Springfield residents call for support

Tense standoff after Tour of North parade

The Orange Order's 'Tour of the North' parade in North Belfast led to trouble and a five-hour standoff at Ardoyne on Friday night, 20 June.

Huff and Puff might blow the house down

Trimble won last week's Ulster Unionist Council vote, but even his most loyal supporters believe Trimble will, sooner or later, snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, writes LAURA FRIEL.

Republicans must continue to be agents of change

Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle member and former Mayor of Belfast Alex Maskey delivered the keynote address to the annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration in Bodenstown.

• Sun shines on Emmet at Bodenstown

Maghaberry asylum seekers begin hunger strike

Asylum seekers who are being held in Maghaberry prison are so desperate to draw attention to their plight that they are going on hunger strike.

• Home, Sweet Home

Sinn Féin tops poll in Crotlieve by-election

The Crotlieve by-election that took place last Wednesday witnessed a remarkable reversal of fortunes for the SDLP in South Down.

General Jackson back in the spotlight

One of the senior British Army officers on Bloody Sunday finished giving evidence to the Saville inquiry last Thursday after ten days in the witness box.

Felons get property back

Thousands of pounds-worth of property seized in an RUC raid on the Felons' Club in West Belfast in 1997 was finally returned last week.

Threatening life as we know it

Representatives from countries around the world have met to decide on genetically modified foods we are going to eat and how are we going to eat it.

• EU and US spar over GM foods

A new kind of politics

In the final part of his series of articles exploring the republican vision, An Phoblacht's PAUL O'CONNOR examines the relationship of republicanism to socialism.

Scappaticci targeted by hoax bombers

The West Belfast home of the man alleged by the media to be the British Army agent 'Stakeknife', was the target of an elaborate bomb hoax on Tuesday 24 June.

Sinn Féin mayors elected

Sinn Féin has scored a local authority hat-trick, with three of its councillors elected to the position of Mayor on their respective councils.

Maskey in London

Former Sinn Féin Mayor of Belfast Alex Maskey addressed a public meeting on Wednesday night in London.

Labour MP tables McBride motion

Labour MP Kevin McNamara has tabled a motion in the British House of Commons calling for cross-party support for Jean McBride's case.

Belfast Volunteers honoured

A large crowd of republicans commemorated the 25th anniversary of the deaths of IRA Volunteers Dinny Brown, Jackie Mailey and Jim Mulvenna.

De Brún calls on Smith to deliver for Irish speakers

Sinn Féin's Bairbre de Brún has called on the British government to say when funding will be restored to Foras na Gaeilge.

Derry position clarified

Sinn Féin Councillor Barney O'Hagan has proposed a motion that all statutory agencies, government bodies and media outlets use the name Derry.

Sam and Gerry at launch of August Féile

This year's programme for the West Belfast festival, Féile an Phobail, has been launched.

Survivors of Symphysiotomy seek justice

'Survivors of Symphysiotomy' are victims of a surgical procedure practised in Irish hospitals between the 1950s and the 1980s.

Missing 19 developers

The identity of property developers who have the right to large tracts of land surrounding Dublin remains unknown.

¤700 million in tax evasion - only three convictions

¤29 billion in tax was collected by the 26-County Revenue Commissioners last year, up ¤1.25 billion on 2001.

Politics in the post-democratic era

An Phoblacht's ÁINE Ní BHRIAIN talks to Sinn Féin's Director of Elections about the party's political canvass throughout the North.

SF calls for repeal of Offences Against the State Acts

Sinn Féin has put forward a countermotion to block the extension of emergency legislation for another year.

Slave wages for ferry workers

A car ferry company is paying its employees as little as $2.70 an hour for an average 75-hour week.

Pictured at the opening of Sinn Fein's new Constitueny Office and shop at Manor Street, Waterford, which was opened by Martin Ferris TD, from left are, David Lane, Brendan Mansfield, Roisin Mullan, Martin Ferris, David Cullinane and Joe Kelly.

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