campaigner, despite a last-minute appeal from France's ruling Socialist Party.
Saturday 23 August
Former Zambian President, Dr Kenneth Kaunda, is shot and wounded by heavily armed police in what he said was an attempt by high-ranking Zambian officials to have him assassinated.
Sunday 24 August
Volcano threatens Monserrat's new chief Minister accuses the British government of deserting it and coercing people to leave the island.
Tamil Tiger guerillas bomb a town in eastern Sri Lanka killing two soldiers, after heavy fighting had already killed 400 soldiers on both sides.
Ms Masoumeh Estekar is named as one of Iran's six vice presidents and she will also head the country's Environmental Protection Agency.
Monday 25 August
The McCracken tribunal report on payments to politicians is published. Charlie Haughey is severely criticised as is Michael Lowry.
Tuesday 26 August
British Direct Ruler Mo Mowlam meets 26-County Minister Ray Burke in advance of the tlaks at Stormont on 15 September.
Former South African President FW De Klerk resigns as leader of the National Party and is leaving politics.
Wednesday 27 August
Mo Mowlam says she will consult Tony Blair before making a decision on whether Sinn Féin will enter talks on 15 September.
A major new crackdown is announced by the 26-County government on polluters of rivers and the environment.
Pop group Boyzone are centre of a controversy over including Indonesia as part of their Southeast Asia tour.
An attack on a bar in Portadown may signal the start of a loyalist feud, with the UVF being blamed on the attack by the LVF.
Friday 22 August
Paedophile priest Brendan Smyth dies suddenly in the exercise yard of the Curragh Prison.
The British Nuclear Installation Inspectorate granted British Nuclear Fuels permission to put the Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield into full production.
Pope John Paul II goes ahead with a visit to the grave of Prof Jerome Lejeune, a controversial anti-abortion campaigner, despite a last-minute appeal from France's ruling Socialist Party.
Saturday 23 August
Former Zambian President, Dr Kenneth Kaunda, is shot and wounded by heavily armed police in what he said was an attempt by high-ranking Zambian officials to have him assassinated.
Sunday 24 August
Volcano threatens Monserrat's new chief Minister accuses the British government of deserting it and coercing people to leave the island.
Tamil Tiger guerillas bomb a town in eastern Sri Lanka killing two soldiers, after heavy fighting had already killed 400 soldiers on both sides.
Ms Masoumeh Estekar is named as one of Iran's six vice presidents and she will also head the country's Environmental Protection Agency.
Monday 25 August
The McCracken tribunal report on payments to politicians is published. Charlie Haughey is severely criticised as is Michael Lowry.
Tuesday 26 August
British Direct Ruler Mo Mowlam meets 26-County Minister Ray Burke in advance of the tlaks at Stormont on 15 September.
Former South African President FW De Klerk resigns as leader of the National Party and is leaving politics.
Wednesday 27 August
Mo Mowlam says she will consult Tony Blair before making a decision on whether Sinn Féin will enter talks on 15 September.