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September 28, 2004
Republican merchandise banned by e-Bay
Murphy has ‘funny turn’
Britain’s Direct Ruler in Ireland, Paul Murphy, was taken to
hospital today after falling ill at the annual conference of the
British Labour Party.
ADAMS CONCERN AT TALKS FAILURE
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has expressed concern about the
handling of the political process since the failure of last
week’s intensive talks to reach a deal.
Derry Commemorative Civil Rights March
A number of people have suggested to us that it was a mistake to
include the case of Seamus Doherty in the issues being
highlighted by the march marking the anniversary of the October
5th 1968 launch of the civil rights campaign in Derry.
Bush campaigner threatens magazine
The former US ambassador to Ireland, Richard Egan, has warned
the publisher of an Irish American magazine she had “better
think twice before trying to influence American politics” as
“the Irish are not the only ones with long memories”.
British Army in flute band bust-up
A controversy has arisen involving a British soldier’s links to
unionist paramilitaries and his wife’s accusations of
harassment.
Blair broke Finucane pledge - Durkan
Tony Blair has been accused by the SDLP leader Mark Durkan of
breaking pledges over the issue of British collusion with
unionist paramilitaries.
Dublin - a Cause for Concern
By Danny Morrison
www.dannymorrison.com
www.dannymorrison.com
The only way of stopping the DUP from wrecking the Belfast Agreement and bringing it around to political reality is to continue to implement the Agreement’s equality and justice provisions and the work of the all-Ireland bodies, even in the absence of an assembly and executive.
September 24, 2004
Rules waived for UDA man
A leading unionist paramilitary who was caught breaking bail
conditions has controversially been allowed to remain free.
An inquiry into Finucane - but what kind?
A statement by Amnesty International Press Release
following yesterday’s announcement of an inquiry into the
Pat Finucane case.
Irish link to Iraq hostage
The brother of the British hostage facing execution in Iraq
believes the Irish Government could be the “catalyst” to secure
his release.
FINUCANES THREATENS INQUIRY BOYCOTT
An announcement by the British government of a secretive inquiry
into the murder of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane has
fuelled fears that a long-standing cover-up is set to continue.
An inquiry into Finucane - but what kind?
The following is a statement by Amnesty International Press Release
following yesterday’s announcement of an inquiry into the
Pat Finucane case.
Family attacked in loyalist feud
A woman who escaped injury with her nine-month-old daughter in a
pipe bomb attack in Derry has said they were an easy target.
DUP holds out against Agreement
Two days of talks in Belfast this week have again failed to
produce the breakthrough which appeared imminent during
intensive negotiations last weekend in southern England.
Court action over controversial murder case
A judicial review of the PSNI’s refusal to bring in an outside
police force to investigate a controversial murder resumed
yesterday at the High Court in Belfast.
Nowhere to left to go for trapped DUP
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
Have you noticed how carefully Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair, Brian Cowen and our own dear proconsul avoid saying the dread sentence, ‘the DUP refuse to share power’, let alone publicly demand of the DUP that they do share power?
September 21, 2004
The Agreement will endure - Sinn Féin
Speaking at a news conference in London this morning, Sinn Féin
Vice-President Pat Doherty outlined his party’s view of the
course of events preceding and during the intensive talks at
Leeds Castle this past weekend.
McAleese re-election to be uncontested
Irish President Mary McAleese is set to serve another seven year
term as no other candidate has emerged to challenge
her re-election.
DUP EXPOSED BY IRA CONCESSION
A deal to restore the suspended Belfast Assembly and
power-sharing institutions in the North of Ireland appears to be
getting closer following three days of intensive all-party
negotiations in southern England and further talks in Belfast
this week.
Fears that Finucane inquiry will be fudged again
The British government has been warned against any attempt to
water down an inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane.
Pub attack linked to feud
There has been concern in Derry after unionist paramilitary
feuding broke out in a gun attack at a pub in the city.
At Last
At last, the DUP has been smoked out, fundamentalist unionism
exposed to the world.
Daphne Trimble in election challenge
The wife of Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble is to try
to unseat Paisleyite and former UUP rebel Jeffrey Donaldson at
the next Westminster election.
