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Stop this roller coaster (Free article)
15 July 1999
I've just had a unique insight into how modern Irish society impacts on our lives. For almost two weeks in June I was cared for in the psychiatric unit of one of our modern hospitals. I ended up there because I could not cope with modern society. I was depressed, suicidal and burned out, so I went into the hospital and uttered a pitiful cry for…
Mothers pass toxic milk to infants (Free article)
15 July 1999
Breast-feeding mothers are poisoning their infants with carcinogenic chemicals that also affect the immune system and hormonal development.
Fianna Fáil's sham electoral reform (Free article)
15 July 1999
Was it just the start of the silly season or the beginning of a prolonged bout of Fianna Fáil buttering up the electorate? Whatever the answer, the Fianna Fáil electoral reform bandwagon is rolling again. You might not have noticed, but in the last year the Soldiers of Destiny have reformed local government in the 26 Counties and are now moving on…
Myers article lands Irish Times in court (Free article)
15 July 1999
The Irish Times newspaper is to pay a ``substantial six figure sum'' to Derry's Bloody Sunday families in settlement of a libel action over an article written by columnist Kevin Myers.
Sharing prison experiences in the Basque Country (Free article)
15 July 1999
Former republican prisoner Mick O'Brien travelled to the town of Zornotza in the Basque Country last week to take part in a weekend gathering in support of the Basque political prisoners and their contribution to the process of conflict resolution.
Y2K , Y2K no, no, no... (Free article)
15 July 1999
Tá daoine ann a deir linn go dtiocfaidh an domhan mar is eol duinn chun stad iomlán ag meánoíche an 31Nollag 1999.
Sportsview: Cool Cats destroy Offaly (Free article)
15 July 1999
It was a weekend of minor surprises but no shocks on the GAA fields.
Remembering the Past: South Longford by-election (Free article)
15 July 1999
The death of the Irish Parliamentary Party MP for North Roscommon James J. O'Kelly - a former IRB member who supported John Redmond - in late 1916 led to one of the most important by-elections in Irish history. Under the campaign slogan ``Put him in to get him out'', Joseph MacGuinness, a Longford IRB man imprisoned in Lewes Jail in England was…
Back issue: Haughey's Thatcherism (Free article)
15 July 1999
Fianna Fáil leader Charles Haughey made the biggest u-turn of his career so far last week when he formed a coalition government with his former arch-rivals in the Progressive Democrats. As well as their common Thatcherite social and economic policies, the Programme for Government signed by Haughey and Desmond O'Malley commits them to full support…
New in print: The games people play (Free article)
15 July 1999
Sport and Nationalism in Ireland: Gaelic games, soccer and Irish identity since 1884 By Mike Cronin Published by Four Courts Press Price 14.95 (pb); £35 (hb)
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