DEVOLUTION DEAL ‘BROKEN’
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has accused the DUP of reneging on a deal
for the devolution of policing and justice powers from London to
Belfast this month.
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McGuinness says IRA finished, attacks hardliners
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has warned that any attempt to bring the
Provisional IRA back into the political equation “is a big mistake”.
Paisley, Ahern declare history at Boyne site
First Minister Ian Paisley at the Battle of the Boyne site said on
Wednesday that people should together share “this island home” of
Ireland and be an example to the world.
Tear down the walls, urges Bloomberg
A high profile US-Northern Ireland investment conference has been
taking place in Belfast this afternoon [Thursday].
US still holds H-Block escaper
H-Block escapee Pol Brennan will remain in a Texas jail for several
more weeks, and possibly months, after an immigration judge denied him
bail.
Real IRA convictions quashed
The Court of Criminal Appeal in Dublin has quashed the convictions by
the non-jury Special Criminal Court of five Munster men on charges of
membership of the Real IRA.
US action alert - Free Pol Brennan
Irish political refugee Pol Brennan needs our help and support.
A split’s not always first thing on agenda
When friends and comrades disagree the fall-out is always specially
painful, even terrible. But never hopeless.