Jonathan McIvor, formally of the Metropolitan police, presently of the RUC and undergoing a public relations makeover, provides a perfect illustration of the seamless connection between racism and sectarianism. McIvor, who was singled out for particularly scathing criticism by the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, has moved effortlessly from the racist canteen culture of the Met to the sectarian canteen culture of the RUC. Free article

On Tuesday, 9 March 1999, Spanish and French police arrested seven Basque citizens in Paris. The Basque Nationalist parties have criticised the attitude of the Spanish government, which keeps using policing methods to solve the Basque conflict. Joseba Egibar, one of the leading figures of the conservative Basque Nationalist Party, criticised the approach of the Spanish government to the political process opened in the Basque Country after ETA's cease-fire declaration. ``The police actions are shaping the government approach to the peace process''. Free article

Dá gceapfadh aon duinne go mbeadh Cliarlathas na hEaglaise Caitlicí ag cúlú ina dhiaidh `athmhacnamh' an Ardeaspaig Uí Chonáil an tseachtain seo, bheadh dearmad á dhéanamh aige. Free article

Bacon 2 - Property developers will reap benefits, War - Who is it good for? and Three tales of unemployment Free article

``It is clearly possible that Mr. McCooey himself provided part of the force which led to his injuries'', claimed the judge whilst summing up in a Belfast court last Thursday. Free article

If a poem is about a single idea, then a collection of poetry should be a complete experience - and that's what Ann Zell has produced in Weathering. Free article

The Stormont Story (BBC1) Loyalists (BBC2) Eurosong 99 (RTE1) The Lakes (BBC1) Free article

The week in quotes.... Free article