A Catholic man from West Belfast who was brutally beaten by three loyalists in a sectarian attack and left for dead in the Ballysillan area of North Belfast, will have to wait to see if doctors can save his lower leg. Free article

A Catholic soldier who was a member of the Territorial Army, (the British Army's reserve force) has been awarded £32,500 in damages for enduring eleven years of sectarian harassment and discrimination at the hands of his colleagues. Free article

Only hours before polling stations throughout the Six Counties were due to open, a unionist mob surrounded a pub in Dunmurry village in an attempt to intimidate Catholic voters. On the evening of 25 November, a group of more than 50 loyalists prevented customers inside the Motte and Bailey pub from leaving, forcing terrified locals to remain inside. Free article

A top-ranking Catholic PSNI man, Peter McAuley, who was in the midst of investigating links between the PSNI and the UDA, suddenly found himself subjected to an internal probe over allegations of harassment and bullying. Free article

AN DRAOI RUA explains why the Irish Anti-War Movement is organising a protest at Shannon Airport this Saturday 6 December. Free article

Sinn Féin's Leinster EU Selection Convention will take place at 11am in the Ashdown Park Hotel, Gorey, County Wexford, this Sunday, 7 December. Following the second Nice Treaty referendum and the consequent reduction in the number of Irish MEPs to be elected to future European Parliaments, the Leinster constituency has been reduced from a four-seater to a three-seater constituency and is now to be known as the 'East' constituency. Free article

The Sinn Féin youth wing last week received a significant boost when the National Youth Council of Ireland accepted its application to join the umbrella organisation. The National Youth Council decided at their annual general meeting, held in Limerick last weekend, to accept Ógra Shinn Féin as delegates to their organisation. Free article