AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS


.	Thursday 24 July, 1997				.
.		New chance must be seized The new opportunity for peace presented by the IRA's restoration of its cessation on 21 July must be seized and the peace process must be rebuilt on firm foundations. more IRA creates new opportunity for peace other chance for progress Ceasefire must be anchored - O Caoláin Troops Out Movement welcomes cessation No surprise at unionist veto There were no surprises on Wednesday at Stormont when the DUP, UUP and Robert McCartney voted against the London and Dublin governments decommissioning proposals. Unionists out of step - Kelly Sectarian shooting and intimidation A young Ardoyne nationalist narrowly escaped a loyalist gun attack in Ardoyne on Wednesday 16 July. Estates besieged in Newry US delegation meets Sinn Féin leaders A high powered delegation of American businessmen and Irish Voice publisher Niall O'Dowd met with Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness MP for Mid-Ulster in West Belfast on Tuesday. What is Blair's plan? The Labour government has no intention, despite all the hype about talks and peace trains and ceasefires, of conceding democracy, writes Mary Nelis ``No dogs or fenians'' As the IRA cessation came into force at noon on Sunday, An Phoblacht talked with Catholics from the East Antrim town of Larne about their experiences over the past numbers of years at the hands of loyalist paramilitaries. British army and RUC slammed in Derry Sinn Féin Shantallow Councillor Tony Hasson has criticised the activity of the RUC and British Army, whom he accused of harassing nationalist children in the area. Police challenged in West Cork Clonakilty Sinn Fein Councillor Cionnaith O Suilleabhain has questioned the motives of the Garda Siochana police in the wake of a house search of a party supporter in the town on Saturday. Canada to hear Garvaghy facts Georges Beriault, a member of a high-powered Canadian delegation that witnessed events on the Garvaghy Road on July 6 when the crown forces forced an Orange march through the nationalist enclave spoke to An Phoblacht about what they saw on that day. Sinn Fein breakthrough in Lisburn In what is being seen as a historic breakthrough, Sinn Fein has this week passed its first motion through the Unionist dominated Lisburn council. Columbia ambush forces oil pull-out On the sixth of July in the oil rich department of Arauca, Colombia, 21 soldiers on their way to repair the oil pipeline which had been damaged in a bomb attack lost their lives in a combined guerrilla operation. A guardian of the water Robert Allen talks to Western Lakes campaigner Tony Waldron, working to highlight the concerns of local fishing groups and those of environmentalists and local communities on the wider ecological issues. Cork SF slams pollution of river Patrick Cannon honoured Dublin republicans gathered last weekend to honour Patrick Cannon, a young Volunteer from Edenmore, who died on active service in Castlederg, County Tyrone on 17 July 1976. DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE Try it for free. Just fill in your e-mail address below. REPUBLICAN BULLETIN BOARD Discussion forum for subscribers. Click here. Sinn Féin · Republican News Home Page · Archives · Recent Issues Published on the web by aprnweb@irlnet.com	.	A challenge for everyone RUC and RIR must be disbanded Labour and Drumcree Bloody career of Che's captor Bile a thit - bás Phádraig Uí Conchúir Ba é an trua Mhuire é O hEochaidh Dear Minister O'Rourke Low wage dilemma ABM bandwagon rolls on The Irish holocaust - An droch shaol Sinn Féin ban? The Hunt for Diarmaid and Gráinne Lesbian and Gay Visions of Ireland British assasination in Burma revealed	.

New chance must be seized