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15 January 1998 Edition

Did RUC know of attack?

15 January 1998

AN PHOBLACHT HAS LEARNED that the RUC may have had prior knowledge of a loyalist attack on the night West Belfast man 28 year old Terry Enright was shot dead in the Space Club in Belfast city centre. The shooting took place in the early hours of Sunday morning 11 January. Free article

A sop to unionists

15 January 1998

The document presented for discussion by the governments on Monday, `The Propositions on Heads of Agreement', represents an intervention to impose an agenda on the talks. Free article

Abduction bids on two nationalists

15 January 1998

An Phoblacht has learned that loyalists tried to abduct Catholics in two separate incidents in the past week in Belfast. Free article

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Growing protests against loyalist murders

15 January 1998

THE widow of Gerard Slane, murdered by the UDA in 1988, slammed loyalist politicians and the British government at Tuesday's mass demonstration outside the Clifton Tavern in North Belfast. Free article

Bik out on bail

15 January 1998

ARDOYNE republican Brendan Bik McFarlane was released on bail on Tuesday after being charged last week in relation to the kidnapping of Don Tidey. Free article


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