Fresh disagreement has emerged between the DUP and Sinn Féin over the
selection of a future justice minister, with the DUP claiming a
unionist veto over the choice into perpetuity.
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DUP claim permanent veto on Justice Ministry
Fresh disagreement has emerged between the DUP and Sinn Féin over the
selection of a future justice minister, with the DUP claiming a
unionist veto over the choice into perpetuity.
Published October 24, 2008
Retrial ordered in sectarian murder trial
The trial of six Ballymena youths facing charges arising out of the
sectarian murder of Catholic schoolboy Michael ‘Mickey Bo’ McIlveen in
May 2006 was dramatically halted and the jury dismissed yesterday
[Thursday].
Published October 24, 2008
The DUP’s Gregory Campbell indicated this week that plans to build a
multi-sports stadium at the site of the Long Kesh prison have been
scrapped.
Published October 24, 2008
A vote in the Dublin parliament on proposed cutbacks was carried by
the coalition government with a reduced majority of seven votes
tonight.
Published October 22, 2008
Dublin govt under threat amid budget backlash
Brian Cowen may be forced to back down on elements of last week’s
budget amid signs that the stability of his 26-County coalition
government is under threat.
Published October 20, 2008
Arms cache found as UDA get cash
Scores of guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition were discovered
by accident this week in a loyalist area of north Belfast as it
emerged that UDA death-squads are receiving huge cash hand-outs from
the Stormont administration.
Published October 17, 2008
The US government’s special envoy to the north of Ireland met northern
political leaders this week in a bid to avert the collapse of the
Stormont administration.
Published October 17, 2008
‘Get out of jail card’ for Murray
A suspected British Crown ‘agent provocateur’ has simply walked out of
Maghaberry Prison in the North.
Published October 17, 2008
Omagh bomb inquiry motion blocked
An Assembly motion calling for full disclosure of information received
by the British and Irish intelligence agencies about the 1998 Omagh
bomb was rejected by the North’s two main unionist parties this week.
Published October 17, 2008
The Ulster Unionist Party has agreed a joint “strategy” with unionist
hardliner Jim Allister to try to ensure that two unionists
are returned as MEPs in next
June’s European elections in the North of Ireland.
Published October 17, 2008
The main points of the 26-County state budget for 2009, presented this afternoon by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan,
Published October 14, 2008
Ministers in the 26-County government have admitted that tomorrow’s
budget will be a tough one, impacting on everyone, and that major tax
increases are on the cards.
Published October 13, 2008
Robinson in bitter personal attack on Adams
DUP leader Peter Robinson directed a stream of invective against Sinn
Féin President Gerry Adams tonight in the clearest sign yet that the
political stalemate gripping the North is at breaking point.
Published October 11, 2008
US presidential candidate Barack Obama has backed calls for an inquiry
into the murder of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane.
Published October 10, 2008
Two republican groups have separately claimed responsibility for a
roadside device which targeted the PSNI police in County Fermanagh
this week.
Published October 10, 2008
RUC bugged Rosemary Nelson’s home
British Crown forces bugged a house belonging to human rights lawyer
Rosemary Nelson and tried to tap her office phone, the inquiry into
her murder has learned
Published October 10, 2008
Dublin pressure over new border checkpoint
A border checkpoint is operating again more than a decade after the
last permanent border post from the conflict was closed.
Published October 10, 2008
The funeral took place on Wednesday morning of Peggy McGuinness,
mother of the Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness.
Published October 10, 2008
The man accused of the massive Northern Bank robbery in Belfast walked
free from court this morning after all charges against him were
dropped.
Published October 9, 2008
Unionist councillors in Limavady have refused to explain why they
blocked a peace gesture towards a past victim of of an infamous act of
sectarianism.
Published October 3, 2008
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