Tuesday, September 3, 2002

Cork women offer Short Strand respite Mna Le Chéile, a Cork based Women's Forum, has invited families from the Short Strand area of East Belfast to Cork this weekend. 7:28:55 PM

Sinn FÈin press officer assaulted by PSNI in Short Strand Sinn Féin Chairperson Mitchel McLaughlin has repeated his call for the Police Ombudsman to investigate the partisan behaviour of the PSNI in the Short Strand area of East Belfast after a Sinn Féin Press Officer had his hand broken in an assault by the PSNI on Saturday night. 7:28:14 PM

Caught on camera...PSNI started Short Strand trouble Fern Lane The residents of the besieged Short Strand have submitted video evidence to the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan, which gives the lie to RUC/PSNI claims that the violence which erupted in the area on Thursday night and Saturday night was instigated by nationalists. Copies of the videotapes have also been handed to both the British and Irish governments. 5:10:41 PM