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Back issue: Two join Hunger Strike (Free article)
22 March 2001
THE two H-Block blanket men due to join the Hunger Strike for political status this Sunday, 22 March, are Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O'Hara, both aged 24.
Gerry Adams calls for race-hate legislation (Free article)
22 March 2001
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams marked the UN International Day Against Racism on Wednesday, 21 March, by calling for an all-Ireland drive by state agencies ``to ensure that the sentiments in statements issued today by the Taoiseach and other political leaders are lived up to by their strategic planning, policies and day-to-day practices''.
New in print (Free article)
22 March 2001
When war and chance collide, Crucible of thought, A history told in headstones, Lots of politics, some drugs, no rap and Chasing Shadows
Talks offer hope in Burma (Free article)
22 March 2001
On Monday 12 March, Myat Thu, the assistant secretary of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), visited Ireland en route from the Norway, where he accepted the student peace prize from the International Student Festival in Trondheim on behalf of imprisoned student leader Min Ko Naing.
Murphy's Law (Free article)
22 March 2001
Take the evening off. Get a babysitter. Cancel that cumann meeting. Postpone that romantic dinner for two but if you get the chance don't miss Murphy's Law, the latest offering from Just Us, the West Belfast-based theatre company. The play's first run was completed last week but due to popular demand the players have promised the show will go on…
Clonakilty job losses (Free article)
22 March 2001
``In this day and age, with multinational companies reaching into the smallest corners of our rural communities, we really have to impose some protection for our people against the fly by night practices of global capitalism,'' says Councillor Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin from Clonakilty.
Tom Smith remembered (Free article)
22 March 2001
Hundreds gathered in Dublin last Saturday, 17 March for the annual commemoration of the death of Óglaigh na hÉireann Volunteer Tom Smith, who was gunned down by Free State soldiers on St Patrick's Day 26 years ago.
Knowing your Nice (Free article)
29 March 2001
Nine weeks to Nice Treaty referendum day might seem like more than enough time to get acquainted with the issues flowing from this new EU accord. However, there is still no guarantee of a fair referendum with proper funding for the No campaign, even though Sinn Féin's Sean MacManus and others have called for steps to taken to ensure there will be…
Lisburn Borough Council and the Equality Duty (Free article)
29 March 2001
When it comes to sectarian discrimination, Lisburn Borough Council is one of the most notorious local districts in the Six Counties. The fact that the borough includes three large nationalist estates, Twinbrook, Poleglass and Lagmore, housing over 30,000 people is, as far as the unionist controlled council is concerned, a matter of accident rather…
Revolting students (Free article)
29 March 2001
It was refreshing to see the enthusiasm with which secondary school students took to the streets this week.
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