Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín O Caoláin participated in an IFA-sponsored farm tour of North County Monaghan on Tuesday in conjunction with County Council colleague Brian McKenna. The purpose of the visit was to assess first hand the crisis facing farm families as a result of inadequate supply and poor quality of hay and silage due to the disastrous weather conditions throughout 1998. Free article

The death in Dublin of Bob Smith has robbed the Republican Movement of one of its most tireless workers. For the last sixteen years of his life Bob was the General Secretary of An Cumann Cabhrach and his work for republican POWs and their families is legendary throughout the length and breadth of Ireland, Britain and the United States. Free article