1 April 1999 Edition
RUC attack Waterfront picketers
1 April 1999
Sinn Fein's Sean Hayes has criticised the RUC's handling of a protest against the Orange Order organised by the Friends of Garvaghy Road Committee, writes An Phoblacht's Padraig MacDabhaid. Free article
£100,000: The price of an eye
1 April 1999
A County Armagh man who lost his eye after being hit by an RUC plastic bullet has been awarded £100,000. Free article
RUC attacked by gun victim's wife
1 April 1999
The wife of murdered taxi driver John McColgan has reacted angrily to claims by the RUC that they were keeping the McColgan family informed about how the investigation, into John's killing, is developing. Free article
Two tyrants and a pot of tea
1 April 1999
``We have two reasons to thank you. First for your help when we needed it during the Falklands campaign and secondly for beginning a new era in Chile, one which is founded on true democracy''. With these words, Margaret Thatcher showed last week that there are further depths to which she can stoop. Free article
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Sinn Féin in the Big Country
1 April 1999
Ard Comhairle member and Sligo Alderman Sean MacManus recently visited Wisconsin and Montana as part of Sinn Féin's team in the United States for the St. Patrick's Day period. Free article
Former FAIT man charged with murder
1 April 1999
A one-time leading spokesperson for anti-republican group FAIT (Families Against Intimidation and Terror) has been charged with the brutal murder of a 60-year-old man in Newry. Free article
Fógraí bháis
1 April 1999
Mary Hughes agus Austrailian obituaries - Carmella Dowen, Sister Kathleen McEvoy agus Grace Swebel Free article