Sinn Fein TD Caoimhghín O Caolain has sought a special Dail debate on the revelations of RTe's Prime Time special on the Arms Trial which show that the key witness statement of Colonel Michael Hefferon was altered in the Department of Justice in order to protect the then Minister for Justice Jim Gibbons. Free article

The decision of the Bank of Ireland to refuse to cash pay cheques unless the customer has an account in the branch has been described in the Dail as ``arrogant and exploitative'' by Sinn Fein's Caoimhghín O Caolain. Free article

Workers in the furniture industry in the North East and Border region have been balloting since 2 April on industrial action in the wake of their union's rejection of a Labour Court recommendation which fell short of their claim for parity with basic rates in the construction industry. Free article

No medical assistance was given. No ambulance was called. No one alerted the hospital that a seriously injured man was on his way. The hospital was just a minutes drive away but it was at least 30 minutes before the injured man arrived. Free article

The UN Special Rapporteur tasked with protecting the rights of lawyers has called for an independent public inquiry in the killings of Pat Finucane and Rosemary Nelson as the only way of establishing the truth about the deaths of the two prominent human rights lawyers. Free article

Semi-state company An Post has been delivering, door to door, Immigration Control Platform (ICP) leaflets in several areas of Dublin City. The ICP is a group which promotes anti-refugee policies and calls for an end to the internationally recognised rights of those who face persecution to seek sanctuary here in Ireland. Free article

The acquittal of former prisoner Gerard Magee on Friday 6 April opens the way for former prisoners convicted in non-jury Diplock courts to have their convictions similarly overturned. Free article

A Bill to incorporate Irish neutrality into the Constitution was moved in the Dail last week by Sinn Fein TD Caoimhghín O Caolain. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution Bill, 2001, seeks a referendum to amend the Constitution to include the guarantee that the State ``shall maintain a policy of non-membership of military alliances''. Free article

In an open letter to the Executive on 6 April, Sinn Fein Chief Whip, West Belfast Assembly member Alex Maskey has called for clarification on the issue of the continuing illegal actions of David Trimble in banning Sinn Fein ministers from North South Ministerial Council meetings. Free article

The highly dangerous northern approach to Slane Bridge on the N2 National Road was raised by Caoimhghín O Caolain with the Chief Executive of the National Roads Authority (NRA), Michael Tobin, at a special meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment and Local Government last week. Free article