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Barefaced liars PSNI forced to admit mob attack never happened

The PSNI in Lurgan has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown by a Sinn Féin councillor, admitting that its claims of an attack by a several hundred-strong mob on Lurgan PSNI barracks on All-Ireland Sunday were "incorrect". more

Colombian official ripped Paul Hill's passport

Former miscarriage of justice victim Paul Hill had pages ripped out of his passport by a security offial at Bogota airport last week.

SF warns people have been disenfranchised

A Sinn Féin delegation met on Wednesday with the Electoral Commission in Belfast to discuss concerns.

PSNI were heavyhanded in Derry - McLaughlin

Sinn Féin's Mitchel McLaughlin has accused the PSNI of using heavy handed tactics in its handling of the Apprentice Boys Lundy parade in Derry City on Saturday.

Loyalist killer questioned about sectarian attack

A loyalist convicted of the murder of his girlfriend was questioned about a sectarian shooting just weeks before the killing of Julieanne Osbourne it has emerged.

Unionist politicians blamed for Antrim harassment

A Sinn Féin councillor is linking the latest upsurge in loyalist attacks and PSNI harassment of Catholics youths in Antrim Town to a recent statement from two unionist politicians.

Soldier's "vivid memory of mistreatment"

Two former British soldiers told the Bloody Sunday inquiry on Friday that they had been "appalled" at the brutality meted out to detainees held at Fort George.

Strabane-Lifford protest march backs Castlerea Five

Several hundred people attended a protest march from Strabane to Lifford on Saturday 7 December in support of the Free the Castlerea Five Campaign.

Kelly responds to Constantine report

"Special Branch is still operating as a force within a force," said Sinn Féin spokesperson on policing Gerry Kelly on Tuesday 10 December.

Orde fails northern Catholics

Catholics in the North are 'failing' the PSNI, Chief Constable Hugh Orde told the media last week.

PSNI deny warning Rasharkin bar owner of attack

A bar owner in Rasharkin village in Country Antrim has called on the PSNI to "come clean" over a threat to his premises from unionist paramilitaries.

Just what does Trimble think he's doing at Drumcree?

LAURA FRIEL looks at six long years for Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble, who has returned to Drumcree.

Adams in Washington

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams travelled to Washington on Monday for three days of political briefings with senior politicians and the Administration.

SF National Chair in London

Sinn Féin National Chairperson, Mitchel Mc Laughlin left on a two-day working trip to London on Wednesday 11 December.

Demil failure slammed

Nationalists throughout the North are angry at the failure of the British government to move on the demilitarisation promises made in the Good Friday Agreement.

Quebec Labour calls on Blair to restore Assembly

The general assembly of the 80,000 strong Montreal Central Council of the CSN trade union federation passed a unanimous motion calling on Tony Blair to restore the Assembly.

Dubliners face 30% bin charges hike

Sinn Féin Councillors in Dublin City are leading the protest against a proposed 30% rise in bin charges by the City Manager.

Budget Day and the Dáil Bar

The Dáil bar on Budget Day was a `hive of scum and villainy' according to one insider.

Savage cuts for people with intellectual disabilities

Sinn Féin health spokesperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD has condemned the cut in the budget for services for people with mental handicap/intellectual disabilities.

Building the island economy for all

JOANNE CORCORAN continues her series on the all-Ireland implementation bodies with an examination of the work of InterTradeIreland.

New Coiste group takes on government neglect

All over the country, republican ex-prisoner groups, under the umbrella of Coiste na n-Iarchimí, the republican ex-prisoner support network, are emerging.

Just another day at the races?

The Moriarty Tribunal is back and examining the circumstances surrounding the granting of the second mobile phone licence to ESAT Digifone in 1995. ROBBIE MacGABHANN writes.

Sinn Féin TDs expose private partnerships racket

The government is looking to grow private public partnerships like mushrooms, writes ROISIN DE ROSA.

Economic idiocy of cutbacks

ROISIN DE ROSA looks at the theory behind 'cutbacks' amid the corruption, handouts, tax breaks and brown envelopes.

What Sinn Féin is doing

Sinn Féin has organised a number of gender impact assessment seminars around the country.

Ferris story mischievous and inaccurate

A Sunday newspaper report impugning the reputation of Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has been dismissed by a Sinn Féin spokesperson as inaccurate and mischievous.


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