I think before we accept what NATO says, we need to look at what NATO
members have done and are doing... In reality, NATO is largely the USA and
it follows the requirements of U.S. foreign policy... the USA has backed
some of the most vicious right-wing murdering regimes the world has ever
seen... Ireland should stay away from PfP and work to stengthen the UN
against NATO expansionism.
Letter to last week's Examiner opposing entry into the PfP.
The study highlights that paid employment is the most efficient route out
of poverty for women, and particularly, for those heading up households...
It then boils down to whether we as a society possess the will and
commitment to make equality and the elimination of poverty, in all its
facets, the goal to which all our energies are directed. I believe that we
do.
na Lee, chairwomen of the Combat Poverty Agency, on a report that women
are more likely to live in poverty now than in 1987.
The Chilean government has acknowledged that under Pinochet's rule, 3,197
people were tortured, disappeared and murdered by government forces,
including the secret police, which reported directly to Pinochet. They
represent 3,197 reasons why justice must be done and why Pinochet should be
brought to justice by the international community.
Amnesty International's David Bull after a court ruling brought his
extradition to Chile closer last week.
Thousands of hard-pressed PAYE workers, who pay their taxes on the nail,
will welcome the new hit squad being set up by the Revenue Commissioners to
investigate tax evasion by financial institutions and big companies... the
sweeping powers vested in the taxman as a direct result of public disquiet
over the Ansbacher affair are long overdue. For too long, financial
institutions have been getting away with far too much.
Editorial in The Examiner, Friday 28 May.
I had a feeling growing up that we (Catholics) were second-class citizens -
intuitively I felt that... July 12, which is the big Protestant celebration
of the year; we'd stay indoors. I could never quite figure why, because all
my mates were out there playing... It just didn't make sense to me at all.
Ballymena born actor Liam Neeson on growing up in the town, quoted in
American magazine George.
This is a significant step towards equality. We first entered the chamber
17 years ago, but recently there has been a significant sea-change. There
was a time when unionists did everything except acknowledge the rights of
our electorate. Now things are different. We are confident that one one of
our councillors will be lord mayor next year.
Sinn Féin Councillor Michael Brown on the news that the SDLP is backing a
Sinn Féin deputy lord mayor of Belfast, Irish News, Monday 31 May.
All they were concerned about was that we were Catholics, they were
screaming `Fenian bastards' at us and said they were going to kill us.
Account from a terrified Catholic women set upon by a loyalist mob in Larne
last Saturday night. Irish News, Tuesday 1 June.
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