There are concerns that tensions between Sinn Féin and
republican dissidents could escalate further.
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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
IRELAND HAILS OBAMA PRESIDENCY
On a visit to Washington DC to attend the US Presidential inauguration
ceremenonies, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said he believes that
President Obama can assist the Irish peace process.
Published January 23, 2009
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has accused republican hardliners of
demanding protection money from drug dealers and other criminals in the
North.
Published January 16, 2009
The Israeli bombing of two UN-run schools filled with children taking
shelter from the continuing bloodshed in Gaza has provoked protests
and increasingly desperate appeals for a halt to the killing.
Published January 9, 2009
1978: DIRTY WAR, DIRTY PROTEST
Previously confidential files released this week in Dublin, Belfast and
London under the 30 year ruled provide evidence of the increasing role
of the ‘Dirty War’ -- the use of covert intelligence and the SAS
shoot-to-kill strategy by the British government.
Published January 2, 2009
Concern in mounting in Ireland this Christmas that a set of rapidly
deteriorating market conditions and government mis-steps are
threatening to pitch the entire island into an unprecedented economic
crisis.
Published December 19, 2008
LISBON II: ‘SMOKE AND MIRRORS’
A second referendum to ratify the Lisbon Treaty will be held in the 26
Counties before October 31st of next year, according to the conclusions
of a European Union summit this week.
Published December 12, 2008
The British government has extended a deadline for unionist
paramilitary groups to decommission their weapons by another twelve
months.
Published December 5, 2008
OVERDOSE FOR UDA’S ‘BLINGADIER’
The funeral has taken place of UDA ‘brigadier’ Ihab Shoukri, who died
this week after taking a fit brought on by a night of heavy drug use
in Newtonabbey, outside Belfast.
Published November 28, 2008
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