12 December 2002 Edition
Barefaced liars : PSNI forced to admit mob attack never happened
12 December 2002
The PSNI in Lurgan has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown by a Sinn Féin councillor, admitting that its claims of an attack by a several hundred-strong mob on Lurgan PSNI barracks on All-Ireland Sunday were "incorrect". Free article
Colombian official ripped Paul Hill's passport
12 December 2002
Former miscarriage of justice victim Paul Hill had pages ripped out of his passport by a security offial at Bogota airport last week. Hill had travelled to Colombia as part of a delegation of Irish observers at the trial of the three Irishmen known as the Colombia Three. Free article
SF warns people have been disenfranchised
12 December 2002
A Sinn Féin delegation met on Wednesday with the Electoral Commission in Belfast to discuss concerns at the large numbers of people across the North of Ireland who have been left disenfranchised by their omission from last week's newly published electoral register. Free article
PSNI were heavyhanded in Derry - McLaughlin
12 December 2002
Sinn Féin's Mitchel McLaughlin has accused the PSNI of using heavy handed tactics in its handling of the Apprentice Boys Lundy parade in Derry City on Saturday 7 December. Free article
Loyalist killer questioned about sectarian attack
12 December 2002
A loyalist convicted of the murder of his girlfriend was questioned about a sectarian shooting just weeks before the killing of Julieanne Osbourne it has emerged. Free article
Unionist politicians blamed for Antrim harassment
12 December 2002
A Sinn Féin councillor is linking the latest upsurge in loyalist attacks and PSNI harassment of Catholics youths in Antrim Town to a recent statement from two unionist politicians who called for "increased policing" in the Brantwood and The Folly areas of the town. Free article