Wednesday, August 28, 2002

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. 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. 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. 6:40:37 AM