Challenge otar tarule hospital and student Registration: £2.50 [ciaimants £1.50]. Creche and transpor contnet CACTL, c/o THE HOLIDAY resorl of Newcastle, County Down, was host to the annual conference of the cial Democra rty from 4-6 Novemt Last year's seen this largely Catholic middle class party splic down the middle indeperdence and British with issues -nTORS real tribure to the party man. sh aithdrawal vere thenschve Motions and Labour conference had beens, bul never wasers' La comicot- tron Devlin was :
SBL.P founder Paddy emerged titled Facing Reality.
wide choice of "realities"
prospect of SOVULINA shon it is a hot-potch demanding Brit- merely withdrawn and a resolution urging discussion af independence hot tac Nortl was passco Dyer The Irish Independence Party was dismissed as 'not juse ha the only reference to Devlin wat members party leade Gerry Fill who said he was sac "personal believe in What the delegates did do was to give near unanimous support to a new policy docurbent enile choie of ealie : There is an emphasis on Loyalist antransigence, hur also one on the There is both the lrish dimen- LOWCI sharing" on" and reference to Britain's responsibilities". inthe spapers over the divitions Thas while the Deputy Leader Joho Hume saw the document in turning Ireland into a 'benuti Ful patchwork quilt - - united in oneraiy , Iwo punct. promenee Ivan Coope aDd nddy Duffy, declared, 'we har LU HSEEUC CICHE TAE MS only one Ching British withdmwal Le mote that ursoange i UITUIC COUITIT Balumurchs Community Centa in West Belfast. Artended by over 200 militants. it was organISC Dy Enc ACiRIve Acbon Commitlee, which for the isst 18 monchs has been campaigning on the streets against che remor al of political starus from Republican prisoners.
crence was the high level of political debate and tbe wid
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