Bloody Sunday
pressure mounts

British soldiers attacking cililians during a massacre which left 14 dead

The 25 year campaign to prove that Bloody Sunday was state sponsored murder is now putting the British government under enormous pressure to open a new public inquiry into the deaths. more

Bloody Sunday evidence shows planned operation

Twenty five years of cover-ups

Extracts from Eyewitness Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday solidarity

Governor lied to escape inquiry

In what is fast becoming a sensational trial into the breakout from Whitemoor Prison in September 1994, the prison governor has given evidence in court, under oath, that he misled the Woodcock Inquiry into the escape.

McAliskey case fails

Roisin McAliskey failed in her attempt to block an extradition hearing at the High Court in London on Wednesday.

Quinn's last stand

Neil Forde looks at this year's budget, and calls for real tax reform with a commitment to the principle of equity.

New IRA weapon

A new IRA weapon came into use in the past week which saw two attacks on British forces.

Larne family in narrow escape

A Larne family, including a five month old baby, narrowly escaped death when a loyalist explosive device exploded under their van.

Tyrone men viciously assaulted

Just hours after he buried his father Tyrone man Sean McGuigan, along with two friends, Kevin Sutton and Trevor Daly, was savagely beaten by the RUC.

`Major admits failure' - Adams

Gerry Adams has described as an ``admission of failure'' the statement by John Major that he would return to the Irish peace process ``refreshed and invigorated'' after the British general election.

A genius for understatement

John Major's remark on Wednesday that the Irish peace process has ``hit a sticky patch'' was on a par with the infamous description of the Second World War as the ``recent unpleasantness'', writes Micheal MacDonncha.

Snap appeal to prevent campaign

The family of miscarriage of justice victim Damien Sullivan claim that he has been given an early appeal in order to ``clamp down on our ability to get a public campaign going''.

Paras back in Coalisland

The announcement that the Parachute Regiment is to return to Coalisland in east Tyrone has brought a strom of protest from the local community,

US to repatriate Maguire

Republican prisoner Eamon Maguire is one of three prisoners who have been given preliminary approval by the United States Justice Department for repatriation to Irish prisons.

Attacks `not by republicans'

Derry Sinn Féin Councillor Cathal Crumley has described attacks on the homes of SDLP councillors Pat Devine and Jim Clifford as ``totally indefensible'' and has offered his sympathy to the men's families.

other public rep for Sinn Féin

``A victory for the democratic process,'' were the words which an elated Anne O'Leary used to describe her co-option as a Sinn Féin public representative onto Bantry Town Commission on Tuesday.

The huts are back

Two drug-watch huts have been erected again in Tallaght while two more are to go up in the coming week.

RUC interrogation details used by Garda

A Limerick woman living in West Belfast has decided to leave the city after both the Gardai and RUC threatened her with loyalists.

Putting children first

Finian McGrath wonders if the new Education Bill really does herald a radical change for schools in the 26 Counties

Snobbery deepens Dublin housing crisis

At the top end of the housing scale in the capital demand is high and the wealthy are competing for the prime properties, yet there is an acute housing shortage in Dublin, writes Micheal MacDonncha

Greenpeace may fold

``Greenpeace is too hierarchical, bureaucratic and authoritarian'' - these are the reasons suggested by a former member of the organisation for the possible closure of its Irish branch.

SDLP rejects memorial

Sinn Fein has failed in a proposal bid to have an extension at the Magherafelt College of Further and Higher Education named after murdered party colleague and college lecturer Councillor Bernard O'Hagan.

Harvey memorial unveiled

On Sunday 2,000 people gathered at Flynn's junction outside Crossmaglen for the unveiling of a monument to Volunteer Séamus Harvey who was killed 20 years ago.