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[An Phoblacht]

Thursday 11 February, 1999

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Governments must
back Agreement

Next week will be crucial for the peace process, with a vote in the Assembly that should trigger the establishment of the shadow Executive and the All-Ireland ministerial council. more

Loyalists attempt mass murder

A bomb attack at a bar in south Derry was described as an an attempt to kill and maim a large number of local nationalists.

Rally demands removal of spyposts

A thousand people turned out last Sunday to march to Cloughogue Checkpoint outside Newry.

British involvement in Finucane killing

Information which identifies those involved in the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane is to be presented to the Dublin government by members of the dead man's family.

McBride family go to court

The family of murdered Belfast teenager Peter McBride have lodged a legal challenge against the decision to allow two soldiers convicted of Peter's murder to remain on active service.

Ingram says plastic bullets to stay

Plastic bullets are to be retained for use in the Six Counties, British security minister Adam Ingram has said.

Asbestos dumped on Longford housing estate

People in the village of Lanesborough, County Longford, are living in fear that a deadly toxin has been dumped in their community.

Mullen wins appeal

London-based campaigners for Irish political prisoners were jubilant last Thursday as the last Republican prisoner held in England, Nick Mullen, was released by the Court of Appeal.

Loughgall - still searching for the truth

As relatives of those who died travelled to Dublin to meet with the Victims' Commissioner, an in-depth look at the Loughgall massacre by reporter Laura Friel

Adams launches local government campaign

Sinn Fein is a ``Republican Labour party, with radical practical policies on issues which affect ordinary people'', said Gerry Adams, back on the election trail

Youth slam RUC

Over 70 young people and representatives of various community groups attended a conference on the criminal justice system lst Tuesday.

Derry support for Garvaghy residents

A large turnout at a public meeting in Derry on Sunday night heard accusations that the media were swallowing the RUC version of events on the Garvaghy Road.

Strategy for West Belfast criticised

The decline of West Belfast manufacturing has raised serious questions about the British government's industrial strategy in the area, say local businessmen.

Saoirse court triumph

A Belfast judge has cleared four Saoirse members who were convicted after they occupied the roof of Belfast's Waterfront Hall in a Saoirse protest two years ago.

John Davey: a man of commitment

St Valentine's Day marks the 10th anniversary of the murder of Sinn Fein councillor John Davey, a life long republican and active member of Magherafelt District Council.

No government policy on housing crisis

Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin criticised the lack of a coherent government policy when he spoke in a housing debate in the Dáil last week.

`Deportation Bill' opposed

Following a recent Supreme Court decison declaring deportations of asylum-seekers unlawful, the Dublin Government has introduced a Bill to over-ride that decision.

SF expands in Belfast

The growth of Sinn Fein continues with a new cumann in Ligoniel in North Belfast and the imminent launch of a cumann in Queen's University.


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