The 26-County Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea has resigned in a
scandal arising from his attempts to smear a Sinn Fein election rival.
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The 26-County Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea has resigned in a
scandal arising from his attempts to smear a Sinn Fein election rival.
Published February 18, 2010
Prisoner attacked at Maghaberry
Republican prisoner Kevin Barry Nolan, who stood as an independent
candidate in the 2005 council elections, has been injured in an attack
by a warder’s dog at Maghaberry jail.
Published February 18, 2010
Britain apologises for raiding child’s wake
The British government has publicly apologised to the family of a
13-year-old schoolboy for the “gross intrusion” caused when Crown
forces used “flawed intelligence” to raid his family home eight hours
after he was killed in a unionist paramilitary bomb.
Published February 18, 2010
The wife of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has described her struggle
with cancer as a “terrifying and emotional experience”.
Published February 18, 2010
A south Belfast community worker has voiced residents’ fears that last
week’s Hillsborough Agreement could lead to a return of the violent
anti-Catholic parades that marred the area in the 1990s.
Published February 18, 2010
Mossad using fake Irish passports
An Israeli assassination squad used forged Irish passports to enter
Dubai and kill a leading member of ruling Palestinian Hamas
organisation, it has emerged.
Published February 18, 2010
DUP leader Peter Robinson signed a post-dated letter of resignation as
First Minister to secure his party’s support for local policing and
justice in the north of Ireland, it has emerged.
Published February 15, 2010
Dublin govt under pressure over insider jobs scandal
The resignation from the Green Party of Senator Deirdre de Burca has
revealed an insider’s view of croneyism within the Dublin coalition
government and the harsh cost of sharing power with Fianna Fail.
Published February 15, 2010
Prospects improve for Irish Language Act
The DUP Minister for Culture in the Six County Assembly, Nelson
McCausland is to bring forward a “draft strategy on minority languages”
by the end of March.
Published February 15, 2010
32CSM warns on co-operation with PSNI
Hardline republicans in Derry are asking shops and businesses in the
city urging not to serve members of the PSNI.
Published February 15, 2010
Listed building damaged in British explosion
A British Army controlled explosion has damaged the 17th-century Church
of Ireland deanery in Derry.
Published February 15, 2010
Supreme Court petitioned over miscarriage of justice
Two Derry men refused permission to appeal their case before the Supreme
Court in London are to petition the court directly in their fight for
compensation for the time they spent in prison.
Published February 15, 2010
Both the DUP and Sinn Fein have drawn a line in the sand on the issue of
sectarian marches as a working group set up under last week’s agreement
at Hillsborough held its first discussions on the issue.
Published February 11, 2010
Leaders from all five main assembly parties in Belfast are currently
involved in efforts to decide who will be the North’s first justice
minister.
Published February 11, 2010
The group charged with locating the remains of those victims who went
missing during the conflict is set to add a name to its list of
“disappeared”, it has emerged.
Published February 11, 2010
Special Branch targeting vulnerable family members
A dissident republican has accused police Special Branch of targeting
vulnerable members of his family to inform against him.
Published February 11, 2010
Vindictive sentence for environmental activist
Shell to Sea campaigner and local fisherman Pat O’Donnell has been
sentenced to 7 months in jail after being found guilty of a “breach of
the peace” and “obstructing a Garda”.
Published February 11, 2010
Gardai to stage industrial action
Rank and file gardai police in the 26 Counties have voted overwhelmingly
in favour of taking industrial action over the imposition of levies and
the public sector pay cut.
Published February 11, 2010
The announcement by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) that it
has decommissioned its weapons has been strongly welcomed by the main
political parties in Ireland but greeted with condemnation by hardline
republican groups and mixed reactions from its own supporters.
Published February 8, 2010
Stumbling blocks seen for Hillsborough Agreement
After months of arguing and years of stalemate, the first step in
transferring policing and justice powers from the Westminster parliament
in London to the Six-County Assembly at Stormont should begin tomorrow
[Tuesday] when a new justice minister is expected to be nominated.
Published February 8, 2010
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