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Thursday 20 May, 1999
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Loyalist terror mountsThere have been over 160 petrol, grenade and bomb attacks on nationalists since the Good Friday Agreement was signed. Republicans are increasingly being targeted by prominent loyalists and loyalism is clearly readying itself for all-out war. moreSinn Féin launches local government campaignThe seven-year wait for local government elections in the 26 Counties says much about the priority placed by establishment parties on local government and people's right to participate at a local level in their areas.British agent bankrolling FAIT?British agent Martin McGartland has made a £2,000 donation to the British government-funded FAIT organisation, according to information An Phoblacht has received.Nelson report fuels suspicionDetails of the intense crown force activity prior to the murder of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson were published by the Pat Finucane Centre last week.Trimble reneges on Downing Street dealUnionist obstruction, coupled with the failure of both governments so far to effectively defend the integrity of the Agreement, has led to a serious loss of momentum and confidence, writes Sean BradyBorder incursion and assaultSinn Féin TD for Cavan/Monaghan Caoimhghín O Caoláin has called for a strong protest to the British government following a cross-border incursion in which a man was assaulted by four British soldiers.Amnesty shocked at ongoing human rights abusesAfter a week-long visit to the Six Counties , an Amnesty International delegation has expressed alarm that ``an enormous number of past and present abuses remain unresolved and are not being adequately addressed''.A case study in talkingIn the second of four articles examining the positive effect Community Restorative Justice (CRJ) can have in mending community relationships, Ned Kelly reports on a case in West Belfast.Orange and loyalists hand in handThe tensions that have been brewing between the Church of Ireland and the Orange Order over the Orange siege of Garvaghy Road came to a head at the last Church of Ireland Synod of the millennium in Dublin this week.Keep RUC away from schoolchildrenSinn Féin Councillor Tom Hartley is calling on the Catholic Council for Maintained Schools (CCMS) to stop giving the RUC access to Catholic schools and pupils throughout the Six Counties.1974 bombings probe demandedCalls for an immediate and independent inquiry into the 1974 Dublin/Monaghan bombings have grown in the past week as ceremonies were held to mark the 25th anniversary of the massacre.Belfast Council excluding nationalistsNot content with trying to destroy the St Patrick's Day carnival by withdrawing the £50,000 usually awarded, Belfast City Council has now succeeded in driving nationalists away from the Lord Mayor's Show.Referendum to be held on 11 JuneVoters in the 26 Counties are to be asked to endorse a constitutional amendment to give recognition to local government and to fix local government elections at five-year intervals.Investors profit from West's impoverishmentTax concessions for the rich are the order of the day in the west of Ireland, while state investment for fishing and sustainable farming are denied to locals.Why Republicans must be GreenRepublican politics will be useless if the finite resources we are so dependent on to fuel our capitalist economies run out, argues Robert Allen.O Caoláin slams government on rural post officesSinn Féin TD Caoimhghín O Caoláin has severely criticised the government for deferring until after the local elections a decision on tendering out the delivery of social welfare payments, now administered from post offices.Impartial police callA meeting on policing and equality of treatment was hosted by the Irish National Congress in Dublin last Saturday.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
REPUBLICAN BULLETIN BOARD
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