[An Phoblacht]

Thursday 27 February, 1997

 

P r e s s u r e   f o r   d i a l o g u e   g r o w s

No to Drumcree 3

Public pressure is growing on the Orange Order and the Ulster Unionist Party to engage in real dialogue to avoid another Drumcree disaster this summer. But the push for a resolution has been hampered by John Major's House of Commons deal with David Trimble. more

Taxi firm at centre of drug network

A cab company is being used as part of a drug distribution network in Dublin's southside, An Phoblacht can reveal.

Equality of treatment for the 40-year men

Since 31 January the 38 republican prisoners in Portlaoise Prison have been on a non-co-operation protest. Mícheál MacDonncha looks at the background and the demands of the prisoners which could bring a speedy resolutiion.

Progress over Bloody Sunday

For the first time an Irish administration has publicly backed the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign's call for a new inquiry.

Pressure grows for McAliskey

The Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament has agreed to send a delegation to visit Roisín McAliskey after hearing pleas from Fianna Fail MEP Niall Andrews and Green Party MEP Patricia McKenna.

US attorney to stage Loughgall trial

Relatives representing the eight IRA Volunteers and civilian Anthony Hughes shot dead by the crown forces at Loughgall in May 1987 are to travel to the United States to give evidence at a trial organised by US attorney Denis Lynch.

Denton transferred sectarian victim

Six County Economy Minister Baroness Denton personally ordered the transfer of a high ranking Catholic civil servant who suffered sectarian harassment in her Department of Agriculture job in 1995, it was revealed.

British Army documents discovered

Classified British army documents with instructions for using weapons such as grenade launchers and `Shrike' exploders have been found outside Gortin in County Tyrone.

South Armagh Brigade claims sniper attack

The South Armagh Brigade of the IRA has said that one of its units shot and killed British soldier Stephen Restorick in Bessbrook on Wednesday.

Lurgan taxi driver threatened

The RIR stopped a Lurgan taxidriver near Craigavon and made threats on his life last Saturday in the latest in a series of incidents.

Coleraine attack was sectarian

A pregnant woman who was burnt out of her Coleraine home earlier this week has contradicted an RUC statement that the attack was not sectarian.

Peace must take precedence

The issue of peace must take precedence over the forthcoming election according to Sinn Fein Vice-President Pat Doherty.

Bridges and ballot boxes

Mícheál MacDonncha sees efforts to restore the peace process continuing despite electoral confrontations

Power politics - Leinster House `97

Neil Forde casts an eye over the election prospects of the Leinster House parties

Screws disrupt visits

How one visitor to a POW in England faced the vindictive disruption of visits.

Hitting where it hurts

Laurence McKeown praises those who wage a daily battle against social, cultural and political injustices and discrimination in their community development work.

Blowing a grand gesture

Strabane Unionist councillors, in a bizarre exchange, have proposed making a ``pound for pound'' donation to the local British Army Benevolent Fund matching it to the 1000lb IRA bomb left in the town on 10 February.

Underground monsters

The side effects of genetically-engineered food are unknown yet it may soon be grown in Ireland. Robert Allen reports.

Fianna Fáil's Square Wheel

The launch of Fianna Fáil's new position paper on North-South Economic Co-operation was an exercise in denial.


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