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September 30, 2005

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Current Month Table of Contents (by Subject Line):
09/30/05 - Loyalist Arrested Over Pipe Bomb Attack

09/30/05 - Adams Welcomes Release Of Rossport 5
09/30/05 - LVF Rejects Talk Of Dumping Arms
09/30/05 - McGuinness Barred From Raising Funds On US Trip
09/29/05 - Loyalists Blamed For Pipe Bomb Attack
09/28/05 - Justice Is "Ducking" McAllister Case
09/28/05 - General Turns To Loyalists & Their Guns
09/27/05 - Doors Open Again For Sinn Fein In US
09/27/05 - Explosive Device Discovered At GAA Club
09/27/05 - 14th Report PSNI Oversight Commission
09/26/05 - IICD Report: What It Said
09/26/05 - IRA Statement On Disarmament
09/26/05 - Jt Stmnt: Taoiseach & Prime Minister
09/26/05 - IRA Has Destroyed All Arms
09/25/05 - BBC: IRA Decommissioning Is Confirmed
09/25/05 - IAUC: Loyalist & British Must Decommission
09/25/05 - IRA Decommissioning To Be Confirmed Tomorrow
09/25/05 - Amnesty Voices Support For NUJ Justice Campaign
09/24/05 - Loyalist Roadblock Shock In City Rush Hour
09/23/05 - Rainbow Coalition Ahead As Voters' Preference
09/23/05 - RUC Knew Of Plot To Assassinate Fr Des Wilson
09/23/05 - 'Delay' In UVF Censure Slammed
09/22/05 - Group Linked To Orange Order To Get £250K
09/22/05 - IMC Accuse UVF Of Trying To Wipe Out LVF
09/22/05 - 6th Report of IMC
09/21/05 - Two Held Over Thomas Devlin's Murder
09/21/05 - Hain Challenges Loyalist Groups
09/20/05 - Hoax Device Left At Catholic School

09/19/05 - Catholic Town Watches As Rancor Grows
09/19/05 - Loyalists Blamed For Fire Bombing
09/18/05 - Robinson & Adams Were Stars At Clinton Summit
09/18/05 - NIO Securocrats Ended Deal To Halt UDA Violence
09/17/05 - Protesters Block City Road Again
09/17/05 - Unionists Accused Over Loyalist Violence
09/17/05 - Gerry Adams Urges US To Remain Engaged
09/15/05 - Water Cannon Used Against Loyalist Rioters
09/15/05 - New Violence On Belfast Streets
09/14/05 - Orde 'Rejects Orange Criticism'
09/14/05 - Quieter Night After Days Of Riots
09/13/05 - Hain Declares Breach Of UVF Ceasefire
09/13/05 - IAUC: British Discrimination Condemned
09/13/05 - Scarred By Loyalist Violence & Only Two Yrs Old
09/12/05 - More Loyalist Violence In Belfast
09/12/05 - Orde: UDA & UVF Ceasefires Have Been Broken
09/11/05 - 700 Loyalists Riot For 2nd Night
09/11/05 - Protestants Riot Again - 30 Police Injured
09/11/05 - Bomb Factory Found After Night Of Riots
09/11/05 - SF Fears It Will Be Undermined
09/10/05 - Loyalist Gunmen Fire On Police & Civilians
09/10/05 - Catholic Critical After Attack By Gang
09/09/05 - Sacked Warder Denies LVF Link
09/08/05 - Catholic Taxi Driver Attacked With Bricks
09/07/05 - Loyalists Attack 'Interface Workers'
09/06/05 - Loyalists Block Roads In Belfast
09/06/05 - Benefits for O’Flaherty’s Irish Channel
09/06/05 - Loyalist Rioters Attack Police Again
09/06/05 - Loyalist Rioters Recruit Children By Text
09/06/05 - 'End Bloody Sunday Inquiry'
09/05/05 - Criminal Soldiers 'Must Leave Army'
09/05/05 - Police Attacked By Loyalist Petrol Bombers
09/04/05 - Emerald Society Raise Money For NO
09/04/05 - Katrina Is The Big Story In Ireland
09/04/05 - Sergeant Saved Irish Students In US
09/03/05 - Unionist Politicians And Paramilitaries Unite
09/03/05 - UUP: DUP's Mask Slips Over Condemning Violence
09/03/05 - The Irish & Katrina
09/02/05 - IMC 'Must Act On UVF Ceasefire'
09/02/05 - Irish Victims of Storm Heading to Dallas
09/02/05 - Flag Obtained; Other Assitance Might be Needed
09/02/05 - Irish Flag Needed in Houston ASAP
09/02/05 - Loyalists Throw Devices At Car Park
09/01/05 - Teenagers 'At Centre Of Sectarian Attacks': Orde
09/01/05 - DPP Meeting Cancelled Over Loyalist Protest

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Current Month Table of Contents (with Story Titles):


