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August 29, 2005
United Ireland debate?
Words but no action on sectarian violence
The British government has promised “a crackdown” on sectarian
violence after a three-month-old Catholic baby was showered with
glass and paint by a loyalist hate gang last week.
Dublin divided over IRA ‘treason’
The 26-County Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has broken
with his Prime Minister by declaring that membership of
the Provisional IRA will continue to be illegal despite its
recent declaration of an end to its armed struggle.
Parade problems continue
Violence erupted at a parade by the Protestant Royal Black
Institution in the nationalist town of Castlederg in County
Tyrone at the weekend.
FREE LEONARD HARDY
Concern is growing for the human right of an Irish republican
who is currently languishing in a Spanish jail cell, under
threat of extradition to Germany.
Death of Gerry Fitt
Gerry Fitt, one of the founders of the nationalist SDLP party,
passed away on Friday.
Who fears to speak?
By Tom McGurk (for the Sunday Business Post)
What strange sights are to be seen around Moore Street this week? The southern Irish political establishment are to be found there now wandering around with their history books, looking for Number 16.
The day the people won
By Des Wilson (for the Andersonstown news)
What a good idea it was to have a ceili on the worn out site of the old British military/police barracks on the Andersonstown Road junction.
August 25, 2005
Shell urged to lift injunction
The daughter of one of five Mayo men jailed for opposing a
high-pressure Shell gaspipe line tonight dismissed the oil
giant’s latest statement as a publicity stunt.
Real IRA threatens retaliation
Republican hardliners have threatened unionist paramilitaries
involved in the ongoing sectarian campaign against nationalists
in County Antrim.
Real IRA threatens retaliation
Republican hardliners have threatened unionist paramilitaries
involved in the ongoing sectarian campaign against nationalists
in County Antrim.
Multi-nationals cut and run
Donegal suffered the latest in a series of employment setbacks
yesterday when 560 workers at a US-owned pharmaceuticals plant
were told they are to lose their jobs.
SECTARIAN NIGHTMARE
It is feared that several nights of orchestrated rioting in
north and east Belfast could be the precursor of weeks of
sectarian interface violence.
Minister’s action raises Garda independence issue
By Aisling Reidy
Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties
(for the Sunday Business Post)
Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties
(for the Sunday Business Post)
In the Seanad last March, justice minister Michael McDowell said he wanted to prevent the spectre of “a minister lifting a phone in a bad humour one afternoon [and] influencing the outcome of any individual investigation or prosecution”.
Demilitarisation move reversed
A British commitment to close two spy bases in County Fermanagh
has been reneged upon, it was announced yesterday.
McDowell tirade over Colombia 3
Sinn Féin has dismissed comments made by the 26-County Minister
for Justice on the Colombia 3 as “his usual anti-republican
Ceili at the crossroads sparks memories
By Danny Morrison
www.dannymorrison.com
www.dannymorrison.com
Coming up to 2pm -- the starting time advertised -- things did not look too promising. The small marquee to provide shade for the Trasna Ceili Band was only being erected. The only crowd that had gathered was a demoralised one across the road -- the overspill from McEnaney’s pub, where on television Rangers was giving Celtic a drubbing.
August 20, 2005
Republican arrested over Army base attack
Republicans have urged Spanish authorities to free of a Dundalk
republican in Spain on the foot of a German extradition warrant.
Mo Mowlam remembered
Tributes have been paid on the death of former British Secretary
of State, Mo Mowlam, who finally succumbed to a brain tumour on
Friday morning.
Harassment of republican parade organiser
A civil liberties group has expressed concern after the
organiser of a republican paraade was banned from entering Derry
city by the PSNI police.
UNIONISTS MUST DO MORE
Sinn Fein has accused unionist politicians of doing nothing to
stop paramilitary attacks against nationalists.
Shoot-to-kill
Relatives for Justice have launched an online petition of
support for the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, shot dead by
the London Metropolitan police.
When will we hear the UVF's real plan?
Where are all the 'peace' groups
and those politicians opposed to paramilitary violence,
drug-pushers and criminality?
Time for the PSNI to cut the mustard
What would it take for a senior PSNI officer to appear on TV
after a pipe bomb attack, a petrol bomb attack, a serious
assault, even the murder of a Catholic and say, 'This is a
sectarian attack, one of a series carried out by loyalist
terrorists in this district'?
August 16, 2005
Family flees loyalist fire-bomb campaign
Another family has been forced to leave the under-siege village of
Ahoghill after sectarian paint bombers launched new attacks on a
Catholic chapel, school and house.
Ireland’s Alamo falling into ruin
The last refuge of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising should be
converted into an interpretative centre before it becomes a ruin,
heritage campaigners have said.
Apprentice Boys parade passes quietly
Saturday’s parade by the Protestant Apprentice Boys organisation
through the city centre of Derry passed off without major incident.
MURDERING WITH IMPUNITY
Elements within the UVF murdered a Catholic child as he shopped for
sweets with friends last week and yesterday shot dead a paramilitary
rival.
