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[An Phoblacht]

Thursday 30 July, 1998

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Saulters silenced

Orange Order Grand Master Robert Saulters has done an amazing U-turn in the past few days in relation to the organisation's position on speaking to nationalist residents. more

Tension and fear in Derry

An uncharacteristic tension and fear mounted in Derry this week after a UDA murder attempt on two quiet Catholic brothers living in a mixed estate in the Waterside and a blunt warning to other Catholics in the area.

RUC informer recruitment fails

An Ardoyne mother has been approached by the RUC who tried to recruit her to inform on republicans in the area.

Bloody Sunday Inquiry rulings acceptable

Relatives and wounded said they will cooperate with the Bloody Sunday Inquiry following Friday's rulings by its chair, Lord Saville.

Report proposes ``cosmetic change'' to RUC

A British House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee report on the future of the RUC, published on Monday 27 July, has been blasted by Sinn Fein's Assembly member, Bairbre de Brun, as ``woefully inadequate'' and ``deeply flawed''.

Loyalists maintain siege of Portadown nationalists

Supporters of the Orange Order are maintaining their siege of nationalist areas of Portadown.

Guards campaign stepped up

The Fisher/Wright Release Group staged a publicity stunt outside the Northern Ireland Office in London on Thursday 24 July.

Sean Treacy killed on building site

Last week two building workers lost their lives in a tragic accident in Co Kildare. One of them was Sean Treacy, well known republican from the Heath; the other was Robert Dunne from Robertstown.

British Army bases the source of pollution

The British are still concealing details of a massive pollution problem caused by military bases in Britain and the north of Ireland, according to a report compiled by the Celtic League.

Fleadh goers harassed

Revellers on their way to the Ulster Fleadh in Castlewellan on Sunday 26 July have accused the RIR of harassment.

Double standards on Haughey judgement

Neil Forde on Charles Haughey's partial victory in the 26-County Supreme Court this week.

Sinn Fein Youth stages RUC protests

Sinn Fein Youth staged simultaneous pickets on Saturday 25 July calling for the disbandment of the RUC outside the Springfield Road RUC Barracks in West Belfast and the Oldpark Barracks in the north of the city.

COCAD critical of court decision

The Coalition of Communities against Drugs (COCAD) has reacted angrily to a decision taken to try twelve anti-drugs activists in the Special Criminal Court.

`Taig free zone'

Widespread criticism has followed the reluctance of the Church of Ireland to distance itself from the Orange Order amidst the political fallout after the collapse of the Drumcree stand off, writes Laura Friel

Victims welcome Irish Commissioner

Eilish McCabe, a spokesperson for the Relatives for Justice - the human rights group campaigning for the victims of state violence in the Six Counties - has welcomed the appointment of John Wilson as a victims commissioner by the Dublin government.

Taking the Apple out of Cork

This week the machinery for the PCB operation at Apple Computers at Hollyhill, Cork, starts shipping out.

RUC beat teenager

Mid-Tyrone councillor Terence Brogan has accused the RUC of attacking a 19-year-old Carrickmore hurler.

Féile all ready to roll

Feile an Phobail gets underway next Sunday 2 August in a blaze of colour, craic and culture with the opening day carnival parade.

The future is under the carpet

There is a sense of a clean sweep in the processing of child sexual abuse by the Irish courts at present, argues Meadbh Gallagher.


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