A major military-style operation similar to that mounted for royal
visits swung into action this week as Matt Baggott officially took over
as the new PSNI chief.
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Major PSNI operation for new chief’s arrival
A major military-style operation similar to that mounted for royal
visits swung into action this week as Matt Baggott officially took over
as the new PSNI chief.
Published September 24, 2009
Anger over new Bloody Sunday delay
The Bloody Sunday families have described the latest delay in the
publication of the Saville report into the 1972 deaths as a “kick in the
teeth”.
Published September 24, 2009
Republican confrontation at DPP meeting
Up to 50 republicans forced their way into a public meeting of the local
District Policing Partnership in Derry on Wednesday morning
Published September 24, 2009
‘Wake up and smell the coffee’ - DUP
A prolonged contradiction has arisen in talks over the proposed
devolution of policing and justice powers from London to Belfast, with
the DUP continuing to deny Sinn Fein claims that progress is being made
in the talks.
Published September 24, 2009
Fas directors are ‘scapegoats’
A prosecution is being prepared into the “worthless” expenditures of
State training agency Fas as questions are being asked about a seven
figure payment made by the Dublin government to its former director
general last year.
Published September 24, 2009
Armagh mayhem follows sentencing
Three days of serious disorder erupted in north county Armagh at the
weekend after three members of the Continuity IRA received heavy
sentences for possession of a homemade rocket launcher.
Published September 21, 2009
Durkan ‘jumped rather than be pushed’
SDLP leader Mark Durkan was forced to announce his intention to step
down yesterday by colleagues who made it apparent that the knives were
out for him, it has emerged.
Published September 21, 2009
Shivers bailed from Maghaberry ‘death sentence’
Brian Shivers, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, was granted bail on
Friday after a judge heard prison authorities had failed to provide
essential medical treatment for him.
Published September 21, 2009
Developers celebrate windfall as families queue for food
Ireland’s multi-millionaire developers were this week toasting the
Dublin government’s bailout of the Irish real estate market in the
Spanish playground resort of Puerto Banus, according to newspaper
reports.
Published September 21, 2009
Barroso mounts Lisbon PR stunt
The European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso kissed babies and
pressed the flesh in an Irish-style political canvas, hours after
threatening serious repercussions for Ireland if the Lisbon Treaty is
not approved in the October 2 referendum.
Published September 21, 2009
Secrets of Royal Black Institution revealed
Loyalist secret societies have “cultivated hatred and sectarianism” and
should be disbanded, according to the author of a new book on the Royal
Black Institution.
Published September 21, 2009
SDLP leader Durkan to step down
SDLP leader Mark Durkan has said he intends to stand aside as party leader after the next Westminster general election, which is expected around May next year.
Published September 20, 2009
The 26 County Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has confirmed a bailout
measuring in tens of billions of Euro for Irish developers, property
speculators and their bankers.
Published September 17, 2009
Humanitarian appeal for Brian Shivers
A man currently being held on remand at Maghaberry jail on the basis of
controversial ‘low copy’ or ‘low threshold’ DNA evidence could be dead
by the time he is cleared of charges, his lawyer has said.
Published September 17, 2009
Coroner gives shoot-to-kill ultimatum
The PSNI has been given seven weeks to hand over top-secret reports into
the deaths of six men shot dead in Crown force shoot-to-kill operations.
Published September 17, 2009
Pro-Lisbon side ‘using economic fears’
The main political parties are using the current economic crisis to
scare people into supporting the Lisbon Treaty, Sinn Féin’s Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has said.
Published September 17, 2009
Protest against British Army recuitment
A British Army recruitment event in Belfast city centre was disrupted on
Saturday, September 12 after éirígí activists staged a demonstration.
Published September 17, 2009
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has insisted that the North’s political
parties have reached “the end game” in negotiating a financial package
with the British government on the transfer of policing and justice
powers from London to Belfast.
Published September 17, 2009
Scale of NAMA bailout revealed
The 26-County Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has revealed the
extent of the highly controversial bailout to be provided to the main
Irish banks following heavy losses by Irish developers in the property
markets.
Published September 16, 2009
Collusion behind Loughinisland
A report into the RUC police’s handling of one of the major loyalist
massacres of the conflict is expected to reveal that four British
Crown force agents were aware that unionist paramilitaries were
planning the atrocity.
Published September 14, 2009
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