4 November 1999 Edition

Andrews backs O'Neill inquiry

4 November 1999

In a reply in the Dáil on Tuesday, 2 November, to Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Foreign Affairs Minister David Andrews said that a judicial inquiry into the killing by Metropolitan Police of IRA member Diarmuid O'Neill in London in September 1996 would be ``a positive and helpful development''. Free article

Adams to challenge DPP ruling

4 November 1999

WEST BELFAST republican Davy Adams is set to challenge the Director of Public Prosecution's decision not to prosecute the RUC officers who attacked him while he was being held in Castlereagh interrogation centre in 1994. Free article

Police Federation in anti Patten campaign

4 November 1999

Sinn Féin spokesperson on policing, Bairbre de Brún, has described attempts to involve schools in an anti-Patten campaign by the Police Federation as ``yet another attempt to block the process of change''. Free article

McFarlane takes case to High Court

4 November 1999

Brendan `Bik' McFarlane, the former Officer Commanding of the H-Block republican prisoners during the 1981 hunger-strike, was granted leave by the High Court in Dublin this week to take an action to prevent his trial in the 26 Counties on charges of falsely imprisoning supermarket chain tycoon Don Tidey in 1983. Free article

Bilingual School

4 November 1999

Scoil Shliabh gCuillinn, the Ninth Bilingual Winter School, is to be held in Mullaghbawn between 5 and 7 November and will be officially opened by renowned civil rights lawyer Gareth Peirce. Free article

Page 2 of 3

No objections to Derry march

4 November 1999

Sinn Féin councillor Cathal Crumley has described the decision of the Bogside Residents' Group not to oppose the Apprentice Boys siege of Derry commemoration as ``a genuine example of positive leadership''. Free article

Ó Caoláin challenges minister on drugs

4 November 1999

Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has challenged the Minister of State with responsibility for Drugs, Fianna Fáil's Chris Flood, on the spread of hard drugs outside the Greater Dublin Area. Free article

Court rules against councillors on mast

4 November 1999

High Court Judge O'Donovan last week upheld Eircell's challenge to a decision by Leitrim County Councillors, who overturned their manager's decision to give planning permission for a mast at Tully, Ballinamore. Free article

Dublin prisoners' group

4 November 1999

TAR ISTEACH, the Dublin ex-prisoners' group, held the first in a series of conferences in Dublin on Saturday, 30 October. Free article

Boy band's insensitivity slammed

4 November 1999

Chart-topping Irish pop band, Westlife, was strongly criticised this week by Ogra Shinn Féin National Organiser Matt Carthy over its decision to launch the British Legion's Poppy Day drive for funds. Free article


An Phoblacht
44 Parnell Sq.
Dublin 1
Ireland