No prizes on offer for isolating Sinn Féin
(for the Sunday Business Post)
Some brave soul recently sprayed: ‘‘A’ company, 3rd battalion IRA defunct’ on the wall of the library at Ardoyne.
September 17, 2004
Protest against plastic bullets
A widow whose husband was killed by a plastic bullet yesterday
confronted a senior member of the North’s Policing Board,
demanding a ban on the use of the baton round.
Morgan to quit politics
Martin Morgan, a leading member of the nationalist SDLP and a
former mayor of Belfast, is to leave politics.
‘Fruit of the Loom’ moves to Morocco
A decision by the Fruit of the Loom corporation to close its
Donegal and Derry plants has come as a massive blow to the
northwest.
DEAL ‘COULD BE DONE’
Huge press interest surrounds intensive talks at Leeds Castle in
Kent in southern England, where the prospects of a deal between
Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley is the increasing subject of rumour
and speculation.
Unionism cannot be allowed a veto over progress
By Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams (for the Irish Times)
Sinn Féin is approaching the discussions in Leeds Castle later this week positively and with a determination to see the crisis in the political process resolved, the political institutions restored and the process of change outlined in the Good Friday agreement accelerated.
Orange ‘Master’ jailed for sectarian killing
A former district master in the Orange Order has been sentenced
to at least 15 years of a life term for the sectarian murder of
Glengormley man Trevor Lowry, a 49-year-old Protestant father
of two who was mistaken for a Catholic.
Rapid conviction delays search for truth
Ken Barrett’s conviction yesterday for the murder of Pat
Finucane does not help the search for the truth surrounding the
lawyer’s murder, according to the dead man’s family.
The DUP will not overturn its manifesto
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
Writing in Monday’s Irish Times (see above) Gerry Adams asserted that “The DUP represents the anti-agreement minority of the electorate.” Hmm. That’s only if you think the UUP is united in its support for the agreement. It isn’t. Let’s not forget the dozen convocations of backwoodsmen that dissident UUP members like Jeffrey Donaldson called to stymie the agreement’s progress. Remember, Trimble usually managed only a 54% vote at those meetings and that only because each time he was driven further away from his obligations under the agreement.
September 14, 2004
Dublin urged to oppose Direct Rule
Sinn Féin has said the Dublin Government must oppose any attempt
to formally reintroduce direct rule in the North in crisis talks
in southern England later this week.
Sectarian attack in Derry
The PSNI police have been criticised for failing to protect
nationalists in Derry’s Waterside after loyalists entered a
Catholic home and attacked two men.
Irish President may get unopposed second term
Ireland’s right-wing parties have backed the re-election
campaign of Irish President Mary McAleese, while her potential
rivals are struggling to gain the necessary nomination.
FINUCANE COVER-UP CONTINUES
The family of Pat Finucane has renewed demands for a public
inquiry into the murder following the conviction of unionist
paramilitary Ken Barrett yesterday.
A message for the GAA
By Danny Morrison
www.dannymorrison.com
www.dannymorrison.com
A blanket man in the H-Blocks risking a beating and solitary confinement in order to smuggle GAA results to news-starved comrades is just one story told in that fine book by Tom Humphries, ‘Green Fields: Gaelic Sport in Ireland’ (1996).
Discrimination allegations aired
A partner at a leading estate agency in Belfast joked about the
breeding habits of Catholics and the size of their families, a
Fair Employment tribunal has heard.
Second bug found by Sinn Féin
A sophisticated bugging device was discovered at Sinn Féin’s
offices in west Belfast today.
Don’t dodge the issue of collusion
This week the British and Irish governments and all the main
parties in the north of Ireland will be in Leeds Castle in Kent.
Sinn Féin will be trying to unblock the political impasse here.
It will not be easy.
September 10, 2004
Reserve cuts short of Patten, big on payouts
Just over 800 full-time police reservists, who are
overwhelmingly Protestant, have been offered severance packages
worth up to a hundred thousand pounds sterling as a lump sum,
with a pension to follow.
Minorities under threat
Ethnic minorities in the North have been warned they could be
attacked by racist and far-right groups.
