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Historic move by IRA leadershipThe IRA confirmed on Monday 8 April that it has, unilaterally, placed a second tranche of weapons beyond use as part of its ongoing commitment to the Good Friday Agreement and in order to stabilise the peace process. moreGauntlet of hate in Antrim townFour nationalist teenagers say they are lucky to be alive after a gang of loyalists attacked them at a bar on Antrim town's main street on Easter Saturday night 30 March.UDA attacks continueThe UDA-instigated violence of the last two weeks in North Belfast spread to Ardoyne at the end of last week.Ballymena RUC/PSNI picketedNorth Antrim republicans picketed Ballymena RUC/PSNI barracks to highlight ongoing sectarian violence against nationalists in the North Antrim town.Bloody Sunday challenge to CarswellLawyers acting on behalf of the families of those killed on Bloody Sunday will object to Chief Judge Robert Carswell sitting in an Appeal court hearing scheduled for next week.Clogher demands demilitarisationAround 150 local people attended a demilitarisation protest in front of the British Army camp in Clogher, County Tyrone, on Sunday last.The Tírghrá commemorative eventA national tribute to the families of IRA Volunteers, Sinn Féin activists and other republican activists who were killed in recent times will take place in the City West hotel in Dublin this Saturday, 13 April.PSNI passing out a non-eventDerry Sinn Féin Policing spokesperson Councillor Paul Fleming labelled the first passing out parade of PSNI recruits as a non-event.McMenamin attack despicable - DohertyWest Tyrone Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty has described as despicable the arson attack on the cars of Assemblyman Eugene McMeniman at his family home in Strabane.Call for EU trade sanctionsThere has been a call for EU trade sanctions against Israel in protest at their ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories and siege of Yasser Arafat's Ramallah headquarters.Flying of flag at half mast inappropriateSinn Féin councillor Seán MacManus has slammed a directive stating that the Irish flag be flown at half mast above government buildings as a mark of respect to the British queen mother.Callanan calls for broadening of inquiryDaniel Callanan has called for the clerical abuse inquiry in Ferns to be extended to all areas where there have been similar allegations.What price children's rights?The High Court has upheld Justice Minister John O'Donoghue's decision to deport the parents of children, who, born in this state, have a constitutional entitlement to Irish citizenship.Drogheda Hospital scandalA full public inquiry has been urged after dozens of unnecessary caesarean hysterectomies were carried out by consultants at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.Incinerator opposition in DerryDerry Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has urged the people of Derry to ensure that incineration does not become an option.Easter Commemorations 2002A round-up of the Easter commemrotations which didn't make it into last week's edition.MacManus calls for end to farming red tapeSinn Féin's Seán MacManus has called for government action to bring an end to the massive level of red tape and bureaucracy involved in farming.Golden circle of corruptionThis week, a government minister resigned and two "powerful" people tried to mount a secret court action to hide offshore bank accounts in the Cayman Islands.New West Belfast cumannFor the first time in over 20 years, a Sinn Féin cumann has been formed in the St James area of West Belfast.Public services nightmareBoasts by the government that it has improved public services "ring hollow", says Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin.Registration rules a "bureaucratic nightmare"A new law has been rushed through the Dáil which makes it much more difficult for people not on the current Electoral Register to have their names placed on the Supplementary Register.A stadium too farCIARÁN MacANNRAOI looks at the planned abolition of Rule 42 by tghe GAA at its Annual Congress this weekend.Directors get double partnership wage riseWhen is a pay freeze not a pay freeze? When you work for the building materials group Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH), writes ROBBIE MacGABHANN.Sinn Féin select Galway East candidateSinn Féin in Galway East have selected Daithí Mac a' Bhaird as their candidate in the forthcoming general election.Two progressive websites launchedTar Isteach, the republican ex-prisoner group in Dublin, and Indymedia Ireland, famous for its reports on anti-globalisation protests, have laanched websites recently.
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