Predictions of a political transformation in Ireland came to fruition on
Friday, when in the space of fifteen hours of polling, angry voters
eviscerated the Fianna Fail and Green parties.
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Predictions of a political transformation in Ireland came to fruition on
Friday, when in the space of fifteen hours of polling, angry voters
eviscerated the Fianna Fail and Green parties.
Published March 2, 2011
Sinn Fein is set to be a major player in 26 County politics after it
more than tripled its seats in the Dublin parliament.
Published March 2, 2011
Anniversary of start of hunger strike marked
A new exhibition was launched in Belfast on Tuesday, 30 years to the day
from the beginning of the second hunger strike for political status by
republican PoW Bobby Sands.
Published March 2, 2011
Britain to be sued for Omagh damages
A High Court judge has reversed a previous decision to throw out a
damages claim brought by the husband of one of the Omagh bomb victims.
Published March 2, 2011
Departing Minister signs off on Corrib pipeline
A decision by the outgoing Minister for Energy Pat Carey to sign
permissions for the last section of the hugely controversial Corrib gas
pipeline on the day of the general election has drawn a furious
reaction.
Published March 2, 2011
Councillor defiant at protest trial
Dublin City Councillor Louise Minihan has refused to pay a fine of
1,500 euro she received in court last Friday, for dripping red paint on the
former Health Minister Mary Harney.
Published March 2, 2011
Brian Stanley elected TD for Laois/Offaly
Brian Stanley has clinched a seat for Sinn Fein in Laois/Offaly, the
first in 78 years.
Published March 1, 2011
Counting continues; coalition talks underway
Fine Gael and Labour have commenced talks on the formation of a new
coalition government following a historic collapse in the vote of the
outgoing coalition partners, Fianna Fail and the Green Party.
Published February 28, 2011
A series of stunning upsets has seen Sinn Fein dominate news coverage
of the election by winning 13 seats so far.
Published February 27, 2011
Further gains for SF; Crowe, O Caolain, Mac Lochlainn elected
Sinn Fein’s Sean Crowe has returned to the Dail, reversing his painful
loss in 2007. Mr Crowe took the third of four seats in Dublin
South-West on the sixth count, with the help of transfers from the
Socialist Party.
Published February 26, 2011
Gerry Adams elected TD for Louth; Pearse Doherty re-elected
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has topped the poll and secured election
on the first count amid jubilant scenes at the constituency count centre
in Louth.
Published February 26, 2011
Results begin to be announced in General Election
First count declarations are currrently coming in from Friday’s 26-County
General Election.
Published February 26, 2011
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is on course to win a seat for the party
in Louth as his party looks set to achieve a historic breakthrough in
Friday's general election in the 26 Counties.
Published February 26, 2011
Exit poll released as election count begins
Counting begins this morning in the 26-County General Election in which
Fine Gael is expected to take power following a collapse in the Fianna
Fail vote.
Published February 26, 2011
In the last pre-election rally, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams vowed
his party would stand up for Irish citizens against bad government and
bad government decisions.
Published February 25, 2011
Polling stations will remain open until 10pm on Friday in what is sure
to be one of the most significant Irish elections in recent times.
Voting has already begun on Ireland’s offshore islands.
Published February 25, 2011
Final insult for McGurk’s massacre families
The memories of the 15 McGurk’s bar victims have been vindicated by a
new report on the atrocity, but relatives of the dead and injured are
still angry over a shocking response to the report by the current PSNI
police chief Matt Baggott.
Published February 25, 2011
Stormont parties squabble over coalition carve-up
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has accused two parties within the
struggling Stormont Executive of trying to cut his party out of the
Six-County administration.
Published February 25, 2011
Date set for Pearse Jordan inquest
An inquest into the death of unarmed IRA man Pearse Jordan, shot by
police in west Belfast almost 20 years ago, may be held in October.
Published February 25, 2011
Libyan rescue bid ends in fiasco
An attempt to evacuate desperate Irish citizens fleeing from the chaos
of Libya’s descent into civil war failed on Wednesday night.
Published February 25, 2011
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