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Cracking Christmas reads (Free article)
18 December 2003
As we hurtle headlong into the season of conspicuous overconsumption and overworked livers, former Irish Democrat editor DAVID GRANVILLE delves into his library shelves and consults a few friends to come up with a list recent titles and radical classics to inform, educate, inspire and, at times, even amuse, whatever the season.
Report highlights plight of Colombia Three (Free article)
18 December 2003
The Bring Them Home Campaign (www.bringthemhome.ie), which is working to secure the release of three Irishmen awaiting a verdict in Colombia on charges of assisting FARC guerrillas, has published a report titled Colombia: Judge for Yourself. The booklet details the serious violations of fair trial rights of Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley and…
Sectarian Attacks (Free article)
18 December 2003
Catholic school evacuated Catholic schoolchildren who had been attacked at a residential course last week in Bushmills County Antrim were evacuated from their school in Cushendall during a loyalist bomb scare. St Aloysius's High School was evacuated after receiving a phone call warning that a bomb had been left at the premises around 1pm on…
The 5th Column (Free article)
18 December 2003
Billy Bell's clanger THE GOODWILL CARD sent out by the Ulster Unionist Mayor of Lisburn, Billy Bell, will have nationalist and Alliance councillors laughing their Christmas socks off. Bill Bell has dispatched a cheesy, full-colour Christmas card with his tartan-clad extended family sprawled all over but, heck, it's Christmas and you can't blame…
In the courts this week (Free article)
18 December 2003
The family of IRA Volunteer Pearse Jordan has expressed anger after the Court of Appeal dismissed their case against the Director of Public Prosecutions' decision to refuse to press charges against the RUC man responsible for killing Pearse on 25 November 1992. The Court of Appeal dismissed the case against the DPP on Friday 12 December.
Derrig Renounces Santa & all his works (Free article)
18 December 2003
Despite popular demand, we have, once again, let Derrig back into print at what should be a time of year for peace and harmony among men and women. Regular readers will know that An Phoblacht's resident Glaswegian doesn't do that sort of stuff. So here he is again on his annual anti-Crimbo rant. You should probably turn the page now, but his…
British to break plastic bullet pledge? (Free article)
18 December 2003
Relatives for Justice has called on the British Government to stand by its commitment to ban plastic bullets by this Christmas. The call comes after the British Home Office issued 'new' guidelines on the use of the weapons in the Six Counties, despite a pledge given during negotiations at Hillsborough that the deadly projectiles would be…
Dubliner hitting the right notes (Free article)
18 December 2003
Irish singer/songwriter Damien Dempsey is not new on the music scene. A few years ago, the 27-year-old from Dublin's northside had a hit with Dublin Town, which featured on his debut album, They don't teach this shit in school. Since then, he has become one of the best emerging songwriters in the country. People have been calling him 'the new…
Acquitted man's car bugged (Free article)
18 December 2003
A man acquitted of trying to kill two RUC members and a woman voter at a Draperstown polling station in 2001 has accused British agents of bugging his car. Noel Abernethy said he found the device after he was forced to stop his car half a mile from his Dungannon home because of a problem steering the vehicle.
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