A new victims' umbrella group, `Northern Ireland' Terrorist Victims Together (NITVT), has been accused of reinforcing divisions in the status of the dead of the last 30 years of conflict in the Six Counties. By failing to contact many of the victims/survivors groups in the nationalist community prior to its launch on Friday, 16 April, at the La Mon House Hotel, NITVT sent a clear message that the only innocent victims are those who are victims of republican violence. Free article

`Sammy Devenny' - two words. Like `Bloody Sunday'. `Francis Hughes'. `Long Kesh'. Two words, which have been in my vocabulary for a very long time. I have no recollection of where I first heard them, or who spoke them. What I do know is why they are important. Free article

The latest in a series of groups set up to support the residents of the Garvaghy Road held its first public meeting in Camlough, South Armagh on Tuesday night. One hundred and twenty people packed into the village's small community centre for the meeting, organised by the Newry/South Armagh Garvaghy Road Support Group. Free article

The death ocurred recently of Christy Jackson, a prominent community activist from Dublin's north inner city, following a considerable period of illness. Free article