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[An Phoblacht]

Thursday 1 April, 1999

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OUR GUNS ARE
SILENT - IRA

In a statement issued by Oglaigh na hÉireann to An Phoblacht on Wednesday, 31 March, the IRA reiterated its commitment to achieving a just and lasting peace in Ireland. more

Prisoners concerned about release halt

The release dates of POWs in Portlaoise prison totally disregard the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

Ambitious local election challenge

Sinn Féin is making its most ambitious challenge ever for seats on local authorities throughout the 26 Counties this year.

Bloody Sunday victim shot at close range

New evidence given to the Saville Bloody Sunday Inquiry may prove that one of the victims of the 1972 massacre, James Wray, was shot in the back at close range.

British army to stay on war footing

Despite the provisions within the Good Friday Agreement calling for a demilitarisation of the Six Counties, the British war machine is rebuilding, rearming, and expanding.

Government policies destroying rural Ireland

There are 800 empty villages in Connaught and 45,000 on housing lists but rural resettlement has ground to a halt.

IRA investigation locates grave sites

After an 18-month investigation to locate the graves, the IRA revealed that it has now identified the burial places of nine of those it killed.

Irish stopped seven times a year

A shocking survey carried out by a British criminologist has revealed the level of racism shown by British police officers against Irish people.

trim sectarian bombings

Sinn Féin Assembly member for Upper Bann, Dr. Dara O'Hagan, is urging nationalists to remain vigilant in the wake of another loyalist pipe bomb attack.

Loyalist abduction attempt in South Belfast

A 22-year-old West Belfast man has described how his mobile phone saved his life after he was abducted by loyalists.

Capitol Hill calls for Nelson inquiry

The U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., is set to debate a strongly-worded resolution condemning the murder of Rosemary Nelson and calling for the protection of lawyers in the Six Counties.

British ban collusion book

The British Ministry of Defence has banned a book on Brian Nelson, one of the British intelligence agents who colluded with the UDA in targeting nationalists.

Call for 6-County representation in Dublin

Deputy Caoimhghín O Caoláin has described as `positive and constructive' the meeting between a Sinn Féin delegation and the parliamentary committee on the constitution in Dublin

Sunday World story slated

The man injured in a loyalist bomb attack in South Down last Tuesday, has lambasted a story which claimed the bomb was ten years old.

Hamill independent inquiry call

The British government is under increasing pressure to call an independent inquiry into the sectarian murder of Portadown Catholic Robert Hamill after a man was acquitted of murder at Belfast High Court last week.

Dismay at Paras deployment

Mick Murphy, Sinn Féin Assembly member for South Down, has expressed his dismay at news of the deployment of the British army's Parachute Regiment in his constituency.

RUC attack Waterfront picketers

Sinn Fein's Sean Hayes has criticised the RUC's handling of a protest against the Orange Order, organised by the Friends of Garvaghy Road Committee.

£100,000: The price of an eye

A County Armagh man who lost his eye after being hit by an RUC plastic bullet has been awarded £100,000.

RUC attacked by gun victim's wife

The wife of murdered taxi driver John McColgan has reacted angrily to claims by the RUC that they were keeping the McColgan family informed about the investigation.

Two tyrants and a pot of tea

Margaret Thatcher showed last week that there are further depths to which she can stoop.

Sinn Féin in the Big Country

Ard Comhairle member and Sligo Alderman Sean MacManus recently visited Wisconsin and Montana as part of Sinn Féin's team in the United States for the St. Patrick's Day period.

Former FAIT man charged with murder

A one-time leading spokesperson for anti-republican group FAIT has been charged with the brutal murder of a 60-year-old man in Newry.

Cock-up or conspiracy?

Seán Marlow has suspicions about the motivation behind the war between NATO and Serbia.


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