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Controversial decision on PSNI barracks (Free article)
29 January 2004
Last week's news that the infamous Andersonstown PSNI base in West Belfast is to be put on part-time opening hours has been met with scepticism by local people, whose lives have been dominated by the base for years. Reacting to the news, announced on Thursday 22 January, spokesperson for Coiste na nIarchimí, Caoimhín MacGiolla Mhín, accused the…
Concern over Maghaberry prison conditions (Free article)
29 January 2004
Sinn Féín prisons spokesperson Gerry Kelly has said that he is concerned that ordinary prisoners in Maghaberry are being punished simply because they happen to share the same block as the loyalist inmates who damaged the accommodation earlier this month. "Families of prisoners serving sentences in the Bann House wing in Maghaberry have contacted…
Man charged with sectarian murder bid (Free article)
29 January 2004
Stuart Dallas appeared at Belfast Magistrates court on Tuesday 27 January charged with the attempted murder of Catholic Paul Denvir (pictured) in a sectarian attack last year. Denvir lost an eye and suffered serious head injuries when he was attacked by a gang of loyalists armed with hammers and machetes as he left the Boundary Bar on the Shore…
Caution urged at PSNI checkpoints (Free article)
29 January 2004
Ógra Shinn Féin spokesperson for Armagh Siobhan Vallely has accused the PSNI of "following in the footsteps of their predecessors in the RUC" after they were involved in incidents of harassment against young nationalists and republicans in the Newry/Armagh area. Vallely was speaking following an incident outside Newtownhamilton in South Armagh…
Irish-language schools on the rise (Free article)
29 January 2004
Irish-medium education is on the rise in Poleglass, West Belfast, as more parents seek to have their children educated in their native tongue. With the assistance of the Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta development team, representatives of Naiscoil Thaoilinn have been on the streets of the Poleglass area as part of a recruitment and awareness…
Irish-American tour in Monaghan (Free article)
29 January 2004
A group of approximately 50 people representing the American organisation Noraid are in Ireland this week. Noraid is an organisation which campaigns for a united and peaceful Ireland across the United States. It is comprised of Irish-Americans and indeed many who have no family connection with this country but believe in the right of the Irish…
Irish volunteers build homes in South African township (Free article)
5 February 2004
Poverty - you have never seen the like of it - tiny shacks, one after another, 'housing' a million people or more, stretching for miles across Cape Flats, stretching as far as the eye can see, and beyond, little shacks made of hardboard, of corrugated iron, strips of wood, with black plastic bags to keep the rain out. There are narrow paths…
Imeachtaí (Free article)
5 February 2004
• SF FUNCTION: Featuring Finnegan's Wake. Saturday 7 February, Mac's Bar, FERMOY, County Cork. Táille €4 • BALLINASLOE SF EVENTS: Election Convention: 5pm Saturday 7 February; 8pm anniversary Mass for Sr Sarah Clarke. Eyre Court Ballinasloe, County Galway. Followed by music and refreshments in Clark's Bar, Eyre Court; 12.30pm Sunday 8 February,…
Notices (Free article)
5 February 2004
Feb. 2nd 1981: Vol Liam Hannaway, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion; Feb. 3rd 1973: Vol James Sloan, Belfast Brigade, 3rd Battalion; Feb. 3rd 1999: Vol Harry Burns, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Batt; Feb. 4th 1973: Vol James McCann, Belfast Brigade, 3rd Battalion; Feb. 4th 1973: Vol Tony Campbell, Belfast Brigade, 3rd Battalion; Feb. 4th 1992: Paddy…
Minimum wage in the 'knowledge economy' (Free article)
5 February 2004
Minimum wages and migrant workers - welcome to Ireland's super educated digital new millennium "knowledge economy". But who should be allowed work in Ireland, how much should they get paid and how much help does the government give to support their jobs?
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