Issue 2 - 2024 200dpi

27 January 2000 Edition

Indigenous coup attempt in Ecuador

27 January 2000

Ecuador is a very small and nearly unknown country in the north of South America. It is enduring, like its neighbouring countries, the effects of an acute economic crisis, the consequence of years of government mismanagement, aggravated by international debt and the effects of Hurricane Mitch. Free article

Rialtas Don Phobal?

27 January 2000

Tá cruinnithe an chaibinéid á dtabhairt go bailte ar fud na tíre anois dar le plean an rialtais. Ach níl Eoghan Mac Cormaic róchinnte go bhfuil an pobal ag déanamh níos fearr dá bharr. Free article

Send Élian home now

27 January 2000

And so Elián González has finally been reunited with his father, Juan Miguel, after five months of legal, diplomatic and political activity, culminating in the intervention of the US federal police. Free article

Remembering the Past: Ireland's independence declared

27 January 2000

Following the Roll Call of the members of An Chéad Dáil Éireann (The First Dáil) on that significant afternoon of 21 January 1919, the next business of the assembly was to adopt a provisional Constitution. Free article

Back issue: Volunteer Dee Delaney laid to rest

27 January 2000

THE Belfast Brigade IRA Volunteer tragically killed a week ago as a result of a premature explosion while on active service was buried on Wednesday in the Republican Plot in Milltown Cemetery. Kevin Dee Delaney, although only 26 years old, was a veteran of the republican struggle both in the military and political fields. Free article

Dúirt siad...

27 January 2000

The week in quotes... Free article


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