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PROFILE: The priest and the principal caught in the dispute
A FOUR-year-old girl on her way to school clung to her mother as the Holy Cross dispute entered a second week.
Reid ‘hopeful’ of a resolution as two negotiators arrive
PROTESTANT residents are gearing up for a second week of protests today as the Holy Cross standoff is set to continue. Glenbryn residents confirmed they will engage in a “peaceful” protest as Catholic schoolgirls attempt to make their way to the north Belfast school.
PROFILE: The priest and the principal caught in the dispute
ANNE Tanney is an unlikely media personality. Normally at this time of year, she and her teachers would be getting together to discuss common projects and trips with teachers at neighbouring Wheatfield school.
PROFILE: The priest and the principal caught in the dispute
THE parish priest who has led his flock through the turmoil of the Holy Cross school dispute has said it is the most frightening conflict of the many he has experienced.
Sombre end to week of protest
ONLY the fluttering of flags overhead and the clicking of cameras broke the silence as Catholic schoolchildren made their way to Holy Cross primary school on the fifth day of the dispute.
Secretary of state in urgent meetings
SECRETARY of State John Reid has held a round of emergency meetings to discuss the crisis in north Belfast, ahead of today’s rallies in support of parents and children of Holy Cross primary school.
Adams: I will talk to anyone if it ends this bigoted protest
SINN Fein president Gerry Adams has offered to meet unionists to discuss the ongoing protest outside Holy Cross school in Ardoyne.
Loyalists change tactics as ‘the eyes of the world are on us now’
A deafening wall of noise met Catholic primary school pupils and their parents as the Holy Cross dispute entered its fourth day.
Horn blasts replace blast bombs
A SPOKESMAN for the Protestant community in Upper Ardoyne has said the “peaceful protest” by loyalists will continue on the route Holy Cross pupils take to their school.
15 Holy Cross pupils on sedatives says GP
TERRIFIED children of Holy Cross primary school are being prescribed sedatives and tranquillisers to cope with the trauma of the loyalist protest, it has emerged.
Death threat to parents
A LOYALIST paramilitary group last night issued death threats against members of the Holy Cross parents’ committee whose children today face another hazardous journey to school today.
Hail of bricks, bottles and a blast bomb
THE blast bomb thrown by loyalists protesting at Holy Cross school landed among a line of police officers blocking the Glenbryn Parade.
RHD admits shooting during riots
THE Red Hand Defenders yesterday admitted responsibility for firing shots during serious rioting in north Belfast, which lasted for several hours.
The 'path to barbarism'
TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern and Secretary of State John Reid last night added their voices to calls for an end to the protests at Holy Cross.
Loyalist protest ‘driven by hatred’
NATIONALIST politicians described the blast bomb attack as Catholic school children walked to the Holy Cross school as an act of “anti-Catholic, sectarian bigotry”.
Hutchinson defends U-turn
PROGRESSIVE Unionist assembly member Billy Hutchinson last night claimed he was “misinterpreted” by media after he did a U-turn on a call for an end to the loyalist protest in Ardoyne.
Residents blame RUC for escalation in violence
THE loyalist residents of Glenbryn have vowed to continue their protest at Holy Cross Girls Primary School in Ardoyne.
Churchmen say end the school demo
PRESSURE was mounting from religious and political leaders for an end to sectarian strife at Holy Cross girls school as gunmen returned to the streets of Ardoyne last night.
21 officers injured in loyalist clashes
A POLICE officer was struck by a pipe bomb and 20 others were injured following clashes with loyalist protesters near the Holy Cross Girl’s Primary School yesterday.
Police line the route to school
UP to 70 Land Rovers and hundreds of riot police were in place yesterday to ensure around 40 little girls got to school safely in north Belfast.
Children forced to pick their way through debris
AS the children of Holy Cross Girl’s Primary made their way to school yesterday morning, they stumbled over the rubble of the previous night’s rioting.
A day in the life of Holy Cross schoolgirl Gemma McCabe
LITTLE Gemma McCabe fidgeted nervously while her mother plaited her long hair. She pulled up her long socks, rolled them fashionably around her ankles, hitched up her grey skirt and patiently waited while her mother tied red bows in her hair.
Scenes of violence condemned
POLITICIANS from all sides last night united to condemn the latest scenes of violence outside a Catholic primary school in north Belfast.
School ‘lifted’ by bishop’s visit
Bishop of Down and Connor Patrick Walsh visited Holy Cross primary school yesterday to show support for the pupils and staff.
Calls for end to protest
PROTESTANT Church leaders last night added their weight to calls for an end to the protest outside Holy Cross girls’ primary school, after trouble flared for the second day in a row.
Teenager’s death ‘a senseless loss of life’
A PROTESTANT community was left reeling last night from the death of a teenager killed in a suspected hit-and-run incident at a north Belfast flashpoint.
World’s media watches Ardoyne
THE eyes of the world’s media have focussed on the dispute in Ardoyne as protesters have tried to keep children from their primary school.
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