23 April 1998 Edition
Forward in struggle
23 April 1998
Sinn Féin's 92nd Ard Fheis saw a party at a defining moment in its development. The Good Friday document was at the heart of debate over the weekend in Dublin's ornate RDS library and this will be continued when the Ard Fheis reconvenes within a month to decide on the party's approach to the document. Debate was comradely yet intense and points to an historic gathering in a few weeks' time. Free article
Sectarian murder in Portadown
23 April 1998
Portadown councillors Breandan MacCionnaith and Joe Duffy have advised Catholics to exercise extreme vigilance following the sectarian murder of a Catholic worker at a Council depot on Tuesday. Free article
British troops invade farm in South Armagh
23 April 1998
A large force of British soldiers moved onto lands at Crossmaglen, County Armagh at 9.05am on Wednesday morning. The farm and house of Henry McElroy and his mother, aged over 70 years, have been placed under occupation with soldiers digging into fields and adjacent roads spiked and chained. Free article
North Belfast communities stand firm
23 April 1998
A coalition of North Belfast community groups have this week amalgamated to oppose the contentious Orange Tour of the North march through nationalist areas on 19 June. Free article
Lurgan nationalists under RUC attack
23 April 1998
A dawn raid by the RUC and British army just hours after the sectarian killing of Adrian Lamph in Portadown has angered nationalist residents of Lurgan's Kilwilkie estate. Free article
McBride killers still in British Army
23 April 1998
In response to parliamentary questions tabled by Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn on behalf of the Pat Finucane Centre the British Secretary of State for Defence has admitted that the two Scots Guards convicted of the 1992 murder of North Belfast teenager Peter McBride have not been dismissed from the British Army. Free article