Is the issue of Irish national sovereignty relevant at the
beginning of the 21st century?
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Published May 17, 2004
Campaign against ‘racist’ referendum builds
A press conference on Sunday organised by the Campaign Against
the Racist Referendum warned that the controversial citizenship
referendum in the 26 Counties could make Article 2 of the Irish
constitution, which people voted for in 1998 under the Good
Friday Agreement, completely redundant.
Published May 17, 2004
Nominations close in election race
Forty-four candidates are contesting next month’s European
Parliament elections in the 26 Counties. Nominations closed at
noon for the June 11 poll for the 13 seats, two fewer than in
1999 due to constituency changes.
Published May 17, 2004
An extract from ‘Bombed and Abandoned - The
experience of the bereaved and maimed of the Dublin and Monaghan
Bombings’, by Don Mullan.
Published May 17, 2004
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan
bombings, the worst single day of the recent conflict in
Ireland, and there have been fresh appeals for a probe of the
involvement of the British Crown forces.
Published May 17, 2004
Republicans targeted in Antrim, Derry
Two bombs were planted today at a Sinn Féin activist’s home in
northern County Antrim.
Published May 17, 2004
Poll suggests big swing in June election
The Dublin government faces the loss of between 50 and 100 local
council seats according to a Sunday newspaper poll, with the
seats being snapped up by Sinn Féin and other left-wing parties.
Published May 17, 2004
Soccer player receives public death threat
Sectarian death threats have been written on the streets outside
the home of Celtic footballer Neil Lennon, causing him to
consider leaving his home.
Published May 17, 2004
The DUP is now the largest political party in the north of
Ireland.
Published May 12, 2004
Death of Bernadette McAllister
Bernadette McAllister, wife of former INLA man Malachy
McAllister, has died in the US after a battle against cancer.
Published May 12, 2004
The annual Bobby Sands Memorial Lecture was delivered last
weekend by Michael Finucane, son of Belfast defence lawyer
Patrick Finucane, who was shot dead by the UDA pro-British death
squad in 1989.
Published May 12, 2004
Murphy under pressure over inquiry refusal
The widow of murdered defence lawyer Pat Finucane yesterday
accused British Direct Ruler Paul Murphy of trying to block a
public inquiry into his death.
Published May 12, 2004
The European election race is well underway in the Six Counties
after candidates from the DUP, Sinn Féin and SDLP handed in
their nomination papers.
Published May 12, 2004
Gardai suspected British role in Dublin/Monaghan bombings
The Garda police in the 26 Counties suspected their northern
counterparts were involved with unionist death squads in
perpetrating the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974.
Published May 12, 2004
Judge to decide fate of Colombia 3
Supporters of the Colombia 3 have said that the decision on whether the men can leave the country rests solely with the Judge in the case.
Published May 12, 2004
Talks planned on ‘Truth and Reconciliation’ process
The British government is to begin a new consultation with victims’ groups and other organisations in the first step of a ‘truth and reconciliation’ process.
Published May 12, 2004
By Danny Morrison
www.dannymorrison.com
www.dannymorrison.com
The ‘Daily Telegraph’ wrote: “The Royal Military Police are already investigating allegations of mistreatment of Iraqis by British soldiers in southern Iraq after the Mirror’s publication of photographs said to show a member of The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment urinating on an Iraqi lying in a military truck with a hood over his head.”
Published May 10, 2004
More than 2,000 republicans gathered in Belfast city centre at
the weekend for the 23rd annual commemoration of the 1981 hunger
strikes.
Published May 10, 2004
DUP vows end to Good Friday Agreement
Ian Paisley’s DUP vowed at the weekend to put the Good Friday
Agreement “out of its misery”.
Published May 10, 2004
The following is an edited version of the party leader’s address
by Ian Paisley to the annual conference of the Democratic
Unionist Party (DUP).
Published May 10, 2004
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