Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has appealed for an alliance of left
wing parties and candidates as the 26-County parties brace for a general
election which could bring dramatic change to Ireland’s political
landscape.
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Game on as parties set out election stalls
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has appealed for an alliance of left
wing parties and candidates as the 26-County parties brace for a general
election which could bring dramatic change to Ireland’s political
landscape.
Published February 2, 2011
Hamill report to be published in 2012
The report into the 1997 sectarian murder of Robert Hamill will be
completed at the end of this month but will not be published until next
year at the earliest, British officials have said.
Published February 2, 2011
eirigi names local election candidates
West Belfast will see a battle for the republican vote after eirigi
named two candidates who will stand against Sinn Fein in the Belfast
City Council elections in both wards along the Falls Road.
Published February 2, 2011
The 26-County Taoiseach Brian Cowen has announced he will not contest
the upcoming general election.
Published January 31, 2011
The breakaway IRA group known as ‘Oglaigh na hEireann’ said this week
it had to abandon an attack against the PSNI in north Belfast after a
civilian became endangered.
Published January 29, 2011
Cowen to bring down the shutters
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said he will finally dissolve the Dublin
parliament next Tuesday.
Published January 29, 2011
Dail ‘a failed parliament’ - Martin
Newly elected Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has called for major
political reform just weeks before the 26-County general election.
Published January 29, 2011
Sectarianism in riot investigations exposed
Figures have shown a significant disparity between the arrest and
charges rate for riots in loyalist and republican areas in Belfast.
Published January 29, 2011
Campaign against refinery steps up
Opposition to Shell’s inland refinery and high-pressure onshore pipeline
in County Mayo will continue and escalate, environmental activists have
said.
Published January 29, 2011
‘Baron’ Adams bristles over Crown appointment
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, who tendered his resignation as a
member of the Westminster parliament last week, was subsequently
appointed without his agreement to a paid Crown position in order to
satisfy a 400-year old statute, according to British officials.
Published January 29, 2011
Martin replaces Cowen as FF leader; Finance Bill passes
Former minister for foreign affairs Micheal Martin has been elected as
the new leader of Fianna Fail to replace Brian Cowen.
Published January 26, 2011
The establishment closes ranks
The two largest opposition parties in the Dublin parliament, Fine Gael
and Labour, have stunned the Irish people after they backed a plan to
ensure the passage of Fianna Fail’s financial programme through the
Dublin parliament.
Published January 25, 2011
Four candidates vie for Fianna Fail leadership
Four contenders - Ministers Brian Lenihan, Mary Hanafin and Eamon O’Cuiv
as well former Minister Micheal Martin - have said they will contest the
race to succeed the Taoiseach Brian Cowen as leader of the crumbling
Fianna Fail party.
Published January 25, 2011
eirigi to contest local elections
The socialist republican party eirigi will contest the forthcoming local
elections in the Six Counties after voting in favour of the move at
their annual Ard-Fheis in Belfast on Sunday.
Published January 25, 2011
Heavy gang treatment for Belfast republican
Prominent north Belfast republican Mairtin Og Meehan has said he had to
receive medical treatment following an assault by the PSNI police last
Friday.
Published January 25, 2011
Bomb defused at British Army building
Dissident republicans are thought to have planted a bomb at a British
army officer training corps building in south Belfast.
Published January 25, 2011
Bizarre law puts Adams’s Westminster seat in limbo
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams remains as a member of the Westminster
parliament for West Belfast even though he has lodged a letter of
resignation, the Speaker of the House of Commons insisted last night.
Published January 25, 2011
The Green Party are to pull out of the coalition government in Dublin,
party leader John Gormley has announced. The party’s two Ministers have
submitted their resignations from Brian Cowen’s rapidly diminishing
Cabinet.
Published January 23, 2011
Cowen quits as leader of Fianna Fail
Brian Cowen has stepped down as leader of Fianna Fail just five days
after he won a vote of confidence from his parliamentary party. He will
remain on as Taoiseach.
Published January 22, 2011
The wheels finally started coming off Brian Cowen’s premiership this
week when he was forced to announce a date for the general election
following a devastating bust-up with his coalition partners.
Published January 21, 2011
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