The head of the Catholic church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady has
indicated he has decided to stay at the head of the Irish Catholic
church despite an unprecedented scandal over clerical child abuse and a
subsequent cover-up by the church hierarchy.
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Cardinal rejects resignation call
The head of the Catholic church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady has
indicated he has decided to stay at the head of the Irish Catholic
church despite an unprecedented scandal over clerical child abuse and a
subsequent cover-up by the church hierarchy.
Published May 20, 2010
Donegal residents resist Garda tax clampdown
A campaign is mounting in Donegal against a tax imposed by the Dublin
government on cars purchased in the Six Counties.
Published May 20, 2010
A Sinn Fein Stormont delegation visited Maghaberry on Friday as anger
mounts at the conditions inside the jail.
Published May 17, 2010
Empey to quit as unionism struggles with election aftermath
Ulster Unionist Party leader Reg Empey has confirmed he is to stand down
in the autumn and has called on Peter Robinson to consider his position
as head of the DUP.
Published May 17, 2010
Gardai seek to repress street protests
Four members of eirigi held a peaceful protest on the outer porch of
Anglo Irish Bank’s headquarters in Dublin before they and three
supporters were attacked and injured by members of the Garda police.
Published May 17, 2010
The 26-County Taoiseach Brian Cowen has been strongly criticised
following a speech in which he sought to justify his actions as Minister
for Finance and Taoiseach while acknowledging that he played a part in
the economic crash.
Published May 17, 2010
New Direct Ruler has visited ‘darkest Ireland’
The new British Conservative Direct Ruler, Owen Paterson, has held out
the prospect of allowing the the Six-County Assembly to make some tax
varying decisions.
Published May 17, 2010
Rockall ‘planning permission’ granted
The 26-County of Foreign Affairs has said a British bid to claim
jurisdiction to the distant Irish island of Rockall is a “stunt”.
Published May 17, 2010
Newly elected British prime minister, Conservative party leader David
Cameron has vowed to “alter the shape of British politics forever” as he
took office at Downing Street this week alongside his deputy prime
minister Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Published May 14, 2010
Owen Paterson is new Direct Ruler
Owen Paterson, the Conservative spokesman on the North of Ireland, has
been appointed the North’s new ‘Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’
in British Prime Minister David Cameron’s new coalition cabinet.
Published May 14, 2010
Gardai clash with cutbacks protest
Protestors at Tuesday night’s ‘Enough is Enough’ march, called by the
Right to Work campaign, were subjected to a sudden attack by panicked
Garda police outside the Dublin parliament.
Published May 14, 2010
Long sentences for loyalist child killers
The loyalist killers of 15-year-old Thomas Devlin were described as
having “deeply ingrained sectarian attitudes” towards Catholics by the
judge as he sentenced them to a minimum of 30 years and 22 years
respectively.
Published May 14, 2010
Gaza relief ship refused permission to leave port
The first ship of an international flotilla aiming to break the Israeli
blockade on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid to the strip is being held
up in an Irish port, apparently because of an Irish tricolour painted on
its side.
Published May 14, 2010
Govt crackdown on ‘head shops’
‘Head shops’ selling ‘legal highs’ from their shelves all around the 26
Counties closed their doors or withdrew most of the products from their
shelves following the announcement of new legislation to ban the sale to
the public of a list of chemical compounds this week.
Published May 14, 2010
Cameron become British PM as Brown throws in towel
David Cameron has become the first Tory British Prime Minister in thirteen years after a sudden announcement by Gordon Brown tonight that he was standing down.
Published May 12, 2010
Brown steps aside, calls for talks
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Monday evening he was
quitting as Labour leader as it was confirmed that he is to hold formal
talks with the Liberal Democrats over a “progressive coalition” British
government.
Published May 10, 2010
Prisoners demand political status
Disturbances are continuing inside Maghaberry prison in County Antrim
amid concern by families of the prisoners that the situation inside the
jail is increasingly dangerous and combustible.
Published May 10, 2010
Robinson backed as unionism coalesces
The DUP says it “stands four-square behind Peter Robinson” to continue
as party leader and First Minister following a party meeting at
Stormont.
Published May 10, 2010
Family flees sectarian attacks
A nationalist family in Derry city’s Waterside says they’re being
hounded out of their home by repeated sectarian attacks.
Published May 10, 2010
Shell condemned by human rights group
The publication of a Frontline human rights report on the Corrib gas
dispute is a damning indictment of human rights abuses that have been
suffered by campaigners against a high-pressure gas pipeline and
refinery on the coast of county Mayo.
Published May 10, 2010
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