On one of the busiest shopping days of the year, the RUC closed
off Derry city centre from early Saturday morning to facilitate a
march by thousands of Apprentice Boys.
A good moment in history
Emerging from
No 10 Downing Street on Thursday after an hour long meeting with Tony Blair,
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams described it as ``a good moment in
history''.
Unionists want limited agenda
The Stormont talks broke for Christmas on Tuesday with Unionists
refusing to agree that everything must be on the table for
discussion.
THE 1798 rebellion was one of the defining moments in modern
Irish history.
Councillor and POWs get bullets in post
Two republican POWs have recieved threatening Christmas cards in
the post containing bullets.
A lifer's Christmas inside
An interview with Harry Maguire, one of the Casement Accused,
sentenced to life imprisonment in 1989 in one of the most
controversial cases heard in the Six Counties.
At the hands of an oppressive state
Lurgan is a microcosm of the nationalist experience in the Six
Counties. Laura Friel looks at a year of anguish for the Duffy family.
Call for inquiry into shooting
Serious questions have been raised over the shooting of Volunteer
Diarmuid O Neill as the trial of three Irish republicans came to
a close in London on Tuesday.
Mansfield to lead private prosecution
Top English barrister, Michael Mansfield has offered his services
free of charge to the family of murdered Portadown man Robert
Hamill.
POWs in England updated
Republican prisoners in England have been given an update on the
peace process during visits from a Sinn Féin delegation last
week.
Life as a refugee in Ireland
Marcas Mac Ruairí considers the plight of asylum seekers in
Ireland, not always the land of the hundred thousand welcomes.
McAliskey breakthrough
Roisin McAliskey's lawyers are now free to test the evidence in
her extradition case after a High Court ruling this week.
A tongue which sounds so odd
Proinsias O Maolchalain admires the historical consistency of the
London Times.
Close to the bone
Politicians might do well to bone up on their nursery rhymes
to sort out the crisis over mad cow disease, argues Eoghan MacCormaic.
Selling Sinn Fein in USA
Selling Sinn Fein's message of peace, justice and equality in the
USA might seem an easy task, but the realities are quite different, writes
Christy Mac an Bhaird.
Britain's Bombay Take-Away
New details
have emerged on a bizarre helicopter deal between the British
Ministry of Defence and India.
What Saoirse really means
Everyone likes an escape, and especially in prisoners month, it left an even more sweet
taste in our mouths, writes Laurence McKeown
All aboard the Saoirse train!
Departing Belfast Central on 3 January 1998, the first ever Saoirse train will
set off on a historic trip.
Six months in Leinster House
Micheal MacDonncha, parliamentary aide to Caoimhghín O Caoláin
TD, reflects on the reality of life in the Big House.
Are you connected?
Bill Delaney praises republicans for their professional
use of the Internet.
The death of Louis Leonard
Local people increasingly believe that there was Crown force involvement in the death of 26-year-old
Fermanagh man Louis Leonard in 1972.
A view from the West
H-Block escaper Pól Brennan writes from his prison cell in
California.
Support Binlids bid for the USA
Capacity audiences and rave reviews have greeeted Binlids, a
community drama production by JustUs and Dubblejoint.
The entry of Unionists into the real world
At least one unionist has discovered the human rights record of the British government, writes Mary
Nelis.
Man dies after RUC beating
The mother of 37-year-old Martin Murphy believes that a severe
beating by the RUC may have contributed to the untimely death of
her son.
A year of living confidently
Brian Campbell argues that 1997 was a wonderful year for
republicans.
What loyalist ceasefire?
Ned Kelly looks back at a year of concerted violence and attacks
on the nationalist community of the Six Counties.
Mowlam and the marches
Peadar Whelan looks back at the marching issue in 1997,
and the siege of the Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
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