12 April 2001 Edition
Mass protest call by Ormeau residents
12 April 2001
A mass protest rally the night before the Apprentice Boys Easter Monday parade through the nationalist Lower Ormeau area of Belfast is being planned by the local residents' group and they are calling for your support. Free article
New plastic bullet is more lethal
12 April 2001
Following the British government's decision to retain the use of plastic bullets in the Six Counties, its claim that a newer version of the weapon will be safer has been undermined by an internal report. Free article
IRA Easter Message
12 April 2001
In a statement received by An Phoblacht on Wednesday, 11 April, the IRA, in its annual Easter message, reaffirmed its commitment to national reunification and to a permanent peace in Ireland. It pointed out that political responsibility for ending the current crisis lies with the British government and warned that there should be no attempt to renegotiate commitments previously made. The full text of the IRA statement is carried below. Free article
Freedom from sectarian harassment
12 April 2001
The Hayles and Christie families from North Belfast would like the right to freedom from sectarian harassment. They would like their children, and grandchildren, to go to school without being spat upon and threatened. Free article
Savagely beaten by the RUC
12 April 2001
A man severely beaten by the RUC in Ballymena in the early hours of Sunday morning, 8 April has accusing the RUC of unprovoked brutality against nationalists. Free article
The Argenta: A monument to failure
12 April 2001
There was an unusual convergence of time, language and memory in Belfast's Linenhall Library last Wednesday night, 28 March. The occasion was the launch of a book about the prison ship Argenta, which was used to intern hundreds of nationalists and republicans between 1922 and 1925. Free article