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24 June 1999 Edition

Flanagan and RUC must go

24 June 1999

``Total disbandment, we will accept nothing less'' was the message the Patten Commission received at a hearing in Lurgan on Tuesday, 22 June. Free article

Spirits high at Bodenstown

24 June 1999

The Annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration this year began in humid conditions in Sallins, County Kildare on Sunday, 20 June. Free article

Orange Order meets bitter opposition

24 June 1999

As the so-called `long march', rightly dubbed the March of Shame, gets underway in Derry on Thursday, the Orange Order seems set to choke on the Orange sash in what is clearly a backlash against their suicidal attitude of ``no-talk'' and sheer intransigence over these past months. Free article

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Sinn Féin chairs in Monaghan and Castleblayney

24 June 1999

Sinn Féin councillors have been elected to the chairs of Monaghan Urban District Council and Castleblayney Urban District Council. Free article

FBI pulls out of Nelson inquiry

24 June 1999

The claim made by an FBI official that the role of the RUC in the Nelson inquiry ``may have been misconstrued'' comes as it has just been confirmed that the FBI withdrew from the investigation in mid-April, meaning that it was involved for less than three weeks. Free article


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