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Women's health under threat (Free article)
6 November 1997
CLOSURE of the Royal Maternity Hospital and Breast Clinic, and the removal of gynaecological and neonatology (care of the newborn) services away from West Belfast's Royal Group of Hospitals would have a drastic effect on the health of women and put vulnerable newborns at greater risk.
Mála Poist (Free article)
6 November 1997
Nuns!! A chairde, Fr Ted does evoke strong reactions within Ireland. Those distressed by it probably recognise it as a caricature of the church community they belong to. Caricatures are always painful for those so portrayed. Each of us possesses a truth of our intimate family circle with its good and bad. We shudder at its possible portrayal…
Television: A few home truths (Free article)
6 November 1997
In the early days of the Troubles RTE earned a reputation for on-the-spot footage and reporting which exposed British brutality to Civil Rights marchers etc. Conor Cruise O'Brien and Section 31 soon put a stop to that and by the early eighties coverage had deteriorated to such an extent that reporters and researchers were `directed' to Workers…
Forkhill Winter School (Free article)
6 November 1997
With the bicentennial of the United Irish rebellion upon us and numerous events being organised for the `year of liberty, 98' it is heartening to note this weekends bilingual winter school Scoil Sliabh gCuillinn in rebel South Armagh. Entitled `Aontas Intinne?-1798-A Union of Wills'? the school will be opened and addressed by Dr Martin Mansergh on…
Editor's desk (Free article)
6 November 1997
Word reaches me that the gardaí in Limerick are in a bit of a tizzy. One of their uniforms is missing and they are no doubt afraid someone impersonating a guard may begin battering some innocent citizens. The offending clothes were thrown out of a guard's house during spring cleaning. Or was a member of his family trying to send him a message?…
TD ``alarmed'' at conditions for Irish prisoners in USA (Free article)
13 November 1997
``I came away alarmed and dismayed at their conditions.'' This was how Cavan/Monaghan Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghin O Caoláin reacted to the plight of three Irish prisoners currently on remand in jails in California. The TD visited Kevin Barry Artt, Terry Kirby and Pól Brennan last weekend and on his return to Ireland on Monday called for urgent action…
Time to get real, Mary (Free article)
13 November 1997
Mary McAleese does not walk on water. Throughout her election campaign she trod on ice. Thin ice, but ice.
Same old newspaper story (Free article)
13 November 1997
This week a number of journalists have quite deliberately tried to talk up resignations from Sinn Féin and the IRA into a split. Basing their stories on anonymous sources backed up by dubious, unattributed (indeed, mostly unattributable) quotes it is clear that their agenda is to cause confusion among republicans.
Mála Poist (Free article)
13 November 1997
Why no Woodward-style campaign for Hamill case? A chairde, For what it's worth, I would like to offer my sympathy and support to the family of murdered Portadown Catholic Mr Robert Hamill. This unfortunate man was brutally attacked when returning home with a cousin and two women. Why is there no outcry in the country about this grave…
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