Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has said collusion in the PSNI/RUC
police went “to the very top” following this week’s report which
implicated the Special Branch in a decade-long campaign of sectarian
murder in north Belfast.
Published January 27, 2007
A report by the Police Ombudsman concludes that RUC/PSNI Special
Branch police officers colluded in at least 18 murders in the North of
Ireland between 1990 and 2003 has been described as ‘the tip of the
iceberg’.
Published January 22, 2007
A debate on the acceptability of the PSNI police and British Crown
courts in the North of Ireland is currently underway within
republicanism.
Published January 17, 2007
Ian Paisley’s DUP have gone back on a deal to agree the devolution of
policing, Sinn Féin has said.
Published January 12, 2007
A crisis is mounting as a result of the
continuing failure of the DUP to respond positively
to the decision by the Sinn Féin leadership to
recognise the courts and support the police force in the North of Ireland.
Published January 8, 2007
Sinn Féin has said it is still awaiting a positive response from Ian
Paisley’s DUP following its decision to hold a special party conference
on supporting the police and recognising the courts in the North of
Ireland.
Published January 4, 2007
DUP leader Ian Paisley has welcomed moves by Sinn Féin President Gerry
Adams which could lead the party to a once unthinkable position --
supporting a police force in Ireland while it remains under the
authority of the British Crown.
Published December 29, 2006
A week of intense talks involving Sinn Féin, Ian Paisley’s DUP and the
Dublin and London governments to find a way through the impasse over
policing before the Christmas break continues unabated.
Published December 23, 2006
Key meetings of Assembly committees are taking place in Belfast this
week which will seek to bridge significant differences on the issue of
the transfer of justice and policing powers from London to Belfast.
Published December 18, 2006
An assassination plot against Gerry Adams by republican hardliners was
defeated by security arrangements taken by the Sinn Féin president and
his security advisers, Mr Adams has said.
Published December 13, 2006
DUP leader Ian Paisley responded to and made comments directed at Sinn
Féin President Gerry Adams across the Belfast Assembly chamber this
week in what is being seen as a possible shift in his party’s refusal
to talk directly to Sinn Féin.
Published December 7, 2006
Crazed killer Michael Stone outlined his plan to mount a
Colombine-style assault against the Sinn Féin leadership in a letter to
a local newspaper.
Published December 1, 2006
The peace process has survived one of its most dramatic days in recent
years despite a major political crisis and an almost simultaneous gun
and bomb attack at the Belfast Assembly.
Published November 25, 2006
The first meeting of the programme for government committee takes place
in Belfast tomorrow despite a continuing boycott by DUP leader Ian
Paisley.
Published November 19, 2006
The lives of Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and Gerry Kelly
are under threat from hardline republicans, the party has confirmed.
Published November 14, 2006
A major international report has called for an independent inquiry
into what senior British government figures knew about Crown force
collusion with unionist death-squads in 74 murders.
Published November 9, 2006
Ian Paisley’s DUP is likely to give only “a conditional response” to
the St Andrews document next week in tactically stating they will only
go along with a political deal on power-sharing government if certain
demands are met.
Published November 4, 2006
The British and Irish governments could put progress in the North at
risk if they divert from what was agreed at the St Andrews talks and
make fresh concessions to the DUP, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams
has said.
Published October 30, 2006
There are growing concerns that the hardline unionist DUP will remain
as negative within the peace process as the party was outside amid
ongoing tension over the details of a potential new deal.
Published October 25, 2006
Disagreement over the wording and timing of a pledge of office
has emerged as a key stumbling block as negotiations continue over a
potentially historic deal between Sinn Féin and Ian Paisley’s DUP.
Published October 20, 2006
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