Arrested men
beaten senseless

A number of men arrested last Thursday in South Armagh have been severely injured in beatings by members of the crown forces. more

Families flee loyalist attacks

As RUC and British army personnel looked on, loyalists sent one man to hospital and forced a dozen families out of their homes in North Belfast last weekend.

More churches attacked

The systematic burning of catholic churches continued this week with another two chapels, in rural County Down and Antrim, gutted by sectarian arsonists.

Fighting talk

Rita O'Reilly reports that Séan Crowe is not the only one saying he can win Dublin South West for Sinn Féin.

Fine Gael attack on Sinn Féin backfires

Ham-fisted efforts by Fine Gael to damage Sinn Féin electorally last week led to a heated row in Leinster House and embarrassed the SDLP's West Belfast candidate Joe Hendron.

Tension high after shooting

There is concern among the beleaguered nationalists of the Bawnmore estate in North Belfast following clashes between nationalists and the RUC during which an RUC squad beat young nationalists.

The British Home Secetary's treatment of POWs Paul Kavanagh and Thomas Quigley was described as mental torture by Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly, after both men were refused permanant transfer from Full Suttton jail in England.

British, not Germans are opposing McAliskey bail

In a rare interview Belfastman Sean McCotter, Roisin McAliskey's partner, spoke to An Phoblacht about the conditions that Ms McAliskey is facing in the run up to the birth of their child next month.

Loyalist abduction bid

Nationalists are being urged to be extremely cautious and vigilant following the attempted abduction of a Turf Lodge man by loyalists on the Monagh by-pass in West Belfast.

IRA shoots RUC woman

The IRA has said that one of its active service units carried out an attack in Derry City last Thursday 10 April that left an RUC woman seriously injured.

Spring renews marriage vows with Fine Gael

Anton O Mordha was in Limerick last weekend for the Labour Party's annual conference.

Ard Fheis gathers in Monaghan

Sinn Féin almost clashed with the gardai in Parnell Square on Wednesday but not in the way some might expect.

Old footage now in colour

Most people reading the headlines and watching the news of events in Belfast this week were probably thinking this has all happened before, writes Mary Nelis.

Sinn Féin meets Parades Commission

A Sinn Fein delegation which met with the Parades Commission on Wednesday has said the party accepts and will uphold the fundamental democratic right of all people to parade.

RTE refuse right of reply to residents

Two spokesmen for nationalist residents' associations have slammed the recent RTE Prime Time programme which accused their groups of being covers for Sinn Fein.

British incursion into Monaghan

In the latest cross-border incursion British soldiers conducted a search operation four miles into Co Monaghan in the early hours of last Saturday morning.

Sinn Féin attack challenged

Cork East Sinn Féin election candidate, Councillor Kieran McCarthy has slammed Deputy Paul Bradford, the Co-chair of the British/Irish parliamentary body for remarks he made about the objectives of Sinn Féin.

Councillor wins Major appeal

Sinn Féin councillor Mary Nelis won her appeal against a ludicrous conviction of disorderly behaviour arising from the notorious John Major visit to Derry on 3 May 1995.