09/30/05 - Loyalist Arrested Over Pipe Bomb Attack
IO 09/30/05 Loyalist Arrested Over Pipe Bomb Attack
DI 09/30/05 Padraigin Drinan Law Firm Shut Down
IT 10/01/05 Battle Over Pipeline 'Only Starting'
DI 09/30/05 Opin: Equality Bitterest Pill For Unionism
EX 09/30/05 Opin: Examine Ourselves Before Lecturing North
DI 09/30/05 A Week Of Backpedalling By The DUP
DI 09/30/05 Daily Ireland New Orleans School Appeal
IT 10/01/05 Ballyporeen Pub Booked For Reagan Library
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09/30/05 - Adams Welcomes Release Of Rossport 5
SF 09/30/05 Adams Welcomes Release Of Rossport 5
SF 09/30/05 SF MEPs Call For Mass Mobilisation At Rally
SF 09/30/05 Adams Urges Renewed Momentum
BT 09/30/05 The View From The West
BT 09/30/05 No Hope On Stormont Horizon Without Big Changes
IO 09/30/05 Founding Member Of Alliance Party Dies
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09/30/05 -
LVF Rejects Talk Of Dumping Arms
BT 09/30/05 LVF Rejects Talk Of Dumping Arms
BB 09/30/05 Adams Urges Devolution Progress
BT 09/30/05 Sinn Fein To Appeal Fundraising Ban In US
BT 09/30/05 Judge Urged To Halt Lawyer's Shutdown Order
WN 09/30/05 Sinn Fein To Hold Conference On Irish Unity
BT 09/30/05 DUP Voices Concerns Over Two Clergymen
UH 09/30/05 Sinn Fein Scores As DUP Fumbles
IA 09/30/05 General Achieves Mission Impossible
DJ 09/30/05 We Must Practise What We Preach - Colr. Durkan
IO 09/30/05 McDowell Not Convinced About IRA's Intentions
BT 09/30/05 Claim That IRA Did Not Kill Mountbatten
BT 09/30/05 Media 'Giving Ballymoney A Bad Name'
BB 09/30/05 Politicians Back Warm Homes Fight
BT 09/30/05 Net Boost For Genealogists
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09/30/05 - McGuinness Barred From Raising Funds On US Trip
IT 09/30/05 McGuinness Barred From Raising Funds On US Trip
SF 09/29/05 Unionists Need To Grasp Opportunity
BB 09/29/05 Home Attack Treated As Murder Bid
SF 09/29/05 Methodist Church Attack Condemned
AP 09/29/05 Experts Say IRA Has Criminal Empire
BT 09/29/05 GAA Hits Back In Attacks Dispute
BT 09/29/05 Premiers Plan To Push Ahead
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09/29/05 - Loyalists Blamed For Pipe Bomb Attack
UT 09/29/05 Loyalists Blamed For Pipe Bomb Attack
UT 09/29/05 Paint Bomb Attack On Belfast Methodist Church
BB 09/29/05 DUP Quizzes Church Arms Witnesses
BT 09/29/05 DUP In New Attack Over IRA Arsenal
UN 09/29/05 Seanad Condemns SF Over 'Murder Foretold'
DI 09/29/05 Morrison: DUP Now Needs To Bite The IRA Bullet
BT 09/29/05 Blair Spells It Out But Is Anyone Listening?
BT 09/29/05 Opin: Day For Relief And Reflection
NH 09/29/05 Opin: DUP Exposed As Political Pygmies They Are
BT 09/29/05 Opin: Unionists In No Rush To Talks Table
ZW 09/29/05 Defuse The 'Irish Car Bomb'
BT 09/29/05 Opin: Big Business Eyes Up The Crown Jewels
UN 09/29/05 Flatley’s Celtic Tiger Brings NYC To Its Feet
BT 09/29/05 Metal Detector Gets Lucky With Viking Find
BT 09/29/05 Quiet Man Conference In Galway 53 Years On
BT 09/29/05 Poking Fun At Troubles
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09/28/05 - Justice Is "Ducking" McAllister Case
IE 09/28/05 Justice Is "Ducking" McAllister Case
TB 09/28/05 Decommissioning Will Reveal Real Problem
IT 09/29/05 Unionists Need Time, Says Adams
IT 09/29/05 McGuinness Reassures Washington
SF 09/28/05 Seize The Opportunity For Peace - SF MEPs
UN 09/28/05 IRA Has Taken Massive And Courageous Step – SF
IT 09/29/05 Ahern Calls For Talks On North Institutions
IT 09/29/05 Bertie Urges Unionists To Recognise Realities
IO 09/28/05 Endgame Reached In North's Peace Process – Hain
MI 09/28/05 Guns Are Gone - Time To Build A Future Together
PG 09/28/05 Editor For Secrets Act Rev After Trial Collapse
BB 09/28/05 So Who Is P O'Neill?
IE 09/28/05 Opin: DUP Isolates Itself With A Skeptical View
GU 09/28/05 Tough Task Of Allaying Unionist Suspicions
WT 09/28/05 Opin: Roadway Open To Lasting Peace
BB 09/28/05 Does Decommissioning Mean Peace? – Six Views
BT 09/28/05 Arms Deal Throws Up New Questions
JP 09/28/05 The IRA And Us
WS 09/28/05 What Was The British SAS Doing In Basra?
IO 09/28/05 Murder Victim's Family Dismiss Adams' Offer
UT 09/28/08 Catholic Doctor Awarded In Discrimination Case
UT 09/28/05 DUP Poised To Get Lords Representation
UT 09/28/05 Mad Dog Admits Assaulting Wife
IO 09/28/05 TD Ejected From Dáil Over Rossport 5 Questions
IT 09/29/05 Government Criticised At Rossport Protest
IO 09/29/05 McDowell Attacks RTE Over Jail Site Programme
BB 09/29/05 MRSA 'Significantly Drops' In NI
IT 09/29/05 Geoghegan Quinn For Second Term
IT 09/29/05 Cliffs Of Moher Centre To Cost €31.4M
UT 09/29/05 Antrim Village Hit By Mini Tornado
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09/28/05 - General Turns To Loyalists & Their Guns
BT 09/28/05 General Turns To Loyalists & Their Guns
IO 09/28/05 Adams To Visit Rossport Five In Prison Today
BT 09/28/05 UU Deputy Defends Church Witnesses
BT 09/28/05 DUP Wants Talks With Decommission Clerics
NH 09/28/05 Opin: DUP Fears The IRA Has Gone Away, You Know
NH 09/28/05 Landscape Of Irish Changed Says Ex-Prisoner
BB 09/28/05 Arrests Over 'Dissident Activity'
BB 09/28/05 Adair Charged With Attacking Wife
WT 09/28/05 Ronald Reagan Pub Owner
BT 09/28/05 Paisley Joke Gets Blair A Big Laugh
IO 09/28/05 McDowell Unfit To Supervise Asylum System
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09/27/05 - Doors Open Again For Sinn Fein In US
BT 09/27/05 Doors Open Again For Sinn Fein In US
US 09/27/05 US Welcomes Report On IRA Disarmament
IT 09/27/05 South Armagh Backs IRA Move
WP 09/27/05 Belfast Catholics Ask: Who Will Fill The Void?
NY 09/27/05 Opin: The I.R.A. Finally Risks Disarmament
CN 09/27/05 Clergy Say Decommissioning Methods Can Be Model
IT 09/28/05 SDLP 'Reassured' After Meeting
IT 09/28/05 UUP Deputy Praises Role Of Witnesses
IT 09/28/05 Unionists At Odds Over IRA Arms Disposal
IT 09/28/05 A Glint Of Hope Amid A Mood Of Anticlimax
BB 09/27/05 DUP: Weapons Witnesses 'IRA-Nominated'
IT 09/28/05 Focus On Convincing Unionists
BT 09/27/05 Just What Were Their Reasons For Rioting?
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09/27/05 - Explosive Device Discovered At GAA Club
BB 09/27/05 Explosive Device Discovered At GAA Club
DI 09/27/05 Opin: Disarming Is A Brave But Dangerous Move
DI 09/27/05 Opin: IRA Move Means No More Excuses
BL 09/27/05 Unionists Must Trust IRA Disarmament- Mitchell
BT 09/27/05 Church Leader Utterly Certain Guns Have Gone
BT 09/27/05 Clerics Renowned For Peace Efforts
BT 09/27/05 Durkan Welcomes IRA Decision
BB 09/27/05 Doubts Cloud End Of IRA Guns
IO 09/27/05 Politicians 'Stalling Progress Of PSNI Reforms'
IT 09/27/05 'They're Liars. How Many Guns Are Stashed?'
GU 09/27/05 Opin: Republicanism Is History
ST 09/27/05 Opin: A Farewell To Arms, But Not To Violence
EX 09/27/05 Opin: We Should Be Grateful; Applaud? Never
FT 09/27/05 Road To Normal Economy Damaged By Violent Past
IO 09/27/05 AI: Govt Not Protecting Human Rights In Ireland
AI 09/27/05 AI: Annual HRBA Conference
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09/27/05 - 14th Report PSNI Oversight Commission
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09/26/05 - IICD Report: What It Said
IT 09/27/05 IICD Report: What It Said
IT 09/27/05 de Chastelain Insists He Has No Doubts
IT 09/27/05 Clergymen Were Acting As Eyes Of Public
IT 09/27/05 'The Gun Of The IRA Is Out Of Irish Politics'
IT 09/27/05 Opposition Welcome de Chastelain Statement
IT 09/27/05 SF Poised For Electoral Gain In The South
BB 09/26/05 Paisley To Quiz General Over Arms
IT 09/27/05 Opin: Paisley Running Out Of Excuses To Say No
BB 09/26/05 IRA Guns: The List Of Weapons
IT 09/27/05 Paisley Rails At Duplicity & Lack Of Evidence
IT 09/27/05 Empey Says Unionists Remain To Be Convinced
IT 09/27/05 US Reaction
IT 09/27/05 IICD: Composition And Remit
IT 09/27/05 General Spoke Volumes About Arms Destruction
IT 09/27/05 Millstone Around Peace Process Has Been Removed
TH 09/26/05 Opin: Long History Of Hoarding Weapons At End
IT 09/27/05 Irish Stars For Hollywood Celebration
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09/26/05 - IRA Statement On Disarmament
UT 09/26/05 IRA Statement On Disarmament
SF 09/26/05 Speech By Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP
BB 09/26/05 Loyalists Will Not 'Follow IRA'
IO 09/26/05 Announcement Not Enough For Paisley
IO 09/26/05 IRA Heartland Awaits Next Step
BB 09/26/05 Pivotal Moment In British And Irish History
UT 09/26/05 IRA Bosses May Be In Dark Over Weaponry
BT 09/26/05 Assembly Tantalisingly Close
BT 09/26/05 Plans Set To Build Up Unionists' Confidence
BT 09/26/05 Ireland On The Verge Of 'An Historic Advance'
IO 09/26/05 IRA Decommissioning: Your Questions Answered
DI 09/26/05 IAUC: Leading US Judge Slams Paper's Ad Ban
DI 09/26/05 Don't Mess With The Net - It Bites Back
BT 09/26/05 DUP Anger Over C3 Man's Presence At SF Rally
NW 09/26/05 SF Martin McGuinness To Visit Calgary
AP 09/26/05 Opin: Sinn Fein Has Higher Ambitions
BT 09/26/05 What People Are Saying In East Belfast
BT 09/26/05 QUB Paper 'Aiming To Deter Protestants'
BT 09/26/05 Parents Drive Their Kids To Forest Binges
BT 09/26/05 Opin: A Call For Ulster To Get Behind Red Hand
BT 09/26/05 Adams Says Ulster Double Is 'Fantastic'
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09/26/05 - Jt Stmnt: Taoiseach & Prime Minister
NI 09/26/05 Joint Stmnt - Taoiseach & Prime Minister
NI 09/26/05 Statement By Prime Minister On Northern Ireland
UT 09/26/05 Father Alex Reid: Pursuit Of Peace Bears Fruit
WP 09/26/05 IRA Fully Disarms, Fulfilling Vow Made In July
UT 09/26/05 Mad Dog Adair Given Restraining Order
UT 09/26/05 Loyalists Sceptical
BB 09/26/05 IRA 'Moved Slowly' To Disarmament
GU 09/26/05 Timeline: Northern Ireland
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09/26/05 - IRA Has Destroyed All Arms
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09/25/05 - IRA Decommissioning Is Confirmed
BB 09/25/05 IRA Decommissioning Is Confirmed
IT 09/26/05 Full Disarmament By IRA To Be Confirmed Today
IT 09/26/05 Reaction From Ahern And Blair Seen As Crucial
IT 09/26/05 Decommissioning: What Was Involved
IT 09/26/05 Chronology Of Provisional IRA Disarmament
IT 09/26/05 Arms Move Difficult For Republicans, Says Adams
SF 09/25/05 McGuinness -Ireland On Cusp Of Historic Advance
IT 09/26/05 Robinson Demands Full Transparency
UR 09/25/05 Were British Planting Bombs In Basra?
IT 09/26/05 Man’s Life Ruined After Wrongly Conviction
IT 09/26/05 Voters Are Split On 'Colombia 3' – Poll
IT 09/26/05 Action Against Use Of Shannon By US Troops
IT 09/26/05 Tyrone Win Their 2nd Title And Do It For Cormac
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09/25/05 - IAUC: Loyalist & British Must Decommission
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09/25/05 - IRA Decommissioning To Be Confirmed Tomorrow
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09/25/05 - Amnesty Voices Support For NUJ Justice Campaign
SL 09/25/05 Amnesty Voices Support For NUJ Justice Campaign
ST 09/25/05 Extradition For Colombia Three 'To Fail'
BB 09/25/05 IRA Arms Move 'Must Be Credible'
GU 09/25/05 IRA Secretly Destroys Vast Arms Cache
SB 09/25/05 Insecurity And Fear Fuel Loyalist Violence
SL 09/25/05 Brigades To Be Halved
SL 09/25/05 NOT Marching Silently Into History
DI 09/25/05 Opin: Prepared For A New Political Battlefield
SB 09/25/05 Opin: The Final Countdown
DI 09/25/05 'Carnival' For Irish Unity
UN 09/25/05 McDowell: IRA Demo 'Grotesque'
