The High Court in Belfast has ruled that a decision to
withhold state funding for a UDA-related group over that organisation’s
refusal to decommission its weaponry was “illegal”.
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The High Court in Belfast has ruled that a decision to
withhold state funding for a UDA-related group over that organisation’s
refusal to decommission its weaponry was “illegal”.
Published May 1, 2009
Duffy granted judicial review over spy tactics
Colin Duffy has been granted permission by the High Court to challenge
prison service silence about any covert surveillance being used against
him.
Published May 1, 2009
RUC kept loyalist plots secret
RUC Special Branch systematically failed to warn people under threat by
loyalists, the Billy Wright Inquiry has heard.
Published May 1, 2009
Four men guilty of the sectarian murder of a Catholic schoolboy have
been given minimum sentences of up to 13 years in jail.
Published May 1, 2009
A British supermarket chain ordered two young GAA members to remove
their sports jerseys while fundraising at a County Antrim supermar
Published May 1, 2009
Plan for mass ‘supergrass’ trials
A purpose-built ‘supergrass’ unit is to be constructed inside
Maghaberry Prison in the North of Ireland following a decision to
revive the policy of using informers’ evidence in courts.
Published April 24, 2009
Injunction bid to stop informer pressure
British intelligence has offered a six figure sum and a home abroad to
a South Armagh man if he would work with them to help imprison a
republican from the area.
Published April 24, 2009
‘Equality Commission’ rules against Easter Lily
A protest by Sinn Féin’s youth wing blocked the entrance to the
Equality Commission’s Office in Belfast in protest at a recent ruling
discriminating against the wearing of the Easter Lily by nationalists.
Published April 24, 2009
Activist hospitalised after Shell site beating
Farmer and environmental activist Willie Corduff is in hospital after
being attacked by a masked gang during a protest at the planned Corrib
gas pipeline early on Thursday.
Published April 24, 2009
Belfast’s Basque community in fear
A political activist from the Basque country was arrested in a raid in
Belfast this week and faces 14 years in prison if extradited back to
Spain.
Published April 24, 2009
‘Real IRA’ says it executed Denis Donaldson
The ‘Real IRA’ has claimed responsibility for killing infamous Special
Branch informer Denis Donaldson in County Donegal just over three years
ago.
Published April 17, 2009
Diverse groups mark Easter Rising
Hundreds of events, large and small, were held across Ireland to
mark the 93rd anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising by a variety of
republican groups, large and small.
Published April 17, 2009
Anger at treatment of prisoners
Republican prisoners at Maghaberry jail have been punished for wearing
Easter lilies in communal areas at the weekend.
Published April 17, 2009
Pol Brennan, who has been imprisoned in a US jail since January of last
year, has lost an appeal against a federal judge’s decision to deport
him to Ireland.
Published April 17, 2009
Dublin govt recognises ‘Londonderry’ name
A controversy has arises after it emerged that loyalists from Derry are
to be allowed to register their birth place as ‘Londonderry’ on Irish
passports.
Published April 17, 2009
PSNI police Chief Hugh Orde is to leave his position in the North of
Ireland after securing a job in England.
Published April 16, 2009
A statement was read out at an Easter commemoration
organised by the 32 County Sovereignty Committee in Derry city today.
Published April 13, 2009
Political tensions have increased in Belfast with an increased number
of incidents at sectarian interfaces ahead of the marching season.
Published April 10, 2009
Gaza is ‘open-air prison’ - Adams
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams entered the Gaza Strip on Wednesday
after former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was forced to intervene
to enable the visit.
Published April 10, 2009
Several Gaelic sports clubs across the north have been forced to
increase their security after a loyalist paramilitary group made
threats to kill members.
Published April 10, 2009
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