The PSNI police chief George Hamilton has said his force can’t be blamed
for the failures of the ‘Fresh Start’ talks agreement amid angry
exchanges over the deal within the nationalist community.
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Recriminations continue over talks deal
The PSNI police chief George Hamilton has said his force can’t be blamed
for the failures of the ‘Fresh Start’ talks agreement amid angry
exchanges over the deal within the nationalist community.
Published December 5, 2015
A gun attack on a PSNI patrol in west Belfast has been claimed for the
‘new IRA’ amid a series of alerts and incidents attributed to the
breakaway IRA groups.
Published November 28, 2015
Fury at ‘Thatcherite’ talks deal
There are fears that this week’s talks agreement represents such a
victory for unionist and British negotiators that it could wreck the
North’s political process, rather than sustain it.
Published November 21, 2015
Sinn Fein has accused unionists of embarrassing Deputy First Minister
Martin McGuinness by making him stand for a rendition of ‘God Save the
Queen’ at a Poppy Day event at Stormont.
Published November 13, 2015
Robinson under pressure to quit as talks wind down
DUP leader Peter Robinson is likely to resign ‘within weeks’, according to reports, as it emerged that he is to be investigated by the
PSNI over comments he made in regard to a property deal nine years ago.
Published November 6, 2015
A weak and largely negative response by socialists and social democrats
to a vote transfer pact with other progressive election candidates could
have opened the door to a further five years of right-wing government in
Dublin.
Published October 31, 2015
Contradictions multiply at Stormont talks
DUP Ministers suddenly returned to work and multi-party talks have
resumed following the publication on Tuesday of a British intelligence
report that claims the Provisional IRA, INLA, UVF, UDA and Red Hand
Commando all still exist and control arms, but are ‘committed to peace’.
Published October 23, 2015
The Loyalist Blackmail Council
A statement issued in the name of the main unionist paramilitary
organisations vowing to “eschew all violence and criminality” has been
greeted with profound scepticism across the political divide.
Published October 16, 2015
UDA ignored as bombers strike again
There has been a deafening silence from unionist leaders in response to
a statement attributed to the unionist paramilitary UDA in which it
declares it will never “go away”.
Published October 10, 2015
PSNI defiant as Adams cleared over 1972 killing
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has warned there are elements within the
PSNI police in the North who are working against his party after it was
confirmed he will not be prosecuted in connection with the IRA execution
of an alleged informer 43 years ago.
Published October 3, 2015
Amid the latest bout of crisis talks in Belfast, SDLP leader Alasdair
McDonnell has warned that the Democratic Unionist Party simply don’t
want to work with Catholics.
Published September 26, 2015
Sinn Fein has said it is willing to help find a way to deal with armed
groups, including former Provisional IRA elements, as it was confirmed
that multi-party crisis talks are to go ahead at Stormont next week.
Published September 19, 2015
The cycle of crisis in the north of Ireland lurched towards the
farcical this week as the Democratic Unionist Party blustered and
threatened but, in the end, fudged an ultimatum to pull down the
political institutions over allegations that the Provisional IRA still
exists.
Published September 12, 2015
The DUP leader Peter Robinson has offered to take part in a fresh round
of multi-party talks as a deep crisis over allegations that the
Provisional IRA still exists appears set to extend over a period of
weeks or months.
Published September 5, 2015
The devolved administration in the north of Ireland is moving towards
collapse as both of the main unionist parties have said they are ready
to withdraw from the power-sharing coalition with nationalists.
Published August 29, 2015
‘IRA has left the stage’ - Adams
In response to a growing media furore, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has insisted that the Provisional IRA were not involved in the killing of Kevin McGuigan in east Belfast earlier this month.
Published August 22, 2015
The political crisis in the North deepened this week when a bomb attack
struck the British Army’s Palace Barracks, the headquarters of MI5 in
Ireland.
Published August 15, 2015
Anti-internment message ‘must be heard’
Loyalists say they will attempt to block a nationalist civil rights
march through Belfast on Sunday. The UDA’s political wing, the UPRG, has
threatened to “stop republican scum from marching on the streets of
Belfast”.
Published August 8, 2015
British Army carry out Derry raids
There has been an angry response after British soldiers mounted raids in
Derry’s Galliagh area this week, with Sinn Fein describing them as
“unacceptable”.
Published August 1, 2015
The attendance of a large colour party at the funeral procession of
republican socialist matriarch Peggy O’Hara last weekend has outraged
politicians and encouraged the PSNI to make a number of provocative
raids, including at the home of the dead woman’s grief-stricken family.
Published July 25, 2015
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