UN 09/25/05 McDowell:Monochrome Vision Of IrishUnhistorical
UN 09/25/05 Northerners Beware Perfidious Albion
SL 09/25/05 Fitt Tribute Halted
SL 09/25/05 Delay Into RUC Deaths Probes Blasted
SL 09/25/05 Band Clash Sparks Fear Of New Feud
SL 09/25/05 UVF Murder Victim's Son Is Targeted
SL 09/25/05 Ulster-Scots Challenge
UN 09/25/05 US Warns: 'We're Sick Of Your America-Bashing'
TP 09/25/05 GAA Plans Alcohol Crackdown
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09/24/05 - Loyalist Roadblock Shock In City Rush Hour
BT 09/24/05 Loyalist Roadblock Shock In City Rush Hour
BT 09/24/05 Trouble Being Pre-Arranged By E-Mails: PSNI
BT 09/24/05 SF In Centenary Celebrations
BB 09/24/05 Arms Choreography Is 'Unmistakable'
BT 09/24/05 Speculation That IRA Has Disposed Of Weapons
BT 09/24/05 Viewpoint: Arms Move Is Welcome But Overdue
BT 09/24/05 IRA Victim's Family Set To Sue Hitman
BT 09/24/05 Police Face Action Over House Raid
BT 09/24/05 It's Judgment Day For Londonderry
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09/23/05 - Rainbow Coalition Ahead As Voters' Preference
IT 09/24/05 Rainbow Coalition Ahead As Voters' Preference
IT 09/24/05 Adams Foresees IRA Move After Positive Talks
IO 09/23/05 Green Party General Secretary Dies
EX 09/23/05 Green V Orange: Let's Try Exchange Of Colours
BB 09/23/05 Community Faces Up To Sex Attacks
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09/23/05 - RUC Knew Of Plot To Assassinate Fr Des Wilson
DI 09/23/05 RUC Knew Of Plot To Assassinate Fr Des Wilson
BB 09/23/05 Decommissioning Due 'Very Soon'
IO 09/23/05 Adams Invites Victim's Family To Meet Him
RT 09/23/05 Rabbitte Delivers Speech On North
DI 09/23/05 Free Men Before Talks
IO 09/23/05 Greens 'Are Real Alternative'
IO 09/23/05 Judge Refuses To Acknowledge Name 'Londonderry'
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09/23/05 - 'Delay' In UVF Censure Slammed
BT 09/23/05 'Delay' In UVF Censure Slammed
BT 09/23/05 PSNI Feels The Wrath Of Loyalism
UT 09/23/05 Woodward Accused Over Dossier
ST 09/23/05 Opin: A.Greeley: High Cost Of Protestant Hatred
DJ 09/23/05 Opin: Fascist Cowards
BT 09/23/05 Paramilitary Attacks Go On
IT 09/23/05 Arms Find Linked To Move By IRA
BT 09/23/05 DUP And SF Clash Over Arms Witness
DJ 09/23/05 I Didn't Do It - Gary Donnelly Tells 'Journal'
DJ 09/23/05 Family Of Murdered Carn Man Hit Out
BT 09/23/05 Blessing Of Graves Set For Next Month
IT 09/23/05 Voters Are Unhappy With Government
BT 09/23/05 Stormont Buildings Included In PFI Sell-Off
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09/22/05 - Group Linked To Orange Order To Get £250K
DI 09/22/05 Group Linked To Orange Order To Get £250K
DI 09/22/05 Opin: Wrong Message Is Sent To Orangeism
UR 09/22/05 Kurt Nimmo, Another Day In The Empire
SF 09/22/05 Adams Speech - SF Seek Progress In Time Ahead
IO 09/22/05 Adams Calls For A United Front
DI 09/22/05 Adams Criticises Hain
BT 09/22/05 'Bloodthirsty' UVF Censured
BB 09/22/05 Paisley Warns Of IRA Witness Deal
BT 09/22/05 Viewpoint: Hain's Big Agenda For The Future
DI 09/22/05 Opin: Shame On Leaders Who Show Moral Cowardice
DI 09/22/05 Irishman Killed In America
UT 09/22/05 Man To Marry Mother-In-Law
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09/22/05 – IMC Accuse UVF Of Trying To Wipe Out LVF
IO 09/22/05 IMC Accuse UVF Of Trying To Wipe Out LVF
BT 09/22/05 Police Probe Petrol-Bomb Attack On House
BT 09/22/05 Adams Insists IRA Will Deliver On Commitment
BB 09/22/05 Mortar Tubes Find 'Significant'
NH 09/22/05 "If I Was A Few Years Younger, I'd Be Rioting"
DI 09/22/05 Morrison: Fitt Found His Feet @ Thatcher's Heel
DI 09/22/05 Basra Attack Echoes SAS Actions In North
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09/22/05 – 6th Report of IMC
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09/21/05 - Two Held Over Thomas Devlin's Murder
UT 09/21/05 Two Held Over Schoolboy's Murder
UT 09/21/05 Loyalist Rioting 'Costing American Investment'
IT 09/22/05 Hain Pledges Investment In Loyalist Areas
UT 09/21/05 DUP: 'IRA Calling Shots On Disarmament'
IE 09/21/05 Pete's King Of The Hill
BT 09/21/05 The Softening Of America
IE 09/21/05 Adams In Washington DC & New York
IE 09/21/05 IAUC Girds For Pittsburgh Meet
TO 09/21/05 Real IRA Blamed After Police Leader Is Attacked
IT 09/22/05 Kenny Warns Government Over McCabe Killers
BB 09/21/05 Call For £200m RIR Payoff Package
IT 09/22/05 IRA Action On Arms Must Be Credible, Says Hain
SF 09/21/05 SF Internal Conference - Maximising Change
IT 09/22/05 Holocaust Horrors Must Never Be Forgotten
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09/19/05 – Catholic Town Watches As Rancor Grows
AB 09/19/05 Catholic Town Watches As Rancor Grows
EX 09/19/05 Colombia Told Request Will Be Considered
EX 09/19/05 Poll: Signs Say Coalition Will Be Returned
EX 09/19/05 40% Don't Ever Want Sinn Féin In Power
CW 09/19/05 Evangelicals Condemn Northern Ireland Violence
US 09/19/05 Clinton Carves Out Global Role
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09/21/05 - Hain Challenges Loyalist Groups
BB 09/21/05 Hain Challenges Loyalist Groups
BT 09/21/05 Edited Version of Hain’s Address
SF 09/21/05 Violence Was About Sectarianism Not Deprivation
BB 09/21/05 Dissidents Blamed For Bar Attack
IO 09/21/05 Politicians Condemn Assault On Board Official
BB 09/21/05 Telling The IRA Arms Story 'Is Vital'
NH 09/21/05 Lack Of Leadership Is As Criminal As Rioting
BT 09/21/05 Opin: 'Closed' Government Betrayal By Stealth
ND 09/21/05 Sportsman & Troubador Was A Man For All Seasons
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09/20/05 - Hoax Device Left At Catholic School
BB 09/20/05 Hoax Device Left At Catholic School
SF 09/20/05 McGuinness - Church Attacks Must End
NH 09/20/05 Loyalists Cruise Ardoyne Looking For Catholics
UN 09/20/05 Ministers To Meet SF Over Progress On IRA Arms
BB 09/20/05 SF Excluded From SDLP Conference
UN 09/20/05 50 PSNI Complaints Handling Of Loyalist Riots
IT 09/20/05 Opin: North's Voice Deserves ToBe Heard In Dáil
UT 09/20/05 Murder Victim's Family Meeting With Taoiseach
IT 09/20/05 Opin: Enough Of That Anti-American Rant
BT 09/20/05 Tory Chief: Hain Is Anti-Unionist
BT 09/20/05 United Parties Call For Better Poverty Policy
BT 09/20/05 Crowd Of Women Confront Hain Re: Kelly Release
BT 09/20/05 Orde Holds 'Positive' Talks With Unionists
TH 09/20/05 War And Peace: The Journeyv
CP 09/20/05 14th Annual Cincinnati Celtic World Festival
BT 09/20/05 GAA Contest Is Likely To Be An Arresting Event
IO 09/20/05 IRL's Chief Rabbi Tribute To Simon Wiesenthal
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09/19/05 – Catholic Town Watches As Rancor Grows
AB 09/19/05 Catholic Town Watches As Rancor Grows
EX 09/19/05 Colombia Told Request Will Be Considered
EX 09/19/05 Poll: Signs Say Coalition Will Be Returned
EX 09/19/05 40% Don't Ever Want Sinn Féin In Power
CW 09/19/05 Evangelicals Condemn Northern Ireland Violence
US 09/19/05 Clinton Carves Out Global Role
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09/19/05 – Loyalists Blamed For Fire Bombing
BT 09/19/05 Loyalists Blamed For Fire Bombing
BT 09/19/05 Fr McManus: Violence Backlash Against Equality
BB 09/19/05 Loyalist Protesters Confront Hain
IO 09/19/05 UDA Demands End To 'Suppression' Of Protestants
DI 09/19/05 Opin: Take Five: Truth must come out
IO 09/19/05 Unionists May Rejoin Belfast Policing Body
SF 09/19/05 DUP Not To Set The Pace Of Political Progress
UT 09/19/05 Hain Cautious Against IRA Arms Delay
NL 09/19/05 Harryville Priest To Speak About Attacks
NH 09/19/05 Anger Over BBC Drumcree Film
BG 09/19/05 Irish Melancholy From New And Old Wounds
BB 09/19/05 Calls For Ban After Britton Death
BB 09/19/05 Catholic Face In Loyalist Estatev
BB 09/19/05 City To Remember World War Years
BT 09/19/05 £1,000 A Pair For GAA Final Tickets
JN 09/19/05 Yonker’s Party To Benefit Hurricane Survivors
RL 09/19/04 Sun Shines, Stout Flows At Irish Fest
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09/18/05 – Robinson & Adams Were Stars At Clinton Summit
EX 09/18/05 Robbo Turns On Charm At Clinton Summit
BB 09/18/05 Police Attacked By Republican Crowd In Town
BB 09/18/05 Portadown School Blaze 'May Be Deliberate'
IT 09/19/05 Durkan Accuses Unionist Politicians
IT 09/19/05 Hain Address Unionist Concerns On Peace Process
IO 09/18/05 Paisley: Hopes Of Talks With IRA Are 'Fantasy'
IT 09/19/05 IRL Donates €390000 To Colombian Peace Process
GU 09/18/05 Bloody Sunday: Why Isn't This Shown On The BBC?
IT 09/19/05 Funder Of US Neo-Nazi Groups May Be In Ireland
MI 09/18/05 Pull Out Of Iraq Says Col. Tim Collins
IT 09/19/05 Protest Over Plans For Dún Laoghaire Baths
BB 09/18/05 Enniskillen Britton Is Killed At Ballybunion
HC 09/18/05 San Antonio Attny Pat Maloney Sr. Dies
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09/18/05 -
NIO Securocrats Ended Deal To Halt UDA Violence
SL 09/18/05 NIO Securocrats Ended Deal To Halt UDA Violence
SL 09/18/05 Determined To Murder Me Because Of My Religion
SL 09/18/05 Loyalist Became 'Grass After UDA Demanded Cash
SL 09/18/05 Loyalist Whitehall Parade Passes Off Peacefully
UN 09/18/05 Belfast Burns As Exclusion Haunts Both Govts
SL 09/18/05 CIRA Warns Of Vicious & Violent Response
IO 09/18/05 Republican Rioters Attack Police In Antrim
SL 09/18/05 McCartneys Honoured At Prestigious Awards
SL 09/18/05 MP Claims...Blair Turned A 'Blind Eye'
SL 09/18/05 Norman Took Part In Massacre, So IRA Got Him
SL 09/18/05 NIO Ministers Stand Idly By While Ulster Burns
SL 09/18/05 Brethren Eject PSNI Video
SL 09/18/05 Provos 'Had 4 Moles In Border Garda'
SL 09/18/05 Loyalists Tribute To Catholic VC Navy Hero
VC 10/09/99 Statue At Last To VC From 'Wrong' Neighbourhood
AP 09/18/05 Generations Toast Irish Roots At The Shore
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09/17/05 -
Protesters Block City Road Again
BB 09/17/05 Protesters Block City Road Again
BB 09/17/05 Petrol Bombers Attack Two Houses
DI 09/17/05 Loyalists Targeting GAA
DI 09/17/05 Loyalist Hatred Of PSNI Grows
SB 09/17/05 Decommissioning: How It Will Happen
ST 09/17/05 DUP Power Offer As IRA Seals Arms
BB 09/17/05 Man Denies Riot Murder Bid Charge
UN 09/17/05 Fifty-Five% Supported United Ireland: Poll
SB 09/17/05 McDowell Claims Adams & McGuinness Control IRA
UN 09/17/05 IRA Bulgarian Property Plot To Fund SF
TO 09/17/05 Opin: Orange Order Still Glories In Slaughter
SB 09/17/05 Unionism Reaches Crisis Point
GU 09/17/05 A 'Boycott' That Means Murder, Arson And Terror
SB 09/17/05 Opin: Unionism Belongs In A Trailer Park
TE 09/17/05 Clinton Leaves Them Calling For More
DI 09/17/05 Cash Windfall For Irish Americans
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09/17/05 -
Unionists Accused Over Loyalist Violence
IO 09/17/05 Unionists Accused Over Loyalist Violence
BT 09/17/05 Belfast: City Of Fear
BC 09/17/05 Fr Troy Says Catholics Live In Fear
IO 09/17/05 Ahern To Meet Colombian Counterpart In NYC
BT 09/17/05 SF Should Suport PSNI- Foreign Affairs Minister
BB 09/17/05 Violence Blame Game In Full Swing
BT 09/17/05 PSNI Hits Back After Force Attacked Re: Rioting
BT 09/17/05 Hain Sticks To His Guns Over Release Of Kelly
TW 09/17/05 Opin: For Bright Future, Orange Belongs In Past
BT 09/17/05 Nationalists Wary Of Anti-Sectarian Initiative
BT 09/17/05 Opinion: The Mafia Are Better At PR
BT 09/17/05 Church of Ireland Bishops Hit Out At Violence
BT 09/17/05 Soldier Jailed For Attack On A Drunk Man
BT 09/17/05 Shankill Has The Worst Educational Record
