23 May 2002 Edition
Glenhull family helicopter ordeal
23 May 2002
Mid-Tyrone Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Clarke says that a Glenhull family in the parish of Greencastle were subjected to a frightening ordeal when a British Army helicopter hovered at an extremely low level in front of and over the roof of their home for over one hour on Saturday night. Free article
Historic Ballymurphy mural project
23 May 2002
An ambitious mural project designed to commemorate the republican dead of Ballymurphy is to take place this coming Sunday, 26 May. Free article
Hyland urges councils to adopt bilingual policy
23 May 2002
Davy Hyland, chairperson of Newry & Mourne District Council, accompanied Sinn Féin councillor Breandán Lewis and a council official to make a presentation at Enniskillen to Fermanagh District Council on Tuesday 21 May outlining the Bilingual policy practised by Newry & Mourne District Council. Free article
Death of Chichester-Clark
23 May 2002
James Chichester-Clark, later Lord Moyola, who was Prime Minister of the Northern State in 1969 when British troops came onto the streets of Belfast and Derry, died last Friday, 17 May. Free article
Deported from Palestine: Mary Kelly's story
23 May 2002
The reality behind the world's great historical events is not much like its painted picture. As the bulldozers and tanks rolled into Palestine, an army was deployed to deny a whole people their lives, their very right to exist. Free article
Hunger Strike monument unveiled
23 May 2002
On Saturday 18 May, republicans paraded to Fisher Park in Newry to witness the unveiling of a monument dedicated to the ten republican prisoners who died on hunger strike in 1981. The large crowd was led by a colour party and three bands. The monument is a life-size statue of a Blanket Man and was unveiled by a former Armagh jail prisoner Eileen Hillen, who took part in the protest at that time. Free article
Strabane ignored in public sector jobs shareout
23 May 2002
West Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty says all available evidence points to the fact that Strabane District has been completely overlooked in the consultation to relocate 150 public sector jobs west of the Bann. Free article
Other News in Brief
23 May 2002
Derry republican arrested, Republican memorial vandalised in Fermanagh and Legal challenge to British Army Free article