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.
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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
The loss of two million Irish people through starvation and emigration
is to be remembered in Mayo this week when the second National Famine
Commemoration’s programme opens today [Monday].
Published May 10, 2010
A dramatic election in the North has strongly boosted the
nationalist parties but appears set to ‘decapitate’ the leadership of unionism.
Published May 8, 2010
Journey into the unknown for British politics
There is scepticism that Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will forge a
deal with the Conservatives this weekend after the British election
produced a hung parliament.
Published May 8, 2010
Despite a major PSNI offensive against republican militarists ahead of
election day, a ‘viable’ pipe bomb left outside an election count centre
in Derry interrupted counting for several hours early on Friday morning.
Published May 8, 2010
MI5 agent testifies in ‘entrapment’ trial
A member of British military intelligence (MI5) has given evidence from
behind screens in the trial of three County Armagh men charged in
connection with what is alleged to be an international plan to import
arms by dissident republicans.
Published May 8, 2010
Death of Bloody Sunday campaigner
Bloody Sunday campaigner Johnny Duddy died in Derry this week aged 87,
with still no date set for the release of the inquiry into the killings.
Published May 8, 2010
Further increase in emigration
The number of Irish people emigrating to the US increased by 12 per cent
last year, and there was also a slight increase in the number of people
from the 26 Counties registering to live and work in Britain in 2009,
according to new figures compiled by the US and British authorities.
Published May 8, 2010
Sinn Fein hold Fermanagh/South Tyrone
Sinn Fein’s Michelle Gildernew has remarkably retained her
Fermanagh-South Tyrone seat by four votes after a third recount.
Published May 7, 2010
Without majority, Cameron makes bid for power
The Tories are to attempt to form a government after the Westminster
election returned a hung parliament for the first time since 1974
Published May 7, 2010
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