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Nuclear double standard (Free article)
25 January 2001
Chris Patten's name will forever be etched in Irish minds for two reasons. One, being his report on the RUC and two, his tears from the deck of the Britannia as it left Hong Kong in 1997.
Scottish prison figures highlight discrimination (Free article)
25 January 2001
The ongoing debate in Scotland about anti-Catholic sectarianism, initiated by the composer James McMillan in 1999 when he stated that the country is institutionally sectarian, has been fuelled in recent days by a doctoral student, Michael Rosie. He has discovered that although only 15% of the general population of Scotland is Catholic, Catholics…
Adams to go under the hammer for St Patrick (Free article)
25 January 2001
A political chess set featuring the Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams as one of the pieces is to be auctioned to raise funds for this year's St Patrick's Day Carnival in Belfast.
Hunger strikers to address Clonakilty public meeting (Free article)
25 January 2001
Two former republican prisoners who participated in the 1981 Hunger Strike in Long Kesh, will address a public meeting on the topic in Clonakilty next Thursday 1 February. The Clonakilty 1981 Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee, which was recently established, this week confirmed that Jackie McMullan and John Pickering will be special guests at…
The Hunger Strikes - A legacy of struggle (Free article)
1 February 2001
Brendan `Bik' McFarlane, OC of republican prisoners during the 1981 hunger strike, said that the hunger strikes were ``fundamental to the development of the republican struggle. We probably would not be at this stage but for the sacrifice of 1981. It changed the politics of this country.''
Singin' the Blueshirt blues (Free article)
1 February 2001
As John Bruton's leadership ends, Fine Gael is in crisis and a new leader will not solve the massive problems that beset the party. Their biggest problem is to find the answer to the question ``What is Fine Gael for?''
Sluggish Celtic snails (Free article)
1 February 2001
Fine Gael's squabbling over their party leadership this week was about as spectacular and significant as their `Celtic Snail' campaign on the 26-County budget - not very.
McBride campaigners want answers from Reid (Free article)
1 February 2001
Campaigners for the family of Belfast teenager Peter McBride, shot down by two british soldiers in 1992, have raised serious misgivings about the appointment of Dr John Reid as the new Secretary of State. The Derry-based Pat Finucane Centre (PFC) has published a series of questions which it says the new Secretary of State must address.
St. Teresa's Gardens is full of hope (Free article)
1 February 2001
Last week's Prime Time investigatiion of deprivation in St Teresa's Gardens painted a bleak picture of this inner city flats complex and its inhabitants. Here ANDREW O'CONNELL, a resident of St Teresa's, takes issue with this negative portrayal, which he believes stigmatises his and other similar communities and outlines positive developments…
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