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Thursday 17 July, 1997 |
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People powerNationalist unity averted parades crisisIt was the people power of democratic forces in the Six Counties which defused the crisis over Orange marches last weekend. more
Looking after Number One MIcheal MacDonncha examines the politics behind the decline and fall of Charles Haughey. United against British occupation Manuel Molloy remembers the British occupation of Lenadoon in West Belfast 25 years ago this week. Loyalists kill Catholic woman Following the sectarian murder of a young Catholic woman in a house in Aghalee, a Sinn Féin councillor has asked whether forensic or ballistic evidence points to a link with a nearby murder last year. IRA attack leaves five casualties Five members of a joint RUC and British Army patrol were injured when an IRA unit launched a daring gun and bomb attack on them while they operated a checkpoint in North Belfast late on Friday night 11 July. Nationalists in the Whitewell Road and Bawnmore areas of North Belfast have been on the receiving end of loyalist acid and petrol bomb attacks since Saturday night. Youth demand plastic bullet ban Over 400 young people attended a protest at Belfast City Hall on Wednesday calling for the immediate banning of plastic bullets. RUC run amok in Strabane In a bizarre incident in the early hours of Saturday morning, Strabane residents were terrified by a gang of heavily-armed men wearing black clothing and balaclava helmets. Twinbrook Sinn Féin councillor Paul Butler has questioned the role of the British army in Twinbrook after the discovery, in a derelict flat, of army issue items including mess cans and food. Two young sisters from Drumbeg estate in Craigavon were hospitalised after being seriously assaulted by an RUC riot squad last Wednesday. Bruton reverts to type His anti-republican rhetoric may have been somewhat curtailed during his term of Taoiseach but now in opposition John Bruton has fully reverted to type, writes Micheal MacDonncha Prisoner's family calls for parole The family of Belfastman Peter Rodgers who is serving 40 years in Portlaoise Prison have called on the Dublin Government to grant him parole to visit his critically ill sister. Hevesi criticises Garvaghy decision At a special briefing last Thursday afternoon Alan Hevesi, the comptroller of the City of New York, said that the Britishb govern,net had sent the wrong message by their Garvaghy Road decision. The mysterious growth of cancer Robert Allen says we should look at pollution as the cause of the rise in cancer deaths Jeffrey knows the words Laurence McKeown compares considers the easy-going public demeanour of Unionist spokesman Jeffrey Donaldson. Residents of Lurgan's Kilwilkie estate confronted a large force of crown forces intent on curfewing the area last Wednesday. A campaign has been launched to secure a full independent public inquiry into the shooting of IRA Volunteer Diarmuid O'Neill in London in September 1996. RUC try to recruit Downpatrick man Phoblacht has learned of yet another attempt by the RUC to recruit informers in the Downpatrick area. Big Sligo-Leitrim welcome for new TD Hundreds of people turned out in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, on 6 July to welcome new Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghin O Caoláin. Tyrone Volunteers commemorated Sinn Fein's Francie Molloy called on the hundreds of republicans attending the Tyrone Volunteers commemoration day on Sunday to show leadership
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Moral double standards
Céim ar aghaidh sa tSrath Bháin
Dempsey's U-Turn
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