The 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Derry has denied that dissident
republicans were behind a petrol bomb attack on the home of Sinn Féin
leadership figure Mitchel McLaughlin at the weekend.
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Furore after attack on home of Mitchel McLaughlin
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement in Derry has denied that dissident
republicans were behind a petrol bomb attack on the home of Sinn Féin
leadership figure Mitchel McLaughlin at the weekend.
Published May 15, 2009
Deadlock as prison protest goes on
A dirty protest at Portlaoise prison is entering its sixth week, with
prison warders admitting they see no signs that the ‘Real IRA’ men
involved will soon end their demonstration.
Published May 15, 2009
UDA leader fined £1 after life of crime
A former unionist paramilitary ‘brigadier’ has been fined just one pound
after prosecutors agreed a deal with the defence in a Belfast courtroom
over the proceeds of his crimes.
Published May 15, 2009
Dismay as Ballymena killers receive light sentences
The family of Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen have criticised the
lenient sentences given to seven people convicted in connection with his
savage killing.
Published May 8, 2009
North election campaign underway
Sinn Féin’s European candidate Bairbre de Brun has emerged as the
bookies’ favourite to top the poll at next month’s election but is
facing a hard battle against the DUP’s Diane Dodds.
Published May 8, 2009
Coalition frays as election looms
The Green Party has moved to distance themselves from their Fianna Fail
Coalition partners by refusing to call on their supporters to transfer
their votes in the three sets of elections scheduled in hte 26 Counties
for June 5th.
Published May 8, 2009
Court overturns Fianna convictions
In a landmark ruling, two men convicted in relation to IRA-related
charges 30 years ago when they were teenagers have had their records
cleared.
Published May 8, 2009
Queen moves closer to 26-County visit
A visit by the Queen of England to Derry has been condemned by
Republican Sinn Féin.
Published May 8, 2009
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
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