Youths go on hospital rampage
PATIENTS and staff had to be locked into wards at the Mater hospital in north Belfast during disturbances on Friday night after an Orange Order parade. About 40 youths went on the rampage in the casualty department shortly after 10pm. Police were called to deal with the youths who had followed the Tour of the North parade before diverting to the hospital. A hospital spokeswoman said there were no injuries. A 15-year-old youth was arrested.
Loyalist threat to police representatives
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COMMUNITY policing representatives in Northern Ireland are under a new threat from loyalist terrorists. Members of the authority in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, have been warned by police that they face harassment from paramilitaries if Protestant parades in the town are re-routed during the flashpoint marching season.
Correction
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IN an article last week (Ulster Scots body warned on using state handouts for trips), we incorrectly attributed a quote, questioning the funding choices of the Ulster-Scots Agency, to the Irish government. The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has asked us to point out that it has never challenged the agency’s funding decisions. The agency has asked us to make clear that it did not part-fund Europe’s strongest woman competition.
Bush protest
SENIOR Irish legal figures are among a group of 150 barristers and solicitors who have signed a joint statement of objection to the planned visit of President George W Bush to Ireland on Friday.
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Sinn Fein inquiry
SINN FEIN confirmed yesterday that Martin Christie, its newly elected Dublin councillor, had been suspended. A spokeswoman said that he was suspended without prejudice pending an investigation.