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PSNI ignore forensics (Free article)
7 August 2003
On 22 July last year, Jason O'Halloran was standing with a friend on Rosapenna Street in North Belfast around 11.30 pm. The two were engrossed in conversation when four men drove by in a dark Ford Mondeo car. One of them suddenly opened fire with a handgun. As the friends dived for cover, three of the shots hit O'Halloran, striking him once in…
Oícheanta Áirneáil (Free article)
7 August 2003
AN DRAOI RUA this week recalls some of the evening pastimes that kept people occupied before television took over. It seems there were plenty of games, stories, poetry and music to entertain at all sorts of occasions.
South Down extortion bid foiled (Free article)
7 August 2003
Sinn Féin representative Conor Murphy has hit out at the individuals responsible for an extortion attempt on two South Down businessmen. On Wednesday 30 July, people masquerading as republicans demanded £3,000 from the two businessmen. They were warned not to approach Sinn Féin or the PSNI about this matter and were given an address to drop the…
Memorial unveiled to Kilnaleck Volunteer (Free article)
7 August 2003
A memorial was unveiled to Volunteer Captain Edward Boylan, 1901-1922, in Kilnaleck, Co Cavan on Sunday 27 July. The memorial was erected by the local Edward Boylan/Joe Ennis Sinn Féin cumann.
Catholic Church must end anti-gay campaign (Free article)
7 August 2003
The Catholic Church's statement attacking gay marriages has been slammed by Sinn Féin Dáil spokesperson on Social and Family Affairs Seán Crowe. In a strongly worded statement, Crowe described the Church's comments as "reactionary and "homophobic" and called on the Church to end "its campaign of vilification" against homosexuals and same-sex…
Government adding to unemployment (Free article)
7 August 2003
Commenting on the significant rise in unemployment, Sinn Féin Finance spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD said the government was adding to the total by cutting 5,000 Community Employment places this year.
Join with us and demand your rights (Free article)
7 August 2003
Sinn Féin is calling on people to attend a Civil Rights March from Dungannon to Coalisland on Saturday 23 August. Sinn Féin's Francie Molloy told An Phoblacht that people should demand their right to vote after the British government caved in to Orange demands and postponed the 2003 elections.
Handshakes and gestures make peace (Free article)
14 August 2003
Personal qualities, handshakes and gestures were topics for discussion at several of the debates I attended during the West Belfast Féile an Phobail, as was the role of the British media in covering the conflict here. Joe Cahill, the 83-year-old republican revolutionary, came from his hospital sick bed to speak at the 11th Frank Cahill Memorial…
Confidence in the Process needs to be rebuilt (Free article)
14 August 2003
Sinn Féin Vice President Pat Doherty MP has said that the suspension of the political institutions and the cancellation of the Assembly elections has "allowed politics to be reduced to little more than squabbles between different wings of rejectionist unionism".
Bad law rules (Free article)
14 August 2003
Michael McKevitt's conviction in the Special Criminal Court last week was due more to the practice of bad law than any offence he allegedly committed. The so-called Special Criminal Court, condemned by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Amnesty and just about every human rights organisation, is, with the exception of the juryless Diplock…
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