25 February 1999 Edition
RUC attempt blackmail
25 February 1999
A 28-year-old Armagh man has claimed that the RUC have tried to blackmail him into becoming an informer. Free article
Sinn Fein Councillor welcomed in Colorado
25 February 1999
Sinn Fein Dublin City Councillor Christy Burke recently completed a successful visit to Colorado in the United States. Denver was Councillor Burke's final stop on his eagerly anticipated Irish Northern Aid Committee West Coast Tour, and Colorado supporters of the Irish Republicanism were proud to witness the historic first ever visit of a Sinn Fein Representative to the state. Free article
Calls grow for Finucane inquiry
25 February 1999
The organisation representing barristers in the Six Counties, the Northern Ireland Bar Council has added it's voice to the growing demand for an inquiry into the 1989 murder of solicitor Patrick Finucane. Free article
No democracy at Queens
25 February 1999
Members of the Sheena Campbell Sinn Fein cumann held a peaceful protest outside Queen's Student Union demanding equal rights on Friday 19 February. Free article
SF votes no confidence in Health Minister
25 February 1999
Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín O Caoláin supported the motion of no confidence in the Minister for Health and Children Brian Cowen in the Dáil last week. The vote was won by the Fianna F.il/Progressive Democrats government by three votes and was followed at the weekend by the announcement of £50 million for hospital facilities in Tullamore, in the Minister's own constituency. Free article
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McAnespie family harassed
25 February 1999
The family of Aidan McAnespie, shot dead by a British soldier at a vehicle checkpoint at Aughnacloy, were harassed by paratroopers as they returned from a mass to commemorate the 11th anniversary of his death. Free article
Hamill trial begins.
25 February 1999
On the first day of the Robert Hamill trial in Armagh crown court on Monday 22 February, several witnesses described how they saw the father of two being kicked to death as four heavily armed RUC officers in a nearby Land Rover watched on and failed to intervene. Free article
US Senator makes submission to Patten commission
25 February 1999
American Senator Tom Hayden, speaking to An Phoblacht shortly after the public launch of a submission to the Patten Commission compiled by a group of American policing experts, said that cosmetic changes in the composition of the Los Angeles police had failed to bring about reforms. Free article
Garvaghy Road residents visit Dublin
25 February 1999
A delegation representing the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition (GRRC) arrived in Dublin On Tuesday, 23 February for a day of high-profile activities organised by Dublin Sinn Fein. Free article
Row over B Specials gun club
25 February 1999
A row has erupted over plans to lease Bangor borough's gym to the Ulster Special Constabulary's gun club. Free article