£48,857 Éire Nua Building Fund Belfast / Derry Republican Sinn Féin has secured a premises at 229 Falls Road, Belfast as the organisation's public office in the city. This excellent location near the city centre will give a much-needed focus and morale boost to our growing membership in Belfast and throughout Ulster. The initial cost of the office was £60,000 (punts) and since it was acquired major refurbishment has been carried out on the building. Added to that is the cost of security to protect it and those using it from the British Crown Forces, loyalist death squads and others who would threaten true Republicans. This,and currency fluctuations. have added another £15,000 (punts) to the cost. Over £20,000 has been contributed to the fund to date and the committee is very grateful for the valuable support of members and supporters. The debt is now reduced to £48,857. Contributions, which will be gratefully acknowledged, can be made: To the following: Mary Ward, Co Donegal; Frank McCarry, Co Antrim; Jimmy McElhinney, Co Tyrone; Geraldine Taylor, Belfast; Michael McGonigle, Co Derry; Joe O'Neill, Co Donegal; Mick McManus, Co Fermanagh; Larry McMahon, Co Monaghan By sending a donation to: Ard Oifig, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1 or to 229 Falls Road, Belfast. or send a donation to: Éire Nua Building Fund, Bank of Ireland, Main Street, Limavady, Co Derry, a/c number 49431733, quoting the Branch code 90-50-96 or donate by Standing Order.

Belfast car booby-trapped by loyalists A NATIONALIST family escaped a horrific death from a booby-trap explosion on October 14. The device went off under a seat of their Isuzu Trooper vehicle at Blackstaff Way, off the Grosvenor Road in west Belfast shortly before 9pm. The family, a father and two teenage sons aged 17 and 18, ran for their lives as the vehicle became a raging inferno. Speaking on October 15, the father, who did not wish to be named, blamed British-instigated death squads for the attack. He had been taking his sons for a driving lesson and was adjusting the driver’s seat when they discovered the bomb underneath. The device was a glass container with a pipe attached to it. He said: "I took my hand out and the pipe came with it. It started to fizz. I shouted at the two boys to get to hell out of the car. We ran about 30-35 yards and the thing went bang. It just up in a ball of flames." He said the bomb could have resulted in mass murder if it had gone off earlier. The device could have been planted up to 24 hours earlier. The night before the explosion the victim had left the car unattended for an hour in the loyalist Tyndale area of the city. He recalled how children who were passengers in the car complained of petrol fumes. They had a "miraculous escape", the man said.

SDLP agree with flying Union Flag THE spirit of tolerance is in the air (not the Spirit of Freedom). Craigavon Borough Council has announced a compromise agreement on the flying of the British Union Flag on Council buildings, it was reported on October 5. SDLP and UUP Councillors agreed that the imperial standard should be flown on designated days and that it should also fly permanently on three of the Council buildings. UUP Councillor, Arnold Hatch in hailing the agreement said: "we are trying to get to the stage where the national flag is respected and flown at the proper place and the proper times". Nobody within that ignoble assembly could be found to deny that occupied Ireland was the "proper place" at this "proper time" of compromise within the British system. The motion was passed by 15-0 and where were the green-ribbon unionists (the Provos)?. They abstained. The spirit of tolerance is in the air (not the spirit of freedom).

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EDENTUBBER MARTYRS COMMEMORATION SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Assemble: Border Inn, Co Louth, 2.30pm Speaker: Ruairí Óg Ó Brádaigh * * * * CHARLIE KERINS COMMEMORATION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 Assemble: Denny Street, Tralee 7.30pm * * * * KEVIN BARRY COMMEMORATION SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 RATHVILLY, CO CARLOW 3pm * * * * McNEELA/GAUGHAN/STAGG COMMEMORATION FEBRUARY 11, 2001 LEIGUE CEMETERY BALLINA On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death on hunger strike in Wakefield prison, England of Republican POW Frank Stagg * * * *

