The cycle of crisis in the north of Ireland lurched towards the
farcical this week as the Democratic Unionist Party blustered and
threatened but, in the end, fudged an ultimatum to pull down the
political institutions over allegations that the Provisional IRA still
exists.
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The cycle of crisis in the north of Ireland lurched towards the
farcical this week as the Democratic Unionist Party blustered and
threatened but, in the end, fudged an ultimatum to pull down the
political institutions over allegations that the Provisional IRA still
exists.
Published September 12, 2015
Sinn Fein concern over policing as republicans are released
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has said he wants to meet the PSNI police
chief over the arrest of his party’s northern chairman in the murder
inquiry which sparked the current political crisis.
Published September 12, 2015
Secret Garda unit behind ‘shoot-to-kill’ incident
A woman who witnessed an alleged shoot-to-kill incident in 1998 in
County Wicklow was later visited by senior gardai and told to “stay
quiet”, a commission of investigation into the fatal shooting has been
told.
Published September 12, 2015
PSNI mock Derry family, escalate harassment
A member of the deaf community in Derry says she was traumatised after a
heavy-handed PSNI police raid on her home in the Shantallow area of
the city on Tuesday.
Published September 12, 2015
Powerful bombs used in UDA feud
Two explosions which shook the village of Ahoghill, County Antrim in
the early hours of Thursday morning have been blamed on a drugs dispute
among rival unionist paramilitary gangs.
Published September 12, 2015
Water charge campaigners defy Garda oppression
A 26 County police team led by the Garda Commissioner’s husband has been secretly spying on water charge protesters amid further allegations of
political policing of left-wing TDs.
Published September 12, 2015
Robinson steps aside, puts ‘gatekeeper’ in zombie Executive
In a dramatic day in Belfast, DUP leader Peter Robinson has backed away
from a threat to immediately collapse the Six County Executive, instead
opting to step aside temporarily and withdraw all his Ministers,
leaving one.
Published September 10, 2015
Stormont collapse likely after DUP ultimatum is rejected
A Stormont committee has refused to adjourn the Six County Assembly
despite a DUP threat that it would otherwise pull down the North’s
political institutions.
Published September 10, 2015
Arrests of top republicans adds to talks chaos
The PSNI police this morning arrested three very senior Provisional
republican figures in connection with the murder last month of Belfast
man Kevin McGuigan -- one of whom, Bobby Storey, is the chairperson of
Sinn Fein in the Six Counties.
Published September 9, 2015
Talks hit by Tory threats, DUP go-slow
Crisis talks due to begin tomorrow in Belfast face an uphill battle
amid serious attacks on the Six-County political process by both the
British government and unionists over the past 48 hours.
Published September 7, 2015
The DUP leader Peter Robinson has offered to take part in a fresh round
of multi-party talks as a deep crisis over allegations that the
Provisional IRA still exists appears set to extend over a period of
weeks or months.
Published September 5, 2015
Arrested republicans ‘pawns in a political game’
A prominent former IRA Volunteer has spoken out for the first time to
defend himself after unionists called for him to be returned to prison
by the British authorities.
Published September 5, 2015
Policing report exposes dysfunctional coalition
The interim report of the Fennelly Inquiry on policing matters in the
26 Counties has revealed a catalogue of delinquency and deception at
the highest levels of the State’s justice system.
Published September 5, 2015
Refugees welcomed by Irish republicans
Thousands of Irish families have pledged to provide shelter to refugees
following a dramatic recognition of the plight of those fleeing conflict
Published September 5, 2015
Committee hears of culture of white-collar criminality
A witness at an investigation into political corruption by a committee
of the Stormont Assembly has claimed to have hundreds of hours of tapes
revealing “an ingrained culture of inappropriate and possibly illegal
conduct” across the political, banking, legal and accountancy sectors.
Published September 5, 2015
Welcome for state funeral for 1916 rebel Thomas Kent
A State funeral is to be held for 1916 Rising hero Thomas Kent -- one of
only two rebels executed by the British outside of Dublin -- after DNA
testing confirmed that remains found in Cork Prison belong to him.
Published September 5, 2015
Report finds Taoiseach’s message forced top Garda to quit
The 26 County Taoiseach Enda Kenny is facing calls for his resignation
after an inquiry found today that the former Garda police chief
commissioner Martin Callinan felt obliged to retire as a result of a
message conveyed from the Taoiseach.
Published September 1, 2015
The devolved administration in the north of Ireland is moving towards
collapse as both of the main unionist parties have said they are ready
to withdraw from the power-sharing coalition with nationalists.
Published August 29, 2015
Fianna Fail jumps on a unionist bandwagon
There has been a hysterical response in the 26 Counties to allegations
in the North that the Provisional IRA continues to exist.
Published August 29, 2015
Figures confirm scale of PSNI harassment
The PSNI has used stop and search powers against the people of two small
north Belfast communities more than 4,500 times in six years, according
to official police statistics.
Published August 29, 2015
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