29 May 1997 Edition
Shell's dirty PR war
29 May 1997
When confronted with evidence of its complicity in the `legal murder' of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists in Nigeria, multinational giant Shell Oil feigned ignorance and summoned the PR consultants. Free article
Meabhraítear Bríd Mhic Chóil dóibh
29 May 1997
Ceann de an míreanna raidió ba thruamhéalaí dar chuala mé riamh ba ea agallamh raidió a rinne Bríd Mhic Chóil ar Raidió na Gaeltachta tamall gairid sula bhfuair sí bás. ``Tá mo shaol thart,'' a dúirt sí. Bhí a saol thart toisc gur galraíodh í le heipitíteas C de dheasca fhaillí choiriúil fheidhmeannaigh an Stáit. Free article
Sportsview: Running to stand still
29 May 1997
I'm just back from a 17 mile canvass around Coolock and I feel a bit like a Westmeath footballer, except they've probably run seventeen hundred miles and still aren't past the first round proper. Free article
Remembering the Past: The Wicklow Rebel
29 May 1997
Four hundred years ago a major Irish rebel leader was betrayed to the English forces which had been hounding him, or were hounded by him, for nearly two decades. Free article
Back issue: Loyalists kill Tyrone man
29 May 1997
The County Tyrone nationalist shot dead by the UDA on Saturday was apparently set up by the RUC, who wrongly believed he was a member of Sinn Féin or a party worker. Free article
New in print
29 May 1997
Summer Soldiers: The 1798 Rebellion in Antrim and Down and Poverty in Rural Ireland - Poverty in the 1990s, Free article
Television: Stop the lights, Savannah
29 May 1997
Older readers will remember Quicksilver, possibly the worst quiz show ever screened in any language, which RTE made in the late 70s. Free article
Editor's desk
29 May 1997
A new bank opened in Andersonstown last week. The new MP,... Free article