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European Court of Human Rights case on assassinations (Free article)
3 September 2009
THE families of two IRA Volunteers killed in a shoot-to-kill operation over 20 years ago are taking their case to the European Court of Human Rights. Martin McCaughey and Dessie Grew were shot dead by the British undercore soldiers in Loughgall, County Armagh, in October 1990. No attempt was made to arrest either man despite the fact that both…
The Mitchel McLaughlin Column (Free article)
3 September 2009
POLITICS on the island of Ireland have been transformed and the process of change will undoubtedly continue to deliver for citizens across the island in the years ahead. But it is now 15 years since the first IRA cessation and 11 years since the Good Friday Agreement. There have been many attacks on Orange halls and property belonging to unionist…
INTERVIEW: Jack Phelan (Free article)
3 September 2009
JACK PHELAN is 'well-got' in republican circles around Kilkenny. As a comrade of 25 years, Tom Kiernan says of him, "Jack was one of the very best." Born in 1924, Jack Phelan saw hard times in Ireland. He grew up in the hungry years of the 1930s and 1940s and there was also political tension in the aftermath of the Civil War in Ireland. The 1920s…
Family may sue PSNI over crime scene failures (Free article)
3 September 2009
THE family of a man killed by loyalists in 1998 may sue the PSNI over failures identified by the Police Ombudsman. A report by the policing watchdog revealed that no record exists to confirm whether key exhibits from the murder scene were seized or examined. Fergal McCusker (28) had only recently returned from the United States when he was…
INTERNATIONAL: The Cuban Five (Free article)
3 September 2009
TO gain a full and clear understanding of the case of the Cuban Five and the stunning duplicity of which judicial and political elites are capable, it is necessary to recall the wisdom of that favoured sage of yesteryear, Mr George W Bush. Speaking in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, dear departed Dubya put it very succinctly:…
International probe into plastic bullets (Free article)
3 September 2009
AN international human rights adviser is to investigate the circumstances in which up to four children were shot and injured by plastic bullets fired by the PSNI during disturbances in north Belfast. The children were injured during riots following a controversial Orange Order parade in Ardoyne in July.
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
3 September 2009
I mbliana chaith muid cúpla lá ag campáil i Normandy na Fraince ar shuíomh campála gar do Thrá Utah. Admhaím nach duine mé atá ró-thugtha don champáil ach bhí na páistí ag iarraidh seo a dhéanamh le blianta agus faoi dheireadh ghéill mé do vóta an tromlaigh. Bhí rudaí ag dul go maith i rith an lae, agus san oíche d'oscail muid buidéal fíona agus…
Aer Lingus losses - all Ireland aviation strategy needed (Free article)
3 September 2009
Aer Lingus got its 11th chief executive in 16 years this week as losses at the airline grew to €93 million for the first six months of 2009. Christoph Mueller takes up his post in an environment where short term knee jerk media reactions fuelled by the airline's senior management immediately focused on more job and wages cuts at the airline rather…
RTÉ fantasists' field day (Free article)
3 September 2009
TV Review: If Lynch Had Invaded RTÉ 1, Tuesday, 1 September Reviewed By Mícheál Mac Donncha
Dublin dockers: Talks open as bosses seek High Court protection for scabs (Free article)
3 September 2009
TALKS have been held at the Labour Relations Commission between SIPTU representatives of more than 30 striking striking dockers at Dublin Port and management at Marine Terminals Ltd (MTL) this week. Although limited progress was made at Monday's seven-hour session of talks, it was enough to make SIPTU Regional Secretary Christy McQuillan hopeful…
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