20 January 2000 Edition
UVF commander worked in RUC barracks
20 January 2000
An Phoblacht has learned that the building firm run by assassinated UVF leader Richard Jameson carried out building work in Gough RUC barracks in Armagh, one of the North's most notorious RUC interrogation centres, and in Maghaberry Prison. Free article
Letter bomb at home of SF Councillor
20 January 2000
A letter bomb was discovered at the home of Monaghan Sinn Féin Councillor Owen Smyth on Tuesday, 18 January. The package was found to contain an explosive substance and was later defused by a military mob disposal squad. Free article
McKenna to be extradited?
20 January 2000
Gardai have begun extradition proceedings against self-styled human rights campaigner Vincent McKenna after the Director of Public Prosecutions in Dublin ruled that it would press child sex abuse charges against him. Free article
Building on republican potential in Antrim
20 January 2000
Sinn Féin is campaigning to regain the party's seat on Antrim Borough Council on 2 February. The party wants to ensure nationalist representation on a body that has a long history of neglect, sectarianism and discrimination. Caítlin Doherty reports. Free article
Don O'Leary to resign
20 January 2000
Sinn Féin Councillor Don O'Leary this week announced with regret his intention to resign his seat on Cork Corporation seat because of ill-health. Free article
Abysmal redudancy package for Hawkesbay workers
20 January 2000
Workers in the Hawkesbay factory in Ardee, County Louth, who are to be put out of their jobs at the end of this month, are balloting today (Wednesday, 19 January) on the less than meagre redundancy package which plant owner Hakim Valliani offered the 300 people he employs there. He offered just one half week above the statutory redundancy. Free article
RUC Nelson probe interference?
20 January 2000
Suspicions are growing that the RUC may have deliberately leaked the news to the media that the brother of LVF leader Mark `Swinger' Fulton was arrested in the US in order to undermine the investigation into the killing of Rosemary Nelson. Free article
Blatant RIR bigots
20 January 2000
The sectarian nature of the Royal Irish Regiment has again been exposed by the West Belfast-based newspaper the Andersonstown News. Free article
Kelly gets damages from RUC
20 January 2000
Gerry Kelly, Sinn Féin Assembly member for North Belfast, has received £4,000 compensation and his legal fees paid in an out of court settlement against the RUC. Free article
GAA stars to help Paddy's Day Carnival
20 January 2000
Some of the top names on the Ulster GAA scene have come to the rescue of Belfast's St Patrick's Day Carnival by agreeing to play in a fundraising match for the Carnival. Free article