The mother of a Catholic murdered by the unionist paramilitary UDA has
added to calls for Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson to resign after she
was again fobbed off over a report on her son’s murder.
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Ombudsman forces mother to relive her grief
The mother of a Catholic murdered by the unionist paramilitary UDA has
added to calls for Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson to resign after she
was again fobbed off over a report on her son’s murder.
Published September 24, 2011
Coalition selling state assets to pay private debts
There were rowdy scenes in the Dublin parliament this week between the
26-County government and Sinn Fein over the planned sell-off of part of
the ESB (Electricity Supply Board), the semi-state body which until
recently held a monopoly on Ireland’s energy market.
Published September 24, 2011
On the centenary of the Easter Rising in 2016, it could be Sinn Fein’s
Martin McGuinness taking the salute outside the GPO in Dublin, following
a dramatic and imaginative proposal by the party this weekend for his
nomination in next month’s Presidential election.
Published September 18, 2011
Breakaway IRA groups carried out four separate attacks against the PSNI
this past week, including an attack in County Antrim in which members of
the police force are reported to have received minor injuries.
Published September 18, 2011
British apology after 40 years
The head of the British Army has written a letter of apology to the
family of a Derryman who was shot dead in 1971.
Published September 18, 2011
Orangemen reprimanded over Kerr funeral
The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, Tom Elliott, and UUP Assembly
member Danny Kennedy are to face disciplinary proceedings from the
Orange Order for attending the funeral mass of PSNI member Ronan Kerr in
April.
Published September 18, 2011
Germany’s European Union [EU] commissioner Guenther Oettinger caused an
outrage this week after he called for the Irish tricolour to be flown at
half-mast in Brussels to embarrass the country over its economic
problems.
Published September 18, 2011
Boundary changes pose electoral questions
Proposals to radically change the Westminster constituencies in the
North are expected to see the main unionist DUP party, as well as
the nationalist SDLP, both lose a valuable seat in the
Westminster parliament in London.
Published September 18, 2011
Martin McGuinness set to contest Presidency of Ireland
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has confirmed reports that the party’s
Ard Chomhairle [high council] is to meet on Sunday morning to discuss a
proposal from the party’s leadership to nominate Martin McGuinness to
stand in the 26-County presidential election.
Published September 16, 2011
The Sinn Fein annual conference has heard calls for a national
conversation on the future of Ireland, between now and the centenary of
the Easter Rising in 2016.
Published September 11, 2011
Warning as supergrass trial goes ahead
British Special Branch double-agent Mark Haddock ordered the murder of a
paramilitary rival and smirked as he told the gunmen, “try not to shoot
the kids”, a high-profile trial in Belfast was told this week.
Published September 11, 2011
As cuts deepen, NAMA keeps developers in style
Bankrupted Irish property speculators are being paid ‘salaries’ of up to
200,000 euro (US$280,000) a year by the Dublin government, it was
revealed this week.
Published September 11, 2011
Waterford facing employment meltdown
A surprise announcement of the loss of almost 600 jobs from a call
centre operation in Waterford has shocked staff and left government
officials struggling to frame a response.
Published September 11, 2011
Pressure is growing on the authorities at Maghaberry prison to release
internee Gerry McGeough, who suffers from a serious heart condition,
into hospital care.
Published September 11, 2011
The brutality is not ‘systematic’, it’s the lying
The death of Baha Mousa reminded Robert Fisk of his days working as a journalist in the North of Ireland.
Published September 11, 2011
Address by Gerry Adams at 2011 Sinn Fein Ard Fheis
The Presidential address to this year's Sinn Fein annual conference this [Saturday] evening.
Published September 10, 2011
Flash: ‘Love unionists’, McGuinness tells party conference
Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has told his party’s
Ard Fheis [annual conference] today that unionists are “brothers and
sisters” who are to be “loved and cherished”.
Published September 10, 2011
Margaret Ritchie to quit as SDLP leader
The leader of the smaller of the two nationalist parties in the North of
Ireland is to stand down, it was announced this afternoon.
Published September 8, 2011
Showdown for Mount Vernon gang
A trial involving 14 unionist paramilitaries which begins this week
could see new revelations of conspiracy, collusion and hidden agendas
by the PSNI police.
Published September 6, 2011
The man charged with handling complaints against the police in the North
of Ireland has said he may consider his position following the public
release of the latest damning report into his handling of historic
cases.
Published September 6, 2011
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