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This archive contains references to articles from December 16-31, 1999. If you find a link that is out of date please let us know by e-mailing the Newshound.
Friday, December 31Huge majority want unity in the next 20 years - poll: Irish Independent
Contradictions over the desire for unity: Irish Independent
Millennium heralds NI's bright future: BBC
Make 2000 the year of permanent peace: The Irish Times
Success at last after decades of bombs and years of talks: The Independent
Ireland at peace with itself is at hand: The Examiner
It's your choice - Hume is man of the millennium: Irish Independent
Warring loyalist groups spark high security alert: The Examiner
Peerage for Parades chairman: BBC
Thursday, December 30
Ahern: Dissidents threaten peace: BBC
Internecine warfare feared as leading Provos defect to Real IRA: The Examiner
Optimism in North, no room for complacency: The Irish Times
Grandad Adams sees Sinn Fein multiply: The Guardian
Finishing line is in sight, says Trimble: The Examiner
John Hume's Century: The Irish Times (Editorial)
Scotland may already be lost, fears Major: Electronic Telegraph
Wednesday, December 29
Face political realities - warning: BBC
Leaders relive year of peace: Irish News
Border groups to get extra cash aid: Irish Independent
Vote of confidence in developing trust: Irish News (Editorial)
Loyalist tension blamed for violence: BBC
DUP minister promises his department will be best: The Irish Times
North's regions must get fair deal: The Irish Times
Tuesday, December 28
Kempton Park evacuated after bomb threat: Electronic Telegraph
Police dilemma over bomb warning at races: The Independent
Base hoax: Irish Independent (Editorial)
Looking to the future: The Irish Times (Editorial)
Trimble's opponents have got it all wrong so far: The Irish Times
Monday, December 27
Provo bosses want to legitimately retain guns for personal protection: The Examiner
Adams ‘will not run for the Dail’: Irish News
Orange support for district master's protest: The Irish Times
Hope rises from ashes of the past: Irish News
Just one inmate spends holiday in the Maze: The Irish Times
CHURCH AND STATE: The Times (Editorial)
Sectarianism of any kind is dated: Irish News (Editorial)
Leaders of churches see need for reconciliation: The Irish Times
Sunday, December 26
Adams to stand for Dail seat: The Sunday Times
Archbishop will not remove Fr Denis Faul: Sunday Independent
Trouble looms in Lurgan over death of lawyer: Boston Herald
Sinister signal of IRA intent: Sunday Independent
Past that offers promise for future: The Sunday Times
Intimidation still on the menu: Sunday Independent
The Best and Worst of the Year: by Niall O'Dowd (Ireland on Sunday)
Year of uncertainty ahead: BBC
TV race to relive Bloody Sunday: The Sunday Times
Where the living envy the dead: Sunday Independent
Archbishop opens the way to Catholic crown: The Sunday Times
Saturday, December 25
No News Today
Friday, December 24
Ireland in secret talks to end rift: The Times
Government denies secret talks on Commonwealth: The Irish Times
Have yourself an Orange little Christmas: Irish News
Leaders remember lost lives: BBC
Mandelson hails 'age of grown-up politics' in Ulster: The Independent
RTÉ accused of backing British analysis on North: The Irish Times
Cheers and hugs as terrorists walk free: Electronic Telegraph
Minister refuses parole for dissident republicans: The Irish Times
Loyalist truce is queried by case: Irish News
Sinn Féin critical of British plan for security: The Examiner
Peace to men of goodwill: Irish News (Editorial)
Invitation of St Patrick's Mass turned down: The Irish Times
Thursday, December 23
Mum to tell story of son’s murder: Irish News
The IRA's Christmas present: Electronic Telegraph (Editorial)
The Orange Order and SF's alleged 'oath': Belfast Telegraph
Ulster security to be relaxed: The Guardian
Security cuts plan lacking substance - Sinn Féin: The Irish Times
Dissidents will delay scaling down of security: The Irish Times
Maze empties as terrorists get Christmas leave: Electronic Telegraph
Bennett accused to be freed: BBC
Mandelson confident of settlement on Drumcree: The Examiner
Parade threat by hardline Orangemen: The Irish Times
Secrets charges against Ulster spy author dropped: The Guardian
MPs urged to abolish anti-Catholic act: BBC
Wednesday, December 22
Ahern under pressure to allow Northern politicians to contest elections in South: The Examiner
A tale of three cities: The Guardian (Editorial)
Time both sides concentrated on working councils: Irish News
Major leads protest against plan to absolve Sinn Fein from loyalty oath: The Independent
Why Sinn Fein need the Assembly to work: Irish Independent
Hume’s hopes - and his regrets: Irish News
Turbulent priest: The Guardian
Barristers boycott ceremony over declaration: The Irish Times
Outdated and irrelevant oath: Irish News (Editorial)
Inquiry lawyers’ plea for bullets: Irish News
Tuesday, December 21
New law to boost Adams's ambitions: The Times
Last IRA prisoners freed under pact: Irish Independent
Wanted IRA men are back in North: The Examiner