Loyalist feuding set to escalate
UVF gunmen who assassinated a delivery driver outside a south Belfast
shop have pledged to intensify their onslaught against their
paramilitary rivals.
One out - all out!
A look at the growing campaign to free Dessie O’Hare, one of a handful
of prisoners qualifying for release under the 1998 Good Friday
Agreement but who remain in jail by order of the 26-County government.
Open letter to Shell
In this open letter to Shell, the Rossport Five call on the company
to lift a court injunction so they can leave prison and attend talks
with the oil company over its controversial plans to build a gas
refinery near their County Mayo homes.
IRA departure opens new political scenario
By Jim Gibney (for the Irish News)
The declaration by the IRA that the armed struggle was over received worldwide political and media attention.
August 11, 2005
Speculation grows over new policing moves
New British legislation, providing for the eventual transfer of
policing and justice powers to the Belfast assembly, is expected
to be passed in October, according to reports.
Councillor targeted in murder bid
A Sinn Féin councillor has escaped injury in a petrol bomb
attack on his County Down home.
McBride family in US talks
Campaigners for justice in the case of murdered Belfast teenager
Peter McBride have met US consul-general Howard Dean Pittman to
discuss a U.S. link to the killing
Marchers call for release of republican
A number of Catholic homes were attacked by unionist
paramilitaries in Ballymena following a republican march in the
town.
COLOMBIA THREE MUST STAY
There is increasing evidence that there is no legal basis nor
political will to return three victims of a miscarriage of
justice to Colombia or to imprison them in Ireland.
Towards Justice
The Washington-based lobbyist Father Sean McManus
gave the annual Damian Walsh lecture last week.
Continuity IRA mount bomb attack
Dissident republicans placed a bomb in a hijacked vehicle and
told its driver to park it outside a PSNI station on Tuesday.
DUP’s world of fantasy comes crashing down
By Danny Morrison
www.dannymorrison.com
www.dannymorrison.com
The fantasy world of the DUP and its voters came crashing down around them in the space of a few days last week. In their delusional world - which became even more heady when the DUP outpolled the Ulster Unionist Party to become the chosen representatives of the unionist people - the DUP are masters of the universe and the UUP “sell-out” would not only end but be reversed.
August 7, 2005
Sinn Féin seeks to build momentum
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has called on both governments
and all political parties to build momentum in the peace process
following a meeting with Tony Blair.
RIRA ruling puts pressure on non-jury system
Calls were made last night for an overhaul of the 26-County
justice following a ruliong by the Court of Criminal Appeal in
Dublin ruled that the conviction of five men charged with Real
IRA membership may be unsafe.
Shell accused of ‘red herring’
Shell Ireland has announced that it will not lay the offshore
section of pipeline for the Corrib gas field until next year
after heavy protests by local residents and environmentalists.
Unprecedented lottery win for Limerick woman
Limerick housewife Dolores McNamara has collected the biggest
jackpot in European Lottery history, sustaining frenzied tabloid
coverage of the extraordinary windfall.
WELCOME HOME
Joy for Colombia 3 families
Caitriona Ruane, who led the ‘Bring Them Home’ campaign for the Colombia 3, described the moment when the families were reunited as “one of the memories that will remain with me for the rest of my life”.
Feuding continues as police move in
A shooting in north Belfast which left a man seriously injured
has been blamed on the unionist paramilitary feud as police
efforts to mount a crackdown have led to serious rioting.
The story of the Colombia 3
A summary of the case, trial, acquittal and conviction on appeal
of the Colombia 3.
North political momentum must be maintained
By Gerry Adams (for the Irish Times)
On Tuesday, I stood with the residents of Divis Tower in west Belfast, as the British army began dismantling the infamous spy post that has blighted their lives for more than three decades.
August 3, 2005
Paisley blasts British ‘surrender’
The Dublin and London governments have been threatened with the
“righteous indigination of the unionist population” if efforts
continue to restore a local power-sharing administration in the
North of Ireland.
Ballymena parade to go ahead
The organisers of a republican parade planned for Ballymena next
week have dismissed an appeal by Sinn Féin to call it off.
Loyalists kill, maim, burn, bomb
A third man has been murdered in Belfast in the latest upsurge
in the feud between unionist paramilitary groups as a wave of
sectarian attacks continues.
TIME TO GO
The British Army has begun dismantling some of its most infamous
spyposts in the North of Ireland as part of a major programme of
demilitarisation and troop withdrawal.
Mystery of the Miami murders
The question of collusion has continued to dominate the silence
since the night the music died in July 1975.
Northern MPs to gain Dail speaking rights
Reports indicate that the 26-County Prime Minister, Taoiseach Bertie
Ahern will soon grant the North’s 18 elected MPs and three European
MEPs the right to address debates in the Dublin parliament and possibly
participate in parliamentary committees.
Human rights group backs McCord collusion claim
A dossier on a unionist paramilitary murder at the centre of
allegations of police collusion in murder has been sent to the
United Nations and US Congress.
Onus is now on both governments
The onus is now on the two governments to implement the
outstanding tenets of the Good Friday Agreement and it means
they no longer have to kow-tow to the demands of the unionist
intransigents.
