Unionists have sought to play down comments by US talks chair Richard
Haass in which he blamed them for the failure to reach an agreement on
his draft proposals dealing with the issues of flags and emblems,
parades, and the past.
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Unionists have sought to play down comments by US talks chair Richard
Haass in which he blamed them for the failure to reach an agreement on
his draft proposals dealing with the issues of flags and emblems,
parades, and the past.
Published January 11, 2014
Paisley condemned over Dublin-Monaghan comments
An attempt to revamp the hardline image of former DUP leader Ian Paisley
has backfired after he told a BBC interviewer the 26 County state got
what it deserved in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974.
Published January 11, 2014
Former prisoner of conscience Marian Price will not return to jail
after an outstanding court case ended with a suspended sentence.
Published January 11, 2014
Informer recruitment targets face legal limbo
A County Armagh lorry driver has said he fears for his life after being
stopped on a Scottish roadside by PSNI Special Branch police who offered
him thousands of pounds to gather information on republicans.
Published January 11, 2014
Loyalists to take on nationalist housing protest
A loyalist mob is planning to confront a nationalist parade seeking
housing equality in north Belfast.
Published January 11, 2014
Bank scandal documents disappearing
Key documents have disappeared ahead of an upcoming inquiry into the
collapse of the Irish banking system, it has emerged.
Published January 11, 2014
Talks on a range of contentious issues involving the North’s main
political parties collapsed for a second time within a week on New
Year’s Eve, with mediators Richard Haass and his colleague, Meghan
O’Sullivan, again returning swiftly to the US.
Published January 4, 2014
Ambush inquest described as ‘charade’
Relatives of two IRA Volunteers shot dead by the British Army’s SAS
regiment in County Tyrone 30 years ago are to sue the British government
after a new report found that they were shot in the back.
Published January 4, 2014
Trial begins for loyalists accused of mob killing
A court has heard how a group of men shouting “We’re the UDA” descended
on a Coleraine street and set upon two Catholic men, leaving one dead,
after Glasgow Rangers FC won the Scottish Premiership title in May 2009.
Published January 4, 2014
Repartition plan considered by Thatcher
Extraordinary plans to redraw the partition of Ireland, including the
possibility of west Belfast being governed by the 26-County state, were
considered by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, according to previously
classified state papers released today.
Published January 4, 2014
Prisoners key to international peace moves
Basque political prisoners have agreed to endorse a political strategy
as part of a number of key statements by the prisoners aimed at finding
a solution to the ongoing independence struggle in the Basque Country.
Published January 4, 2014
Talks fail to deter parade tensions
The parades issue is continuing to provoke confrontation and incident,
particularly at the Ardyone interface with the loyalist Twaddell Road in
Belfast, where loyalists engaged in a protest camp are again planning a
major sectarian parade through the city.
Published January 4, 2014
The Dublin government was deeply concerned at the British government’s
failure to counter growing support for Sinn Fein in 1983, historical
papers have revealed. Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald even believed a
British policy was in place to support the party and protect its
leaders from arrest.
Published December 28, 2013
Talks on flags, sectarian parades and the past in the North will
continue this weekend but are facing increased scepticism after the
process was announced to have ended in failure on Christmas Eve.
Published December 28, 2013
Shocking levels of deprivation in Catholic communities
Fifteen years after the Good Friday Agreement, there has been no sign of
a decrease in the level of poverty among the Catholic population in the
North. A new study has shown that those schools with the largest number
of children from deprived backgrounds are almost entirely Catholic.
Published December 28, 2013
Loyalists forced out over a thousand families in 2013 - McCord
The number of people driven out of their homes by loyalist or sectarian
intimidation in the north of Ireland is at a five-year high, according
to figures published today.
Published December 28, 2013
Gun attack on Fermanagh barracks
Shots were fired at Lisnaskea PSNI station in County Fermanagh on
Monday, December 23rd is the latest gun attack by the breakaway IRA
groups.
Published December 28, 2013
Unemployed presented with impossible choice
Unemployed workers may be required to take up new positions in 26-County
local authorities from early next year, working on projects such as
drainage schemes and outdoor maintenance for just one euro an hour, or
face cuts to their dole payments.
Published December 28, 2013
Haass talks falter after unionist ‘histrionics’
US mediator Richard Haass has been forced to remove a reference to the
Irish tricolour flag as unionists ratcheted up their demands in ongoing
talks on flags, parades and the past in the north of Ireland.
Published December 20, 2013
Vicious assault in black ops incident
The discovery of a military tracking device on a workman’s van led to an
attack on a Craigavon republican at his home as Crown force personnel
brutally attempted to retrieve the device.
Published December 20, 2013
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