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Bus tragedy might happen again (Free article)
13 May 2004
Could a tragedy similar to the one that occurred on Dublin's Wellington Quay last 21 February, which claimed the lives of five people, happen again? The answer, according to the recently formed Independent Workers' Union, is yes. The new union has reacted angrily to recent news stories claiming that the accident at Wellington Quay was caused by…
McCaughey lecture in North Belfast (Free article)
13 May 2004
South Antrim councillor and veteran republican Martin Meehan will chair a memorial lecture in honour of Hunger Striker Seán McCaughey this Sunday in Ardoyne. The lecture has been organised by the Ardoyne Commemoration Committee and will outline the contribution and legacy of North Belfast man McCaughey, who died on hunger strike in Dublin in…
Remembering Monaghan (Free article)
13 May 2004
At 7pm on 17 May 1974, an explosion ripped through Monaghan Town, killing seven people. The bomb was the fourth in a day that had already seen three bombs go off almost simultaneously in Dublin's busy city centre, killing 26 people and an unborn baby. The people of Monaghan were just tuning into reports of the Dublin atrocity when the final car…
Machete attack worst of sectarian litany (Free article)
13 May 2004
In a week which has seen an increase in sectarian attacks across the Six Counties, unionist paramilitary bombers targeted Catholics in Randalstown in County Antrim and Maghera, County Derry and a Catholic man was lucky to escape alive after a machete attack in North Belfast.
Cimí i nGéibheann (Free article)
13 May 2004
There is a lot more suffering than the cameras pick up in the prisons in Iraq. An DRAOI RUA agrees with Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD that this country should speak out against such abuses and not condone this unjust war with the facilitation of Shannon airport.
Brady's search for balance (Free article)
13 May 2004
The record of the upper echelons of the Catholic Church in Ireland as defenders of nationalist community in the Six Counties is not, with a few exceptions, a glorious one. Throughout the conflict, the hierarchy all but ignored the injustice of the Stormont regime and the atrocities committed by agents of the British state, whilst consistently…
Unionists turn off interface phones (Free article)
13 May 2004
South Belfast Sinn Féin Assembly member Alex Maskey has expressed serious concerns that elements within unionist paramilitaries are attempting raise tensions in the McClure Street area in advance of the marching season. Maskey's comments come after a group of 40 masked men drove into the area at 10pm on Tuesday night and threatened local…
Bogtrotters under surveillance (Free article)
13 May 2004
Wherever our group of walkers turned in the hills last Saturday, they were being closely watched, by deer, deer everywhere, hundreds of 'em, all watching. Once more our Bogtrotters were following the footsteps of General Joseph Holt, the 1798 leader.
Ferris joins Clare canvass (Free article)
13 May 2004
Kerry TD Martin Ferris was in Clare on Saturday, where Sinn Féin is running four candidates for six seats for the first time. Ferris arrived in Killimer, where he met with 16 workers fighting for their jobs with the Clare Local Employment Service, whose employment was terminated on 31 January. Ferris said he was impressed with their determination…
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