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Maskey seeks
common ground
`I approach this issue as one who has committed my entire adult
life to activism in pursuit of Irish national self-determination
and political independence,'' Alex Maskey said of his
ground-breaking decision to lay a wreath to commemorate the
Battle of the Somme memorial in Belfast on Monday.
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The British government is
resisting a full public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane despite the latest revelations.
The Parades Commission has
outraged Springfield Road residents after it again gave the go
ahead for an Orange parade through the nationalist Springfield
Road in West Belfast on Saturday 29 June.
A Catholic couple and their
19-year-old son had a lucky escape when the UDA attacked their
Ballynahinch home in the early hours of Thursday 20 June.
A meeting
of the Good Friday Agreement Implementation Body took place on Wednesday
despite the notable absence of
David Trimble.
ord Saville has refused
applications for screening from two former soldiers, Soldier H
and Soldier 104.
The RUC/PSNI fired shots
during an incident at Nailors Row close to the Fountain Estate in
Derry last Wednesday, 19 June.
Farming Minister Brid Rodgers has been urged to break with
her dependance on British farming policy.
The UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights, Mary Robinson, has expressed her concern over
threats made to human rights defenders in Colombia.
Sinn Féin has been given leave to seek a judicial
review into the decision of the Electoral Commission to deny
funding entitled to the party.
The erection of red, white and blue bunting and loyalist
flags throughout Omagh town centre has caused widespread anger
locally.
A
solidarity picket took place at the Crumlin shopping centre for the
nationalist residents of the Short Strand district in East
Belfast on Saturday.
26-County Revenue
Commissioners chairperson Frank Daly launched their annual
report this week, but left lots of questions, writes ROBBIE MacGABHANN.
Workers at the soon to be closed Irish Glass Bottle factory in
Ringsend left the factory floor and blockaded the entrance to the
factory on Tuesday.
Fintan Farrell, from
Oughterard, County Kildare, has been appointed Director of the
European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN).
Legislation aimed at
tightening Fortress Europe immigration policies was the central
focus of the European Union summit in Seville last weekend.
The jury hearing the inquest
into the shooting of Harry Stanley by the Metropolitan police in
London returned an open verdict on Friday.
Sinn Féin councillor
Larry O'Toole is to contest the election for Dublin City Mayor on
Monday 1 July at City Hall.
Support is growing for the government to give
all asylum seekers the right to work and education while their
cases are being assessed.
The Free the Old Head of
Kinsale Campaign is organising another people's picnic in an
effort to reclaim public access rights to this historic headland.
Sinn Fein's Caoimhghín Ó
Caoláin said that as the Dublin government was replaying
the Nice referendum they should follow the logic and replay the
general election.
The UDA's youth wing is running
a campaign
against Catholic schoolchildren in Antrim.
The US
and now the EU are adopting laws that will erode much of the
little privacy we have left, writes MICHAEL PIERSE.
The Cathaoirleach of Clones
Town Council, Councillor Pat Treanor, has called for an
immediate review and evaluation of the government's
Waste Management Strategy.
The world famous 'Harlem
Gospel Choir' will open this year's Féile an Phobail in
West Belfast this August.
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