. |
|
IRA rejects `unacceptable and unrealistic ultimatums'
The IRA, in its New Year statement, warns that the primary responsibility for restoring confidence in the peace process lies with the British government, which can do so by honouring its commitments. The army rejects the attempt by unionists and the British to impose "unacceptable and unrealistic ultimatums on the IRA".
more
Bad weather delayed a crisis meeting between the Sinn
Féin leadership and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Holy Cross Primary Girls School in north Belfast has once
again become the target of loyalist paramilitaries.
Papers released under the 30-year rule have revealed
that the British Cabinet considered a proposal for the
repartition of Ireland.
The PSNI have been accused of "arming themselves with all
available weapons of repression" following demands for PSNI
members to be armed with hand held CS gas.
Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Gerry Kelly has
expressed concerns at reports that the British government intends
to extend the use non-jury courts.
Belfast Mayor Alex Maskey delivered the annual Ferghal
O'Hanlon Memorial lecture in Monaghan on Sunday, 5 January.
To coincide with the historic closure with the joint PSNI/
British Army Barracks in Carrickmore, over 200 people marched to
the Barracks on Sunday afternoon last.
Ulster Unionist MP David Burnside has admitted that he went
for the job as media spokesperson for the UDA in the mid
1970s.
Sinn Féin has
welcomed comments from the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern that Fianna
Fáil is to consider organising on an all-Ireland basis
Sinn Féin Foyle Assembly member, Mitchel McLaughlin,
says that according to Census figures, up to 200,000 people
eligible to vote are missing from the Electoral Register.
A Scots Guard who assaulted a colleague in a pub
is to be dismissed from the British Army, raising questions of double standards.
Martin Ferris and Martin Spain represented Sinn Féin at the 51st national
conference of the African National Congress.
Up to 200 people attended the annual commemoration for Sean Sabhat in
Limerick last Sunday.
A Quebecqois union has put
pressure on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to restore the
Assembly.
The three Irishmen facing charges in Colombia were moved on
Saturday 22 December from La Modela Prison in Bogota to Combita
Prison, 87 miles from the capital.
Hundreds of thousands of Irish people are facing into a year
where their future is less secure than any time in the last ten
years. ROBBIE MacGABHANN writes on 2003.
The Minister for Health and Children Mícheál
Martin has been urged to act to avert the closure of Accident and
Emergency units throughout the State.
Dublin City Council is in crisis this week as it faces
dissolution for failing to ratify this year's budget.
Farmers have drawn attention to
the fall in income and the threat to their survival of
family farms and rural communities.
A group of teenagers from interface areas of North
and East Belfast who were treated to a day out in the Newry area
just before Christmas.
Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has accused
the government of fundamentally undermining neutrality by
allowing US warplanes to use Shannon airport as a base.
DAILY REPUBLICAN NEWS SERVICE
Try it for free. Just fill in your e-mail address below.
REPUBLICAN BULLETIN BOARD
Join the discussion forum for subscribers.
SF · Republican News Home
Page · Archives
· Recent Issues
Published on the web by aprnweb@irlnet.com
|
|
. |
|
Time for positive approach
Courage under fire
Zapatistas renew struggle with anger and fire
Stevie Carroll - Seanchara agus Seanchaí iontach<
Seamus Ó Mongain
Liam McShane
Tom Keegan
Christy O'Callaghan
|
|
. |