Conference tallis::celt

1376.0. "More balanced Irish News" by ESSB::PBUTLER () Wed May 04 1994 13:58

Continuing from yesterday..................

This is what was considered newsworthy in the Republic of Ireland today.

The sequence of articles again reflects their relative ranking on the front 
page of todays Irish Times newspaper. 

My object in including this note is to show, hopefully, in a balanced way 
what is important to Irish Celts and what is not. I will be repeating this 
exercise one more day so that I have given a representative view of news here.


"Spring puts damper on prospects for quick sale of TSB".
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The Labour Party Leader Dick Spring, who is also the Irish Foreign Minister,
said that his party (who are in Coalition with the majority Fianna Fail party) 
would oppose any sell off of the Trustee Savings Bank which the Government 
controls. In the programme for government agreed between Fianna Fail and Labour,
a State banking force was to be created consisting of the TSB and two other 
banks which the State controls. 
....Of Celtic interest might be the relatively stable existence of Left wing 
and Right wing parties in Coalition or balance between State and Private banks.

Counting delay postpones first meeting of SA parliment".
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More coverage of South African elections.

"Protestant man killed by INLA".
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The INLA (Irish National Liberation Army) admit murdering 44 year old man
yesterday as he walked to work. INLA claimed he was member of Combined
Loyalist Military Command. The RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) however
desribed the murder as "blatently sectarian". Earlier yesterday a couple and
their son escaped injury when a bomb exploded at their home. Reporter states
bomb planted by loyalist paramilitaries. No details of motive given. 
....Of Celtic interest is obviously the level/ reason for such violence..

"21 children die in orphanage attack".
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Coverage of massacre in Rwanda of 21 children and 13 Red Cross Volunteers.

"�61m grant for NI factory approved".
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British Government wins European Community funding of �100 million for a 
textile plant to be set up in Belfast by a Taiwanese company. In 1990, the 
Republic of Ireland had withdrawn from pursuing the project, obstensively
over doubts about the credibility of the company but who knows. Project 
expected to provide up to 2,300 jobs. 
...Of Celtic interst perhaps is the difficulty in attracting industry to the
Celtic areas of the European Community because of their periphery locations or
the fierce competition for new jobs between the Celtic areas.