Trimble lobbies president on guns: BBC
UUP sets date for participation vote: The Irish Times
Irish question has McCain bogged down: Electronic Telegraph
Northern Catholic barristers to boycott over oath to Queen: The Examiner
Monday, December 20
NIO given list of IRA suspects:Belfast Telegraph
First moves to heal bombings trauma: Irish Independent
DUP refused education job, says UUP: Belfast Telegraph
Impossible dreams becoming a reality: Irish News
'Blame UVF for killing the Quinn boys': Belfast Telegraph
British loyalist `Mad Dog' Adair happy about peace: Boston Herald
NI peace briefing for Clinton: BBC
Clinton may be urged to promote decommissioning: The Irish Times
Sinn Féin denies knowing about Westminster offices: The Examiner
Row over policing convulses Carrickmore: The Irish Times
Northern Ireland at the Turn of the Millennium: G21.NET
Inquiry into 1974 Irish bombings: Electronic Telegraph
Announcement may ease suffering of relatives: The Irish Times
Breaking up: how long can Britain last?: The Times
Sunday, December 19
Peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland: Boston Globe
A vision of Ireland to make revisionists choke: Sunday Business Post
Disarmament still the domino that could topple rest: Boston Herald
NI jigsaw missing d-shaped piece: BBC
Trimble to Meet Clinton on Decomissioning: by Niall O'Dowd (Ireland on Sunday)
Mallon - All depends on IRA: BBC
DUP tour put police and soldiers' lives 'at risk': The Sunday Times
North South Ministerial Council far cry from Council of Ireland: by Brian Feeney (Sunday Tribune)
Ireland rings out Troubled century: Boston Herald
Let's take on Sinn Fein bullies: The Sunday Times
World heads in tribute to victims of Troubles: The Sunday Times
IRA and UVF pair in paper alliance: The Observer
Sinn Fein must end intimidation of Fr Faul - John Bruton: Sunday Independent
Barristers oppose Crown oath: BBC
Police claim to have seized Sunday Times whistleblower: The Sunday Times
Cash boost for Ulster Scots: BBC
Sinn Fein to win offices in Commons: The Sunday Times
Saturday, December 18
Green fingers are now holding the purse strings: Irish News
British-Irish panel makes history: It meets: Boston Globe
Compromise no longer a dirty word: Belfast Telegraph (Editorial)
Normality has finally arrived: Irish News (Editorial)
More Provo prisoners to be released next week: Irish Independent
RUC reforms to start in new year: BBC
Article on Patten report criticised: The Irish Times
Blair accused of turning blind eye to IRA terrorists: Electronic Telegraph
Council is weak, says Dodds: The Irish Times
Goodwill all round at the British-Irish summit: The Guardian
Challenge to IRA after Irish-British meeting: The Irish Times
Council assigns folios in spirit of co-operation: The Examiner
The hand of peace for a new beginning: Irish Independent
The day the Bailiwicks met the peace process: The Irish Times
Isle seat on the flight from conflict: The Times
Progressive Politics: The Irish Times (Editorial)
New hope for a new millennium in new Ireland: The Examiner (Editorial)
An Irishman's Diary: The Irish Times
Legal challenge to barristers' oath: BBC
Bishops say lack of trust is still core problem in North: The Irish Times
Friday, December 17
Clearout of Provo prisoners in days: Irish Independent
Ahern vows to crush dissidents: Irish News
Robinson in cleft stick after `meeting' with Sinn Fein: Irish Independent
Legal Team Probes Irish Lawyer's Death: Cal Law (Dec.13)
Historic step on way to lasting peace: Irish Independent
Adams unhappy with bug response: Irish News
New hope: Irish Independent (Editorial)
Learning to live together: Belfast Telegraph
Violence sickens ordinary people: Irish News (Editorial)
Blair hails devolution's historic day: BBC
Defence Minister sees gradual troop reductions along Border: The Examiner
'British-Irish Council step forward': BBC
Trimble sets his sights on another goal: The Irish Times
IRA Maze leader gets early release: Electronic Telegraph
Freed IRA man stays silent on arms role: The Guardian
Freed IRA leader may be crucial to peace process: The Independent
New logic emerging in North’s politics: The Examiner
Mandelson: 'I will implement the Patten proposals for RUC reform': The Independent
An Irishman's Diary: The Irish Times
Blair refuses call by MSPs to allow Catholic monarch: The Times
Thursday, December 16
Crunch time for politicians: Irish News (Editorial)
Peace?...It is not a time for delicate footwork ...: Belfast Telegraph
Faul guy: Electronic Telegraph (Editorial)
All have sinned but will all be punished equally?: Irish Independent
The way Ulster relies on Scots to a large measure: Belfast Telegraph
Days of despair in a teenager’s troubles diary: Irish News
A sign terrorism is here to stay?: Belfast Telegraph
Amnesty hope for Ulster's exiles: The Times
Republican faction fights to oust priest: Electronic Telegraph
Republicans list police hero in anti-RUC leaflet: The Irish Times
Invasion of the Mercs: The Irish Times
Ministers appointed after debate: BBC
Measures set to usher in new economic era in North: The Irish Times
MEPs in clash over Irish fund: The Irish Times