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New book on Dublin / Monaghan cover-up A NEW book by Don Mullan on the Dublin/Monaghan bombings of 1974 says that experts on both sides of the Border knew that the attacks were beyond the capability of the UVF in 1974. The book, The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, published by Wolfhound Press, claims that the explosive for the four bombs was provided by a British soldier and that the devices may even have been assembled by British military experts. On May 17, 1974, three no-warning bombs exploded within 90 seconds of each other in Dublin city center, killing 26 men, women and children. Ninety minutes later, a fourth bomb exploded in Monaghan, killing another seven people. Initially both the UVF and UDA denied responsibility. However, a number of years ago the UVF claimed to have carried out the bombings on their own. The book claims that an investigation by 26-County police which had identified suspects was shut down within months of the atrocity. "I think there is a very serious problem for the southern authorities in that, given the synchronized nature of the bombings -- they exploded with 100% efficiency -- clearly experts on both sides were saying that this was beyond the capability of the UVF in 1974," Don Mullan said. "If British Intelligence w ere involved in planning the political murder of citizens of a friendly EU neighbouring state, then the implications of that dwarfs Bloody Sunday," he added. Meanwhile, a report in October by the Pat Finucane Centre linked the Dublin/Monaghan bombings to more than 30 other attacks carried out by a group composed of members of the UVF, UDA, UDR and RUC.

Provos’ ‘complete make-over’

ACCORDING to newspaper reports at the beginning of November the Provisionals’ political organisation is "re-branding" itself with a view to the 26-County general election in 2001.

"A complete make-over" is how the Evening Herald described it on November 1. Their slogan "The Republican Party" is to be replaced with the catch-cry "Share the Wealth" -- to get away from the Republican image, no doubt.

The logo of ‘S’ and ‘F’ over a map of Ireland is to be replaced with something "more modern and less strident". A £500 prize is being offered for the best suggestion.

Always keen to help, SAOIRSE has come up with the logo printed above as a suitable design. As the Provisionals now boast two British Crown Ministers in Stormont we think it would be entirely appropriate.


» Call for community inquiry into killing IN A statement on October 25 Republican Sinn Féin in Belfast called for a community inquiry into the killing of Joe O’Connor on October 13, "due to the present climate of uncertainty, tension and fear gripping the Ballymurphy area and indeed Belfast. We do not believe that a public inquiry with the end aim of naming individuals would alleviate the concerns and fears of the people in Republican/Nationalist areas, we believe a public inquiry would raise tensions and would lead without a doubt to more killings. It is our view that a community inquiry with the aim of naming the organisation responsible for the killing Mr O’Connor is the only way to alleviate community fears . . .
» CIRA Belfast interview IN AN interview with the Belfast Irish News on October 16, the Belfast Brigade of the Continuity Irish Republican Army accused the Provisional militia of the murder of Joseph O’Connor. The spokesperson told the newspaper that all Volunteers had been put on full-scale alert. O’Connor’s killing meant the Provos were doing the "dirty work of the British", the spokesperson said. The Provisionals had been compiling dossiers on CIRA Volunteers and Provo dissidents for some time, and it had been expected that someone from either organisation would be shot . . .
» Collusion evidence in 1970s killings THE Pat Finucane Centre presented a report on October 14 into Crown Forces/death squads collusion which resulted in 87 killings during the 1970s. The report was presented at a press conference in Crossmaglen which was attended by about 40 relatives of the victims . . .
» Waste protest at Dublin Castle REPRESENTATIVES from the Environmental and Community Groups opposed to the Dublin government’s plans to build incinerators and superdumps demonstrated outside "Waste Management and Renewable Energy" conference at Dublin Castle on October 10 . . .
» Longford rejects incineration REPUBLICAN Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Lynch has welcomed the decision of Longford County Council on October 31 to reject incineration as part of the Midlands Regional Waste Plan . . .
» Dublin only county that has passed incineration plans SEVEN Regional waste management plans are currently before the local authorities in the 26-Counties. Six of the seven involved varying percentages of waste incineration/thermal treatment (Cork’s plan does not , as it was drafted before the others). The Dublin region is the only one where all local authorities have approved the plan. In all other regions, there have been major setbacks for the plans . . .

