On This Day / September 9, 1970
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No Peace Without Work
NO JOBS, no peace – that was the Bogside’s message to Mr Richard Sharples, Minister of State at the Home Office during his tour of Derry yesterday. After an hour talking to unemployed men on street corners and people standing at their doors in the Bogside he seemed to agree. ‘I think the underlying problem is that of jobs … particularly shortage of opportunities for school leavers.’
Mr John Hume, MP, who accompanied Mr Sharples on his visit, said: ‘The main thing I wanted to impress on the Minister was the unemployment problem and to press the urgent need for action.’
At Rossville Street the Minister was approached by Mr Eamonn McCann, chairman of the Derry Labour Party, who bluntly told him: ‘I feel you are only fulfilling a public relations exercise but if you come here with factories, you are welcome.’
End Gerrymander, Minister Told
NATIONALIST MP, Mr John Carron put the case for a drastic reform of local government in Fermanagh to Mr Richard Sharples who visited the county yesterday.
Mr Carron said the Unionist minority was represented by 35 Councillors while the Nationalist majority was represented by only 17.
Blast Victim’s IRA Funeral
THE Belfast man killed in an explosion at an electricity transformer was buried in the Republican Plot at Milltown Cemetery yesterday. He was Mr Michael Kane, a 45-year-old labourer.
About a thousand mourners walked behind his remains from St Patrick’s Church in Donegall Street. Crowds of Protestants gathered at Peter’s Hill and were contained by RUC and military police as the funeral passed.
In a brief oration, Mr Sean Stevenson [the Provisional IRA leader, Seán MacStiofan] said that another patriot had made the supreme sacrifice ‘because of the great evil of British rule’.
‘Petticoat’ Peace Brigade for Belfast
A ‘PETTICOAT Brigade’ to help ensure community peace may soon be operating throughout the Belfast area. Last night twenty women, including some from Ballymurphy, Cregagh, North Belfast and Lisburn, met at the invitation of Protestant and Catholic Encounter [PACE] and talked about peace and how they could bring their influence to bear.
Trinity Ban Goes
THE BAN on Catholics attending Trinity College, Dublin has been lifted officially. An announcement from Ara Coeli, Armagh, residence of Cardinal Conway, said the Holy See had given the necessary approval to the repeal of Statute 287 of the Maynooth Synod.
[Dr Phoenix notes: As the civil rights reforms continued to work themselves through, these reports highlighted the growing gulf between Hume’s constitutional nationalism and the IRA’s campaign. In an increasingly militarised situation, there was little space for the well-meaning ‘Petticoat Brigade’.
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No Peace Without Work
NO JOBS, no peace – that was the Bogside’s message to Mr Richard Sharples, Minister of State at the Home Office during his tour of Derry yesterday. After an hour talking to unemployed men on street corners and people standing at their doors in the Bogside he seemed to agree. ‘I think the underlying problem is that of jobs … particularly shortage of opportunities for school leavers.’
Mr John Hume, MP, who accompanied Mr Sharples on his visit, said: ‘The main thing I wanted to impress on the Minister was the unemployment problem and to press the urgent need for action.’
At Rossville Street the Minister was approached by Mr Eamonn McCann, chairman of the Derry Labour Party, who bluntly told him: ‘I feel you are only fulfilling a public relations exercise but if you come here with factories, you are welcome.’
End Gerrymander, Minister Told
NATIONALIST MP, Mr John Carron put the case for a drastic reform of local government in Fermanagh to Mr Richard Sharples who visited the county yesterday.
Mr Carron said the Unionist minority was represented by 35 Councillors while the Nationalist majority was represented by only 17.
Blast Victim’s IRA Funeral
THE Belfast man killed in an explosion at an electricity transformer was buried in the Republican Plot at Milltown Cemetery yesterday. He was Mr Michael Kane, a 45-year-old labourer.
About a thousand mourners walked behind his remains from St Patrick’s Church in Donegall Street. Crowds of Protestants gathered at Peter’s Hill and were contained by RUC and military police as the funeral passed.
