Monday, March 18, 2002

Let There Be a Referendum The United Kingdom is 'a vibrant multi-ethnic, multi-national liberal democracy - the fourth largest economy in the world - the most reliable ally of the United States in the fight against international terrorism', David Trimble told his party conference in Belfast. He called for John Reid, Secretary of State, to hold a referendum next year at the same time as the Assembly elections on whether the North should join a united Ireland, so that the issue could be put to rest for a generation and republicans stop daydreaming. Comments: 5:23:59 PM

Finucanes want public, not private, inquiry TWELVE of the world[base ']s leading human rights groups have joined together to call for an independent public inquiry into the murder 13 years ago of the Belfast lawyer Pat Finucane. Comments: 7:21:49 AM

Get In Queue To Get Into A Queue And A Queue To Get Out Again Anthony McIntyre 10/03/2002 The president of Sinn Fein has argued, rightly, that the very least that should happen to tax dodgers is that 'they are declared not fit to hold public office.' It would seem that the ranks of the 'not fit' could swell considerably if the public begin to apply the same logic to duty dodgers and demand answers to the question 'what do members of the Stormont Assembly get paid for?' Do these alleged representatives ever look in the mirror in the morning and momentarily get caught out - experiencing just a twinge of guilt over the 'brown envelope' that is euphemistically called a wage packet? Have they occasionally felt the type of shame they try to instil in those poor who 'do the double' as they, in the splendour of their plush rooms, calculate their extra large expenses bill (always a useful device for schemers 'on the make' to defraud the public purse)? Comments: 7:19:30 AM

Ferris assaulted by GardaÌ General election candidate for Kerry North, Martin Ferris, was assaulted by Gardaí in Killarney Garda Station last Sunday, according to Sinn Féin, which has accused the guards of orchestrating a campaign of political harassment against party members in the county. Comments: 7:16:23 AM

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