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09/17/05 -
Gerry Adams Urges US To Remain Engaged
SF 09/16/05 Gerry Adams Urges US To Remain Engaged
IT 09/17/05 Ahern, Clinton Discuss NI Developments
IT 09/17/05 Parties Condemn Unionist Boycott Of Police Body
BB 09/16/05 Investors 'Avoid Rioting Belfast'
BB 09/16/05 Priest Postpones Cemetery Sunday
IT 09/17/05 No Place In Ireland For Sectarianism - Ahern
UN 09/16/05 IRA To Give Up Arms By Next Week
IT 09/17/05 16-Year Jail Term For Sectarian Murder Attempt
BT 09/16/05 Peter Hain: Peace Is The Answer
TC 09/16/05 Robert D. Novak: Santorum Defense League
IT 09/17/05 Son Who Can't Come Home: Mother’s Long Absence
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09/15/05 -
Water Cannon Used Against Loyalist Rioters
BB 09/15/05 Water Cannon Used Against Loyalist Rioters
BG 09/15/05 Adams: Rioting Won't Stop Disarmament
BT 09/15/05 Many Order Members 'Re-Thinking Positions'
BB 09/15/05 Riots Reveal A Deeper Resentment
IT 09/16/05 Reform Parades Body, Says Paisley
SF 09/15/05 Paisley In Denial
BT 09/15/05 Families Increase Pressure On SF
UT 09/15/05 Ahern To Meet Colombian Minister
DI 09/15/05 Burning Ambition
SM 09/15/05 Painting The Walls In A Colour Of Peace & Hope
IT 09/16/05 Ahern Unveils de Valera Plaque
IT 09/16/05 Plan To Reduce Speed Limit In Centre Of Dublin
ST 09/15/05 Belfast Tour Links Today With Troubles Past
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09/15/05 -
New Violence On Belfast Streets
IO 09/15/05 New Violence On Belfast Streets
UT 09/15/05 Police Swoop In Hunt For Violent Loyalists
SF 09/15/05 Unionists Must Sit Down With SF – McGuinness
BT 09/15/05 Orange Credibility Under Attack Over Riots
BT 09/15/05 PSNI In Scathing Row With Order
DI 09/15/05 Dodd's Double Standards
BB 09/15/05 Loyalists Picket Policing Board
BB 09/15/05 Hain Urged To Visit Riot Streets
BT 09/15/05 Hain Told To Specify The UDA's Ceasefire
UN 09/15/05 Political Leadership Needed Now More Than Ever
DI 09/15/05 O'Loan Report Delay Slammed By Family
DI 09/15/05 Destroying Ulster, Not Loving It
BT 09/15/05 Kelly Denies SF Is Behind Intimidation
WP 09/15/05 For IRA Critics, No Peace In Belfast
BT 09/15/05 Republican Pub Calls Last Orders In Dublin
HC 09/15/05 Houston: Alley To Stage McDonagh's Pillowman
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09/14/05 -
Orde 'Rejects Orange Criticism'
BB 09/14/05 Orde 'Rejects Orange Criticism'
BT 09/14/05 UDA Truce Is Still Intact Says Hain
IE 09/14/05 IAUC: Georgetown Peace Talk
GR 09/14/05 Pickets At McCartney Home After Police Report
IT 09/15/05 Documentation On 'Colombia Three' Received
IT 09/15/05 Amendment Of Oath For North MPs Urged
IT 09/15/05 Programme Of Events For Clifden Arts Festival
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09/14/05 -
Quieter Night After Days Of Riots
BB 09/14/05 Quieter Night After Days Of Riots
BB 09/14/05 Order Is 'Blameless' Over Rioting
UN 09/14/05 Orangeman Fears Protest Walk-Outs
IO 09/14/05 Durkan Attacks Brits Attitude To Loyalist
BB 09/14/05 Protestant Fears And Loyalist Anger
BB 09/14/05 What Is The UVF?
LA 09/14/05 Opin: Marching Away From Trouble
SF 09/14/05 Short Strand Incident Wrong
NH 09/14/05 IRA Arms Move May Take Weeks
IO 09/14/05 UN Investigating Use Of Shannon By CIA
ZW 09/14/05 Dining: Wee Bit 'O Ireland Comes To Delco
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09/13/05 -
Hain Declares Breach Of UVF Ceasefire
EP 09/13/05 Hain Declares Breach Of UVF Ceasefire
UT 09/13/05 Loyalist Protests Start In Belfast
BT 09/13/05 Stevens Tells Of Ulster 'Lies And Treachery'
IT 09/14/05 Catholic Woman Fears New Violence From Loyalist
BB 09/13/05 UDA Calls For An End To Rioting
SF 09/13/05 McGuinness Condemns Attacks In Magherafelt
DI 09/13/05 Orangemen: "I'm Not Condemning Anything..."
IT 09/13/05 'Colombia 3' Extradition Request Sent
GU 09/13/05 McCartneys Accuse IRA Of Attack On Best Friend
IT 09/14/05 Convicted Paramilitaries 'Ineligible For PSNI'
SF 09/13/05 Dodds Should Deal With Loyalist Violence
SF 09/13/05 Irish Justice Minister Out Of Touch
TH 09/13/05 King, Weldon Make Last-Minute Push
IO 09/13/05 Irish In Hurricane Zone All Safe And Well
BC 09/13/05 Commentary: Along Baltimore City's Peace Path
IT 09/14/05 Councillors Criticise Demolish Pub From Ulysses
IT 09/14/05 President Opens Office For Irish Language
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09/13/05 -
IAUC: British Discrimination Condemned
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09/13/05 -
Scarred By Loyalist Violence & Only Two Yrs Old
BT 09/13/05 Scarred By Loyalist Violence & Only Two Yrs Old
BT 09/13/05 Anger Over Pipe Bombs Left Close To Classrooms
BT 09/13/05 Homes Hit In Racial Attacks On Foreigners
BT 09/13/05 Third Night Of Chaos
BT 09/13/05 Child Suspects In Court After Riots
DI 09/13/05 Nationalists Protect Themselves From Mob
DI 09/13/05 Springfield Siege
BB 09/13/05 Catholic Graves Damaged In Church Attack
BT 09/13/05 Derry Police Want CCTV To Combat Attacks
DI 09/13/05 Opin: British Need To Get Serious On Loyalists
BT 09/13/05 Loyalists 'Let Down' By The Peace Process
BT 09/13/05 DUP Appeals For End To Violence
BT 09/13/05 Durkan Attacks Unionist For Dangerous Rhetoric
BT 09/13/05 Shankill Inquiry Planned
UN 09/13/05 Blame: Finger Pointed At UVF Thugs & Unionist
BB 09/13/05 Protestant Fears And Loyalist Anger
RE 09/13/05 Riots Reveal Deep-Seated Protestant Malaise
UT 09/13/05 Republicans 'Must Reach Out To Unionists'
BT 09/13/05 Too Early To Count Cost Of Riots
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09/12/05 -
More Loyalist Violence In Belfast
BB 09/12/05 More Loyalist Violence In Belfast
IT 09/12/05 Cars Set On Fire As Trouble Flares In Belfast
IT 09/13/05 Blaming Others As Locals Wreak Havoc On Own
IO 09/12/05 Bush Envoy Warns Unionist Leaders: 'Uphold Law'
IT 09/13/05 Hain Set To Cite UVF For Breach Of Ceasefire
IT 09/13/05 Minister Urges All Groups To Condemn Rioting
IT 09/13/05 British Conference On NI Policing Criticised
TO 09/13/05 Unionist Violence Needs Careful Handling
IO 09/12/05 Colombia 3 Must Not Cloud Relations- US Envoy
SF 09/12/05 Gerry Adams To Travel To U.S. This Week
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09/12/05 -
Orde: UDA & UVF Ceasefires Have Been Broken
BT 09/12/05 Orde: UDA & UVF Ceasefires Have Been Broken
SM 09/12/05 Hain To Rule On Loyalist Ceasefires
BT 09/12/05 Blaze Rips Through Bank And DUP Advice Centre
BT 09/12/05 Bangor Rioters Rob And Burn Bus
BT 09/12/05 Stricken City Smoulders As Life Goes On
BB 09/12/05 Sick Pensioner 'Stranded By Riot'
BT 09/12/05 Police Fire 500 Baton Rounds To Restore Calm
BT 09/12/05 How Trouble Unfolded
BT 09/12/05 Whiterock Orange Parade: 10 Yrs Of Tension
BT 09/12/05 Prime Ministers Meet In Wake Of City Rioting
IO 09/12/05 Hain & Orde To Discuss Loyalist Violence
BB 09/12/05 Hain: Orangemen 'Joined Police Attacks'
BB 09/12/05 Unionist Leaders 'Shirked Blame'
BT 09/12/05 Orde Blames Orangemen For Violence
IO 09/12/05 Hain Defends Orde's Criticism Of OO Rioters
BT 09/12/05 Order's Shock At Criticism
BT 09/12/05 Unionists Play Blame Game With Commission
BT 09/12/05 Loyalists 'Provoking Youths'
BT 09/12/05 Church Leaders Appeal For End To Trouble
BB 09/12/05 Can Loyalist Violence Be Stopped?
BB 09/12/05 'Sectarian Attack' On Two Houses
BT 09/12/05 US Strategy For 1st Use Of Nuclear Weapons
UT 09/12/05 Tidy Town Winners: Ennis; Moynalty; Lismore
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09/11/05 –
700 Loyalists Riot For 2nd Night
BB 09/11/05 More Riots Break Out In Belfast
TS 09/11/05 Bloody Sunday In Belfast
IO 09/11/05 9/11 Memorial Service Held Outside Dublin's GPO
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09/11/05 -
Protestants Riot Again - 30 Police Injured
NY 09/11/05 Protestants Riot Again - 30 Police Injured
IT 09/11/05 Fresh Riots After Orde Blames Orangemen
SM 09/11/05 Loyalists'Were Shooting To Kill'
GU 09/11/05 Opin: Disarm The Loyalists Too
IT 09/12/05 Peace Garden Dedicated To Irish Priest
IT 09/12/05 Two Members Of Goal Resign
IT 09/12/05 Siege Of Ennis Captures A World Record For Cork
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09/11/05 -
Bomb Factory Found After Night Of Riots
IO 09/11/05 Bomb Factory Found After Night Of Riots
BB 09/11/05 NI Sees 'Worst Rioting In Years'
BB 09/11/05 Loyalist Violence 'Is Appalling'
BB 09/11/05 Harryville Priest Calls Off Mass
TC 09/11/05 Exhausted Firefighters Remember 9/11 Victims
SL 09/11/05 Sunday Life Comment: Anarchy On Our Streets
TC 09/11/05 New Generation Blooded In Sectarian Hatred
UT 09/11/05 Belfast Attack Victim In 'Stable' Condition
SL 09/11/05 Top Loyalists Lock Horns In Village Clash
SL 09/11/05 Loyalist: Why I Turned 'Grass
SL 09/11/05 Loyalist Feud Victim's Family Launch Website
NH 09/11/05 Top Lawyer Calls For Repeal Of Inquiries Act
RT 09/11/05 Colombia To Serve Extradition Papers
SL 09/11/05 300 Provos Can Keep Their Guns
SL 09/11/05 UVF's Tartan Wing Kilt Off
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09/11/05 -
SF Fears It Will Be Undermined
SB 09/11/05 SF Fears It Will Be Undermined
ST 09/11/05 Orde Rage At Orange 'Riot Plot'
NY 09/11/05 Riots Erupt As Protestant March Turns Violent
WP 09/11/05 Violence Flares After Police Reroute Parade
SB 09/11/05 UVF 'To Wind Up, But No Decommissioning'
SB 09/11/05 Rip-Off Backlash Hits FF Support
SB 09/11/05 Fine Gael Makes Inroads Into FF Support
SB 09/11/05 PDs Won't Rule Out FG/Labour Coalition
SB 09/11/05 Poll Puts FG/Lbr Coalition In A Strong Position
SB 09/11/05 IRA Has Started Its Destruction Of Arms
ST 09/11/05 Peace Needs Leadership
SB 09/11/05 Professional Ethos Permeates GAA Management
SB 09/11/05 GAA Puts Other Sports In The Shade
SB 09/11/05 And Now A Word From Our Sponsors
SB 09/11/05 Pioneering Irish Helped Build New Orleans
NY 09/11/05 The Lord Of The Dance, Born On The 4th Of July
SB 09/11/05 Waiting To Rebuild Their Lives
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09/10/05 –
Loyalist Gunmen Fire On Police & Civilians
IO 09/10/05 Loyalist Gunmen Fire On Police & Civilians
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09/10/05 –
Catholic Critical After Attack By Gang
BB 09/10/05 Catholic Critical After Attack By Gang
SF 09/10/05 OO Can’t Distance Themselves From Attacks
BT 09/10/05 Pull Back From Edge- Call After Gun Attack
NL 09/10/05 Loyalist Graffiti On 2 Catholic Churchs
BB 09/10/05 Man Is Bailed Over Church Attacks
NH 09/10/05 Loyalists Discussed Sawing Up Catholic
SF 09/10/05 Adams Calls For Calm For Springfield Parade
BT 09/10/05 Paisley & Empey’s Bid To Overturn March Ban
BB 09/10/05 PSNI: Appeal For Calm Ahead Of Parade
BT 09/10/05 Hoax Was To Lure Security Forces Into Ambush
BB 09/10/05 Hain: 'Free' NI Policing From Politics
BT 09/10/05 Opin: Let Assembly Limit The NIO
IO 09/10/05 Fresh Calls For All-Ireland Strategy On Suicide
BT 09/10/05 Sacked Warder: 'I Was Suicidal'
ND 09/10/05 Hungerstrike: 'People Will Definitely Die'
IO 09/10/05 Swimmers Get Ready To Take To The Liffey
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09/09/05 -
Sacked Warder Denies LVF Link
BT 09/09/05 Sacked Warder Denies LVF Link
SF 09/05/05 Unionist Using Threat Of Violence
NH 09/05/05 DUP Will Talk To Republicans — SF
NH 09/05/05 McGuinness Signals 'Powerful' Move By IRA
BT 09/05/05 Opin: Beware Of The Trail Leading Back To '69
BT 09/05/05 Businessman In Plea To McAleese After Trip
BT 09/05/05 Viewpoint: No Choice But To Put Visit On Ice
