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2 April 1998 Edition

British Acts must go

2 April 1998

As the Stormont talks moved into their final week, Sinn Féin stressed the need for fundamental change if there is to be lasting peace. Speaking on Wednesday following a meeting with Bertie Ahern, Gerry Adams said, Free article

UN urges Finucane inquiry

2 April 1998

A United Nations report is urging the British government to implement an immediate independent public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane and a second inquiry into allegations of intimidation and harassment of defence lawyers by the RUC. Free article

Revealed: British Army ran UDA death squads

2 April 1998

A secret unit of the British Army directed loyalist death squad attacks against Irish Republicans and nationalists in what the British media have dubbed `assassination by proxy'. Free article

Family forced to flee

2 April 1998

Following a petrol bomb attack in the early hours of last Sunday morning a Catholic family from Greymount in North Belfast have been forced to flee their home. Free article

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Alarm in FF over Articles 2 & 3

2 April 1998

All week Bertie Ahern has been meeting Fianna Fáil TDs in an urgent attempt to reassure them about Articles 2 and 3. This is because several of them have aired their worries in public and alarm is rising over what their leader may be about to give away. Free article

SF's listening process begins

2 April 1998

Dublin's Writers' Museum was the venue that kick-started last Saturday a series of Sinn Féin-organised public forums entitled Our Future-A United Ireland.. Free article


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