The anxiety-ridden countdown to 2 July, when the Orange Order intends to walk down the Garvaghy Road, has started in nationalist areas of Portadown. Orange Order challenged The proposal of the Orange Order to march in Dublin at the end of May has been a public relations disaster for the order, argues John O'Leary . Plastic bullets fired at Lurgan protest Plastic bullets were fired by the RUC at nationalist residents protesting an Orange March through a nationalist part of Lurgan town. Amnesty International slams governments Amnesty International's latest annual human rights report has slammed the failure of both the British and Dublin governments to uphold basic human rights. Housing fix will not hold The Dublin Government have presented their latest housing fix with the launch of the Bacon III report on housing.
Mobile phones are a serious health hazard, according to a New Zealand physicist.
Hooligans and hypocrisy UEFA's threat to throw England out of Euro 2000 was received with almost comic incredulity by the English Football Association, writes Fern Lane . Empey gets it wrong Assembly minister for Enterprise Trade and Investment, Reg Empey, has been praising the North's Industrial Development Board. Gaughan Remembered A large number of people gathered in Ballina last week for the annual Volunteer Michael Gaughan Memorial Lecture. A small box ad brought about 20 interested citizens to a Galway city centre venue on Monday evening.