Serious rioting broke out this week in Belfast and in County Armagh,
where clashes between republican youths and the PSNI police saw a blast
bomb thrown and shots fired.
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Serious rioting broke out this week in Belfast and in County Armagh,
where clashes between republican youths and the PSNI police saw a blast
bomb thrown and shots fired.
Published August 29, 2008
The use of a rocket-propelled grenade by the Continuity IRA against a
PSNI patrol marks a further escalation in their ongoing armed campaign.
Published August 22, 2008
Two men were treated in hospital for serious head injuries after a
loyalist mob, including armed paramilitaries, attacked a republican
commemoration in Coleraine last weekend - with the assistance of the
police.
Published August 15, 2008
DEVOLUTION LINKED TO IRA COUNCIL
The British government is ready to declare that the Provisional IRA’s
Army Council has disbanded to speed the transfer of policing and
justice powers from London to the Stormont Executive in Belfast.
Published August 8, 2008
The British government has confirmed that its Direct Rule Minister
Paul Goggins and PSNI Chief Hugh Orde held talks with leaders of the
UDA murder gangs on Monday night.
The UDA rejected an appeal to begin weapons decommissioning.
Published August 1, 2008
The first formal border checks between Ireland and Britain for more
than 80 years are set to begin following an announcement by the Dublin
and London governments on Thursday.
Published July 25, 2008
A declaration by French and current European Union President Nicolas
Sarkozy that Ireland will have to hold a second referendum on the
Lisbon Treaty has generated a furious reaction in Ireland ahead of his
planned visit to Dublin on Monday.
Published July 18, 2008
As the height of the Protestant marching season approaches,
nationalists are facing a weekend of sectarian intimidation,
paramilitary displays, provocative marches and drunken, uncontrolled
violence at ‘Eleventh Night’ bonfires.
Published July 11, 2008
Sinn Féin’s former publicity director Danny Morrison is set to have
his conviction for false imprisonment overturned amid secretive legal
moves to conceal the truth in the case.
Published July 4, 2008
‘BIK’ CLEARED
AS TRIAL COLLAPSES
The trial of former IRA chief Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane was brought to a
sudden climax on Thursday afternoon, when the non-jury Special
Criminal Court in Dublin dismissed all charges against him.
Published June 27, 2008
The European Union is generating its own crisis as the Eurocrat ‘elite’
refuses to accept Ireland’s NO vote in last week’s referendum on the
Lisbon Treaty.
Published June 19, 2008
Irish voters are being urged to go to the polls today to say ‘No’ to
runaway plans by the European bureaucracy to create a superstate at the
expense of Irish sovereignty and neutrality.
Published June 12, 2008
The new First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister,
Martin McGuinness, today start talks with British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown to try to resolve key issues troubling the peace process.
Published June 6, 2008
Thinly disguised threats are emanating from both the European bureaucracy and the Dublin government ahead of the Lisbon Treaty referendum on June 12.
Published May 30, 2008
South Armagh bade farewell to former IRA commander Brian Keenan
yesterday [Thursday] before he began his final journey back to his
native Belfast.
Published May 23, 2008
A breakaway republican armed group known as Oglaigh na hEireann has
been linked to a surprise car bomb attack which injured a member of the
PSNI police on Monday night.
Published May 16, 2008
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has accused the DUP of reneging on a deal
for the devolution of policing and justice powers from London to
Belfast this month.
Published May 8, 2008
Missiles were thrown when rival nationalist and unionist groups clashed
on Sunday morning following a sectarian parade by the Protestant Orange
Order in east Belfast.
Published May 2, 2008
The public inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast defence lawyer Pat
Finucane has been secretly blocked for nearly two years, it has
emerged.
Published April 25, 2008
BRITISH CONSPIRING TO PUSH TREATY
A leaked memo by a senior British diplomat has revealed secret
cross-channel plans to convince Irish voters to support the upcoming
referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Published April 18, 2008
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