20 March 2003 Edition
Countdown to slaughter
20 March 2003
By the time you read this, the US/British war on Iraq has begun, with troops on the move and air strikes under way. Free article
IRA Volunteer killed by criminal gang
20 March 2003
The IRA has categorically dismissed media speculation around the fatal shooting of an IRA Volunteer in a border village last week. In a statement signed by P O'Neill, the IRA confirmed that Keith Rogers was a member of Oglaigh na hÉireann but insisted that "he was unarmed" and that "he was not on active service" at the time of his death. The statement described Keith Rogers' killer as "an armed criminal" and added that the IRA Volunteer died "while defending his community". Free article
Hanging on the telephone
20 March 2003
Niall Connolly was there aurally, if not in person, as two to three hundred people gathered outside the Department of Foreign Affiars in Dublin on Saturday last to demand the release of the three Irishmen held in Colombia. Free article
Electoral Office not coping with demand
20 March 2003
Sinn Féin Director of Elections Danny Power says the Six-County Electoral Office is not dealing adequately with applications from voters to be included on the electoral register. Free article
Call for investigation after Strabane death
20 March 2003
A Strabane man died on the way to hospital after he was crushed to death by the security gate at the town's PSNI barracks in the early hours of Monday morning. Free article
Interface violence marks St Patrick's weekend
20 March 2003
An upsurge in sectarian anti-Catholic violence by unionist paramilitaries in interface areas throughout the Six Counties over the course of the St Patrick's Day weekend appeared to follow a distinct pattern. Free article