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09/08/05 -
Catholic Taxi Driver Attacked With Bricks
BT 09/08/05 Catholic Taxi Driver Attacked With Bricks
BB 09/08/05 Loyalist Murder Accused On Trial
SF 09/08/05 Govts Must Uphold Rights Of Nationalist
IO 09/08/05 Paisley: Orange Parade Must Take Intended Route
BB 09/08/05 Whiterock March Re-Routing Stands
IT 09/09/05 Ahern To Meet Family Of Murdered Man
BB 09/08/05 Farc-IRA Link 'Cannot Be Ignored'
IT 09/09/05 Pres's School Visit Is 'Morale-Booster'
IT 09/09/05 Visit Lifted Welcome & Cheerful Event
SF 09/08/05 Action Required To Prevent Suicide - Adams
IT 09/09/05 SF To Focus On Health In New Dáil Term
IT 09/09/05 Protest Over Office Planned For Shannon Site
IT 09/09/05 De Valera Recast As Dictator- Conference Told
IO 09/08/05 Battle Of Boyne Visitor Centre Funding Revealed
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09/07/05 –
Loyalists Attack 'Interface Workers'
UN 09/07/05 SF: Loyalists Of Attacking 'Interface Workers'
BB 09/07/05 Belfast Trouble Raised With Irish Minister
UT 09/07/05 McAleese To Meet Orde
BT 09/07/05 Policies 'Failing' Community Relations
BT 09/07/05 Viewpoint: Riots Must Be Brought To An End
SF 09/07/05 SF TDs: People Power Needed For Real Change
BT 09/07/05 Ulster's MRSA Hotspots
MC 09/07/05 Volunteers Build Emergency Radio Station
BT 09/07/05 US Katrina Inquiry A No Brainer; Bush In Charge
BB 09/07/05 Celebrations Follow Historic Win
CN 09/07/05 Danny Doyle Hosting O’Flaherty Benefit Concert
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09/06/05 -
Loyalists Block Roads In Belfast
IO 09/06/05 Loyalists Block Roads In Belfast
UR 09/06/05 McBrides Find Backing In Battle Against MoD
IT 09/06/05 Visit To Shankill Area Is Cancelled
SF 09/06/05 DUP Demonstrates Lack Of Leadership
IA 09/06/05 Priest Outraged At Protestant Leader
IT 09/07/05 No 'Quick Fix' To Loyalist Violence
BB 09/06/05 Man Questioned Over Lisa Killing
SF 09/06/05 McGuinness: Make Partition History
SF 09/06/05 SF Demands Clear Approach To Juvenile Justice
UT 09/06/05 McCrea: 'IRA Delivered Nothing'
IT 09/07/05 CIÉ To Examine Using Biofuels Instead Of Diesel
IT 09/07/05 Flatley To Step Out For World Record Attempt
EX 09/06/05 File Will Always Remain Open, Say Gardaí
UT 09/06/05 Paramilitaries Can't Join Police – Hain
IT 09/07/05 Greed Mentality Deplored At Funeral
IT 09/07/05 Ireland Ranked As Second Wealthiest Country
IT 09/07/05 Keep Your Brain Sharp With Seven Tips
IA 09/07/05 Irish Raise Funds For Survivors
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09/06/05 –
Benefits for O’Flaherty’s Irish Channel
IA 09/07/05 Charity Recording For O'Flaherty's
IE 09/07/05 Danny D Helps Danny O
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09/06/05 -
Loyalist Rioters Attack Police Again
IO 09/06/05 Loyalist Rioters Attack Police Again
UT 09/06/05 Scotsman Ordered Out Of Northern Ireland
SF 09/06/05 Loyalist Protest Intended To Heighten Tensions
BB 09/06/05 Churches Condemn Violence Upsurge
BT 09/06/05 Hain Back As Loyalist Feud Tops Agenda
BT 09/06/05 Orange Supporters Protest Over March
BT 09/06/05 'Help Catch Our Son's Killers'
IO 09/06/05 Unionist Tells Of 'IRA Legacy' In Colombia
IO 09/06/05 C3 Gardaí To Depart For South America Today
UN 09/06/05 Orange Order Wants Meeting Over Columbia Three
IO 09/06/05 Pope Meets President McAleese
BB 09/06/05 McAleese Cancels Shankill Visit
BT 09/06/05 PSNI Insist McAleese Visit Is 'Courtesy Call'
UT 09/06/05 Durkan Urges Govt Over Police Reforms
UN 09/06/05 Aaron Survives Hurricane On The Way 'Home'
UT 09/06/05 Bombed Nelson's Pillar Back On Show In Dublin
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09/06/05 -
Loyalist Rioters Recruit Children By Text
IO 09/06/05 Loyalist Rioters Recruit Children By Text
IT 09/07/05 UVF Is Cited For Killings By Monitoring Body
DI 09/06/05 PSNI Fails To Confront Loyalists Who Rioted
IT 09/07/05 Inquest Told Of Statements Admitting Killing
DI 09/06/05 Republicans Protest @ FF Meeting In Cavan.
DI 09/06/05 DUP Woman Met UVF
DI 09/06/05 Opin: Shame Sectarianism Into Silence
IT 09/07/05 Murder Suspect Was Once In IRA Say Gardaí
IT 09/07/05 Rising Costs A Threat To Irish Economy- Report
GW 09/06/05 Opin: Response To Irish Voice Deport C3
GW 09/06/05 Opin: Bertie Ahern & Paul Flynn
SF 09/06/05 Adams Gives Welcome To Combating Suicide
IT 09/07/05 Sligo Road Provides Little Relief As Predicted
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09/06/05 -
'End Bloody Sunday Inquiry'
UT 09/06/05 'End Bloody Sunday Inquiry'
BT 09/06/05 UVF Accused Of Trying To Seize City Streets
BB 09/06/05 Arrests Made After City Violence
UT 09/06/05 Police Chief Hits Back At Critics
UT 09/06/05 Government 'Must Stand Up To Terror Groups'
BT 09/06/05 Woodvale Erupts After Searches And Arrests
BT 09/06/05 Loyalist Vent Fury At PSNI And Coke
IO 09/06/05 Loyalists Go On Rampage As Police Search Houses
UN 09/06/05 IMC To Have Report On UVF Violence
BT 09/06/05 Moderator Is Invisible, Says Catholic Priest
BT 09/06/05 Viewpoint: Guns Must Go On Both Sides Now
BT 09/06/05 Law On Army Killers Slammed
BT 09/06/05 DUP And Sinn Fein Clash In European Parliament
BT 09/06/05 Shankill Not Ready To Greet Irish President
IO 09/06/05 President To Meet Orde In Trip To North
BT 09/06/05 Ludlow Murder Probe Quashed By Garda: Claim
BT 09/06/05 Feud Victim Was Friend Of King Rat
BB 09/06/05 MP Meets Colombian Vice President
IO 09/06/05 Irish Troops To NO Plan 'Ludicrous'
UN 09/06/05 Further Irish Aid To Hurricane States
BT 09/06/05 Newlyweds Flee The Hell Of Louisiana
BT 09/06/05 City Where Dead Are Left Lying On The Streets
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09/05/05 -
Criminal Soldiers 'Must Leave Army'
VI 09/05/05 Criminal Soldiers 'Must Leave Army'
GU 09/05/05 Catholics Forced To Flee; Teenagers Used
SF 09/05/05 De Brún Challenges DUP On Loyalist Violence
IT 09/05/05 Geldof And Delany To Get Freedom Of Dublin
IT 09/05/05 German Tourist Rammed By Clare Dolphin
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09/05/05 -
Police Attacked By Loyalist Petrol Bombers
BB 09/05/05 Police Attacked By Loyalist Petrol Bombers
BB 09/05/05 Classroom Damaged In Arson Attack
BT 09/05/05 Priest's Appeal At Vigil For Stabbing Victim
SF 09/05/05 DUP Accused Of Columbia 3 Propaganda Stunt
SF 09/05/05 Govt Policies Have Failed Local Communities
BT 09/05/05 Colombia Three Fugitive Tracked Down
NL 09/05/05 McAleese To Visit Shankill On Thursday
IT 09/05/05 Criminal Activities Of IRA Are Not Going Away
BT 09/05/05 Parties Await IRA Arms Move
BT 09/05/05 SF And DUP Clash Over Riot In Cushendall
BB 09/05/05 Man Denies Ex-Soldier Murder Bid
BT 09/05/05 Anger Over Bomb Scare At Festival
BT 09/05/05 Parade Body Under Fire For Ruling
BB 09/05/05 Trip Will Set Up Victims' Network
UT 09/05/05 Voting Register Campaign Starts
DF 09/05/05 Strains Of Irish Music Set The Tone For Hooley
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09/04/05 -
Emerald Society Raise Money For NO
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09/04/05 -
Katrina Is The Big Story In Ireland
IE 09/04/05 Katrina Is The Big Story In Ireland
IT 09/05/05 Last Survivors Leave As NO Begins To Count Dead
UN 09/04/05 Requiem For The Land Of Dreams
DI 09/04/05 Katrina: Scramble For Survival
DI 09/04/05 Katrina: Priest Tries To Contact Parishioners
DI 09/04/05 Sinn Féin Invites DUP To Talks
IO 09/04/05 IRA Delay 'Undermining Peace Process'
UN 09/04/05 Paisley Condemns Attacks On Catholic Properties
IT 09/05/05 Paisley Plans Talks Soon With Catholic Primate
IT 09/05/05 Taoiseach Rules Out Cabinet Role For SF
IT 09/05/05 Irish Unity Cannot Be Built On Violence- Ahern
IT 09/05/05 Garda Trip To Colombia Officially Confirmed
BB 09/04/05 Ombudsman Is Asked To Probe Riot
IT 09/05/05 Jailed Protesters Made Their Point- Taoiseach
SF 09/04/05 Northern Ireland Visit Strikes Blow For Peace
IE 09/04/05 Airmail Packages From US No Longer Practical
IT 09/05/05 Tasting The Fare At Clarenbridge Festival
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09/04/05 -
Sergeant Saved Irish Students In US
UT 09/04/05 Sergeant Saved Irish Students In US
ST 09/04/05 Ireland Counts Dead And Missing In New Orleans
SL 09/04/05 'Spy File' Targets UVF Chiefs
SL 09/04/05 UDA Boss Dismisses Feud Claim
SL 09/04/05 Gray's 'Canary Revenge' Fears
SL 09/04/05 Loyalist Bonfire Deal Up In Flames
SL 09/04/05 Loyalist Fails To Aid Ex As She's Forced Out
BB 09/04/05 DUP Meet Minister Over City March
SL 09/04/05 Match Day Orders For Banned Thugs
BB 09/04/05 Bishop Support After Town Attacks
SL 09/04/05 Adams And McGuinness 'on IRA Council By Proxy'
SL 09/04/05 Twelfth Riots Prompt Plastic Bullet Review
SL 09/04/05 Squaddie Car Bomb: Man Due In Court
SL 09/04/05 Family Is Furious Over Video By Tube Bomber
SL 09/04/05 Ulster Unionist Party Shocked At £200k Debt
ST 09/04/05 Feature: Whisky Galore
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09/03/05 -
Unionist Politicians And Paramilitaries Unite
SB 09/04/05 Unionist Politicians And Paramilitaries Unite
ST 09/04/05 IRA Starts To Decommission
SB 09/04/05 IRA's Rigidity Will Make Decommissioning Easier
SB 09/04/05 'Grandstanding' On Colombia Three Slated
ST 09/04/05 Donaldson Campaigns For C3's Extradition
SB 09/04/05 SDLP Representatives To Attend FF Party
SB 09/04/05 Call For Inquiry To Clear SF Member's Name
ST 09/04/05 Bosnia Expert Starts Search For The Disappeared
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09/03/05 –
UUP: DUP's Mask Slips Over Condemning Violence
BT 09/03/05 UUP: DUP's Mask Slips Over Condemning Violence
SF 09/03/05 Britain Must Stand Up To Loyalist Violence
BT 09/03/05 MP Call To Retain At Least One RIR Battalion
BT 09/03/05 I Feared For Life, Says Bullet Charge Mum
BT 09/03/05 All You Need Is LOVE?
BT 09/03/05 Making Sense: A 'LOVE' That Conquers All?
UT 09/03/05 DUP: C3 'Could Be Returned To Prison'
UT 09/03/05 Six More Irish Found After Hurricane
BT 09/03/05 Few Reasons To Honour Geldof, Says Councillor
NH 09/03/05 Army Deployed In London
VC 09/03/05 Monsignor O'Brien Laid To Rest After Mass
BT 09/03/05 Neeson And Brosnan Rivals In War Drama
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09/03/05 –
The Irish & Katrina
IC 09/02/05 News O'Flaherty's Irish Channel & Friends
IE 09/02/05 Katrina's Wrath Pounds Gulf Coast
IO 09/03/05 Efforts To Contact Missing Irish Continue
IO 09/03/05 Concern For Irish Caught In Hurricane
BT 09/03/05 Ulster Soccer Girls In Katrina Horror
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09/02/05 –
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IT 09/03/05 PSNI Urges Leaders To Ease Tensions
GU 09/03/05 IRA Ready To Scrap Weapons 'In Days'
BB 09/02/05 DUP Witness 'Waits In The Wings'
IT 09/03/05 IRA Must Disband After Arms Move, Says Hume
BB 09/02/05 City Parade Re-Routing Criticised
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IT 09/03/05 Victims' Group To Protest Over C3 At Dáil
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IO 09/02/05 Shell Refuses To Waive Rossport Five Injunction
RE 09/02/05 Govts (Incl IRL) Line Up To Help After Katrina
IT 09/03/05 Dublin Patients Contract Legionnaire's Disease
IO 09/02/05 Council To Decide On 1916 Refuge
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BT 09/02/05 Folk And Roots: Fleadh Hits Right Note
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IO 09/30/05 Loyalist Arrested Over Pipe Bomb Attack
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Man Arrested Over Pipe Bomb Attack

