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IRA apologises to all their non-combatant victims of the Troubles

Belfast natives give their reaction to yesterday's statement of apology by the IRA

Former Ulster Unionist MP Ken Maginnis gives his reaction to the IRA apology

Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, analyses the significance of the IRA apology, and whether or not it will herald a statement saying the war is finally over

Iona Meyer, chairperson of the RUC Widows' Association, outlines her group's reaction

Paul Bew, Professor of Politics at Queen's University, Belfast, and historian Tim Pat Coogan discuss the possible impact of the IRA apology

Sinn Féin's Alex Maskey, Lord Mayor of Belfast, and David Ervine, PUP leader, debate the merits of the apology

Alan McBride, whose wife was killed in an IRA bomb in the Shankill Road in October 1993, gives a guarded welcome to the IRA statement

Campaign launched to have car lights on during the day

Tim O' Sullivan from the Office of the Director of Traffic with Dublin City Council outlines the reasons for the Lights On Daytime campaign

Criminal facing sentencing escapes from Dublin court

Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, outlines the case of a criminal who ran away during a bizarre court case in Dublin yesterday

Killaloe Music Festival opens tonight

Composer Elaine Agnew discusses a piece of music, based on a poem by WB Yeats, which has been composed especially for the opening of the festival

Ennis Gardaí use new trespass laws to evict travellers

Davey Joyce, Accommodation Officer with the Irish Traveller Movement, and Tomás Ryan, Ennis Town Clerk, debate the merits of the new trespass laws

Ethiopia struggles in the face of AIDS and starvation

Fr Eoin Lambert of the Holy Ghost Fathers discusses the situation in Ethiopia