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Martin Doherty remembered (Free article)
27 May 1999
The fifth annual Volunteer Martin Doherty Commemoration took place in Dublin on Sunday, 6 May. IRA Volunteer Martin Doherty was shot dead as he foiled a UVF bomb attack on a function for republican prisoners at the Widow Scallans pub in Dublin's Pearse Street on 21 May 1994.
Housing a key election issue (Free article)
27 May 1999
A well attended meeting in Ringsend was held to highlight the ongoing housing crisis in Dublin in general and the South East Inner City in particular.
Fógraí bháis: Alex Crowe (Free article)
27 May 1999
This is one of those tasks that everyone hates to do and myself especially, because you hope that things like this don't happen. To most people reading the death notices in the Irish News it just said Crowe, Alex, RIP. To us who knew him it was a devastating blow, for this was an absolute giant of a man, in every way.
Why was Diarmuid O'Neill killed? (Free article)
3 June 1999
Why was Diarmuid O'Neill killed? Because, so the argument goes, he was an IRA volunteer, this was war and he made himself a legitimate target. This argument, however, is fatally undermined by the British government's perverse insistence that the conflict in Ireland was not war, merely crime. As a consequence, the Metropolitan Police have had to…
McBrides challenge British army (Free article)
3 June 1999
The family of assassinated North Belfast teenager Peter McBride is challenging the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) by seeking a judicial review of the decision to allow the two British soldiers convicted of murder to remain in the army.
Mowlam hamstrings Patten (Free article)
3 June 1999
Mo Mowlam's views on the Patten Commission, published in Wednesday's Belfast Telegraph, ring alarm bells. The Secretary of State writes that the ``future of policing in Northern Ireland cannot lie in one of two extreme positions'', clearly meaning no-change or disbandment.
Mála Poist (Free article)
3 June 1999
UN offers real partnership for peace A Chara, ``Reclaiming and Rebuilding our Communities'', the title of Sinn Féin's new drugs policy document, is an apt and concise reflection of the republican project in Ireland's most disadvantaged communities. Our conviction is that through the consolidation of communal and nation solidarity we can build…
Adams and mcGuinness visit South Armagh (Free article)
3 June 1999
Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness were joined this week by Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh, Conor Murphy, local councillors, members of the South Armagh Farmers and Residents Committee and local people to view for themselves some of the 31 look-out posts and five extensive British Army/RUC bases within the 20-mile radius of South Armagh.
Ocalan offers peace as trial starts (Free article)
3 June 1999
Abdullah Ocalan ``Apo'', the leader of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), said at the start of his trial in Turkey this week that he wants to stay alive and contribute to the understanding between Turkish and Kurdish people. He added that he could put an end to the war between Turkey and the PKK in only three months, and offered himself as mediator…
FAIT allegations being ``looked into'' (Free article)
3 June 1999
A Northern Ireland Office spokesperson has told An Phoblacht that allegations made by a former Families Against Intimidation and Terror (FAIT) employee against the British government front group are ``currently being looked into''.
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