The Dublin government was deeply concerned at the British government’s
failure to counter growing support for Sinn Fein in 1983, historical
papers have revealed. Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald even believed a
British policy was in place to support the party and protect its
leaders from arrest.
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The Dublin government was deeply concerned at the British government’s
failure to counter growing support for Sinn Fein in 1983, historical
papers have revealed. Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald even believed a
British policy was in place to support the party and protect its
leaders from arrest.
Published December 28, 2013
Haass talks falter after unionist ‘histrionics’
US mediator Richard Haass has been forced to remove a reference to the
Irish tricolour flag as unionists ratcheted up their demands in ongoing
talks on flags, parades and the past in the north of Ireland.
Published December 20, 2013
A small bomb exploded Friday night in the centre of Belfast, causing no
injuries but raising fresh fears of a return to a more serious level of
conflict in the north of Ireland.
Published December 14, 2013
Eight years after it was established, the report of the Smithwick
Tribunal was finally published on Tuesday evening, but its contradictory
conclusions immediately sparked a storm of spin and recrimination.
Published December 6, 2013
Troops raid homes over IRA ‘surge’
British soldiers have taken part in raids on homes in north Belfast this
week after the chief of the PSNI police warned of a sharp increase in
the activity of breakaway IRA groups.
Published November 29, 2013
The murder and repression force
A BBC Panorama documentary in which former plain-clothes British
soldiers admitted carrying out undercover gun attacks in nationalist
west Belfast has led to a public outcry and demands for an inquiry.
Published November 23, 2013
British police to patrol Irish streets
Police from England, Scotland and Wales could become a permanent
feature of the PSNI’s patrols in the north of Ireland as an alternative
to the return of the British Army, it has emerged.
Published November 15, 2013
All-Ireland soccer team proposed
The prospect of an all-Ireland soccer team was dramatically raised by
the 26-County Taoiseach Enda Kenny at a sports reconciliation conference
in Armagh City this [Friday] morning.
Published November 8, 2013
Special Branch link to death of prisoner
A hearing before the North’s senior coroner has heard an admission that
PSNI Special Branch visited an interrogation suite where a Strabane
republican was found dead four years ago.
Published November 2, 2013
Members of the British Crown forces were central to the orchestrated
murder of prominent Catholics, according to new research based on
official state investigations and military files.
Published October 25, 2013
A one-way ticket for Irish youth
A shocking Famine-era ‘solution’ to the problem of youth unemployment
has dominated this year’s announcement of Budget plans by the coalition
government in Dublin.
Published October 18, 2013
Mayhem as militants fill political vacuum
The organisation describing itself as the ‘new’ IRA said this week it
had executed a major drug dealer in north Belfast amid escalating
violence on the streets of the Six Counties.
Published October 11, 2013
Turnout in today's 26-County referenda could be close to a record low as
voters appear to be staying away from a potentially historic ballot on
the abolition of the Seanad, the upper chamber of the 26-County
parliament.
Published October 4, 2013
A sectarian outburst by the DUP leader Peter Robinson has
disgusted nationalists and escalated the sense of crisis in the North’s
political process.
Published September 27, 2013
Garda police resorted to pepper spray and brute force on Wednesday in
one of the most violent days of protest yet seen on the streets of
Dublin against the austerity program of the 26 County state.
Published September 20, 2013
Tense exchanges ahead of talks
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has accused the British Direct Ruler
Theresa Villiers of an “unacceptable intervention” ahead of talks about
dealing with the past as well as the issues of parades and flags.
Published September 13, 2013
Strip-search ‘had impact of sexual assault’
Details have emerged this week about the brutal strip-searching of a
female republican prisoner at Hydebank Wood Prison.
Published September 6, 2013
There are fears that loyalist paramilitaries may be rearming after one
of the largest weapons caches found in the North in two decades was
uncovered entirely by accident this week.
Published August 30, 2013
A conviction against former internee Marian Price has been rescinded by
a court the day after it was imposed in the latest twist to the saga of
harassment and oppression of the former republican prisoner.
Published August 23, 2013
The Stormont administration has suffered another blow to its
credibility after the DUP ended its support for a plan to develop a
peace centre at the site of the former Long Kesh H-Blocks.
Published August 17, 2013
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