Schoolchildren at risk.Belfast--A bomb exploded on Wednesday, September 5, near Holy Cross primary school in Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. , wounding four policemen "The Four Policemen" was a term coined by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to refer to the four major Allies of World War II and founders of the United Nations (UN): the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China. and terrorizing Catholic schoolgirls. Th girls of Holy Cross and their parents walked to school surrounded by police, armoured cars, and wire fencing in ace of a demonstration by Protestant Loyalists who insulted them and pelted them with stones. In many other towns, relations between Protestants and Catholics have gradually improved over the past decade, but there are still places where bigotry runs deep--and Ardoyne is full of ancient hatreds. Catholic mothers found it harrowing to escort their daughters to school through a cordon of policemen, while Protestants called them "Fenian scum." On September 21, three weeks later, with daily mayhem still continuing, police finally arrested six young troublemakers. No one has been arrested yet for the murder of Martin O'Hagan Owen Martin O'Hagan, (June 23 1950 – September 28 2001) was an Irish journalist from Lurgan, Northern Ireland. He is the most prominent journalist to be assassinated during the the Troubles (Eddie Henty, a British photojournalist/photographer was killed on April 24, 1993, by , a Catholic, and the first journalist shot to death in Northern Ireland's 30 years of strife. An investigative reporter for the Sunday World, O'Hagan had come too close to the truth about the rabidly rab·id adj. 1. Of or affected by rabies. 2. Raging; uncontrollable: rabid thirst. 3. Extremely zealous or enthusiastic; fanatical: a rabid football fan. anti-Catholic Loyalist Volunteer Force Noun 1. Loyalist Volunteer Force - a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace , a militia of drug pushers and killers (Metro Today, Oct. 2/01). |
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