A plan being put forward by the Limerick City Council Housing Committee to re-locate troublesome families in special clusters of ten to 20 houses has been described as creating 'a ghetto mentality' by a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin.

AS a GAA member I must protest at the presence of Stormont minister Edwin Poots at the recent Dr McKenna Cup football match between Donegal and Down in Newry.

ONE would need a sense of humour fully to appreciate Republican Sinn Féin’s critique of the EU Reform Treaty as expressed by its vice-president Des Dalton (Letters, January 22).

GARDAÍ will maintain a strong visible presence in Dublin today as part of a large security operation for this evening’s historic Six Nations rugby match between Ireland and England at Croke Park.

Republican Sinn Féin has rejected Gerry Adams' offer to meet dissident republicans in an effort to explain his support for endorsing the PSNI.

A prominent member of Republican Sinn Féin in Donegal has stated he has no sympathy for Denis Donaldson who was murdered last week.

RANK-AND-FILE garda sources yesterday criticised the management of last Saturday’s riots following an official Garda report into the events.

GARDAÍ were given an anonymous letter stating that the Continuity IRA was going to target last Saturday's Love Ulster rally in Dublin, according to the garda report into the riots.

THE garda chief in charge of policing the loyalist parade in Dublin insisted the riot was the work of drunken teenagers, most of whom did not belong to any political grouping.

GARDAÍ in Limerick are investigating a shooting incident at the grave of a Continuity IRA member in a city cemetery.

SO puffed up and silly was the letter from Des Dalton of Republican Sinn Féin (Irish Examiner, Dec 13) that, at first glance, I thought it an Après Match skit on gombeen nationalism.

A Limerick man told the Special Criminal Court today that he was at a Republican Sinn Fein meeting discussing a forthcoming republican commemoration when gardaí raided a house in the city.

The defence case in the biggest ever trial of dissident republicans at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin will continue next Tuesday.

The vice president of Republican Sinn Fein (RSF) and the organisation's PRO in Limerick denied at the Special Criminal Court today that they were members of the IRA or any paramilitary organisation.

THE Labour Party is turning its back on neutrality and deserting public service workers by backing the Nice Treaty, the Green Party said yesterday.

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Gaza, ISRAELI forces shot dead a Palestinian policeman and a 13-year-old boy in the Gaza Strip yesterday and two Palestinians hit by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank this week died in hospital, Palestinian officials said.