18 December 1997 Edition
Suffering at the hands of an oppressive state
18 December 1997
Eight-year-old Caitriona Duffy is singing carols with a school friend in the kitchen as her mother, Susan, prepares the evening meal. Her father, Colin, gently rocks baby Sinéad to sleep. Free article
Swapping the comforts of home for life as a refugee in Ireland
18 December 1997
Marcas Mac Ruairí considers the plight of asylum seekers in Dublin Free article
A tongue which sounds so odd
18 December 1997
Proinsias O Maolchalain admires the historical consistency of the London Times Free article
Close to the bone
18 December 1997
Every nursery rhyme apparently has its roots in reality. Ring a ring a rosies, was a rhyme from the Great Plague in London, and a `pocket full of posies' was supposed to ward off the disease. Children being realists however, knew that scam wouldn't work and so they added the line `attishoo, attishoo, we all fall down'. A catching little line for a catching little disease. Free article
Selling Sinn Fein in USA, it's no free kick
18 December 1997
Selling Sinn Fein's message of peace, justice and equality in the USA might seem an easy task given that 44 million Americans claim Irish blood, but the realities are quite different. Free article
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What Saoirse really means
18 December 1997
Fair play to him. Those were Gerry's words when asked for a comment about the escape of Liam Averill from Long Kesh and I would say he summed up the thoughts of all in those few words. Free article
Workers in struggle: Still not yet Emmet
18 December 1997
As a once famous Irish philosopher said ``What's another year''? So are we learning from our mistakes? Was 1997 any different from other years we have lived and struggled through? Free article
Six months in Leinster House
18 December 1997
MICHEAL MacDONNCHA, parliamentary aide to Caoimhghín O Caoláin TD, reflects on the reality of life in the Big House Free article
Are you connected?
18 December 1997
Bill Delaney praises republicans for their professional use of the Internet Free article
A view from the West
18 December 1997
H-Block escaper Pól Brennan writes from his prison cell in California Free article