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Dutch police in Irish gang raids
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:33:21 -0000
Dutch police arrest three men and a woman as part of an international investigation into an Irish crime gang.
RIR soldier killed in Afghanistan
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:33:01 -0000
A British soldier dies in an explosion while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
Foreign jobless 'paid to go' call
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:14:24 -0000
A Fine Gael TD suggests that unemployed foreign nationals could be paid to leave Ireland and return home.

 

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British Irish Rights Watch - Independent human rights watch organisation. Contains case studies and archives, and details services provided to both lawyers and individuals. Includes detailed reports on the murders of Rosemary Nelson, Billy Wright and Patrick Finucane.
Meta Description: [ British Irish RIGHTS WATCH is an independent non-governmental organisation that has been monitoring the human rights dimension of the conflict, and latterly the peace process, in Northern Ireland since 1990. Our services are available free of charge to anyone whose human rights have been vi... ]

Enquiry: The Killing Years in Ireland - Article about the alleged activities of the Force Research Unit (FRU).

Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR) - Campaigns against Republican terrorism in South Armagh. Contains details of victims, information about the Living Memorial Center, personal stories and audio-visual section.
Meta Description: [ Families Acting for Innocent Relatives (FAIR) is an organisation representing the innocent victims of terrorist criminality in south Armagh, Northern Ireland ]

Free Roisin McAliskey - Archived information about this campaign, including news articles, letters, press releases, interview transcripts and other related information.

Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition - Residents view of annual Orange Parade down this Portadown road. Background, news of independent observers, and general information on the Parades Commission and the Orange Order.

Lower Ormeau Concerned Community - Set up to voice opposition to Orange Order marches down this road. Contains background information, photographs and press releases.

Portadown Orange Lodge No 1 - Orange Order site with topics on civil rights and religious liberties, the Drumcree and Garvaghy Road dispute, history and press statements.

Seamus Ludlow - Details the Ludlow family's campaign for a public inquiry into this murder in 1976, and the alleged cover-up which followed. Contains case history and chronology, news, and information about how to support the campaign.
Meta Description: [ Seamus Ludlow family's campaign for a public inquiry into the murder of Seamus Ludlow at the hands of the British Army's Ulster Defence Regiment, and Red Hand Commando killers from County Down, and the subsequent cover-up.  ]

Short Strand Under Siege - Includes views, photographs and diary of attacks.

The Case of Danny McNamee - A Miscarriage of Justice - Overview of the facts of this case.

The Omagh Bomb: 15 August 1998 - An account of the events surrounding this attack, including background information, eyewitness accounts, tributes to those who died and information about the ongoing investigation.
Meta Description: [ An account of the bomb and 29 deaths in Omagh, 15 August 1998 ]

The Pat Finucane Centre - Carries out research into human rights abuses and policing in the province, mainly from a Republican perspective. Features case studies, listings of sectarian attacks, articles about the use of plastic bullets, Bloody Sunday section and a range of reports on individual deaths.
Meta Description: [ The Pat Finucane Centre Homepage for Human Rights and Social Change, carries out research on human rights abuses and policing in NI. It provides a weekly news service: 'Ireland News Updates'. It publishes 'Common Ground' a quarterly journal, and 'One Day in August' an investigation of events surr... ]