The five main Stormont Assembly parties took part in round-table talks
with US diplomat Richard Haass for the first time today [Friday,
September 20th] as part of discussions to deal with parades, flags and
justice issues.
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Haass comments on talks, sets December deadline
The five main Stormont Assembly parties took part in round-table talks
with US diplomat Richard Haass for the first time today [Friday,
September 20th] as part of discussions to deal with parades, flags and
justice issues.
Published September 20, 2013
Republicans removed from electoral register
The British government has issued electoral forms to voters in the Six
Counties which have left tens of thousands of nationalists and
republicans without their votes through a new requirement to declare
themselves as residents of ‘Northern Ireland’.
Published September 20, 2013
Irish vote linked to Scottish referendum
Sinn Fein has said next year’s vote on Scottish independence has boosted
the party’s calls for a ‘border poll’.
Published September 20, 2013
New hopes for victims of state killings
A new inquest has been ordered into the killing of a mother-of-six shot
dead in Derry by the British army in 1971.
Published September 20, 2013
Good to see you, Dr Haass. We are a naturally hospitable people but
consider your welcome as double the usual. Anyone who can help us deal
with flags, parades and the past gets the mother and father of all cead
mile failtes.
Published September 20, 2013
Tense exchanges ahead of talks
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has accused the British Direct Ruler
Theresa Villiers of an “unacceptable intervention” ahead of talks about
dealing with the past as well as the issues of parades and flags.
Published September 13, 2013
Kids targeted by loyalist paramilitaries
School-children as young as five had to get police protection as they
arrived at three Catholic schools in north Belfast this week.
Published September 13, 2013
Seanad referendum clash between Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail
The referendum campaign on abolishing the Seanad sprang into life this
week with an attack by Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams on Fianna Fail’s
position, while Taoiseach Enda Kenny blankly refused to enter a
televised debate on the matter.
Published September 13, 2013
British government drops ‘stop and search’ appeal
The British government has abandoned a planned Supreme court challenge
to a ruling that stop and search operations involving a former IRA
hunger striker and a brother-in-law of Martin McGuinness were unlawful.
Published September 13, 2013
US states backing call for a United Ireland
A resolution has been passed by the Louisiana state legislature to urge
the US government “to immediately take all appropriate steps to assist
in the unification of Ireland”.
Published September 13, 2013
A memorial march to mark the anniversary of the murder of Dublin ‘Real
IRA’ commander Alan Ryan passed off with dignity this week despite
provocative actions by the Garda police and by the criminal gang which
killed him.
Published September 13, 2013
British government rules out Omagh inquiry
The British government has refused calls for a public cross-Border
inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing.
Published September 12, 2013
Strip-search ‘had impact of sexual assault’
Details have emerged this week about the brutal strip-searching of a
female republican prisoner at Hydebank Wood Prison.
Published September 6, 2013
Threats against pubs as UVF gathers strength
Loyalist paramilitaries in Larne, County Antrim have warned pub-owners
not to serve Catholics.
Published September 6, 2013
Marchers ‘sought reaction’ in flagrant provocation
A parade which passed St Patrick’s Catholic church on Belfast’s Donegall
Street last weekend “flouted every legal restriction placed on it,”
according to Sinn Fein.
Published September 6, 2013
Battle for spirit of 1913 Lockout
The official centenary of Ireland’s biggest and most significant
industrial dispute took place last Sunday, September 1, with
dignitaries, onlookers and tourists gathering in Dublin’s O’Connell
Street.
Published September 6, 2013
Sinn Fein denies economic policy shift
Changes to its budgetary policies do not indicate a radical change in
political direction for Sinn Fein, the party has insisted.
Published September 6, 2013
Transition for Sinn Fein, upheaval for SDLP
A political transition is underway at Belfast city council, with four
long-serving councillors standing down and the Lavery and Maskey
political dynasties no longer represented at City Hall.
Published September 6, 2013
There are fears that loyalist paramilitaries may be rearming after one
of the largest weapons caches found in the North in two decades was
uncovered entirely by accident this week.
Published August 30, 2013
North Belfast mayhem averted with disperse order
A republican commemoration in north Belfast was dispersed by organisers
on Sunday after hundreds of loyalists threatened to riot on the parade
route.
Published August 30, 2013
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