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McGuinness attends South African inauguration (Free article)
29 April 2004
Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator Martin McGuinness MP attended the inauguration of South African President Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday.
Cumhachtaí Draíochta (Free article)
29 April 2004
AN DRAOI RUA discusses some of the special powers that ordinary people possess in Irish lore; cures, blessings, curses, prophecies etc. Níl amhras ar bith ann ach go gcuirtear spéis ar leith sna cumhachtaí speisialta a chleachtann laochra béaloidis. Ní amháin go raibh na draoithe, na naoimh, na filí agus gaiscígh eile ábalta gníomhartha…
South Belfast intimidation (Free article)
29 April 2004
Unionist paramilitaries have been distributing sectarian leaflets in South Belfast calling for Catholics to be forced out of the area. The threatening leaflets were delivered to houses in the Sandy Row and Donegall Road areas last weekend, calling for people to attend a public meeting at the Orange Hall in the area on Wednesday night 29 April.
The 5th Column (Free article)
29 April 2004
An Phoblacht's famous satirical weekly column. Read on...
McDonald warns of increase in UDA violence (Free article)
29 April 2004
South Belfast UDA Brigadier Jackie McDonald warned at the weekend of a "long hot summer", as the number of sectarian attacks being carried out by the UDA across the Six Counties increases. The small Longlands Estate off the Whitewell Road was attacked twice on Sunday 18 April. In the first incident, up to 20 masked loyalists crossed the Arthur…
Dublin Government to monitor Lisburn Council (Free article)
29 April 2004
Lisburn Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Butler has welcomed the news that the Dublin Government will monitor developments in Lisburn City Council in the run up to the council's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in June. Butler was speaking to An Phoblacht after Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Mary Harney replied to letters he sent in which he asked Dublin to…
Escape from good grammar (Free article)
29 April 2004
Few things frustrate me more in life than critics. I've often thought that it's far easier to make a negative criticism of somebody else's work than to actually create something yourself. For that reason, I generally stay away from the reviewing section in our paper. Occasionally, I will pick up a book we've been sent and have a look, but it's…
Victim's mother "outraged" over MoD comments (Free article)
29 April 2004
The mother of North Belfast teenager Peter McBride, shot dead by the British Army in 1992, has slammed the British Ministry of Defence over comments that her son's killers did not intend to kill him. Jean McBride was responding to an MoD spokesperson who, when asked about the whereabouts of the two Scots Guardsmen who killed Peter, replied:…
Giving soccer a bad name (Free article)
29 April 2004
BY STEPHEN MOORE - Those in search of neo-nazis rioting on the streets or hooligan "firms" orchestrating pre-arranged acts of violence should pop down to their local Eircom League game, if what has been laid down in print in the last couple of weeks is to be believed. No Eircom League ground is safe, it appears. Average football fans run the risk…
Stádas march a success (Free article)
29 April 2004
A march organised by Stádas, calling for the Irish language to be recognised as an official language of the EU, went off very successfully last Saturday. Some 5,000 people attended the event in Dublin city centre and organisers were particularly struck by the amount of young people present. A carnival atmosphere prevailed, and the strong Sinn Féin…
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