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Colombia Three result to be delayed (Free article)
15 January 2004
The three Irishmen who are in jail in Bogotá, Colombia, on trumped up charges of being involved with left-wing guerrilla group FARC, have heard that the judge in their case will not reach sentencing until "after February". Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley and Jim Monaghan were arrested as they tried to leave Colombia in August 2001 and charged with…
Flawed electoral law must be revisited (Free article)
15 January 2004
Sinn Féin Assembly member Davy Hyland, along with the party Director of Elections Danny Power and Omagh Councillor Seán Begley, attended the Electoral Commission Open Day in Malone House on Friday to discuss the conduct of the recent Assembly elections. "It has now been widely accepted that the electoral process right from the registration…
Government jobs still elude Irish, Catholics, and women (Free article)
15 January 2004
The NIO has been accused of operating a "no Irish need apply" policy after it emerged that people from the 26 Counties are still being excluded from senior civil servant positions in the Six Counties. It was revealed that applicants born in the South were recently rejected for posts as chief economists in three civil service departments due to…
Peadar Ó Doirnín (Free article)
15 January 2004
Leaving Cert students mightn't thank him, but this famous Ulster poet was born 300 years ago and will be commemorated this year. Beidh file mór de chuid Chúige Uladh le comóradh i mbliana. Rugadh Peadar Ó Doirnín in aice le Dún Dealgan 1704. Bhí sé ina mháistir scoile i bhFoircheall i gCo. Ard Mhacha. Scríobhaí a bhí ann chomh maith a chaith…
Support for Irish as official EU language at Forum on Europe (Free article)
15 January 2004
Bhí an tUasal Enda Kenny, ceannaire Fhine Gael i measc na daoine a thug tacaíocht don bhfeachtas chun stádas oifigiúil a bhaint amach don Ghaeilge san Aontas Eorpach ag seisiún den Fhóram Náisiúnta um an Eoraip ar maidin. Bhí an tUasal Kenny ag labhairt le hionadaithe an brú-ghrúpa STÁDAS sular chuir an Dr. Pádraig Ó Laighin aighneacht thar ceann…
Scappaticci launches libel action (Free article)
15 January 2004
57-year-old Scappaticci, from West Belfast, who has also lodged a complaint with the PSNI, has accused the paper of the common law offence of criminal libel. The complaint states that stories printed by the tabloid put Scappaticci's life in danger.
The strength of the Cúige (Free article)
15 January 2004
BY VINCENT WOOD We can make massive progress this year towards reunification. The gains that we made in the Six-County Assembly elections were the culmination of good strategic thinking, organisation and, crucially in my opinion, the way in which comrades from throughout the island worked together.
Community support needed to combat anti-social behaviour (Free article)
15 January 2004
Sinn Féin Councillor Brendan Curran has challenged the effectiveness of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOS) which has been proposed as a new method in dealing with anti-social behaviour in the community. "On Thursday I attended a meeting of the "Housing Council" during which it was proposed that ASBOS would be an effective method of dealing with…
Ógra Shinn Féin push for All-Ireland elections (Free article)
15 January 2004
Ógra Shinn Féin is to launch a nationwide campaign calling for voting rights to be extended to citizens in the Six Counties for the Irish presidential election. The campaign will be formally launched by Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly, at Ógra Shinn Féin's National Congress in Dublin this Saturday.
Former Volunteer gives evidence (Free article)
15 January 2004
A former IRA Volunteer has told the Saville Inquiry of how he saw the bodies of many of the victims of the British Army on Bloody Sunday. William Anderson, who waived his right to anonymity, appeared before the tribunal on Tuesday this week.
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