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Television: A Frosty reception for war heroes (Free article)
17 April 1997
Like so many of the great television journalists, David Frost has become a clumsy parody of himself. Breakfast With Frost (BBC1 8.30am Sundays) begins with evocative footage of the British houses of parliament, the US Capitol building, the Eiffel Tower, and musty, leather-bound books.
Sinn Féin attack challenged (Free article)
17 April 1997
Cork East Sinn Féin election candidate, Councillor Kieran McCarthy has slammed Deputy Paul Bradford, the Co-chair of the British/Irish parliamentary body for remarks he made about the objectives of Sinn Féin.
Editor's desk (Free article)
17 April 1997
Elections bring out the worst in some people. Take Denis Haughey, the SDLP candidate in mid-Ulster. When told by an Observer reporter that some Sinn Féin canvassers had clipboards, he said with ``a sharp and dismissive look'': ``Half these people can't fucking write''. It's a remark typical of certain sections of the middle-class SDLP who seem to…
Councillor wins Major appeal (Free article)
17 April 1997
Sinn Féin councillor Mary Nelis won her appeal against a ludicrous conviction of disorderly behaviour arising from the notorious John Major visit to Derry on 3 May 1995. She was among only eight of the 21 people convicted after RUC attacked a peaceful protest outside Derry's Tower Museum where the British PM was to appear. The appeals, heard in…
Challenging the hormones (Free article)
17 April 1997
Robert Allen warns of the dangers of chemicals found in everyday use in your kitchen and bathroom
US honours Hunger Strikers (Free article)
17 April 1997
Irish activists from five states are expected to attend the unveiling of a Hunger Strike Memorial in Hartford, Connecticut. over the weekend of 3 and 4 May. Marcella Sands Kelly, Bobby Sands's sister, will be present at the dedication ceremony.
Catholics forced off site (Free article)
24 April 1997
THREE YOUNG WEST BELFAST CATHOLICS were ordered off a building site in the loyalist Sandy Row area of Belfast on Monday 21 April.
Poised for an historic breakthrough (Free article)
24 April 1997
The next seven days are vitally important for the nationalists of the Six Counties. How they vote will have a direct bearing on the conflict in Ireland. A new British government will study the results with great interest and determine its policy accordingly.
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