30/09/2005 - 19:41:22

A man was arrested today in connection with a pipe bomb
attack on the home of a couple and their three-year-old
son.

The explosion in Carnany Drive, Ballymoney, Co Antrim, left
two pieces of steel embedded in the living room.

Police said the man, who was detained following a search in
the area, will face charges of attempted murder.

The family were asleep when the device detonated at around
2.30am yesterday on the window sill of their home.

Detective Inspector Nick McCaw said the crime was carried
out by loyalist paramilitaries and could have proved fatal.

He confirmed two 5-inch pieces of steel entered the living
room and became embedded in the ceiling and sofa.

A car in the driveway was also damaged by the bomb, which
sent debris hurtling into the street.

One bolt was found 50 yards away, next to a community
centre.

The family were unhurt but have been left traumatised by
their ordeal.

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Padraigin Drinan Law Firm Shut Down

Connla Young

Legal chiefs yesterday closed down one of Ireland's
leading human rights law firms.

Pádraigín Drinan Solicitors was instructed by the Law
Society in Belfast to cease operating yesterday morning.

In January law chiefs were forced to backtrack after
attempting to close the solicitor's firm. There was a
furious reaction to the move from scores of human rights
and welfare organisations.

During the past 20 years, Ms Drinan's firm has established
a reputation as a first stop for minority and disadvantaged
people in need of legal advice. The legal representative
has established a reputation for handling asylum seeker and
refugee cases and is one of only a handful of solicitors
prepared to take this unprofitable type of work.

News of the Law Society move was slammed by the Director of
the Rape Crisis Centre Eileen Calder last night.

"This is a terrible disaster," she said.

"The Law Society is trying to close down the only person
who does this sort of work locally. The Rape Crisis Centre
is making a public appeal to Angela Smith, who is the
minister for victims in the North, and to the Lord Chief
Justice Brian Kerr, to use their influence to have this
decision reversed. They should intervene immediately.

"At the minute we have women in prison who could be
deported and whose personal circumstances are very
harrowing and it's vital they get the support only
Pádraigín Drinan can give them.

"This woman has worked tirelessly over the years and not
for her own benefit. She is one of the poorest solicitors
in Belfast. I just don't know where people who come to us
are going to go now. This woman has done things above and
beyond the call of duty for years. What the Law Society is
doing here is a betrayal of the victims of racist and
sexual abuse, it's going to affect so many people. I don't
know what I am going to say to our women."

A spokesperson for the Law Society said they were acting on
the instruction of a recent disciplinary committee.

"The position between Ms Drinan and the independent
disciplinary tribunal was set out on March 4, 2005, when
they gave her until September 2, 2005 to find a partner of
more than seven years standing.

"As she has not done so, the Law Society is required to
ensure compliance with the order of the tribunal.
Accordingly, it is no longer possible for Ms Drinan to
continue in practice."

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Battle Over Pipeline 'Only Starting'

Background: Issue may be back before the courts very
shortly, writes Lorna Siggins, Marine Correspondent

Five Mayo men and their relatives celebrated victory
outside the High Court yesterday, but warned that the
battle over the Corrib gas onshore pipeline was "only
starting".

The issue may be back before the courts very shortly as
Shell says it intends to pursue its case for a permanent
injunction against any opponents of the onshore gas
pipeline.

However, it has also been summoned to court to explain its
breach of ministerial consents for the pipeline, and there
is the outstanding issue of punitive damages.

Even as the legal wrangling continues, the two parties have
been invited to participate in mediation by Minister for
the Marine Noel Dempsey, and a public consultation is being
held on October 12th and 13th as part of the Minister's new
safety review, which is expected to be complete by mid-
November.

"It's a bizarre scenario," Dr Mark Garavan, spokesman for
the five men, acknowledged.

"Here we will have three processes running along parallel
tracks, when in fact the simplest thing to do would be to
go back to basics, and conduct an entire review of the
project. It is already running two years behind schedule,
so why not just start again and do it right?"

Micheál Ó Seighin, one of the five men who had spent 94
days in prison, speaking to The Irish Times after
yesterday's court hearing, said it was time "to go back to
the drawing board and do this properly".

