Wednesday, August 28, 2002

Blatant Double Standards Dessie O'Hare I can only speak truthfully and accurately concerning my own case where the Irish Government have failed to implement the good Friday agreement, ie their decision to arbitrarily exclude me from the early release scheme. The scheme was set out in the GFA for the phased release of all Political Prisoners, and a completion time scale of two years meant that any POWs remaining after June 2000 would automatically be released. The Irish and British Governments passed appropriate laws to facilitate the releases and began processing the POWs which basically went on the lines of first in first out. Comments: Google It! 6:50:47 AM

An Agenda Less Hidden Davy Carlin The still on going concentrated and organized attacks by the UDA on the nationalist communities raises a number of important issues. Firstly though it needs to be said that all those attacks on Catholic and Protestant homes and communities needs both to be challenged and condemned. My reasoning for referring to the UDA though is that increasingly many people see a concentrated escalation of their violence without much actually being done about it. Comments: Google It! 6:44:59 AM

And the parade passed off peacefully Laura Friel English football thugs have found a simple way of avoiding the sanction of being banned from attending matches. Instead of attacking rival fans at the football stadium, clashes are orchestrated after the match and at some distance from the grounds. Comments: Google It! 6:43:29 AM

Bandsmen attack homes and SDLP councillor in Strabane Strabane Sinn Féin Councillor Brian McMahon says that people and property in Melmount Villas in the town had a lucky escape during a missile onslaught by loyalist bandsmen on Saturday, 10 August, while the RUC/PSNI stood by. Comments: Google It! 6:41:58 AM

The Ardoyne double standard Fern Lane It is not clear exactly what principle was being defended between 8.30am and 8.45am on Saturday morning by the Parades Commission, the RUC, the British Army and, most importantly, the British government, as they conspired to ensure that the Ligoniel Walkers Club got to march, unwanted, through Ardoyne to the beat of a drum decorated with UVF insignia. They then climbed aboard a coach to take them to Derry where, as part of the Apprentice Boys' march and the celebration of centuries of anti-Catholicism, they could also enjoy the abuse of nationalists and the glorification of sectarian murder promoted by the UDA bands who were also there. Comments: Google It! 6:40:37 AM

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