In a brief oration, Mr Sean Stevenson [the Provisional IRA leader, Seán MacStiofan] said that another patriot had made the supreme sacrifice ‘because of the great evil of British rule’.
‘Petticoat’ Peace Brigade for Belfast
A ‘PETTICOAT Brigade’ to help ensure community peace may soon be operating throughout the Belfast area. Last night twenty women, including some from Ballymurphy, Cregagh, North Belfast and Lisburn, met at the invitation of Protestant and Catholic Encounter [PACE] and talked about peace and how they could bring their influence to bear.
Trinity Ban Goes
THE BAN on Catholics attending Trinity College, Dublin has been lifted officially. An announcement from Ara Coeli, Armagh, residence of Cardinal Conway, said the Holy See had given the necessary approval to the repeal of Statute 287 of the Maynooth Synod.
[Dr Phoenix notes: As the civil rights reforms continued to work themselves through, these reports highlighted the growing gulf between Hume’s constitutional nationalism and the IRA’s campaign. In an increasingly militarised situation, there was little space for the well-meaning ‘Petticoat Brigade’.
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No Peace Without Work
NO JOBS, no peace – that was the Bogside’s message to Mr Richard Sharples, Minister of State at the Home Office during his tour of Derry yesterday. After an hour talking to unemployed men on street corners and people standing at their doors in the Bogside he seemed to agree. ‘I think the underlying problem is that of jobs … particularly shortage of opportunities for school leavers.’
Mr John Hume, MP, who accompanied Mr Sharples on his visit, said: ‘The main thing I wanted to impress on the Minister was the unemployment problem and to press the urgent need for action.’
At Rossville Street the Minister was approached by Mr Eamonn McCann, chairman of the Derry Labour Party, who bluntly told him: ‘I feel you are only fulfilling a public relations exercise but if you come here with factories, you are welcome.’
End Gerrymander, Minister Told
NATIONALIST MP, Mr John Carron put the case for a drastic reform of local government in Fermanagh to Mr Richard Sharples who visited the county yesterday.
Mr Carron said the Unionist minority was represented by 35 Councillors while the Nationalist majority was represented by only 17.
Blast Victim’s IRA Funeral
THE Belfast man killed in an explosion at an electricity transformer was buried in the Republican Plot at Milltown Cemetery yesterday. He was Mr Michael Kane, a 45-year-old labourer.
About a thousand mourners walked behind his remains from St Patrick’s Church in Donegall Street. Crowds of Protestants gathered at Peter’s Hill and were contained by RUC and military police as the funeral passed.
In a brief oration, Mr Sean Stevenson [the Provisional IRA leader, Seán MacStiofan] said that another patriot had made the supreme sacrifice ‘because of the great evil of British rule’.
‘Petticoat’ Peace Brigade for Belfast
A ‘PETTICOAT Brigade’ to help ensure community peace may soon be operating throughout the Belfast area. Last night twenty women, including some from Ballymurphy, Cregagh, North Belfast and Lisburn, met at the invitation of Protestant and Catholic Encounter [PACE] and talked about peace and how they could bring their influence to bear.
Trinity Ban Goes
THE BAN on Catholics attending Trinity College, Dublin has been lifted officially. An announcement from Ara Coeli, Armagh, residence of Cardinal Conway, said the Holy See had given the necessary approval to the repeal of Statute 287 of the Maynooth Synod.
[Dr Phoenix notes: As the civil rights reforms continued to work themselves through, these reports highlighted the growing gulf between Hume’s constitutional nationalism and the IRA’s campaign. In an increasingly militarised situation, there was little space for the well-meaning ‘Petticoat Brigade’.
On This Day is a daily column in the Irish News looking back either 50 or 100 years. The column was compiled by Dr Éamon Phoenix from the mid 1980s until autumn, 2022. The Foundation is very grateful to the Irish News for giving permission to reproduce Eamon’s columns. Funding gratefully received from Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and the Magill Trust.
* The Foundation has worked hard to recreate Eamon’s distinctive voice through AI. Since this is an emerging technology, occasional imperfections may be audible.