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.
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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
Published January 23, 2011
Cowen quits as leader of Fianna Fail
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
Sinn Fein gears up for historic election
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has formally resigned from his
Westminster seat in West Belfast following news that an election date
has been set for a 26 County general election.
Published January 21, 2011
Leading 32CSM man targeted by MI5
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement have urged republicans to be vigilant
following the arrest and subsequent approach by British forces to one of
its members from South Armagh.
Published January 21, 2011
Most of PSNI served in RUC, statistic shows
More than half the current PSNI force at work across the North once wore
the uniform of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, it has emerged.
Published January 21, 2011
Shell wins permission for new Corrib Gas plan
Environmental campaigners have said that their opposition will escalate
following a planning ruling that approved revised plans by Shell E&P for
a hugely contentious inland refinery and high-pressure onshore pipeline
in County Mayo
Published January 21, 2011
Bloody Sunday committee members quit
Three members of the ‘Bloody Sunday Weekend Committee’ are to step down
from their roles after twenty years, citing “political differences” in
how forthcoming commemorations are to be held.
Published January 21, 2011
Election called amid political chaos
Published January 20, 2011
Mary Harney resigns from government
Published January 19, 2011
Cowen retains control of Fianna Fail
Published January 18, 2011
The 26-County Taoiseach Brian Cowen may narrowly win a confidence vote
among his Fianna Fail party TDs tonight [Tuesday], but his leadership of
a withering political organisation is likely to be short-lived.
Published January 18, 2011
British spy operated in 26 Counties
Calls are growing in Britain for a wide-ranging inquiry to establish the
full extent of undercover British operations within Irish protest
movements, following the unmasking of a undercover spy who had spent
time with several campaigns in Ireland, including the Corrib Gas
protest.
Published January 18, 2011
‘UK City of Culture’ office attacked
A small bomb exploded at the office in Derry of the ‘UK City of Culture’
program early on Monday.
Published January 18, 2011
Bloody Sunday families issue statement on commemoration
The majority of Bloody Sunday families have signed up to an agreement
that this month’s commemoration march should be the last.
Published January 18, 2011
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