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Ahern sets course
for NATO camp

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and his Fianna Fáil/Progressive Democrats government are to force the 26-County State into the NATO camp next week when they push a motion through the Dáil seeking approval for membership of the so-called Partnership for Peace. more

Agreement in real trouble

US Senator George Mitchell summed up the mood of most observers, when he said of the peace process this week, ``there is a very real threat of it not proceeding.

Young and Independent

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, in his address to the Ogra Shinn Féin National Congress, spoke of the need for a radical overhaul of the system and the need to gain further support for republicanism.

No peace dividend for northern Catholics

Figures released this week show that Catholic families in the Six Counties earn almost £200 (or 15 per cent) a month less than their Protestant counterparts.

Loyalists murder bid claim

The loyalist Red Hand Defenders group is claiming that it attacked a Catholic taxi driver when they threw a pipe bomb at his car on Monday night, 4 October.

Belfast man hospitalised by RUC

A North Belfast man was detained in hospital for three days in order to receive microsurgery to his face, reconstruct his jaw, and elevate part of his cheekbone after he was attacked by the RUC.

RUC accused of ball-bearing attack

A 15-year-old West Belfast girl has accused the RUC of firing a potentially lethal ball bearing at her.

Strike threat highlights health service crisis

The nurses are challenging the government to fund the health service, and those who work in it, so that patients can get the treatment they need.

12 picketers arrested at Leinster House

Building workers picketing the construction site for the extension to government buildings were arrested last week.

Five kept in the dark

`Nobody told me' was the message from the DIRT inquiry last week. This time the nobodies were five former ministers for Finance.

Sham human rights group bows out

After a nine-year history dogged by controversy, the British government-funded pseudo human rights group Families Against Intimidation and Terror (Fait) has finally collapsed.

Garvaghy betrayal on the cards?

Northern nationalists fear the British government has made a deal with the Orange Order which would see the forcing of a sectarian march down the Garvaghy Road within the next few weeks.

Outpost peoples

It was heartening to hear that someone in Bosnia-Herzegovina has retained a sense of humour despite their recent history, writes Mick Derrig

Strange fruit in Portadown

The Director of Public Prosecutions announced last week that the RUC officers who did nothing to stop a loyalist mob kicking Portadown Catholic Robert Hamill to death would not face prosecution

Lisburn flies sectarian flag

Lisburn Sinn Féin councillor Paul Butler has accused Lisburn Borough Council of breaching fair employment practices.

Stobie was working for RUC Special Branch

It is now a matter of public record that William Stobie was working for RUC Special Branch at the time of the murder of Pat Finucane.

Teeling Monument rededicated

The monument to the Teeling family, who were involved in the United Irish rising in 1798, was rededicated at a ceremony at Poleglass in West Belfast on Sunday 26 September 1999.

Hourlong Congress debate on Ireland

The level of American concern for the peace process will be demonstrated again today when the failure to implement the Good Friday Agreement will be debated in Washington.

Victory for Dublin inner-city communities

Residents and opponents of high-rise in Dublin's South Inner City last week celebrated victory.

Clonakilty home helps demand fair play

Home helps from the Clonakilty area have come together to demand holiday back pay and other entitlements.

Minister backs out on disabled children

Education Minister Mícheál Mairtín has been slammed for his failure to implement his promises for disabled children.

Rape on the rise, say stats

Almost half of the calls received by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre last year were from teenagers.


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