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50,000 honour Williams
Tom Williams was one of those very ordinary people who went on to do extraordinary things because of the extraordinary times that they lived in, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams told a 50,000 strong commemoration last Sunday. more O'Neill inquest to begin in LondonAfter a delay of more than three years, the inquest into the killing of IRA Volunteer Diarmuid O'Neill by the Metropolitan Police is due to open on 31 January.New evidence of collusion in Finucane caseEvidence supporting charges of RUC collusion in the assassination of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane has been found by the Stevens' Inquiry team.Relatives call for inquest reformRelatives for Justice wants the current inquest system to be scrapped and replaced by a system which will pursue the truth.Unionist threats mountThe past week was dominated by negative unionist reaction to the British government's proposed changes for policing in the Six Counties.London marks Bloody SundayThe 28th annual Bloody Sunday march and commemorative rally took place in London on Saturday, 22 January.SDLP run true to formThe SDLP strategy of appeasement of unionists at any cost is beginning to emerge within the Assembly.Huge Drogheda protest meetingOver 500 people protested the privatisation of refuse collection in Drogheda last week.Family evicted by bailiffs and RUCA Belfast grandmother, her daughters and granddaughters were ordered out onto the street in a 19th-century style eviction.Glen protestors face jailThe beautiful trees in the Glen of the Downs are still standing, but only just.Invites out for Irish Presidential ForumCandidates for the White House in this year's elections will have the opportunity to put forth their views on Irish issues.Refugees have become detaineesThe Department of Family Affairs and the health boards cuts off the welfare payments and rent allowances of refugees who move to another region.Congress urged to probe California caseThe U.S. Congress has been urged to conduct a thorough inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the arrest of loyalist Jim Fulton.RUC accused of graves attackSixteen memorials in Belfast's republican plot in Milltown cemetery were destroyed last week in an act of vandalism which may have been the work of the RUC.RUC endangers livesDr Dara O'Hagan, Sinn Fein Assembly member for Upper Bann, has accused the RUC of, ``wilfully endangering nationalists' lives''.Sinn Féin welcomes all-Ireland bodyThe first steps towards creating an island economy were taken this week when a new all-Ireland body on Trade and Business Development was set up in Newry.Minimum Wage-earners should be outside tax netSinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin described the publication of the Minimum Wage Bill as welcome but long overdue.Tullamore's private rented scandalThe Midland Health Board (MHB) and Tullamore UDC have turned a blind eye to deplorable conditions in some private rented accommodation.O'Rourke gets it wrong on CIEMary O'Rourke doesn't just court controversy, she actively stirs it up.Maginnis trumped on Westminster banA claim by Ulster Unionist Security Spokesman Ken Maginnis that no Westminster facilities will be made available unless decommissioning takes place has been denied.Policy is not enoughA Dublin Sinn Féin Workshop on gay, lesbian and bisexual affairs was held on Wednesday night in Dubliin.John O'Neill and the Fenian Invasion of CanadaDerek Warfield of the world famous ballad group the Wolfe Tones delivered the Annual Feargal O'Hanlon Memorial Lecture in Monaghan town.Coughlan scores in Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for RTE to allocate referendum broadcasts on an unequal basis.Overseas Aid increase urgedIrish Overseas Aid should be increased to the United Nations target of 0.7% of GNP, according to Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó CaoláinA strong republican voiceThe Sinn Féin candidate for the 2 February Antrim Borough Council by-election is Pauline Davey-Kennedy.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
REPUBLICAN BULLETIN BOARD
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