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Banks must cough up (Free article)
16 December 1999
The Report of the Public Accounts Committee into the DIRT scandal was welcomed by Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin on Wednesday, 15 December. He urged the immediate implementation of its recommendations by the Government. Ó Caoláin said:
Banging the loyalist drum (Free article)
16 December 1999
Looking back over the last year, do you remember during those tortuous months of negotiations up at Stormont when Word of the Week - every week - amongst many of the politicians and most of the political commentators was ``choreography'', a word which was used with embarrassing and tooth-grating regularity? This was closely followed by the…
Homeless for the New Year (Free article)
16 December 1999
As the bells ring in the new millenium, not all the people of Ireland will revel in the celebrations.
Notes from a beloved Luddite (Free article)
16 December 1999
Rita O'Hare was editor of this paper from 1985 until 1991, but she first started working for what was known as ``the official organ of the republican movement'' in 1978. Here, she reflects on her time at the paper, some of the famous personalities associated with it, and the impact of technology on the production process.
No Room at the Inn (Free article)
16 December 1999
``Dublin's housing crisis has become a nightmare,'' says Dublin Sinn Féin Councillor Christy Burke. People are still finding themselves in hostel accommodation with young children, where fathers must make alternative arrangements, or in B&B accommodation where mothers with kids, without money, must walk the streets all day. They are waiting 18…
Basque reps in Ireland (Free article)
16 December 1999
Pernando Barrena and Jone Goreizelaia, elected representatives of Herri Batasuna to the Navarran Parliament and the Basque Autonomous Parliament, respectively, visited Dublin last weekend to ``bring to the international community our point of view on recent developments of the political process in the Basque Country.
Lá an Dreoilín (Free article)
16 December 1999
Ina dhiaidh fór-itheacháin Lá Nollag féin nach maith an seans aclaíocht de shaghas eigin a fháil fiú má's chun éinín beag a mharú? Smaoineann an Draoi Rua faoi nósanna agus pisreog a bhaineann leis an am seo den bhliain.
Dublin meeting demands RUC disbanding (Free article)
16 December 1999
A public meeting in Dublin City centre this week heard several speakers call for the disbandment of the RUC as soon as possible.
Remembering the Past: Christmas week ambush (Free article)
16 December 1999
The IRA's campaign against the British forces gathered momentum gradually after the First Dáil initially met on 21 January 1919, the same day that the Soloheadbeg ambush left two RIC dead. By the end of the year, the IRA had demonstrated that it was capable of launching large-scale operations and that it had the support of the population in its…
News of the Kesh (Free article)
16 December 1999
``The phone rings - you could cut the tension with a knife - who's going to be first to answer the phone, this would show signs of weakness or overeagerness. It's like a scene from ``The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,'' (there's possibly an argument over who would be the ugly) sidewards glances to see who is going to break first, the only thing…
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