A top human rights lawyer was threatened with arrest on the eve of the
opening of the trial this week of republican Colin Duffy, one of his
highest profile clients.
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PSNI threat to arrest lawyer ‘oppression of the worst kind’
A top human rights lawyer was threatened with arrest on the eve of the
opening of the trial this week of republican Colin Duffy, one of his
highest profile clients.
Published November 10, 2011
Cash bonanza for UDA relatives, prison warders
The son of a notorious unionist paramilitary leader has received a
record payment of 400,000 pounds sterling ($640,000) from the British
government in a move which has angered the families of those he killed.
Published November 10, 2011
Provocative march set for New Lodge interface
A sectarian parade is to be held at a troubled north Belfast
‘peaceline’ tomorrow in memory of a loyalist youth who blew himself up
with a bomb he was about to throw over the wall at Catholics.
Published November 10, 2011
EU/IMF ‘orders’ termination of cross-border peace project
The 26-County government has been accused of reneging on a deal struck
during the North’s peace talks after it pulled the plug on funding for
a major cross-border road link.
Published November 10, 2011
Members of the SDLP today selected Alasdair McDonnell to be their new
leader.
Published November 5, 2011
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams led a walk-out from the Dublin
parliament this week in protest over the coalition government’s
decision to hand over more than 700 million euro (more than 1 billion
dollars) to an unknown private investor in the failed Anglo Irish Bank.
Published November 3, 2011
The ‘Real IRA’ has claimed responsibility for three bomb attacks over
the past few months, and has warned that it will continue to target
economic interests which reinforce British rule in the North.
Published November 3, 2011
Mixed feelings for Sinn Fein over election result
Sinn Fein plans to build on its 26-County presidential campaign by
targeting the local elections in 2014, party officials have said.
Published November 3, 2011
The trial of 22 people charged with holding a sit-down protest against a
sectarian march in north Belfast this summer was quickly enveloped in
controversy after the PSNI police admitted they had no evidence to
present against at least two of those charged, and suggested that much of
their knowledge had come from informers.
Published November 3, 2011
Family welcomes British statement on murder, beatings
The British government has expressed its “deep regret” over the British
army killing of a Catholic man in the Markets area of Belfast.
Published November 3, 2011
The Irish ship MV Saoirse is en route to the Gaza strip as part of its
latest relief mission and has already reached international waters in
the Mediterranean Sea.
Published November 3, 2011
The 30th Amendment to the Irish constitution, to give more powers of
investigation to the Dublin parliament [Oireachtas], has been defeated in
a shock reverse for the coalition government.
Published October 29, 2011
Final election results declared
Michael D Higgins has finally been declared elected as President of
Ireland following the fourth and final count in Dublin Castle this
afternoon.
Published October 29, 2011
Higgins is President-elect as rivals concede
Labour Party candidate Michael D Higgins is now certain to be
inaugurated the ninth 26-County President and will be declared elected
later tonight, when the results of the final election count are revealed
in Dublin Castle.
Published October 28, 2011
Michael D Higgins set to claim Presidency
Labour veteran Michael D Higgins is likely to win the 26-County
Presidential election over independent Sean Gallagher with the help of
transfers from a strongly placed Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein,
according to early tallies of votes coming in from constituencies across
the State.
Published October 28, 2011
The 26-County presidential election campaign erupted in a major
controversy in its final days as so-called independent candidate Sean
Gallagher admitted he secured substantial Fianna Fail ‘donations’ in
exchange for dinner in the company of then Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
Published October 26, 2011
Report confirms rampant sectarianism within North’s prisons
Catholics prisoners in the Six Counties are far more likely to be
subjected to violence (or prison ‘discipline’) than their Protestant
counterparts, a new report has revealed.
Published October 26, 2011
Concerns over broad new powers for politicians
Two referendums to be put to the voters of the 26 Counties on Thursday,
the same date as the Presidential election, are facing increasing
criticism over the lack of public debate as well as the content of the
constitutional changes proposed.
Published October 26, 2011
MI5 targeting young people in Fermanagh
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement has said it has been made aware of
more approaches by MI5/Special branch who have been actively targeting
“vulnerable” members of society in an attempt to recruit them as
informers.
Published October 26, 2011
Campbell ‘has strong grounds’ to appeal conviction
An appeal is to be launched after Louth man Michael Campbell was
sentenced to 12 years in a Lithuanian prison following an MI5 sting
operation.
Published October 26, 2011
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