15 May 1997 Edition
Row over Sunday Times article
15 May 1997
Bernadette McAliskey and Rogelio Alonso, a Belfast-based Spanish journalist, have jointly lodged a complaint against The Sunday Times for an article which McAliskey calls ``deliberately and vindictively misleading and mischievous''. Free article
DHSS attacks unemployed
15 May 1997
Unemployment benefit claimants with ``care of'' addresses will be sanctioned by the Department of Social Welfare, according to Sinn Fein councillor for Twinbrook Michael Ferguson. Claimants will have to sign on every day, will have their mail address for Social Security mail changed to their Social Security Office and risk losing their current housing status. Free article
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Maggie gets an earful in US
15 May 1997
The dogged determination of Irish activists from five states and the Internet proved too much for Margaret Thatcher last week, as scores of people converged on York, Pennsylvania, to protest against her appearance at a function held by the local Junior League. Free article