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Extortionate farm tyre tax (Free article)
1 April 2004
Sinn Féin's Six-County EU candidate Bairbre de Brún, agriculture spokesperson Gerry McHugh and environment spokesperson Willie Clarke have expressed anger at the imminent imposition of an EU directive that will force farmers to apply for a license, costing £700, to hold tyres on their farms.
Sinn Féin backs call for gas price freeze (Free article)
1 April 2004
Sinn Féin Assembly Economy spokesperson Michelle Gildernew has welcomed the call from Ofreg for a two-month freeze in the proposed 20% price increase announced earlier this month by Phoenix Natural Gas. "Across the board, from political parties to consumer groups, there is a strong consensus that Phoenix should not introduce the proposed 20%…
Meet the locals (Free article)
1 April 2004
It's been barely two years since Sinn Féin last pulled out all the stops for an election in the 26 Counties. The results of General Election 2002 showed that the party was beginning to reap the rewards of its hard work. The day after the five TDs were elected, a campaign began to ensure that the even more success would be had at the local and…
What we want is the truth, plain and simple (Free article)
1 April 2004
BY SEÁN Mac CONMARA (TROOPS OUT MOVEMENT) - John Kelly, brother of Michael, and Mickey McKinney, brother of William, spoke in London, They were joined in Birmingham, Coventry and Preston by Cahill McElhinney, brother of Kevin. In Coventry, they spoke at a meeting arranged to discuss the 1984 Amritsar massacre when hundreds of Sikhs were killed…
Delay threat to Bloody Sunday Inquiry (Free article)
1 April 2004
The Bloody Sunday Inquiry is facing yet more delays following an unprecedented demand for access to lawyers' files. Since March 2000, more than 900 witnesses have given evidence about the events of Bloody Sunday, when on 30 January 1972, 13 Derry civil rights marchers were shot dead by members of the British Army's Parachute Regiment. A 14th…
Ard Fheis Chonradh na Gaeilge (Free article)
1 April 2004
Conradh na Gaeilge will hold its Ard Fheis in The Old Ground Hotel, Ennis, County Clare, from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 April. The theme, and what has been the most controversial campaign for the organisation this year, will be 'The Status of the Irish Language in the European Union'.
Coiste na nIarchimí to host summer school (Free article)
1 April 2004
Slievegullion Courtyard, nestling at the foot of Slievegullion in South Armagh, is the setting for this year's summer school organised by Coiste na nIarchimí, the umbrella organisation for republican ex-prisoner groups throughout Ireland. Based around the theme of Leadership in a Time of Change, the event will take place from 17-20 June. Conor…
Racist and homophobic attacks on increase (Free article)
1 April 2004
Only hours before Belfast Mayor Martin Morgan was to host a City Hall reception to mark the UN Week of Solidarity With Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination, PSNI statistics revealed that incidents of racially motivated attacks in the Six Counties have increased by 60% over the last nine months.
SF Mayor defiant over flag incident (Free article)
1 April 2004
Sinn Féin Mayor of Limavady Anne Brolly had to run a sectarian gauntlet after 50 loyalist protestors demonstrated outside the council offices on Wednesday night 24 March over her decision to have the Union flag removed from the Council offices during events to celebrate St Patrick's Day.
Northern News (Free article)
1 April 2004
UVF behind latest killing The new UVF leader in North Down is believed to have ordered the killing of 47-year-old Andrew Cully as he sat in his parked car at Beaufort Walk in the loyalist West Winds Estate in Newtownards on Wednesday night 24 March. The father of two was gunned down as part of a UVF purge of suspected PSNI informers. Cully was…
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