25 February 1999 Edition

``Freedom will not be given - it must be won''

25 February 1999

Around 150 people gathered in Dunloy in North Antrim on Sunday for the 1t annual commemoration of the death of two young local Oglaigh na hEireann Volunteers, Henry Hogan and Declan Martin, killed in action against the British SAS on 21 February 1984. Free article

Bloody Sunday threat lifted

25 February 1999

Relatives of the 14 victims were granted leave to apply for a judicial review on Tuesday 16 February in order to fight British paratroopers attempts to keep their identity anonymous. Free article

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Arts Council in funding bias row

25 February 1999

The latest Six County Arts Council spending round has been condemned as deeply biased by drama groups across the North. West Belfast-based Aisling Ghearr, one of only two Irish medium drama groups in Ireland, has lost its £10,000 core funding while 67% of the £224,000 increase in the Arts Council's £6.89 million budget has gone to the Ulster Orchestra. Free article

Fógraí bháis: Frank McLaverty - a tireless worker on behalf of the republic.

25 February 1999

Frank McLaverty from Andersonstown in West Belfast who died on February 2 1999 after a long illness, was a life long republican who will be sadly missed by republicans throughout the city and further afield. Free article


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