OCTOBER 2002 / VOL. 3 ISSUE 4

News




News Chronology
The following news reports are gleaned from Irish American Post dispatches and from The Irish American Information Service.  


 
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Announces Independent Monitor of Violence
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Dr John Reid announced arrangements for independent monitoring of the level of violence in Northern Ireland and the nature of paramilitary involvement in it. [More]
             Reid 'Cannot Understand' Opposition To Monitor
By The Irish American Information Service
Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid has said he "cannot understand" the opposition to a paramilitary violence monitor. Speaking Sept. 16, Reid denied the planned appointment was designed to strengthen the position of the Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble [More]
Transcripts focusing on the issue of the ceasefire monitor and related challenges facing Northern Ireland. 

Press Overview on Ulster Unionist Ultimatum
 

Funding for Immigrant Groups Announced
Following a meeting early in September with the Irish Immigration Working Committee in New York, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Brian Cowen, TD, announced funding of $300,000 for immigration centers in the United States for the year 2002/2003. [More]
 

IRA Gives Wide-Ranging Interview On Peace Process
By The Irish American Information Service
The IRA has said it is fundamentally opposed to sectarian violence and rejects claims made by the British government and security services that it has breached ceasefire agreements. [More]

Lord Kilclooney -
IRA Involvement In Attack - Talkback
An alleged IRA attack on a Derry bus driver, Sept. 29. [More]
 

Fahey Presents Credentials to Bush
The new Ambassador of Ireland to the United States, Noel Fahey, presented his Letter of Credence to President Bush in the White House on Sept. 25.
[More]
 

News Review on Trial Start of IRA's Colombia Three
 
 

PSNI Raid Sinn Féin Offices At Stormont
By the Irish American Information Service

Police in Northern Ireland have made a number of arrests and raided Sinn Féin 's Stormont offices outside Belfast. The raids started at about 0500 GMT this morning and the operation is continuing. [More] 

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