"We don't have the ability to force redundancy or force exit, so essentially we had to create a culture with a pull factor, " notes Martin O'Halloran, the project manager for Eircom's access network.

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Ulster 71 was to be the high point of Mr O'Neill's pet project of civic pride weeks that had been held throughout NI during the previous four years.

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"There are concerns that these young people are not aware of the weapons which may be present at the scene of the proposed fight site and that they are also unaware of the geography of the area which may include an interface, " Mr O'Reilly of the Community Bridges Project, Duncairn Gardens, said.

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