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Crunch week for processGerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and the Sinn Féin negotiating team have made clear to both governments is that the only deal republicans are interested in is one that secures the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. moreGuarded welcome for plastic bullet announcementSinn Féin policing spokesperson, Gerry Kelly, has said that Sinn Féin will continue to press for an immediate end to the use of plastic bullets.Stevens: yet another collusion cover up?An interim report is to conclude that a secret British Army intelligence unit (FRU) and the RUC Special Branch colluded with loyalist gunmen in the summary execution of republicans and others.Wilford rattles under pressureThe commanding officer of 1 Para on Bloody Sunday, Colonel Derek Wilford, is in his second week of giving evidence to the Saville inquiry,Short Strand homes targeted againHouses in the Nationalist Short Strand area of Belfast came under sustained attack from loyalists on Saturday night 5 April.Defence witnesses in Bogota as Colombia Three trial resumesA court in Bogota was due to hear crucial evidence from an internationally renowned forensic scientist on Wednesday rubbishing the forensic evidence allegedly connecting three Irishmen to FARC guerillas.NIO won't pay out on quashed convictionA 38-year-old County Antrim man who spent ten years in jail has been refused compensation by the Northern Ireland Office.Ex-RUC man faces charges in Hamill caseA former RUC member is among three people due to face charges in connection with the investigation into the killing of Portadown man Robert Hamill by loyalists.Sectarian killer get 24 yearsClifford McKeown, from Craigavon, County Armagh, was sentenced to a minimum of 24 years in prison on Wednesday for the sectarian killing of Catholic taxi driver Michael McGoldrick.Roslea Martyrs TourDue to the great success of last year's event, the Roslea Martyrs' Tour has been made an annual event.Death Drivers claim three more victimsThe scourge of car crime continues to rip families and communities apart.Derry Council agrees media accessDerry City Council has supported a Sinn Féin proposal to permit the broadcast of council meetings.Drumboe Dinner danceThe Drumboe Martyrs 80th anniversary dinner dance took place on Friday night last in Jackson's Hotel, Ballybofey.Ireland, republicanism and Sinn Féin Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD recently spoke on behalf of the party at Institiúid na hÉireann/the Ireland Institute.War Summit protestsThousands of anti-war demonstrators tried to march on Hillsborough Castle in protest against the visit of US president George W Bush.Ahern's "winning formula"ROBBIE SMYTH on Fianna Fáil's new constitutional crusade against builders, developers, the medical legal and other professions, as well as retail cartels.Insufficent support for gaelteachtsIncoming Conradh na Gaeilge President Seagh Mac Siurdain has warned the government that legal action may be required to safeguard the rights of native Irish speakers.Cullen challenged on Local Government reformThere was a heated exchange with Minister Martin Cullen in the course of a Dáil debate on the Local Government Bill 2003.Sinn Féin consults with farmersOver 100 farmers and people dependent on the land came together in Newry to consult with Sinn Féin about the issues they want raised when a party delegation visits Brussels next month.Call for positive immigration policySinn Féin Dáil spokesperson on Justice, Equality, and Human Rights, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, has renewed the party's call for a positive immigration policy.Train delayed indefinitelyTwo Irelands clashed last week as Fianna Fáil transport minister Seamus Brennan launched the Strategic Rail Review, writes ROBBIE SMYTH.This is a man's worldWomen in Ireland face discrimination in various areas of their life. The 26-County workforce is steeped in inequality, despite years of equality legislation, writes JOANNE CORCORAN.New kid at the topGetting more women into the party and seeing a TD elected for Connaught, are just two of the items on the wish list of Robbie Smyth, new General Secretary of Sinn Féin.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
REPUBLICAN BULLETIN BOARD
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