Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Blair's responsibility Did you ever get that sense of déjà vu? Once again, the peace process is in crisis. Once again, the PSNI have shown their true colours. Once again, the unionists are threatening to collapse the institutions. Once again, the British government's handling of the peace process is to blame. [AP/RN] Comments: Google It! 8:11:25 AM

An Impossible Demand Danny Morrison In 1953 when Tony Blair was born Joe Cahill was still serving a life sentence, and in England IRA Volunteers were carrying out the arms raid on Felstead barracks in preparation for the next campaign. When Blair's father was born in 1923 Ireland had just been partitioned. In the twenty-six counties eleven thousand IRA Volunteers were in jail, hundreds of republicans on all sides had been killed in the civil war and seventy seven prisoners had been executed by the Free State government. In the six counties thousands of IRA Volunteers, whose main role (the Republic having been lost) was the defence of vulnerable nationalist areas, were interned without trial by the unionist government. When Blair's grandparents were born the Fenian Brotherhood was active, and, before them, the Young Irelanders, and, before them, the United Irishmen. [www.dannymorrison.com] Comments: Google It! 8:08:38 AM

Compliments of the Minister Patricia Campbell In what has been described as a land mark achievement the Northern Executive at Stormont have endorsed a health strategy devised by the Minister of Health, Bairbre de Bruin, and it is hailed as a 'republican socialist vision' [Fourthwrite] Comments: Google It! 7:57:22 AM

Historic Factory to be Demolished? Derry city has been for many years renowned for its shirt making Industry. Both in word and in song workers have enshrined the city[base ']s industrial heritage in national history. [The Starry Plough] Comments: Google It! 7:54:18 AM

Motions for discussion at the RSF Ard-Fheis, October 19/20, 2002 Motions: Political Policy...Electoral Strategy...International Affairs...Social & Economic...Prisoners...Organisation/Activities...Education/Culture/SAOIRSE [Saoirse] Comments: Google It! 7:52:36 AM

Prisons Liam O Ruairc The most recent edition of the Sunday Tribune (13 October 2002) carried two articles on the situation in Irish prisons. The first concerned a report to be published next month by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture that will show that the treatment of mentally ill prisoners in the 26 counties violates the European Convention of Human Rights. The report strongly criticises the way prisoners with mental health disorders are treated in the Irish system, in particular how prisoners are being stripped and put in prison padded cells. The Committee for the Prevention of Torture slammed the authorities for not having made progress since previous visits in 1993 and 1998. [The Blanket] Comments: Google It! 7:49:06 AM

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