PAMPHLETS

1. Where We Stand – ÉIRE NUA and SAOL NUA.
2. An Ghaeilge – The Irish Language. Why it is so important.
3. Elections and Abstentionism.
4. Treoir – Guidelines for the use and promotion of Irish in Republican Sinn Féin.
5. Youth in Republican Sinn Féin.

All Cumann should have at least one set of these documents for new members. Available at the Ard-Fheis in Dublin on November 18-19 next.


» Gaeilge agus Gaeltacht AG machnamh dom inné faoin ábhar atá romhainn inniu, mar atá Gaeilge agus Gaeltacht, amach ón imfhios a tháinig dán a scríobh an file mór de chuid Cheanada, d’eile ach Frost, The Road Least Travelled. Bóthar Athréimiú na Gaeilge, arsa an Bhean Imfheasa. Agus go deimhin sin é an bóthar atá múchta nach mór le luifearnach, ceal úsáide . . .

500 attend Bogside unveiling

PRISONERS

A PROMINENT meeting organised by the Hammersmith & Fulham Trades Council and the Connolly Association was held in London on September 30.

In attendance were members of the Highstead-Flannery Cumann, Republican Sinn Féin, who brought to the attention of those present the plight of Tommy Crossan and his fellow comrades.

The Chairman of the Cumann raised the question of political status with Jeremy Corbyn MP, one of the prominent speakers at the meeting, who gave an undertaking that this matter would be raised at the highest level.

Mitchell McLoughlin, Provisional Sinn Féin, another of the speakers, was also questioned on his stance on political status but he would only answer that he considered them political prisoners and that they should all be released.

Members of Republican Sinn Féin reminded Mitchell McLoughlin that he did not speak for all Republicans, that he and his friends were lackeys of the Brits and that they had done more to copper-fasten Partition than any group since the Treaty.


» Coventry campaigners harassed MEMBERS of the Fitzsimmons-McDade Cumann, Republican Sinn Féin were harassed and intimidated whilst campaigning for the POWs on October 15 in Coventry city centre . . .

Gearrscéalta

TWO nationalist workmen were terrorised out of a loyalist estate by a masked gang on October 23. The pair, believed to be from Derry, had been working in Innis Avenue in the Rathcoole area north of Belfast when at around 3.20pm they came under attack from a gang who fired blank shots in their direction. The workmen were then ordered out of the estate.


» GAA club targeted for fourth time A CO Antrim GAA club became the target of loyalist incendiaries for the fourth time when the building became engulfed in flames on October 19 . . .
» Coleraine man shot by loyalists A YOUNG Co Derry man came under attack from pro-British elements for the second time in two months after being shot and injured in the early hours of October 24. Pro-British death squads are believed to have been responsible for the attack as part of their on-going campaign of driving nationalists out of the area . . .
» Welcome for release of Mountjoy’s ‘Forgotten Ten’ THE National Graves Association of Ireland has welcomed the announcement that the bodies of the ‘Forgotten Ten’ will be released from Mountjoy early next year . . .
» Bloody Sunday inquiry blocked by British THE BRITISH Home Secretary, Jack Straw has blocked evidence due to be given to the Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday . . .
» Republicans in Ennis harassed ON October 15 members of the James Connolly Cumann, Republican Sinn Féin in Ennis were harassed by 26-County police . . .
» Safety review urged IN A statement on October 18 Republican Sinn Féin in Limerick city called on the Department of the Marine to hold an inquiry into the grounding of a ship carrying 500 tons of glue to Limerick port in September. There have been a number of incidents in recent times . . .
» RSF calls for end to slaughter in Palestine ON October 23 Republican Sinn Féin, Belfast demanded the immediate end to the slaughter of innocent Palestinian men, women and children by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank . . .

DURING October an open day for third level students was held in Tallaght Institute of Technology, Co Dublin. Sinn Féin Poblachtach was represented by John Horan and recently-released Republican prisoner Josephine Hayden, who distributed copies of SAOIRSE, policy documents and leaflets on the campaign for political status for Republican prisoners to the large group of students who attended. A lot of interest was shown by the students in the policies of Sinn Féin Poblachtach and some interesting debate took place.

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