Thursday 6 March, 1997
Monaghan bomb
The silence from all the usual sources of condemnation has been deafening in the wake of the attempted bombing of the Sinn Féin office in Monaghan. Only the detonator of the bomb exploded but it contained enough explosive to wreck a large part of the town.
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Eoin O'Broin charts the growing campaign for Roisín McAliskey and
speaks to women who support the calls for her release on bail
Brian Campbell rubbishes the claims of informer and anti-peace
process campaigner Sean O'Callaghan. For the first time, details
of O'Callaghan's life before he surrendered to British police in
1988 are revealed along with new information about his mental
instability while in Crumlin Road Prison.
Derry raids were a cover-up
A Derryman who discovered a sophisticated tracking device under
his car last Thursday was subjected to a terrifying
crown forces raid on his home in the early hours of the following morning.
Reply to Bruton on consent
Recent remarks by John Bruton directed at Sinn Féin have been
replied to by spokespersons for the party in the past week. We carry here Sinn Féin
Vice-President Pat Doherty's response.
Coleraine's history of intolerance
Recent attacks have once again shown Coleraine to be a centre of
sectarianism. Mick Naughton reports.
Will the real criminals please stand up?
Rita O'Reilly reports from Crumlin in Dublin, where she alleges
that the response from the authorities to the drugs crisis has
been criminal.
Scrap Forum, says McGuinness
Sinn Féin's Mid-Ulster candidate Martin McGuinness challenged the
British government to close down the Forum and called for the
motionless `some party' talks process to be ``reconstituted'' .
PrimeTime propaganda
Sinn Féin National Chairperson Mitchel McLaughlin has accused the
makers of an RTE Primetime programme of being ``irresponsible and
of putting any chance of a negotiated settlement'' to this year's
parade issue in jeopardy.
Kinsella arrest vindictive
Republicans have reacted angrily to the re-arrest this week of
former POW Sean Kinsella.
Tyrone man fights deportation
In a packed Manhattan courtroom on Thursday, Clogher
man Brian Pearson who is facing deportation from the United
States over his past IRA activities, took the witness stand.
No charges decision slammed
The RUC has informed
an Armagh youth that none of the RUC members involved in an
incident last year, when he was run over and seriously wounded by
an RUC jeep, will be prosecuted.
Trimble's Orange cord
John Bruton's faulty interpretation of Sinn Féin's position on the
issue of unionist consent last week has been highlighted by a leaked British government memo,
writes Micheal MacDonncha
Westminster election debate in Dublin
Aine Keane was in UCD to hear Sinn Féin's Pat Doherty debate with the SDLP's Joe Hendron
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
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