The controversy over the 1981 hunger strike has continued with
conflicting messages from the current and former Sinn Fein leaders, and
from former prisoners who were inside Long Kesh prison at the time.
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Clarification urged in hunger strike debate
The controversy over the 1981 hunger strike has continued with
conflicting messages from the current and former Sinn Fein leaders, and
from former prisoners who were inside Long Kesh prison at the time.
Published October 26, 2009
British spies lined up for trial
An extraordinary thirty-five MI5 agents are to be called to court to
give evidence evidence behind screens against three men accused of
dissident republican activity.
Published October 26, 2009
UUP ‘sells soul’ for place in Tory govt
The Ulster Unionists’ sole member of the Westminster parliament failed
to turn up to her party’s conference at the weekend.
Published October 26, 2009
Former RUC man may take Stormont post for Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein assembly member Francie Brolly could be replaced next month by
a former member of the British Crown forces.
Published October 26, 2009
Satisfaction at US hearings on collusion
Raymond McCord has said he could not have hoped for anything better from
the Congressional hearing in the United States into his son’s killing.
Published October 26, 2009
Easter Rising filming gets underway
Filming for a new movie about the Easter Rising will finally get under
way in Ireland in April 2010.
Published October 26, 2009
The 26-County state appears to be heading for strikes and industrial
unrest on a scale not seen for many years after Ireland’s major trade
unions announced protest actions ahead of the December budget.
Published October 22, 2009
Bomb attack at British Army base
A bomb exploded at a British army base in north Belfast earlier today.
Published October 22, 2009
McGuinness upbeat as DUP stalls
Talks over the devolution of policing and justice powers from London to
Belfast have concluded with the DUP still stalling despite a pledge of
significant British government funding for the move.
Published October 22, 2009
Confrontation over Shell drilling operation
A local resident last week blocked the entrance gate to a Shell Inc.
construction site for which there is no planning permission, refusing to
move until proof was provided that Shell’s works on the site are legal.
Published October 22, 2009
Sectarian marches ‘have their place’ - Adams
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has said sectarian parades by the Orange
Order “will have their place in a new Ireland” but they should be held
“on the basis of respect and cooperation”.
Published October 22, 2009
After being closed to the public for more than a decade, Daniel
O’Connell’s crypt below the landmark round tower in Dublin’s Glasnevin
cemetery is open for visits, more than 160 years after his death.
Published October 22, 2009
The people of the 26 Counties are being prepared for an unprecedented
series of wage cuts and devastating cutbacks by the corrupt coalition
government in Dublin.
Published October 19, 2009
The IRA breakaway group known as Oglaigh na hEireann has claimed
responsibility for an under-car bomb in east Belfast last Thursday
Published October 19, 2009
A leading Derry community worker has criticised a PSNI search at the
home of his grandchildren, describing it as “disgraceful.”
Published October 19, 2009
US investment hailed by Stormont leaders
Plans by the New York stock exchange to set up a software facility in
Belfast have been held up as a demonstration that the north of Ireland
is a normal place for business investment.
Published October 19, 2009
Senators distressed by FG policy shift
The Seanad [Senate], the low-profile upper house of the Dublin
parliament, faces abolition if a plan by the 26 County state’s main
opposition party go
Published October 19, 2009
Spanish crackdown on Basque politicians
The Spanish government has ended a new political initiative in the
Basque country with the arrest of ten prominent pro-independence left
activists.
Published October 19, 2009
PSNI stretched by attack, alerts
Claims that a republican group abandoned a massive van bomb in a border
village this week proved unfounded after a dramatic controlled
explosion by the British Army revealed the van to be empty.
Published October 16, 2009
Prisoners back INLA peace move
Prisoners associated with the INLA (Irish National Liberation Army)
currently being held at Portlaoise jail in the Irish midlands have
endorsed a statement on Sunday in which the INLA’s armed struggle was
declared to be at an end.
Published October 16, 2009
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