"It's what I said to former marine minister Frank Fahey in
2001, and I would say it to Minister for Marine Dempsey
now," Mr Ó Seighin, a retired schoolteacher, said. "We're
not telling a commercial company how to do their job, we're
just asking that it be done properly, and if so we will co-
operate."

Mr Ó Seighin and Dr Garavan believe there is scope for such
a comprehensive review in the mediation discussions, which
are expected to begin in some days. At the same time, the
men and their supporters are resolute.

The Minister told a joint Oireachtas committee earlier this
week that an illegally-welded section of pipeline would be
dismantled by the company.

Shell has been coy about explaining why it took so long to
collapse the temporary injunction which had held the men in
prison for 94 days, while insisting that it was not put
under any pressure by one of its two Corrib partners,
Statoil.

A key factor was the timing of the Minister's safety
review, a company spokesman said yesterday.

"We have already suspended all onshore work while this
review is being carried out, and once it became clear that
the review wouldn't be ready till late October, we knew
that the temporary injunction wouldn't be necessary. We are
into a period when no work is being carried out anyway due
to weather conditions."

Until late this week the company had been insisting that it
could not withdraw the injunction as this would prejudice
its legal action later - even though precedents to the
contrary had been presented to it by Labour Party leader
Pat Rabbitte and Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny. Senior
Statoil representatives were in Ireland this week, but
Shell says that Corrib partner meetings are a "regular
event".

The Statoil visit came just days after a visit to Norway by
Mr Ó Seighin's wife, Caitlin, other family representatives
and Mayo TD Dr Jerry Cowley (Ind), all travelling at their
own expense. Dr Cowley believes this visit represented a
turning point. Not only did the group meet members of the
incoming Norwegian government, but also senior union
officials representing Statoil workers.

"We told Statoil in no uncertain terms that Shell was
resorting in north Mayo to the tactics it had already used
in Nigeria. We told them that Shell was giving Statoil,
which is mainly owned by the Norwegian people, a very bad
name," Dr Cowley said.

Fine Gael TD for Mayo Michael Ring, who has welcomed the
men's release, says there are serious questions to be
answered about the Government's role in the whole debacle.
Corrib is on the agenda for Tuesday's Dáil session, but Mr
Ring wants a full debate rather than statements.

"I want to pursue the role of Frank Fahey in signing
compulsory acquisition orders giving a private company a
wayleave through these people's lands for this unsafe
pipeline, and I also want to know why Coillte sold 400
acres to Shell for its terminal at a price that has never
been disclosed," he said.

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Opin: Equality Still The Bitterest Pill For Old Unionism

GEARÓID Ó CAIREALLÁIN

Now what have yis got to complain about? That was my own
first reaction to the IRA announcement that full and final
decommissioning had taken place – what will the die-hard,
unreconstructed, head in the sand, old-style Unionists have
to complain about now?

The IRA is gone, their arms, ammunition and explosives have
gone, the republican movement has committed itself in front
of the world to pursue its aims and objectives in a solely
peaceful and democratic way – and to top it all, they are
bound by the Good Friday Agreement to accept the legitimacy
of the constitutional position of the Northern Ireland
state within the United Kingdom until such time as a
majority in the Six Counties votes otherwise.

If Brian Faulkner had got the half of that thirty years ago
he would have been claiming victory from the roof of
Stormont and from every treetop leading up to it.

This week Paisley is complaining that he has no faith in
the veracity of the decommissioning process, no trust in
either of the governments and no pity for the two saps who
were fooled into giving false witness to the shambles. No
doubt as time goes on he will discover other grounds for
complaint.

But what really bothers Paisley's brand of Unionism is the
plain and simple fact that nationalism, Irish nationalism,
the movement towards a united and equitable Ireland has not
been eradicated.

Changing conditions have led to the demise of the physical
force tradition, but the ultimate aim of that tradition is
still there.

In fact, there is a suspicion, indeed a fear, at the back
of the mind of every old-style Unionist that with the IRA
now off the scene the momentum towards constitutional
change might even pick up and become, well… unstoppable.

In any event, they are near damn sure (not that they would
use such strong language) that the IRA did not give up the
ghost without making some kind of a secret deal with the
Brits. Yes, I'm talking sellout, here.

Despite the fact that Paisley has been denouncing the
British government for selling Ulster out to the
republicans since 1968, I must say that I see little sign
of the deal around here – but that is an article for a
different day.

The end of armed republicanism has changed the political
landscape, utterly. In the North you can nearly reach out
and touch the change. It's partly psychological but also
involves a realignment of vision, a different way of
looking at things, as if mankind has just learned to walk
for the first time.

The immediate target following the completion of
decommissioning is the re-establishing of the political
institutions with a guarantee that the Unionists will not
be allowed to crash them again at a whim.

This week the two governments confirmed publicly that they
are allowing a moratorium until after the International
Monitoring Commission delivers its January report, but
after that – provided it contains no unexpected surprises –
they expect to be on the run-in to a re-assembled Assembly.

Paisley can say no, of course, and most likely will say no.
But the British government already realises that even DUP
nay-sayers can be brought around by largesse, promises of
this and that and – perish the thought – even a secret
deal.

The biggest stick to beat the Unionists into Stormont,
however, is likely to be the realisation that whatever
would come about to replace the Good Friday Agreement would
be worse for Unionists that what they have now.

One way or another, it is clear that we are on the road to
revamping Stormont. My guess is that we will have elections
to the Assembly here in March of next year. Just what we
need – more elections.

The political institutions represent one strand of the Good
Friday Agreement, but the underlying anchorage of the
Northern peace process is the inevitable movement towards
equality. And equality is the real antithesis of old-style
Unionism.

Unemployment in the Six Counties is still twice as high
within the Catholic community as within the Protestant
community. The much-vaunted peace dividend never really
materialised with the result that the poorest and most
deprived areas of the North never experienced the
regeneration promised in the run-up to the original IRA
ceasefire of 1994.

The Irish flag, the Irish national anthem and the Irish
language still have no official recognition in this part of
Ireland. The ethos of the civil service, of the police
service, of the fire service, of all branches of state is
still completely British, or more or less completely
British.

Even anti-sectarian legislation means little in the Six
Counties, where thugs can come up to family cars and attack
the occupants just because they are displaying the colours
of their own county who had just won the All-Ireland
football championship.

Tackling the rampant inequality in Northern society is one
of the biggest tasks facing nationalist politicians and the
British government – and we shouldn't have to wait until a
united Ireland to achieve it. Equality should be there
already.

I have always believed that had the Unionist government
provided total equality for the Catholic community in the
Six Counties when the Northern Ireland state was set up in
1921 the troubles that followed partition would not have
taken place.

Ironically, it is the inevitable surge towards equality now
that will probably sound the final death knell for the
Northern state.

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Opin: Let's Examine Ourselves Before Lecturing Those In The
North

By Ryle Dwyer

THE final decommissioning of the IRA arms last weekend was
not the first time the organisation has dumped its weapons.

It did so in 1923 and again in 1962, but the difference
this time is that these weapons have been put "beyond use".
They cannot be resurrected in a few years to launch another
campaign.

There was a distinct welcoming for the process, even if was
much too late.

If the IRA had acted earlier, Sinn Féin might still be in
power with David Trimble. Now, the party will have to deal
with Ian Paisley.

Nobody should be surprised at Paisley's behaviour. He has
thrived on breaking up just about every initiative for
progress in the past 40 years. He was the one who did most
to undermine Terence O'Neill, Brian Faulkner and David
Trimble.

People are acting as if last week's decommissioning is the
formal end of the troubles. People should recognise,
however, that the same kind of Orange bigots, who tried to
prevent civil rights for Catholics in the 1960s, still pose
a real danger. Normality is still only an aspiration in
Northern Ireland.

Bigotry is rife on both sides of the political divide, as
the man who has been living in the South found when he
visited his boyhood home in the North. His elderly mother
insisted on saying the Rosary, but, to his astonishment,
she included a prayer for the Holy Souls on both sides.
Afterwards, he complimented her on her nice gesture of
including Protestants in her prayers, much to her
indignation.

She was not praying for them, she explained in righteous
anger. She was praying for his wife's people. Until people
learn to pray for each other, there is unlikely to be real
peace in the North. Right now, it is just an unholy and
uneasy truce.

We really have some nerve to lecture them, when you
consider our political set-up. All the main parties here
are proclaiming they will not go into coalition with Sinn
Féin, but we can't understand why Paisley won't go into
coalition with that party.

We should understand the Democratic Unionist position
better than anybody, because our parties are balking at
such a coalition, even though the amount of damage the so-
called republicans did down here is mild compared with the
havoc they wreaked in Northern Ireland.

People here question why the Northerners cannot sit down
and settle their differences in a Christian spirit. Even
though the gun has long been taken out of our politics, our
main parties remain as hostile to each other.

The troubles in this state essentially ended following the
civil war of 1922-23, but Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, our
two largest political parties, were established in the
following decade, essentially to perpetuate the divisions.

Fianna Fáil insisted on the inclusion of "(The Republican
Party)" after its name, as if the words in brackets were a
translation of its name.

De Valera admitted during the treaty debate that there was
only a shadow of a difference between him and Michael
Collins. That had absolutely nothing to do with partition,
though a couple of generations were brought up to believe
the civil war had been over partition, as our much-vaunted
educational system studiously ignored the teachings of 20th
century Irish history.

De Valera had sent Collins to London to negotiate the 1921
treaty, but when the Big Fellow came back with the
agreement, the Long Fellow objected and issued a statement
saying it was a matter for the Dáil cabinet. When the
cabinet accepted the treaty, he said it was a matter for
the Dáil, and when the Dáil approved it, he said it was a
matter for the Irish people. When it became apparent the
people were in favour of it, he proclaimed the people had
"no right to do wrong". He thereby exhibited contempt for
democracy.

Collins showed a similar contempt in his own way. When he
was became chairman of the Provisional Government in 1922,
three IRA men were due to be executed in Derry. He
frantically tried to rescue them. When it came to
protecting those he saw as his men, he had no patience.

The Stormont government delayed on commuting the sentences,
so Collins arranged for as many as 100 unionists to be
kidnapped. The sentences of the three men were duly
commuted, but by then it was too late to call off the
kidnappings. Forty-two unionists were taken hostage later
the same day.

If the three men had been executed, would Collins have been
justified in having the 42 hostages killed?

Of course, Collins blamed republican dissidents for the
kidnapping, but he gave the order - and it was his chief of
staff, Eoin O'Duffy, who organised the whole thing.

Paisley and company have historical justification when they
express reservations about believing the IRA now. After
all, Michael Collins continued to scheme as he pretended
dissidents were behind his actions.

Collins was not content with merely kidnapping unionists,
he sent one of his men to England to kill John Ellis, the
British hangman. Ellis had already left for Derry when Joe
Dolan called at his home. Dolan produced a revolver and
insisted on searching the house. If Ellis had been there,
Dolan said he would have killed him.

