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21 February 2002 Edition

February 1992 - A storm of death and repression

21 February 2002

An Phoblacht's LAURA FRIEL looks back at the events of February 1992, when repression in the South forced Sinn Féin to hold its Ard Fheis in a suburban Dublin community centre against a backdrop of a sustained wave of state and state-sanctioned assassinations of republicans and nationalists in the Six Counties. Free article

Irish Independence or European Empire?

21 February 2002

ROGER COLE, chair of the Peace & Neutrality Alliance, argues that the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), by telling the National Forum on Europe that it no longer believes in Irish Neutrality, has backed Irish integration into a militarised union and the destruction of Irish Independence, Democracy and Neutrality. Free article

Sharon's war crimes

21 February 2002

On 6 March an international human rights court in Belgium will decide whether to prosecute Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Free article

Éilimh phobal na Gaeilge

21 February 2002

Tháining pobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta le chéile i nGaillimh ar an deireadh seachtaine seo chaite ag Tóstal na Gaeilge 2002. D'eagraigh Comhdáil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge an Tóstal chun áit na Gaeilge a chinntiú i gclár an chéad Rialtas eile agus an olltoghchán amach romhainn. Free article

Remembering the Past

21 February 2002

The killing of Aidan McAnespie Free article


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