18 December 1997 Edition
Call for inquiry into shooting of Diarmuid O Neill
18 December 1997
SERIOUS questions have been raised over the shooting of Volunteer Diarmuid O Neill as the trial of three Irish republicans came to a close in London on Tuesday. Free article
Mansfield to lead private prosecution against Hamill accused
18 December 1997
TOP English barrister, Michael Mansfield has offered his services free of charge to the family of murdered Portadown man Robert Hamill. Free article
POWs in England updated
18 December 1997
REPUBLICAN prisoners in England have been given an update on the peace process during visits from a Sinn Féin delegation last week. Free article
McAliskey breakthrough
18 December 1997
Roisin McAliskey's lawyers are now free to test the evidence in her extradition case after three high court judges in London ruled that magistrate Nicholas Evans was out of order to delay hearing the case on the grounds of Roisín's inability to attend court due to ill health. Free article
Britain's Bombay Take-Away
18 December 1997
Four years ago the British Ministry of Defence rubbished Celtic League claims about deals to procure junk helicopters to support its air operations in the Six Counties - new details however have emerged which indicate that in a bizarre deal the MOD considered buying back £65 million worth of helicopters the British taxpayers had provided to India, and which Indian pilots refused to fly on safety grounds. Free article
All aboard the Saoirse train!
18 December 1997
Departing Belfast Central on 3 January 1998, calling at Lurgan, Newry and Dundalk before arriving at Connolly station in Dublin the first ever Saoirse train will set off on its historic trip. Free article
Unanswered questions over the death of Louis Leonard
18 December 1997
On 15 December 1972 the body of Louis Leonard, 26 years old, was found in a pool of blood in a fridge in his butcher shop. It was only ten days before the Fermanagh man was to celebrate his first Christmas with his wife Betty and baby son Tony. Free article
Support Binlids bid for the USA
18 December 1997
Capacity audiences and rave reviews, not only a sell-out (never say sell-out in West Belfast) but also a knock-out, Binlids, a community drama production by JustUs and Dubblejoint, took last summer's Féile an Phobail by storm. ``The most accomplished piece of community theatre yet seen in Belfast,'' said BBC Radio journalist Joe Woods. Free article
Man dies after RUC beating
18 December 1997
The mother of 37-year-old Martin Murphy believes that a severe beating by the RUC may have contributed to the untimely death of her son. Free article