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Theatre: Fr Des in the Kesh (Free article)
1 June 2000
The chapel in the H-Blocks was the setting for the latest performance of `Des', Dubbeljoint's one-man play about the life of Fr Des Wilson, starring Jim Doran. And Father Des was there himself to see it on Monday 22 May, along with 35 republican prisoners, the writer, Brian Campbell (himself an ex-prisoner), and director Pam Brighton.
Fógraí bháis: Patrick `Doc' Dalton (Free article)
1 June 2000
The untimely death of Doc Dalton on 5 May has been the cause of great sadness to republicans throughout Ireland, especially in his native County Limerick and also in County Kerry. Although many knew that he was seriously ill since January, news of his death came as a great shock.
Union Jack motion defeated (Free article)
8 June 2000
Speaking on Monday, 5 June, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams welcomed the first Assembly sitting since the suspension of the political institutions by Peter Mandelson in February.
Third time lucky on housing? (Free article)
8 June 2000
With house prices rising way faster than inflation again this year, there is once again a clear need for action on the housing crisis in the 26 Counties. Leaks in Dublin newspapers over the last week have hinted at new radical proposals in the third report on housing by economic consultants Bacon and Associates. The proposals on tax measures to…
Heroin deaths and political corruption (Free article)
8 June 2000
The recent spate of deaths among heroin addicts in Dublin due to a `mysterious illness' has prompted a great deal of media attention and claims from many quarters of a heroin crisis.
Mála Poist (Free article)
8 June 2000
Release these POWs Monday, 22 May saw what should have been the final release of all republican prisoners in the 26 Counties. Those POWs on extended temporary release were given their final release forms on that date. The Dublin government is, however, refusing to release a number of republican prisoners who have become the focus of a Garda…
South African lawyer to mediate as Garvaghy crisis looms (Free article)
8 June 2000
Brian Currin, the South African human rights lawyer and former judge, has agreed to hold `pre-mediation' talks with both the Garvaghy Road residents and Portadown Orangemen in a further attempt to head off another Orange Order-orchestrated stand-off at Drumcree church next month. Currin, who represented many of those giving evidence to the Truth…
Celtic's image wars (Free article)
8 June 2000
I've never been into TV soaps. I never pondered why I've remained immune, despite the widespread addiction among seemingly sound people. I've discovered solid comrades who have been secretly living in Brookside and on Deep Space Nine for years. It's at time like that you realise you are a little different to your fellow humans - it's actually a…
McBride parents welcome assessor's report (Free article)
8 June 2000
The parents of Belfast teenager Peter McBride have welcomed comments made by the Independent Assessor on Military Complaints condemning the delay by an Army Board deciding the future of the two guardsmen convicted of his 1992 killing.
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