Campaign for Seán Kinsella
An Phoblacht readers are being asked to contact the Department of
Justice to raise the case of Seán Kinsella.
Gerry Adams on Presidential campaign
Gerry Adams argues that the controversy surrounding the
Presidential campaign can develop into a debate about the type of
country Ireland can become.
Child's ordeal at hands of Paras and RUC
The appearance in a Belfast courtroom of a ten year old boy from
Ardoyne in North Belfast on Mondayr highlighted the
level of sectarianism endured by even the youngest members of the
nationalist community.
Unionists resurrect gerrymandering
A secret deal hatched by unionists on Belfast City Council has
been used to block the appointment of Sinn Féin councillors to
outside bodies.
£5000 to become informer
In a concerted attempt to recruit informers, the RUC in Lurgan
have offered cash inducements to each of six Lurgan men who were
arrested in the past two weeks.
Constant harassment in Lurgan
Lurgan lawyer Rosemary Nelson will meet with UN Special Rapporteur Param Cumaraswamy
this Friday to detail incidents of threat and harassment she has
faced as she represents her clients.
RUC and Mowlam retain say on parades
Press
statements have indicated that the Parades Bill will transfer responsibility for
decisions about contentious parades from the RUC to the Parades
Commission - but the fine print confirms little has changed.
Always ask why
Laurence McKeown wonders the why, and the who, of the
serial leaks and scandals emanating from Dublin.
United front against spyposts
Over 1000 people gathered in Crossmaglen on Sunday 19 October to
protest against the lookout posts and increased helicopter
flights and foot patrols by the British Army since the IRA
cessation.
RUC talking through their hat
Personal details on nationalists which the RUC have claimed
``fell out of an officer's hat'' are now most certainly in the
hands of loyalists.
This most
bizarre of all the presidential elections ever held in the 26
Counties has
almost become a referendum on the peace process writes MICHEAL MacDONNCHA
Young people targeted
RUC harassment of young nationalists across the Six Counties has
risen dramatically during the last number of weeks. Both Sinn
Féin Youth activists and ordinary nationalist youth have been
targeted.
Biased Ford manager set for disputes agency
Questions have been raised about the impartiality of Ford plant
manager Jim Collins after his appointment to the Labour Relations
Agency which mediates in industrial disputes in the Six Counties.