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Bush loses control of US Senate (Free article)
31 May 2001
The decision by Senator James Jeffords (Vermont) to leave the Republican Party means that the Democrats are now in the majority in the Senate. Senator Jeffords has said that while he is sitting as an independent, he will vote with the Democratic block.
What kind of Ireland? (Free article)
7 June 2001
What type of Ireland and what type of Europe do you want to live in? These are the two questions that the Nice Treaty referendum campaign has uncovered as being on the minds of the Irish public.
Belfast abduction attempt (Free article)
7 June 2001
A West Belfast man was tailed to his work last Friday in what is believed to have been a loyalist abduction attempt.
No to Nice (Free article)
7 June 2001
For the past couple of months, this paper has carried a series of articles pointing up the flaws of the Treaty of Nice and the dishonest tactics being used by the establishment to try to force this referendum through without any real time for informed debate.
Mála Poist (Free article)
7 June 2001
Nice Treaty Not Written In Stone A Chairde, Those pushing for a yes vote to the treaty of Nice would have us believe that this treaty cannot be renegotiated. This is not true. Until the Treaty is passed by all European Union member states, it can be renegotiated to better take account of the interests of the newer entrants and smaller states.…
Plastic bullets maim and kill (Free article)
7 June 2001
Let's get one thing straight. Plastic bullets maim and kill and in this respect there is nothing new about the latest development of this lethal weapon. In fact, the British military's own research suggests that the new plastic bullet is even more dangerous, likely to inflict greater injury and result in more deaths. Worse still, a report by the…
Bloody Sunday soldiers claim Derry is too dangerous (Free article)
7 June 2001
The Ministry of Defence's continuing efforts to ensure that British soldiers involved in Bloody Sunday will not have to attend the inquiry in person were this week described on Monday by Lord Anthony Gifford QC, counsel for the family of James Wray, as deriving ``from a wish not to be discomfited or embarrassed by having to account for their…
Call for inquiry into Burke's Corrib Gas deal (Free article)
7 June 2001
Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has called for an inquiry into the deal done by former Fianna Fáil Minister Ray Burke with the multinational consortium which is exploiting the Corrib gas field off the West of Ireland. Ó Caoláin was speaking in the Dáil on 30 May when he also called for the new natural gas find in the border counties to be used…
Four years in Leinster House (Free article)
7 June 2001
Four years ago this week, on 6 June 1997, voters went to the polls in the 26 Counties and one of the most significant outcomes was the election of the first non-abstentionist Sinn Féin TD, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. It had been a long and difficult ten-year struggle from 1987 and the first general election after the dropping of abstentionism to the…
Carey's flawed bag (Free article)
7 June 2001
Pat Carey, TD and leader of the Fianna Fáil Group on Dublin City Council, has financed the handout of 2,000 paper shopping bags, upon which his name and telephone number are boldly emblazoned above the environment protection logo calling for recycling and reuse. He is quoted as saying ``I want to show that Pat Carey cares about the environment.''
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