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31 May 2001 Edition

IRA advances Peace Process

31 May 2001

A senior IRA source has confirmed to An Phoblacht that international arms inspectors Cyril Ramaphosa and Martti Ahtisaari have carried out a third examination of IRA arms dumps. Free article

Election workers face harassment and attack

31 May 2001

As the tension mounted in the last few days of campaigning before the elections, Sinn Féin candidates and election workers faced harassment from the RUC, loyalist intimidation and a smear campaign by the SDLP. Free article

Nice Treaty stakes are rising

31 May 2001

Profoundly unbalanced, private armies, moral duties and national embarrassments - feeling a little lost? Well don't worry it is only the muddled sound of empty vessels in the 26-County's political establishment. Free article

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Young family attacked by loyalists

31 May 2001

A young couple and their two-week-old baby and a family of six are the latest to be targeted in sectarian attacks in the Loughside Drive area of Ballynahinch. Free article

`Trimble will not resign' - McGuinness

31 May 2001

David Trimble will not resign after the coming local and Westminster elections, Sinn Féin's chief negotiator, Martin McGuinness said this week. Free article


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