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350 held at anti-nuclear demo (Free article)
15 February 2001
350 protestors were arrested at an anti-nuclear protest held at the Faslane Trident submarine base at Clyde in Scotland on Monday, 12 February.
UVF pipe bomb factory discovered (Free article)
15 February 2001
A bomb factory found in a block of flats off Belfast's Shore Road has been linked to the UVF. Recent sectarian pipe bomb attacks against Catholic families were believed to be the work of the UDA. Now northern nationalists are asking just why were the UVF stockpiling this kind of weaponry and what was its intended use. The find comes amidst fears…
Long-term solutions to anti-social behaviour (Free article)
15 February 2001
``People talk of anti-social behaviour as a new problem. It is not. It just appears new because it is currently the focus of attention. In fact, anti-social behaviour arises from the same causes that gave rise to the conflict, and remain unresolved. But such behaviour has the potential to tear our communities apart. What the Brits and RUC have…
Nigerians face deportation (Free article)
15 February 2001
On Monday evening there were two quite innocent people held in Dublin's Mountjoy Jail. They had been arrested at their workplaces last week by immigration officers. They were handcuffed and taken to jail to await deportation.
Maternity units to close after all? (Free article)
15 February 2001
Another emergency meeting of the North Eastern Health Board (NEHB) is scheduled for this morning (Thursday 15 February) after the CEO of the NEHB announced that insurers were still refusing cover on the maternity units at Louth and Monaghan County Hospitals.
Reestablish the North West rail link (Free article)
15 February 2001
West Tyrone Assembly member Pat Doherty has outlined Sinn Féin's vision for the future development of the rail transport in the North West Region of Ireland. The Sinn Féin Vice President has put together a document proposing the re-establishment of the North West rail link.
GAS BLAST SCARE AT SELLAFIELD (Free article)
15 February 2001
A major disaster was narrowly averted at Sellafield's nuclear waste plant in Cumbria, last month, when more than 2,000 tonnes of high-level nuclear waste almost exploded, it has been revealed.
Irony or hypocrisy (Free article)
22 February 2001
`Irony is not a strong point with the comrades,' Guy Burgess, the British spy who infamously defected to Soviet Russia in the 1950's was attributed as saying in Alan Bennett's film ``An Englishman Abroad''.
Heavy RUC presence at commemoration (Free article)
22 February 2001
The heavy RUC presence during this year's Sean South and Fergal O'Hanlon commemoration at Altawalk, near Brookeborough in County Fermanagh was ``designed to intimidate and to disrupt the ceremony'', according to Sinn Féin councillor Brian McCaffrey, from Roslea.
Drugs and Generation X (Free article)
22 February 2001
The World Health Organisation revealed this week that Irish teenagers consume more alcohol than any of their European counterparts.
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