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16 January 1997 Edition

Gardai brought heroin into Dublin

16 January 1997

Heroin sold on the streets of Dublin was imported by a man working for the Garda, An Phoblacht can confirm. Free article

Garda drugs scandal

16 January 1997

Heroin and ecstasy supplies into Dublin in recent years included quantities brought into the country by a drug courier working for the Garda, according to secret Customs documents examined by An Phoblacht. Free article

Women's Coalition supports McAliskey bail call

16 January 1997

also MEP calls for inquiry into ``inhumane' prison conditions, Whitemoor Trial Opens and Dog attack on Belmarsh visitor Free article

Women's Coalition supports McAliskey bail call

16 January 1997

The Six-County Women's Coalition, the women's group set up to fight last year's Stormont elections, has called for Irish prisoner Roisin McAliskey, who is nearly six months pregnant, to be granted bail on humanitarian grounds. Free article

Derry petrol bombs

16 January 1997

Nationalists living in Derry's Waterside are warning that lives will be lost if loyalist attacks on Catholic homes continue. Free article

IRA attacks in Belfast and Fermanagh

16 January 1997

The IRA this week carried out attacks on Crown Forces in Belfast and on an RUC barracks in Tempo, County Fermanagh. Free article

IRA attacks in Belfast and Fermanagh

16 January 1997

The IRA this week carried out attacks on Crown Forces in Belfast and on an RUC barracks in Tempo, County Fermanagh. Free article

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`Joyriding' scourge of the community

16 January 1997

As so-called `joyriding' has once again hit epidemic levels in parts of West Belfast, residents in the Twinbrook and Poleglass areas have decided to unite and stop the activities of those involved in stealing and wrecking cars, and jeopardising the lives of local people. Free article

`Joyriding' scourge of the community

16 January 1997

As so-called `joyriding' has once again hit epidemic levels in parts of West Belfast, residents in the Twinbrook and Poleglass areas have decided to unite and stop the activities of those involved in stealing and wrecking cars, and jeopardising the lives of local people. Free article

Toxic Meltdown

16 January 1997

Those responsible for protecting the environment are siding with the chemical industry, says Robert Allen Free article

Toxic Meltdown

16 January 1997

Those responsible for protecting the environment are siding with the chemical industry, says Robert Allen Free article

Bomb in Twinbrook

16 January 1997

On the day that Patrick Mayhew said he was "very glad'' the loyalist "ceasefire'' was intact the Laurel Glen Roadhouse on the Stewartstown Road in Twinbrook was being cleared after local residents noticed a device attached to a security grill. Free article


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