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Thursday 26 June, 1997 |
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A voice for freedomThe biggest cheer at the Wolfe Tone commemoration in Bodenstown was reserved for Sinn Féin's new TD Caoimhghin O Caoláin. more
Sinn Féin to study proposals Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said that Sinn Féin will give proposals on decommissioning announced by British Prime Minister Tony Blair ``our fullest attention and consideration''. Looking to a republican democracy An edited version of the speech by Mid-Ulster MP Martin McGuinness at the annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration at Bodenstown on Sunday. Stealing the best China Brian Campbell explains the tale of drug dealing, imperial bullying and greed by which Britain came to occupy Hong Kong. Orange Order stoke the flames As the Orange Order raises the temperature with plans for an increased number of parades through nationalist areas in the event of another Drumcree stand-off, nationalist communities are taking precautions to ensure basic supplies and services continue. Phoney ceasefire exposed Loyalist spokesperson Billy Hutchinson claimed that a car bombing that almost killed two nationalists in Belfast on Saturday was probably the work of loyalists operating under the Combined Loyalist Military Command. Adams urges vigilance With the news that over a dozen Belfast people have been told by the RUC that loyalist death squads have their personal details, Gerry Adams has urged caution and increased vigilance. Friends of Collie Duffy, the Lurgan man charged with killing two RUC men in Lurgan last Monday 16 June, say he is being held on the evidence of a woman they describe as ``suggestible'' who has been pressurised into making a witness statement. Masses cancelled The pressure of 42 weeks of loyalist protest at Our Lady's chapel in Harryville has resulted in parish priest, Father Sean Connolly, cancelling Saturday evening services for the summer. Freedom for one of Casement Three Pat Kane, one of the Casement Three, was released from jail last week after a life sentence for the the killing of two British soldiers was overturned on appeal. Shanahan enquiry finds collusion The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights will be asked to intervene in the case of Patrick Shanahan, a Sinn Féin election worker murdered six years ago by the UFF. Irish Centre stand-off Six members of the Liverpool Irish Centre co-operative which has been closed by receivers acting on behalf of Scottish Courage brewery have spent the last week on the roof of the building as part of a peaceful protest against the closure. The announcement that Derry's United Technology plant is to close and the jobs will relocate to Portugal and Spain, has caused bitter resentment and anger in the Creggan and Bogside areas of the city, writes Mary Nelis ti-Catholic posters `understandable' - MP Sinn Féin councillor for South Belfast, Sean Hayes, has accused Unionist MP for the area, Martin Smyth, of ``implicitly supporting loyalists engaged in an anti-Catholic witch hunt'' in the Village area of the city. Roddy's celebrates 25 yearsIf any Republican Society deserves the honour of being described as an institution, it surely is `the Roddy's' which is celebrating its 25th anniversary at the end of June, writes Peadar Whelan.Praise for unique project The Six Counties first prisoner-run drop-in centre, Tar Anall, launched its new information pack in Springfield Training Centre, West Belfast, on Thursday 19 June. Derry nationalists under attack A shooting incident IN the Kilfennan area of Derry is thought to be the latest in a series of loyalist attacks against nationalists in Derry's Waterside. Robert Allen argues why Aughinish Alumina should not get a pollution control licence. McLibel two vindicated Dave Morris, one of the London Greenpeace activists found guilty of libelling McDonalds, has called for sanctions against the junk food corporation.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
REPUBLICAN BULLETIN BOARD
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