Later, Collins sent Dolan to London to plan the killing of
Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson, who had been advising the
Stormont government. Dolan had no doubt that Collins then
ordered the killing of Wilson, and it was this which
sparked the civil war here. In 1924 some of those who had
been closest to Collins were behind the so-called Army
Mutiny, and Eoin O'Duffy tried unsuccessfully to organise a
coup d'etat in 1932 to prevent Fianna Fáil coming to power.

When Fine Gael was founded as "The United Ireland Party" in
1933, it elected O'Duffy as its leader, but fortunately it
dumped him after he toured the country advocating fascism
and proclaiming that democracy was dead.

For all his virtues and strengths, the credentials of
Collins as constitutional democrat must be seriously
questioned. He exhibited the same contempt for democracy as
de Valera did in 1922. Both were primarily interested in
power, and the politicians, who have been invoking their
names ever since, are similarly interested only in power.

On coming to power in 1932, de Valera admitted he had
underestimated the treaty. He had admitted 10 years earlier
that his objections were only over a shadow, so the whole
treaty controversy was over less than a shadow. And that
has been the real difference between Fianna Fáil and Fine
Gael ever since.

There has never been any ideological difference. If Fianna
Fáil and Fine Gael resolved their phoney differences, there
would probably be no question of any party having to go
into coalition with Sinn Féin. Both parties are relics of a
forgotten dispute that they continue to exploit. They are
just personalities posturing for power. Before lecturing
those in the North, we should take a good look at
ourselves.

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No More Excuses

Zoe Tunney

A Week Of Backpedalling By The DUP

MONDAY - Reverend Harold Good and Father Alec Reid,
independent witnesses of IRA decommissioning - "We would
like to say that we were not appointed by the IRA to do
this work".

MONDAY - DUP leader Ian Paisley - "It must be clearly
stated that both witnesses were approved by the IRA and
therefore were accepted by the IRA and in no way could be
independent."

TUESDAY - Ian Paisley - "They were the IRA's nominated
witnesses."

WEDNESDAY - DUP Upper Bann MP David Simpson - "No one is
disputing that the two men are faithfully reporting what
they saw. The question is did they see it all."

YESTERDAY - DUP spokesman - "The party wants to move on".

DUP softens its position

A Democratic Unionist Party spokesman has said the party
"wants to move forward" following their meeting with the
two independent eyewitnesses on decommissioning.

After a week when the DUP criticised the decommissioning
process, accused the British and Irish governments of a
cover-up and called into question the independence of the
eyewitnesses, the party indicated they want to move away
from the issue.

The DUP leadership yesterday declined to comment after the
crucial meeting with Fr Alex Reid and Rev Harold Good.

As the unionist community waited to hear the party's
response to how the clergymen clarified vital points of
contention, the DUP members who attended the meeting drove
away without speaking to the waiting media.

However, when Daily Ireland contacted DUP headquarters
shortly after the men emerged from the meeting a
spokesperson insisted the party "wants to move forward".

The spokesperson also suggested the unusual silence, which
came at the end of a week of arranged press conferences and
prepared statements, was deliberate to allow the party to
re-group.

The spokesperson said: "Have you seen any of the people who
were at the meeting talking to any other TV or radio media?

"Well, take that as a deliberate move, the party wants to
move on."

When pressed on whether the silence should be taken to mean
the DUP were re-considering their entire position on the
decommissioning issue, the spokesperson said: "I do not
want to comment further."

He refused to discuss the detail of the meeting which was
attended by DUP leader, Dr Ian Paisley, deputy leader Peter
Robinson and MP for Upper Bann, David Simpson.

But speaking last night to the BBC, Mr Simpson said the DUP
was not questioning the integrity of the two churchmen, but
that his party still had concerns over what the two clerics
had seen.

Reverend Harold Good last night told Daily Ireland he felt
all points had now been clarified between both parties.

"They clarified to us that they did not question our
integrity," he said.

He said there was no acrimony expressed by the DUP and he
described the meeting as "good-natured".

The former President of the Methodist Church in Ireland
also said the DUP sought clarification about who asked them
to act as independent witnesses to the decommissioning
process.

He would not divulge his answer but said there was "mutual
clarification" on both sides.

Earlier in the week, the DUP clashed with the Ulster
Unionist Party, who declared they were satisfied with the
word of the two clergymen.

SDLP chief negotiator, Sean Farren, said it is time for the
DUP to stop "manufacturing grievances around the
decommissioning process."

"The DUP are looking for problems where there are none,"
said Mr Farren.

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Daily Ireland New Orleans School Appeal

Daily Ireland is launching an appeal to help raise money
for the children of New Orleans.

By raising funds for the hurricane hit city we hope to
channel donations into their schools, where children are in
dire need of uniforms, books and other essentials for when
they return to study at the start of 2006.

Over 800 people died as a result of Hurricane Katrina and
1200 children are still missing.

The Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Centre (AHEC)
played a crucial role in the aftermath of the hurricane and
its CEO, Dr Brian Jakes, said the reality of the hurricane
was only sinking in to people now.

"Nothing like this has ever happened in our history, people
have lost everything," Brian Jakes said.

"A lot of what our people and particularly our young
children are going to be facing, has never been dealt with
before.

"One parish at the mouth of the Mississippi, Plaquemines…
half of it is gone. The Gulf of Mexico has reclaimed it.

"Our Mayor is repopulating the city of New Orleans.

"People are coming back to see what's left of their lives
and they are shocked. They got out of here with the shirts
on their backs and survived, but nothing they owned did.

"81,000 businesses were eliminated in the state of
Louisiana because of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

"We estimate that 25 per cent of our population will never
return."

The people of New Orleans are slowly and carefully trying
to pick up the pieces of their lives in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina, which hit their shores with
unprecedented force on August 29.

As the hurricane gathered pace into a Category 5 storm, by
August 31, 80 per cent of New Orleans was under water.

Over 800 people died in the state of Louisiana as a result
of Hurricane Katrina.

Initially it was hoped that New Orleans had weathered the
worst of Katrina, but within hours of the storm passing, it
emerged that several key levees had been breached, causing
floodwater to pour into the low-lying city.

The situation quickly deteriorated as it became apparent
that thousands of people had been unable to evacuate or had
chosen to stay put.

Now people are slowly returning to their homes, although
the elderly and children are being asked to stay away while
a toxic mix of gasoline, oil, debris and water is pumped
out.

For some, the shock of seeing the sheer scale of
devastation has been just too much and many people have
decided to leave New Orleans forever.

"The sheer devastation and the look of absolute shock on
people's faces when they go back is unreal. You can see
them thinking - this was my home, and it's under 12 feet of
water," the CEO said.

"People have lost everything. Absolutely everything. The
thing that has been the most alarming is how are we going
to come to grips with the reconstruction that has to take
place in order for us to move forward."

In the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, the Southeast
Louisiana AHEC played a crucial role in saving lives of
those left stranded by Katrina.

They sent out food and water parcels to people and also co-
ordinated the international relief effort through the use
of a battery operated radio.

Although the entire state has been devastated by the
hurricane, the urgency is on the government to rebuild its
educational establishments. In the months ahead, money will
be needed to buy school uniforms and basic school supplies.

With the help of Daily Ireland, the Southeast Louisiana
AHEC would to like to raise as much money as it can for the
children of New Orleans.

Channeling the funds through the Southeast Louisiana AHEC
means your donations will help buy essential basic reading
and writing materials as well as uniforms.

The Southeast Louisiana AHEC has a catchment area of 15
parishes and 13 of those parishes were designated 'disaster
zones'.

When hurricane Katrina struck Brian Jakes remained in
AHEC's office, just outside the city of New Orleans, co-
ordinating relief efforts.

"We happened to have radio communication, a battery powered
radio, and I heard a parish just north of us, Bogalusa,
just pleading for help," Brian said.

"I phoned Coca Cola and got them to stop putting coke into
their bottles and instead fill their cans with water.

"So we got an 18 wheel lorry to them with water. We run a
food bank too and we also sent a lorry with 20 pallets of
food that we distributed to the needy. We were very
fortunate that we could help."

The AHEC performed many tasks in the wake of the hurricane
not least co-ordinating the international relief effort.

At the moment the New Orleans clean-up operation after
Katrina and Rita is shifting up into top gear.

Children have been relocated to other schools in, Houston,
Tennessee and Wisconsin.

According to Dr Brian Jakes the schools relaxed their
administration requirements so that children could be
enrolled until New Orleans dries out.

"For the most part children are immune to the horror of
what took place here, but there will be a day of reckoning
for them I'm sure when they return.

"New Orleans will emerge stronger and different, but remain
a favourite destination for tourists. The good parts of New
Orleans are going to survive I think, and the parts that
were bad hopefully won't. It's an opportunity for us, one
we want to be part of."

If you would like to help by donating to the school fund,
simply click the button below to donate by Paypal or credit
or debit card. You can also send cheques, made payable to
'Andersonstown News Group New Orleans Fund', to 2
Hannahstown Hill, Belfast BT170LT, Northern Ireland.

PLEASE NOTE: All donations are in Pounds (£) sterling. The
current exchange rate for £10 is $17.66 US, $23.19
Australian, $20.57 Canadian and €14.65 Euro.

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Raising The Bar: Interior Of Ballyporeen Pub Booked For
Reagan Library In California

Seán O'Driscoll in New York

The complete interior of the Ronald Reagan pub in
Ballyporeen, Co Tipperary has been sold to a wealthy
Republican supporter and is being moved to the Reagan
Library in California over the next few weeks.

Irish-American businessman Frederick Ryan jnr has confirmed
that the bar will be moved to a new building that also
houses Mr Reagan's presidential aircraft.

The bar is due to open on October 22nd and President Bush
will open the building the next day.

The bar will look out on to the nose of the former Air
Force 1 aircraft, according to Mr Ryan, who made a snap
purchase of the bar from its previous owners, John and Mary
O'Farrell, during a visit to Ballyporeen the week after Mr
Reagan died last year.

He had travelled to see the bar and discovered it had shut
down as the O'Farrells were planning to make more room for
their family.

"They had planned to sell off the contents at auction, but
I told them that I wanted to keep everything together and
ship it all to California," Mr Ryan said. He said their
asking price was "very considerate".

While the exterior of the building will remain in
Ballyporeen, all the pub contents will move to the Reagan
Library in Simi Valley, California, including the two bar
counters, the wallpaper, furnishings, alcohol bottles and
memorabilia of the president's visit to Ballyporeen in
1984.

The exterior of the bar has been recreated at the new
library building, which will also house a Reagan motorcade
and helicopter.

Mr and Mrs O'Farrell have agreed to be at the Reagan
Library to pull the first pints on October 22nd.

Mr Ryan, a former Reagan adviser and now chief executive of
Allbritton Communications, said he rang Nancy Reagan from
Ireland to tell her of the purchase. "At first I think she
thought I must have been drinking, but she is delighted
with the idea.

"I don't know how many times the president talked about his
visit to Ireland and how much it meant to him," he said.

© The Irish Times

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