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COCK-UP OR CONSPIRACY? (Free article)
1 April 1999
Over the years, those of us on the left who have made serious allegations about the sinister role of the business/political/military establishment in Ireland and internationally, have often been accused of fanciful conspiracy theories. But just because youre paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. And recent events have demonstrated that…
Mála Poist (Free article)
1 April 1999
Some things will never change A Chairde In May 1969, the outgoing leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, Terence O'Neill, remarked: ``It is frightfully hard to explain to Protestants that if you give Roman Catholics a good job and a good house they will live like Protestants, because they will see neighbours with cars and television sets. They…
Irish stopped by British police seven times a year (Free article)
1 April 1999
A shocking survey carried out by a British criminologist has shown that Irish people living in Britain are stopped, searched and questioned by British police officers up to seven times a year.
There is life after Debt (Free article)
1 April 1999
The central theme of Latin America Week this year was Debt. Debt is crippling developing countries around the world and is especially relevant this year as Central America attempts to recover from the affects of Hurricane Micth. Over 11,000 people were killed and 3 million people homeless in Honduras and Nicaragua alone.
Antrim sectarian bombings (Free article)
1 April 1999
Sinn Féin Assembly member for Upper Bann, Dr. Dara O'Hagan, is urging nationalists to remain vigilant in the wake of another loyalist pipe bomb attack.
Comóradh na Cásca? (Free article)
1 April 1999
Tá an Cháisc linn arís, muid ag comóradh an 83ú cuimhneachán d'Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916, na híobairtí, an fhulaingt, na básanna, an lasadh splainc... I mbliana, mar a tharlaíonn gach uile bliain, cruinneoidh daoine ag uaigheanna na marbh, ag leac cuimhneacháin, ag dealbhanna de laoch nó mairtíreach áitiúil chun ómós a thabhairt ar a ndearna fir…
Loyalist abduction attempt in South Belfast (Free article)
1 April 1999
A 22-year-old West Belfast man has described how his mobile phone saved his life after he was abducted by loyalists in Tate's Avenue on St. Patrick's night, the third such attempt in Belfast in a week. An Phoblacht reported last week that two West Belfast youths had a lucky escape when loyalists grabbed them as they went through the Village area.…
Workers in struggle: It's not just the money Bertie (Free article)
1 April 1999
``There is a strong view... probably the majority around the table, that we should not be entitled to cohesion funds at all.'' This was the opinion of Bertie Ahern, speaking at 6.30 am last Saturday morning after a new agreement on EU spending for the years 2000 to 2006 had been concluded by the EU heads of state.
RUC Chief covers his tracks (Free article)
1 April 1999
It was 3am and just a few short hours after the brutal killing of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson when the telephone rang in the NIO Secretary of State's residence. The caller, RUC Chief Ronnie Flanagan, was seeking Mo Mowlam's endorsement of his decision to bring David Philips, Kent Chief Constable, into the murder investigation. Mowlam gave the…
Sportsview: Violence and the GAA (Free article)
1 April 1999
As the movers and shakers of the National Football League jostled for places in the knock-out stages, and others battled to avoid relegation, it was disciplinary matters which stole the headlines in Mondays papers.
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