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Thursday 20 March, 1997
No excuse nowImmediate Bloody Sunday inquiry demandedPressure for a new inquiry into Bloody Sunday is now unstoppable. Damning new evidence from a paratrooper who was in Derry when 14 civilians were murdered by his fellow soldiers has blown the lid off 25 years of lies and cover-ups. more MI5 in sophisticated recruitment attempt A County Armagh man who has admitted that he worked for British intelligence for two years while living in London has been ordered by the IRA to leave the Six Counties. US call for Sinn Féin at talks US Senator Ted Kennedy, speaking at a reception in New York on Friday evening, urged both John Major and Tony Blair to promise to allow Sinn Féin into the Stormont talks if the IRA ceasefire was renewed. ger at RVH Maternity closure Anger greeted the announcement Wednesday of the closure of the Royal Maternity and its transfer to the City Hospital Tower Block. Loyalists kill innocent Catholic ``Unequal in life, unequal in death,'' was how a neighbour of the latest victim of the loyalist death squads described the callous and random slaying of Catholic father of ten John Slane.
No green beer republicans Washington was the green capital of the world this week, as the Irish, first, second, and economy class, jetted across the Atlantic to the White House, writes Mary Nelis McAliskey labelled guilty by Tory Home Office minister David Maclean last week referred to Roisín McAliskey as an `IRA prisoner'' and implied that she should be treated similarly to a notorious child murderer. New Labour, new hope? As the Westminster election campaign gets under way two writers analyse the implications of a possible Labour victory. Orangemen feud over marches A compromise made by the local Orange Order in Dromore and residents in relation to a contentious parade has been put in doubt. Damien Sullivan wins appeal West Belfast man Damien Sullivan walked free last week after having a life sentence quashed. Devastating attacks on crown forces In two attacks launched within 12 hours of each other against crown forces patrols in Belfast, two British soldiers and an RUC member received serious injuries. Phoblacht has learned that the IRA had no involvement in a shooting incident near Aldergrove airport in January. Candidate threatened A Sinn Féin candidate in the spoke this week of a campaign of harassment against him by the crown forces and his fears of assassination. Trade Unionists support massgoers A trades unionist who attended a demonstration at Our Lady's church in Harryville told us why he had gone to support the Ballymena parishoners. Zero sums The electorate should have little tolerance for another round of ranting from the political parties on crime, writes Rita O'Reilly Green Movement at a crossroads Robert Allen urges environmentalists to look at a socialist agenda Galway hears anti-drugs message Almost fifty concerned parents and community activists attended a meeting in Galway to hear Christy Burke outline the response of Dublin communities to the plague of drugs.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
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