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Thursday 29 October, 1998
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Unionist veto causing crisisDavid Trimble ``is either for the agreement signed on Good Friday or he is against it'' writes Martin McGuinness in a keynote article on the crisis in the peace process. moreSF vote increases in Cork by-electionSinn Fein's candidate in last Friday's by-election in Cork South Central more than doubled the vote the party got the last time it stood in this area.Free in struggleThe first women POWs to be released as a result of the Good Friday Agreement, speak to Ned Kelly.Highest ever vote for Basque nationalistsSoledad Galiana reports from the Basque Country on last weekend's historic electionsSectarian firebombing in ColeraineThe firebomb attack on the Coleraine home of Patrick Simpson, Shirley Young and her 13-year-old son in the early hours of Thursday morning was a sectarian attack.Orange crisis drifts into farceThe continuing chaos within Orangeism struck an almost farcical note last week with the suspension and immediate reinstatement of the spokesperson for the Portadown Orange Order.Inquiry into beating of Davy Adams blockedThe official inquiry into the brutal and vicious beating of republican POW Davy Adams by the RUC has run into serious difficulties after the NIO refused to pay his solicitors.Return of stolen landThe announcement of the decision to close Fort Jericho, the British Army base on the Springfield Road in West Belfast, has been greeted as long overdue.Action needed on Political PrisonersFour Saoirse activists were in Belfast Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges relating to a high profile rooftop protest.The very normal Major KenFern Lane had no joy when she confronted the UUP's security spokeman last week`Don't play RUC'- appeal to Donegal CelticSinn Fein's Gerard O'Neill has called on West Belfast soccer team, Donegal Celtic not to play against the RUC.Raid raises questions about Garda agendaA raid of farm property in Westmeath has cast doubt over assurances that repressive legislation introduced in September would not be used against organisations on ceasefire.Postman PatIn the Irish scenario, a post box is a reflection of history, writes Eoghan MacCormaic.Alive and Kicking in GlasgowDavid Bryce, founder and director of Calton Athletic Recovery Group in Glasgow, is battling a tide of drugs now being offered to young children in the city.Policing Commission to meet in CrossmaglenThe Policing Commission, established under the Good Friday Agreement, is to hold a public meeting in Crossmaglen, South Armagh within the next few weeks.Irish language under attack in AssemblyUnionists of all shades are insisting on denigrating the Irish language during Assembly debates.Partition Once Again?Amid a spate of embarrassing stories about Margaret Thatcher. Sean Marlow was intrigued by the revelation that she wanted to repartition Ireland.Making history at the HistA motion that ``immediate decommissioning is necessary for Northern Ireland'' was defeated at a packed public debate in Trinity College Dublin last week.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
REPUBLICAN BULLETIN BOARD
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