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UN spotlight
on collusion

Those who killed RUC agent and UDA quartermaster William Stobie last week may be the same people who killed defence lawyer Pat Finucane in 1989. more

Let us have peace for Christmas

Catholic families living in the isolated Longlands estate, on the outskirts of North Belfast, have endured persistent sectarian attack.

What does the Special Branch have to hide?

RUC/PSNI Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan has defended the actions of the Special Branch and threatened the Ombudsman with legal action over her Omagh report.

Cuba and Ireland: Solidarity in struggle

Gerry Adams writes from Cuba, where he unveiled, this week, a mural in commemoration of the 1981 hunger strikers.

Holy Cross and the victim discourse

LAURA FRIEL comments on the responses made to An Phoblacht's coverage and portrayal of the Holy Cross blockade.

Taoiseach told 'respect electorate'

Sinn FŽin's delegate, Aengus î Snodaigh has reiterate his call for the government to respect the decision of the Irish people in rejecting the Nice Treaty.

Judiciary ordered to breach constitution

In a bad day for human rights in Ireland, the Supreme Court has decided to overturn an order directing to the State to provide places of high support for 'children at risk'.

Laeken Declaration bypasses Nice

The Laeken Declaration agreed by EU leaders in Belgium last week recommended a review of the EU's institutions, to make them more effective and democratic.

Israeli 'acts of madness'

Speaking in a D‡il debate on the Middle East, on 13 December, Sinn FŽin TD Caoimhgh’n î Caolain said justice for the Palestinians must be the basis for peaceful negotiations.

Privatisation of Monaghan refuse service slammed

Caoimhgh’n î Caol‡in, has slammed the decision of the town council to abandon the traditional refuse collection service, in favour of private contractors.

Colombia 3 support group set up in Derry

The Derry Bring Them Home committee unveiled a mural for the Colombia 3 campaign, on Saturday, 8 December, at the back of Free Derry Wall.

Community worker accuses RUC over details

A West Belfast community worker has contacted the Police Ombudsman's Office to raise his concerns over RUC confiscation of his personal details.

Democracy ditched

While Bertie Ahern attended the EU Summit in Laeken last Friday, his colleagues at home were pushing a Bill through the Oireachtas to effectively abolish the Referendum Commission.

Harney attacks Sinn Fein zealots

Mary Harney wants the media spotlight turned on Sinn FŽin's economic policies.

West Papua - Irish action urged

Sinn FŽin TD Caoimhgh’n î Caolain is urging support for the right to national self-determination of the people of West Papua, which is currently occupied by the Indonesian state.

Economic fallout - Now is time to invest

A substantial fall in IDA job figures and a bleak economic outlook are just the latest pointers in an economy that is clearly in a substantial downward cycle.

The politics of mental health

The current Irish mental health system is rooted in Ireland's history as a British colony, writes MICK DERRIG.

Casualty around Christmas

ROISIN DE ROSA recounts a recent experience in the causalty ward of a Dublin hospital, and she's not happy.

The Health Crisis: A republican response

Sinn FŽin offers an alternative view, in an edited text of the party's 2002 health strategy.

Scrooge landlord at Hill Street

Residents at Hill Street Flats, Dublin, have hit out at regulations, imposed by their landlord, that they describe as mean-spirited and unfair.

They don't care it's Christmas time at all

It's that time of year again when Good Old Father Derrig deconstructs your flabby bourgeois Western Christmas.

Double taxation looms large for 2002

There were a series of defeats for the anti-Bin Tax campaign in council chambers across Dublin this year.

The year that was, 2001

NED COHEN on the year 2001, the 20th anniversary of the deaths of 10 republicans in the 1981 Hunger Strikes and a time of turmoil and political change.

Surfin' with Santa

ROBBIE MacGABHANN surfs over 9 million Christmas web pages with Santa in cyberland.

5th Column Yuletide Prize Quiz

Thirty questions to mildly test you over the festive season, with a £30 cash prize.


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