Pollution tax u-turn
The Dublin government has controversially decided to abandon its plan to
introduce a new tax on polluting fuels.
Link to Basques, Galicia found in genes
The Irish and Scots may be as closely related to the people of
Spain and Portugal as the Celts of central Europe, it has been
reported.
TALKS WARNINGS
Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams has said he is pessimistic about the
prospects of prospect of a breakthrough at next week’s peace
talks at Leeds Castle in southern England.
The BBC and the myth of ‘Norn Iron’
(for the Andersonstown News)
The BBC refused to broadcast Amhran na bhFiann from Croke Park before the All-Ireland football semi-final match between Derry and Kerry.
Attack on Derry PSNI base
A masked republican carried out a gun attack on Derry’s PSNI
headquarters yesterday morning, firing up to 30 shots from an
AK-47 automatic rifle.
Any threat to the majority is not welcome
Given that background and the belief constantly repeated by
unionist politicians that change can only be bad for unionists,
it looks as if racist assaults by unionists will continue to
increase in frequency.
September 7, 2004
UDA attack youths amid simmering north Belfast tension
There were serious disturbances in the Whitewell area of north
Belfast at the weekend before a controversial unionist parade
passed through the troubled sectarian interface.
Population returns to post-famine levels
The population of the 26 Counties in April 2004 is at its
highest figure since 1871 amid an Irish baby boom.
Historic castle faces destruction
The High Court in Dublin has ruled against the constitutional
challenge to the south Dublin portion of the South Eastern
Motorway at the archaeologically sensitive Carrickmines Castle.
SPYING SHOWS BRITISH BAD FAITH
An elaborate bugging device found at the home of one of Gerry
Adams's staff has all but capsized preparations for crucial
talks set for England later this month.
No other law
The following is an edited version of the address by Sinn Féin
MP Michelle Gildernew, speaking at the annual Sinn Féin
commemoration of IRA figure Liam Lynch on Sunday at his
graveside in Goatenbridge, on the Tipperary-Waterford border.
Outline of deal can be detected
The following is an edited version of an address by DUP Deputy
Leader Peter Robinson MP MLA at the annual conference of the
Irish Small Firms Association in Dublin Castle.
Bafflement at DUP contradictions
Amid conflicting messages from unionists in recent days, Sinn
Féin president Mr Gerry Adams said yesterday that London and
Dublin must now decide whether the Good Friday Agreement or the
Democratic Unionist Party is to prevail in the North of Ireland.
The Paisley Problem
By Danny Morrison
www.dannymorrison.com
www.dannymorrison.com
Last Monday on NBC News President George Bush was asked, ``Can we win'' the war on terror. He replied, ``I don't think you can win it.'' He thus directly contradicted a previous speech he made claiming that the war could be won.
September 3, 2004
U.S. comments cause anger, bafflement
President George Bush’s chief strategist, Karl Rove, has invoked
the wrath of Irish America by comparing the IRA to al-Qaeda.
UDA attempt mass murder at pub
Unionist paramilitaries crashed a fork lift truck into a north
Belfast pub last night in an attempt to murder staff and
customers.
Call for legislation reform ahead of parade
A north Belfast interface is tense ahead of a contentious march
this weekend.
IRA MUST GO, SF MUST REFORM - PAISLEY
DUP hardliners led by Ian Paisley have insisted that any
breakthrough in negotiations this month will require an overhaul
of Sinn Féin as a political party and the end of the IRA.
US activist alerts
The Irish-American Unity Conference has listed some ways you can
help promote the Irish cause in the US in the correct political
context.
Court action over prisoner conditions
A republican prisoner in Maghaberry jail is taking a High Court
action challenging the way the Prison Service is operating a
restrictive and punitive regime of segregation in the jail.
Unionism will never share power
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
Ten years ago nationalists woke up in hope and expectation that a new political landscape had opened up with the IRA cessation announced the previous day. That night the UDA murdered a 32-year-old Catholic, John O’Hanlon, in a drive-by shooting in north Belfast.
Affordable housing scheme collapses
A touted initiative by the 26 County Dublin government to provide
cheaper housing in new private estates resulted in just 163
social and affordable houses being built last year, despite an
overall output of 69,000 houses and apartments.
