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Editor's desk (Free article)
19 February 1998
This week Dublin Foreign Affairs Minister David Andrews said: ``The Irish government is totally opposed to and condemns utterly, all killings of any person, and for any purpose. We equally repudiate the use or threat of violence for political purposes.'' This makes them the only pacifist government in the world and when the bombing of Iraq…
Mowlam's insult to nationalists (Free article)
26 February 1998
THE decision by Mo Mowlam to appoint an Apprentice Boy and a former leading member of the UDA to the Parades Commission has exposed the notion that Britain is a neutral arbitrator in the conflict in the Six Counties.
Time for the Therapist (Free article)
26 February 1998
Mary Nelis has written before on this page about the things you don't get to read about if you rely for your coverage of things political on the mainstream press. This week, as unionists pumped up the volume on their determined and deliberate efforts to claim that the IRA is responsible for every bomb blast in town, it was remarkable that coverage…
McArdle jury fails to reach verdict (Free article)
26 February 1998
The Old Bailey trial of Seamus McArdle ended on Friday 19 February with the jury being unable to reach even a majority verdict after a day and a half of deliberations. McArdle, who has been charged in connection with the attack on Canary Wharf which ended the first IRA cessation, has now been returned to await retrial to Belmarsh.
Mála Poist (Free article)
26 February 1998
Viva internationalism A chairde, I would like the opportunity to remind Sean McMahon (Mala Poist 12 February) that not only are we fighting for Ireland, but for Cuba and all other countries who are battling against imperialism. I note with interest that his ``humble opinion'' is that we can attack the US press and its priorities, but we…
British are protagonists, not neutrals (Free article)
26 February 1998
There is no getting away from the fact that the entire Peace Process is in now jeopardy and that what people should concentrate on is how we can rescue the situation so as to move forward towards a democratic peace settlement. But it is useful to examine the series of events which led us to the current precarious position, so they can be avoided…
Paul Quinn wins transfer to Port Laoise (Free article)
26 February 1998
PAUL Quinn has come off his hunger strike after being transferred to Port Laoise Prison last Wednesday 18 February.
SF Youth expands (Free article)
26 February 1998
Sinn Fein Youth has marked the first two months of the year with a series of activities which see the republican youth movement go from strength to strength.
Colombian army cover up massacre (Free article)
26 February 1998
Last October ominous notices began to appear on the walls of Puerto Asis, a small town in southern Colombia. They informed local inhabitants that all guerrilla ``sympathisers and supporters'' in the area had been sentenced to death.
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