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The Programme for Prosperity and Fairness (Free article)
9 March 2000
Trade unionists throughout the 26 Counties will this month be asked to vote on the fifth social partnership agreement. The PPF is described by its supporters as the best deal possible and by its detractors as a failure given the current economic climate. The coming vote is likely to be the closest ever for such a deal. This week, An Phoblacht airs…
RIR in, Nationalists out (Free article)
9 March 2000
Organisers of this year's Belfast St Patrick's Day Parade have reacted angrily to the news that the Royal Irish Regiment is to be given the use of the City Hall for a St Patrick's Day dinner dance.
Loyalists pull out of meeting with residents (Free article)
9 March 2000
Organisers of a contentious loyalist parade through North Belfast pulled out of a secret meeting with nationalist residents on the eve of the Parades Commission's ruling, An Phoblacht has learned. The Parades Commission was aware that a meeting between the parade organisers and some local residents was scheduled to take place on Sunday night. But…
Under Fire (Free article)
9 March 2000
The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has failed to deliver justice to the people of the Six Counties. It has pursued the interests of the state to the detriment of the citizen. It has failed to protect the community from illegal actions by the British crown forces, such as shoot to kill and collusion. It has perpetuated the use of…
Families organise ``State the Truth'' conference (Free article)
9 March 2000
On the night of her husband's killing, Betty Leonard was driving towards Derrylin from Lisnaskea when her car was overtaken by a number of RUC vehicles. Betty was stopped and detained by the RUC patrol. When she eventually reached her husband's butcher's shop it was in darkness and no one knew where he was. The next day Betty went with her sister…
British bugged jail interviews (Free article)
9 March 2000
Confidential intervews between Irish political prisoner Michael O'Brien and his lawyer, Gareth Peirce, were bugged by the British secret services while O'Brien was on remand in an English jail, former MI5 officer David Shayler has revealed.
Coalition back tracks on flawed minimum wage bill (Free article)
9 March 2000
When is a minimum wage not really the minimum wage? When it is one introduced by the Fianna Fáil/Progressive Democrat coalition. The Minimum Wage Bill debated by Leinster House Deputies last week plans to introduce a whole range of minimum wages below the meagre £4.40 an hour proposed by the new legislation. The £4.40 rate does not apply to…
Minister considers imprisonment of refugees, and suppresses report on EU standards (Free article)
9 March 2000
Minister's proposals are Catalogue of Injustice - worse than standards in Fortress Europe says UCD Law report.
Unemployment dilemmas (Free article)
9 March 2000
The elimination of long-term unemployment is now in sight, according to Enterprise and Employment minister Mary Harney. The minister was commenting on the latest Quarterly National Household Survey figures that showed over 1.6 million people working in the 26 Counties at the end of 1999, up over 100,000 on 1998.
New in print: Surviving the Penal Laws (Free article)
9 March 2000
Grace's Card: Irish Catholic Landlords 1690-1800 By Charles Chenevix Trench Published by Mercier Books Price £12.99
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