As the countdown to an official visit by the British head of state to
the Twenty-Six Counties continues, details have been announced of the
latest protests against the move.
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Demo planned against royal visit
As the countdown to an official visit by the British head of state to
the Twenty-Six Counties continues, details have been announced of the
latest protests against the move.
Published August 20, 2010
Corruption controversy hits Stormont
Sinn Fein’s Six-County Development Minister Conor Murphy has suspended
his most senior civil servant under amid a controversy over the award of
contracts for water supply.
Published August 20, 2010
A small explosion inside a rubbish bin in Lurgan, County Armagh on
Saturday was the focus of an absurd British propaganda campaign at the
weekend.
Published August 16, 2010
Mystery talks relieve march tensions
The Apprentice Boys’ ‘Relief of Derry’ march -- the largest sectarian
parade of the year -- passed quietly on Saturday following reports of
dialogue between nationalist groups and the Stormont and British
administrations.
Published August 16, 2010
The DUP and Sinn Fein have been challenged to scrap the entire draft
parades legislation after making an apparent U-turn on some major
elements.
Published August 16, 2010
Tell truth about Majella, Britain urged
The British government should acknowledge at “the highest level” the
truth about the shooting dead of a 12-year-old girl by a British soldier
in south Armagh 34 years ago today, politicians have said.
Published August 16, 2010
Public in the dark as electricity prices jump
An increase in electricity prices will cause further hardship to those
struggling to pay bills as new figures show the Electricity Supply Board
(ESB) is cutting power to 900 households per month over non-payment of
bills.
Published August 16, 2010
RNU allege Euro recruitment bid
The Republican Network for Unity has slammed what it said was an attempt
to blackmail and threaten one of its members.
Published August 16, 2010
The protest by republican prisoners at Maghaberry prison has ended after
three weeks of talks.
Published August 13, 2010
Govts in talks with dissidents - McGuinness
The British government has talked to dissident republicans in recent
weeks, Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has said.
Published August 13, 2010
Attacks increase ahead of Derry parade
Unionist paramilitaries have targeted the homes of Catholics in Antrim
town with pipe bombs as sectarian tensions once again ratchet up in the
Six Counties.
Published August 13, 2010
Councillor is target of tabloid witch-hunt
A former Sinn Fein councillor who refused to condemn the current armed
campaign by breakaway IRA groups has apparently become the subject of a
high profile media hate campaign
Published August 13, 2010
Cuts not needed to balance budget - SF
Sinn Fein has said it is the only party in the Dublin parliament opposed
to the 3 billion euro in planned spending cuts.
Published August 13, 2010
Unionist election co-operation seen unlikely
Unionists have attacked each other over the possibility of Sinn Fein’s
Martin McGuinness becoming First Minister following next May’s election
to the Belfast Assembly at Stormont.
Published August 13, 2010
Breakthrough in republican prison protest
Published August 12, 2010
A challenge by Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams to rival republican
organisations to meet him for discussions about the way ahead has met
with a suspicious reaction by the parties involved and condemned by the
British government.
Published August 10, 2010
A loyalist mass murderer Torrens Knight has been controversially
freed from prison a second time.
Published August 10, 2010
Prisoners’ dirty protest continues
Efforts to end a dirty protest by republican prisoners at Maghaberry
jail have made little progress, but talks involving the Six-County
department of justice and the North’s Prison Service are continuing this
week.
Published August 10, 2010
British Army seals off rural road
The British Direct Ruler in the North, Owen Paterson, has used his
‘executive power’ to permanently seal off a road in County Down near a
British Army base.
Published August 10, 2010
Loyalist ‘feeder parade’ gets Ardoyne go ahead
The loyalist Apprentice Boys parade has been given the go-ahead to pass
by the Ardoyne shop fronts in north Belfast on Saturday.
Published August 10, 2010
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