Two brothers who committed dozens of loyalist crimes will serve as
little as three years in jail because they have turned ‘supergrass’.
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UVF ‘grasses’ get shortened sentences
Two brothers who committed dozens of loyalist crimes will serve as
little as three years in jail because they have turned ‘supergrass’.
Published March 8, 2010
Public service strikes escalate
Schools and hospitals are expected to be worst hit as trade union chiefs
escalate a fight to reverse pay cuts with a series of work stoppages.
Published March 8, 2010
Address by Gerry Adams to Sinn Fein Ard Fheis 2010
Published March 6, 2010
Massacre inquiry ‘pointless’ - Ford
Victims of Bloody Sunday have expressed outrage at comments by the
proposed future Six County Justice Minister David Ford in which he said
the Saville inquiry into the killings was “pointless”.
Published March 4, 2010
PSNI warnings treated with scepticism
Two republicans in Derry have been told their lives are under threat
following the “execution” last week by the Real IRA of senior member
Ciaran Doherty
Published March 4, 2010
Provocative loyalist parade on St Patrick’s Day
A notorious loyalist flute band whose leader is awaiting trial on child
rape charges has been granted permission to march through a village
which has seen some of the worst sectarian intimidation of recent years
in the North.
Published March 4, 2010
Doubts persist ahead of crucial devolution vote
The DUP has ruled out the appointment of a minister for justice if the
Ulster Unionist Party refuses to endorse the establishment of a
department of justice within the Executive.
Published March 4, 2010
Election battle looms as Paisley steps down
Ian Paisley announced he is stepping down as MP this week, leaving his
namesake son to battle Jim Allister, leder of the extreme unionist TUV
party, in the upcoming British general election for north Antrim.
Published March 4, 2010
Liam Adams, the brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, has denied
charges of sexual abuse following his arrest today in Dublin.
Published March 4, 2010
The family of Ciaran Doherty said he had been under “continuous
harassment” from the British secret service (MI5) in the months before
he was shot last week.
Published March 1, 2010
PSNI clash with rioters in Craigavon
The PSNI fired plastic bullets during serious rioting in County Armagh
at the weekend as rioting broke out in the nationalist Drumbeg and
Meadowbrook estates in Craigavon.
Published March 1, 2010
IRA groups as strong as Provisionals - Ahern
The 26-County Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has said the Real IRA
and Continuity IRA have successfully pooled their resources and the
threat posed by their co-operation is now as serious as that from the
Provisional IRA during the height of the conflict.
Published March 1, 2010
Former Basque prisoner to be extradited
A Belfast court has ruled that a Basque man living in Belfast should be
extradited to Spain on the basis of draconian Spanish legislation which
outlaws any expression of support for armed groups in the Basque
Country.
Published March 1, 2010
Hunger strike over labour dispute
A 58-year-old grandfather is among those on hunger strike outside the
Green Isle Foods plant in Naas, County Kildare, in a fight for workplace
rights on behalf of himself and his fellow workers.
Published March 1, 2010
Parties gear up for Westminster election
SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie has announced that she intends to seek her
party’s nomination to stand in Eddie McGrady’s South Down seat in the
Westminster election.
Published March 1, 2010
The dissident ‘Real IRA’ has been linked to the massive car bomb that
exploded outside the courthouse in Newry, County Armagh on Monday
night.
Published February 26, 2010
There have again been calls for an independent public inquiry into the
1998 Omagh bomb following the collapse of the retrial of Colm Murphy.
Published February 26, 2010
Call for statement over Derry killing
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has called on the 32 County Sovereignty
Committee to make a statement on the shooting dead of a man on the
outskirts of Derry on Wednesday.
Published February 26, 2010
Swift guilty verdict in Devlin trial
The mother of 15-year old sectarian murder victim Thomas Devlin has
called on senior prosecutors to “seriously consider their own positions”
over their initial decision not to pursue his killers.
Published February 26, 2010
‘Bigoted’ language act challenged
The Belfast Court of Appeal was urged yesterday to overturn a
270-year-old ban on the use of Irish language in court proceedings in
the Six Counties.
Published February 26, 2010
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