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Thursday 4 March, 1999
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Unionist hypocrisy confrontedSinn Fein's Martin McGuiness this week confronted the ongoing propaganda campaign around the decomissioning issue which threatens to collapse the entire political process. moreMurder attempt on Coalisland familyA nationalist family narrowly escaped death in their Coalisland home after the mother opened a box containing a loyalist bomb.Growing support for demilitarisationThe Celtic League has approached the British and Irish governments to highlight concerns about the British military presence in South Armagh.RUC trying to undermine peace processWest Belfast Sinn Fein Assembly member Alex Maskey has accused the RUC of ``pursuing a political agenda'' in their announcements that an arms find ``appeared to be of a 1998 origin''.Belfast City Council votes through new power-sharing schemeThe days of unionist domination on the Belfast City Council may at last be numbered after a significant vote last week.Asylum granted to 13 Roma peopleThirteen of the Roma people who are living in hostel accomodation in Castleblayney, County Monaghan are to be granted asylum in Ireland, but two were refused.Community excluded from drugs meetingBelfast City Council has excluded a number of prominent drug awareness community representatives from a major council meeting on drugs while inviting the RUC.Judgment reserved in Meehan caseA reserved judgment was announced in a republican activist's case against the RUC for assault and wrongful arrest.Adams completes sucessful Australian visitSinn Fein President Gerry Adams concluded a hectic nine day trip to Australia last Monday.Ex-prisoners arrested in ManchesterThree Derry ex-prisoners who were arrested and detained for three days in Manchester are to take legal action for unlawful arrest.Conference hears that ``RUC cannot be re-packaged''Policing was the theme of a major human rights conference hosted by the Committee for the Administration of Justice over last weekend.Residents dismay at removal of security gatesThe Springfield Residents Action Group has condemned a decision by the RUC to remove security gates at a time of increasing loyalist attacks.Restoring justice to the communityCommunity restorative justice (CRJ) schemes are being piloted in nationalist areas throughout the Six Counties.FAIT's bogus claimsThe intended target of an alleged armed raid has attacked FAIT spokesman Vincent McKenna for claiming that IRA members were involved in the attack.Commemorate the CrooksEoghan MacCormaic looks at the present debate on developments in Dublin.Loyalists attack CatholicSinn Fein councillor Sean Hayes has accused the RUC of treating a Catholic family threatened by loyalists with disdain.Orange Order honours Shankill ButcherThe family of a man murdered at the hands of the Shankill Butchers has reacted angrily to the news that an Orange Lodge has honoured one of the gang.No reason in the wide earthly world!Sean Marlow is not very surprised that the Dublin government has so far failed to secure new regional development funds from the European Union.Call for radical change to CouncilsFacilities for young people are virtually non-existent in some major towns in Ireland, according to a Galway Sinn Fein local election candidate.Co-op effort to help tackle Dublin's housing problemAs the housing crisis continues in Dublin, local representative Daithí Doolin has welcomed an innovative effort to help alleviate the problem.Sinn Fein initiates joy-riding task forceThe establishment of a community-led task force to deal with the problem of joyriding in Dublin has met with progress.Social Welfare checkpoints slammedNew powers for social welfare inspectors to mount joint vehicle checkpoints with the gardai were strongly criticised in the Dáil this week.Mother of Peter Ward to unveil plaqueMary Ward, the widowed mother of a UVF victim has told of her disquiet at seeing the loyalist responsible interviewed on BBC television.Violence against women a major issueAhead of International Women's Day on 8 March, Sinn Fein Assembly member Michelle Gildernew has spoken to AP/RN of the five issues she believes are central to women today.The People's TribunalThe Belfast session of the People's Tribunal on Friday heard calls for those responsible for crimes to be identified.Travellers' way of life under attackA County Mayo councillor came before court in the first case to be brought under the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act, of 1989, for derogatory remarks he allegedly made about travellers.Lawyers group visits the Six CountiesThe Lawyers Alliance for Justice in Ireland took submissions on the RUC on Thursday in Derry.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
REPUBLICAN BULLETIN BOARD
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