Sinn Féin headed the poll for the first time in the European elections
in Six Counties while the DUP, poll-topper at every other European
election, had to be content with taking the third seat.
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Sinn Féin headed the poll for the first time in the European elections
in Six Counties while the DUP, poll-topper at every other European
election, had to be content with taking the third seat.
Published June 12, 2009
SF AT HEART OF
ELECTION DEBATE
A relatively lacklustre election campaign in the 26 Counties erupted
into farce in its final days with claims and counter claims among the
establishment parties about ‘what to do with Sinn Féin’.
Published June 4, 2009
The family of Kevin McDaid have accused the PSNI of being culpable in
his murder by a loyalist mob.
Published May 29, 2009
There has been a wave of outrage after an official report for the Dublin
government admitted that thousands of children suffered physical and
sexual abuse over several decades in residential institutions run by
religious congregations.
Published May 22, 2009
COALITION FACING ELECTION MELTDOWN
With local and European elections less than three weeks away, the latest
poll shows satisfaction with the Dublin government has slumped to an
extraordinary record low of just ten per cent.
Published May 15, 2009
The PSNI police have brought an Irish journalist to court under special
anti-terrorist legislation in a move seen as further evidence of a
return to traditional repressive state policies against republicanism.
Published May 8, 2009
The 26-County state is set to experience a depression surpassing that
of any other industrialised nation for over 70 years, according to
official predictions.
Published May 1, 2009
The Sinn Féin leadership has begun a fight-back against rival
republican groups who are seeking to maintain an armed struggle against
British rule.
Published April 24, 2009
There are concerns that tensions between Sinn Féin and
republican dissidents could escalate further.
Published April 17, 2009
The Dublin government stands accused of targeting children and other vulnerable groups in the Budget, rather than the banks and property developers responsible for causing the current crisis.
Published April 10, 2009
Days of disturbances in the North this week amounted to a show of
strength by so-called “dissidents” following a recent PSNI crackdown.
Published April 3, 2009
Following intense controversy over his continued detention without
charge, Colin Duffy was brought to court this [Friday] morning and
formally charged in connection with the ‘Real IRA’ attack on
Massereene British Army base earlier this month.
Published March 27, 2009
The British government has rejected any idea of engagement with
militant republican groups.
Published March 19, 2009
Different IRA factions may have come together to co-ordinate their
actions in two deadly attacks this week.
Published March 13, 2009
British Army special forces soldiers are back in the north of Ireland,
according to PSNI Chief Hugh Orde.
Published March 6, 2009
Four loyalists were convicted on Wednesday of the savage sectarian
killing of 15-year-old Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen in
Ballymena, County Antrim in May 2006.
Published February 27, 2009
The 26-County coalition government of Brian Cowen is in crisis over a
‘golden circle’ of wealthy Irish developers who received almost half a
billion Euro to purchase shares in a potentially fraudulent transaction
at the scandal-plagued Anglo-Irish Bank.
Published February 20, 2009
A DUP bid to abolish the main cross-border political institution of
the 1998 Good Friday Agreement -- part of an admitted larger plan to
collapse the Agreement itself -- failed in the Belfast Assembly this
week.
Published February 13, 2009
JOBS SHOCK AS ECONOMY UNRAVELS
Published February 6, 2009
The relatives of those killed by British forces in the north of Ireland have
criticised the emphasis placed on so-called “recognition payments” to
be paid by the British government to their families as a way of
dealing with the past conflict.
Published January 30, 2009
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