Irish Formula One racing ace, Eddie Irvine was celebrating again on the winners podium on Sunday 27 April after coming third in the Italian Grand Prix, but Irvine's celebrations were shadowed by a fluttering union jack and the fact that his family had been attacked by loyalists at their home in Conlig, County Down. Free article

PERSONAL INFORMATION BELONGING TO Republican POWs has gone missing. One man, Gerry McDonnell, told An Phoblacht that after he was moved from H7 following the discovery of the tunnel his personal belongings were taken away to be searched. When they were returned two filofaxes and an address book were missing. Free article

Three men have been charged following a firebomb attack on St Nicholas's Catholic church in Carrickfergus, East Antrim in the early hours of Saturday morning April 26. Free article

Dermot McNally who escaped from the H-Blocks of Long Kesh in the mass breakout of 1983 was arrested in Sligo on foot of British extradition warrants on 24 April. He has been living openly in Sligo for 12 years. Free article

Irish activists will converge on York, Pennsylvania on Wednesday 7 May to protest against an appearance by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She will be the guest speaker at a function sponsored by the Junior League of York. Free article

The attack by Fine Gael Justice Minister Nora Owen on Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern shows that her party can still play Civil War politics when they believe it is in their interest. Owen accused Ahern of ``providing excuses for the gunmen and bombers''. Free article

The handful of delegates to the Democratic Left conference in Dún Laoghaire last weekend heard their leader Proinsias de Rossa ditch yet another of their once cherished principles - defence of neutrality. As well as approving re-entry into Coalition with Fine Gael and Labour, the DL members applauded the leader's address which supported the placing of Dublin government troops under NATO command in Bosnia. Free article