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News for 25 February, 2004
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Sinn Féin will not be made a whipping boy
"The threat to the peace process does not come from republicans, it comes from others, including those who have failed or refused to make politics work." So said Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams in a speech at Dunloy, County Antrim, last Sunday. His words were echoed by the party's Chief Negotiator, Martin McGuinness, in a meeting with the Irish Government in Leinster House on Wednesday night. View more |
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IRA did not authorise any action
A source speaking on behalf of the leadership of the IRA has told An Phoblacht that "the IRA did not authorise any action against Bobby Tohill". The response came after days of speculation around an incident involving a number of men travelling in a van rammed by the PSNI on the outskirts of Belfast city centre last Friday evening. According to media reports, the incident followed a fracas in a city centre bar. At the Millfield junction with the Falls Road, the PSNI rammed and brought to a halt a blue van. Four men were arrested and another man was taken to hospital. The injured man was later named as Bobby Tohill. View more |
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Register now for EU elections - Deadline is 8 April
Gerry Adams canvassing in Belfast People in the Six Counties have just 42 days left to submit applications to the electoral register if they want to vote in the upcoming European elections. Thursday 8 April has been named as the final day for registration, and in preparation for the day, Sinn Féin has launched a campaign asking people to 'Claim your Vote'. View more |
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Starting to frame the New Ireland - BY BARRY McELDUFF & MARTINA ANDERSON
Barry McElduff What is the New Ireland to look like? What should the institutions of government be? How can we bring about an Ireland of Equals? They are the key questions in front of us today. The process of seeking answers to them is the same process that will bring it about, because it is a discussion that needs to involve all the people who live here. View more |
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Loyalist lip service as Catholic families are targeted
Over the past week, a 105-year-old grandmother and a four-month-old baby were among the targets of unionist paramilitaries operating in North Belfast, as loyalists embarked on yet another series of sectarian attacks directed at Catholics and their homes. Seven homes were damaged when a unionist mob broke windows and lobbed paint and petrol bombs at houses on Clifton Park Avenue on last Wednesday 18 February. View more |
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Who is afraid of the truth?
As the oral hearings stage of the Bloody Sunday tribunal drew to a close, familiar voices could be heard excoriating the £155 million cost. One of them belonged to John Taylor who, wobbling with righteous indignation, told Channel 4 News that the "unionist community" regards the inquiry with "absolute distain". In any case, he continued, he did not believe that the families or the wider nationalist community would accept Lord Saville's eventual report. "I live in Ireland," he said, "and I know what these people are like." View more |
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Details of Ard Fheis Clár announced
Aengus Ó Snodaígh Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh today announced details of the party's Ard Fheis which is taking place at the RDS in Dublin from Friday 27th - Sunday 29th February. He said that it will be one of the biggest Ard Fheis in recent years. More than 2,000 Sinn Féin members expected to attend over the weekend and 306 motions on the agenda. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said "The central message coming out of this Ard Fheis will be Sinn Féin's commitment to seeing the peace process advanced and to preparing for Irish unity and our campaign for radical social and economic change." View more |
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Never! Never! Never Land - BY LAURA FRIEL
Ian Paisley - living in never-never land Have you ever thought you must have fallen asleep and woken up in Never-Never Land? But in this particular dream fantasy world, the all time bogeyman and frightener of small children, Captain Hook, has donned Pan's tights and is busy disporting himself as the hero of the story. Just such an air of unreality permeated the political landscape this week. View more |
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McDonald discusses Ard Fhéis Clár in Audio-Video section
Mary Lou McDonald A video clip featuring Dublin EU candidate Mary Lou McDonald discussing the Clár for this weekend's Ard Fhéis, will be posted shortly in our Audio-Video section. Premium subscribers can access this clip by clicking onto www.irishrepublicanmedia.com View more |
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