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The President, the poppy and petty politics (Free article)
6 November 1997
The poppy, symbol of the Royal British Legion, and sold in November to coincide with ceremonies organised by the same organisation to commemorate the dead of the British army in two world wars, was this week placed at the centre of a petty political row. It was placed there initially and mischievously by Eoghan Harris when he declared on RTE that…
No Progress - No Peace Process (Free article)
6 November 1997
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has this week warned of the dangers facing the Peace Process because of the antics of the Unionist political leadership.
Unionists `playing games' - Adams (Free article)
6 November 1997
Gerry Adams got a standing ovation at Derry's Guildhall on Monday night after challenging both Unionists and nationalists. Stating bluntly that what we have now is not peace, but the opportunity for peace, he said, ``Change is required. It is about creating justice and until we actually bring about this change, until we ring-fence it and anchor…
Belting out the Croppy Boy (Free article)
6 November 1997
I was listening to the `Sunday Show' with Andy O'Mahony on RTE 1 the other Sunday morning. Not a bad show. The first I've listened to it. Like all RTE current affairs programmes at that time the topic of discussion was the presidential election and the issue of Mary McAleese.
McGuinness attacks British militarists (Free article)
6 November 1997
In the largest march in support of the prisoners that Newry has seen since the hunger strikes, 3000 people heard Martin McGuinness last Saturday hit out at the `militarists' in the British establishment who are holding up progress in the peace process.
The man who could only turn right (Free article)
6 November 1997
Despite his generally positive role in the peace process since 1994 the abiding memory of Dick Spring for republicans will be from 1984, two years after he took over as leader of the Labour Party. One unforgettable weekend he was on Banna Strand in his Kerry constituency unveiling a memorial to 1916 leader and gunrunner Roger Casement while off…
Gretta Reel remembered (Free article)
6 November 1997
The long and eventful life of an outstanding republican woman was celebrated in her native Killeevan, County Monaghan as friends from Belfast and Monaghan gathered at her graveside on 25 October.
With a mobile phone in one hand... (Free article)
6 November 1997
Life's a stage, isn't it? And there's a point when life and drama merge, and for those of us who happen to be looking on, the blur of it all becomes a form of entertainment in itself. Sunday nights aren't going to be the same after the ending of Making The Cut, and its glimpse of white collar politics associating with the drug and criminal world.
Save Santry Wood for the people (Free article)
6 November 1997
A community campaign to save a woodland from profiteering developers is poised to become an initiative to provide badly needed jobs.
No poverty next week (Free article)
6 November 1997
By Saturday 8 November poverty and world hunger will be a thing of the past. They will have ceased to exist. That, at least, appears to be the plan of the United Nations, given that they have designated 7 November as International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
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