The 26-County Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has drawn a veil of
secrecy around the state’s banking system and the Dublin government’s
efforts to reinvent the sector.
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The 26-County Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has drawn a veil of
secrecy around the state’s banking system and the Dublin government’s
efforts to reinvent the sector.
Published December 29, 2010
Prisoners’ Christmas visits cancelled
Republican prisoners’ families were turned away from Maghaberry jail on
Christmas Eve in an apparent reprisal by warders for a new agreement on
oral searches.
Published December 29, 2010
Grenade incident prompts questions, criticism
A grenade found outside the County Fermanagh home of a PSNI policeman
has been strongly condemned by the North’s political parties.
Published December 29, 2010
Independence ‘almost lost’ under de Valera
One of the most respected civil servants to work for the Dublin
government, TK Whitaker, has said that an almost bankrupt Ireland was in
danger of losing its independence in the late 1950s.
Published December 29, 2010
New Year message from Gerry Adams
A statement was issued by Sinn Fein President Gerry
Adams on Christmas Eve.
Published December 29, 2010
On the 50th anniversary of the successful breakout from Crumlin Road
jail in 1960, we publish a review of his book published earlier this
year, ‘Prisoner 1082, Escape From Crumlin Road - Europe’s Alcatraz’.
Review by Gerry O’Hara, for the Bobby Sands Trust.
Published December 29, 2010
People returning home for the festive season in Ireland continue to
endure hellish travel conditions as an ice storm has severely disrupted
road and air transport.
Published December 21, 2010
PSNI actions provoke Newry riot
The Derrybeg estate in Newry saw heavy clashes between the PSNI and
nationalist youths after armoured jeeps descended on the republican
estate, sealing off the entrance to the area.
Published December 21, 2010
Hamill prosecutions to go ahead
Three people are to be charged in connection with the sectarian murder
of Portadown Catholic Robert Hamill, Crown prosecutors in the North have
said.
Published December 21, 2010
The British Secretary Owen Paterson has appointed a totally new
seven-member Parades Commission.
Published December 21, 2010
Abortion ruling raises fresh controversy
There have been calls for a new referendum to legislate for limited
abortion in the 26 Counties following a European court ruling that a
woman with cancer had her human rights violated when she was refused an
abortion.
Published December 21, 2010
Television stand-off ‘to end in 2012’
Television channels from the South will be beamed for free across the
Six Counties by the end of 2012, it was confirmed this week.
Published December 21, 2010
Betrayed public demands change
A poll has confirmed the demand of the people of the 26 Counties for a
political renewal following Wednesday’s humiliating vote by the Dublin
parliament to cede control of economic decision-making to the European
Union and the International Monetary Fund.
Published December 17, 2010
After weeks of delays, the DUP and Sinn Féin have signed up to the draft
budget to meet 4 billion pounds (4.7 billion euro) in savings demanded
by British exchequer chancellor George Osborne.
Published December 17, 2010
Ahern feared for career over renditions - WikiLeaks
A leaked cable published by WikiLeaks has described how former 26-County
Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern knew that at least three illegal
‘extraordinary rendition’ flights had used Shannon airport when he held
a meeting with the US ambassador in December 2007.
Published December 17, 2010
Finucane protest planned as inquiries stalled
The publication of two inquiries into collusion killings has been hit by
further delays.
Published December 17, 2010
A man accused of murdering Belfast chip shop owner Alfredo Fusco has
refused to give evidence in his own defence.
Published December 17, 2010
Belfast attacks ‘ridiculous’ - SF
Two pipe bomb attacks took place in south and north Belfast over the past 24
hours-
Published December 17, 2010
Dail surrenders economic sovereignty
The Fianna Fail/Green Party coalition has won a vote in the Dublin
parliament which will cede control over the day-to-day running of the
26-County economy to the International Monetary Fund and the European
Union.
Published December 15, 2010
WikiLeaked: Politics over peace
Classified cables from the US Embassy in Dublin released by the
Wikileaks organisation have revealed that the 26-County government acted
contrary to nationalist interests and consistently briefed against Sinn
Fein during the peace process in the North.
Published December 14, 2010
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