18 February 1999 Edition
Premier Periclase - who polices the polluter?
18 February 1999
Roisín de Rossa and James Quirke report on alarm about pollution from a factory in Drogheda Free article
The propaganda war goes on
18 February 1999
In Britton's Parade, West Belfast, a young man was set upon by a republican gang who gave him a terrible beating and then jumped up and down on his leg until they broke it. Free article
Kurdish leader faces death penalty in Turkey
18 February 1999
Hundreds of Kurdish refugees occupied diplomatic missions around the world this week in protest at the detention of the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, by the Turkish secret services in Nairobi, Kenya. Free article
Ní mór dúshlán an chiníochais a thabhairt
18 February 1999
An lá faoi dheireadh, ar shodar na maidne dom, chonaic mé blúire graffiti a bhain siar díom. Ar scathlán bus ar Bhóthar Thír Chonaill, Baile Atha Cliath, bhí an méid seo le léamh: ``Niggers have a problem with white people because they blame them for their faults.'' Free article
Workers in struggle
18 February 1999
Nothing to fear from reasonable force and CAP protests Free article
Back issue: Special category status for Special Air Services
18 February 1999
Two SAS killers were accorded special category treatment when they (presumably) appeared in Ballymena Magistrates' Court on February 6th. In an unprecedented move seven unidentified men in plain clothes appeared in the dock. Charges against Alan Bohan and Ronald Tempedley of murder of Dunloy youth John Boyle were read out, but the two weren't identified and none of the seven answered. Free article
New in print: Memoir: Act of contrition
18 February 1999
I'm worried that if I wait any longer to review Conor Cruise O Brien's latest book - My Life and Themes - that he might have another one ready for the printers and I'd be landed with the task of reviewing it too. That would be painful, wearing me down by attrition. Free article
Theatre: A Mother's Heart
18 February 1999
Ned Kelly previews another play by DubbelJoint which previews in West Belfast and is set to take the country by storm Free article
Television: The grim reapers
18 February 1999
The Coroner (Channel 4) The Cold War (RTE) O'Gorman's People (RTE) Free article