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Last orders for the PDs (Free article)
8 March 2001
It doesn't take a political genius to see that the Progressive Democrats are in trouble. Membership and morale in the party is in free-fall, making Harney's chances of retaining four seats come the next election slim at best. Like Fine Gael, a fellow party in crisis, the PDs are clutching at anything to stave off the unpleasant truth that they are…
St. Patrick will come to you (Free article)
8 March 2001
Belfast's Saint Patrick's Day celebrations have been reorganised in line with concerns over the current outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease. The carnival parade to the city centre, which attracted over 90,000 people last year, has been cancelled but a number of local venues have been agreed.
Racist Peebles jailed (Free article)
15 March 2001
Self-styled Protestant `pastor' Clifford Peebles has been jailed for ten years after admitting possession of two hand grenades and a pipe bomb on Thursday 8 March at his trial in Belfast Crown Court. The devices were found in his car in October 1999 when he was stopped on the M1 motorway as he approached Dungannon, Country Tyrone. The court heard…
Joint strategy makes sense (Free article)
15 March 2001
Sinn Féin's meeting with the SDLP next week about the possibility of a joint general election strategy for the forthcoming Westminster election offers the possibility not only of increased representation for nationalist voters but of changing the electoral landscape.
Mála Poist (Free article)
15 March 2001
1981: Let's remember it all A thousand people gathered last weekend in the imposing sanctuary of St Patrick's Cathedral New York to commemorate the 1981 hunger strikers. With dignity, pride and pain, an activist community remembered those dark days. So many commented that ``it feels like yesterday''. Msgr. Eugene Clark spoke of the prisoners'…
Zapatistas March Into Mexico City (Free article)
15 March 2001
The Zapatistas' 3,000-kilometres tour around Mexico finished on Sunday 11 March in Zocalo Square, the heart of Mexico City. Around 200,000 people gathered to welcome the group of 24 Zapatista rebels and their many supporters into the Mexican capital. The rebel tour has passed through 12 Mexican states since 24 February.
Bombers attack Clonard commemoration (Free article)
15 March 2001
A British Army issue grenade-type device was used to attack a republican commemoration in Belfast last Sunday, 11 March.
Nósanna an Charghais (Free article)
15 March 2001
Nuair a smaoinítear ar an Charghas, creidtear go bhfuil sé fréamhaithe ins sa Chríostaíocht amháin. Mar a tharlaíonn sé, níor mhair tréimhse an Charghais ach trí lá nuair a thosaigh an cleachtadh ag an chéad dream do Chríostaithe fadó.
Parents must accept teachers right to strike (Free article)
15 March 2001
17,000 teachers returned to the picket line this week. Their action closed more than 600 secondary schools for one day as the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) restarted industrial action after rejecting a Labour Court recommendation which asks that the teachers union to pursue their 30% wage claim through the Dublin Government's…
Back issue: Fearless fighter joins Hunger Strike (Free article)
15 March 2001
ONE of the most fearless and active young republicans to emerge from the armed struggle against British occupation forces in Ireland this decade, 25-year-old Francis Hughes from Bellaghy, County Derry, is to join the H-Block Hunger Strike this Sunday, 16 March.
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