Barack Obama could abolish the post of US special envoy to the north of
Ireland if he becomes president as he responds to the Taoiseach’s call
for a review of the relationship between Ireland and the US.
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Published August 29, 2008
Sharp reaction to Lisbon re-run proposal
Opposition parties in the 26 Counties joined forces this week to
strongly criticise the Dublin government’s Europe minister Dick Roche
after he said that a second referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon
Treaty was on the cards.
Published August 29, 2008
Sinn Féin’s youth wing has been causing controversy over attempts to
literally ‘green’ the north - one postbox at a time.
Published August 29, 2008
British soldiers observed murder of teenager
A Police Ombudsman investigation into the murder of Belfast teenager
Damien Walsh will confirm British soldiers watched the killing by the
unionist paramilitary UDA and did not intervene, it has been reported.
Published August 22, 2008
Wreathes not enough for Omagh victims
A cross-border public inquiry is the only proper tribute to relatives
bereaved by the Omagh bomb blast, a memorial service heard on Sunday.
Published August 22, 2008
Controversy at hunger strike commemoration
Unionist condemnation of the use of a replica machine gun during a
republican commemoration ceremony has pointed up the hypocrisy of the
current debate on weapons decommissioning.
Published August 22, 2008
PSNI involved in killing, inquest told
A PSNI Special Branch agent was involved in the brutal assassination of a
Belfast man outside a school in the North of Ireland, an inquest heard
today.
Published August 22, 2008
The priest hero who famously went to the defence of besieged Catholic
schoolgirls in Belfast’s Ardoyne in the face of loyalist attacks is
moving against his wishes to Paris, as a chaplain to English-speaking
residents there.
Published August 22, 2008
Paisley calls for return of shoot-to-kill
Policing Board member Ian Paisley Jnr today urged the PSNI to shoot
republican militants on sight following an abortive rocket attack in
County Fermanagh at the weekend.
Published August 19, 2008
It has been announced that the British Army’s Royal Irish Regiment is
to stage a full military parade in Ballymena, County Antrim, fuelling
tensions over the summer marching season
Published August 15, 2008
The British and Irish governments should intervene in the event of the
failure of the Stormont Executive to guarantee political progress by
“other arrangements”, Gerry Adams has said.
Published August 15, 2008
Anger at desecration of IRA memorial
A memorial to IRA hunger strikers in Newry has been vandalised by
loyalists.
Published August 15, 2008
Republicans urged to ‘report sinister approaches’
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement has urged all republicans,
regardless of which movement they are affiliated with, to make contact
with a solicitor and publicise any approach made by British or
26-County intelligence services immediately.
Published August 15, 2008
Resignation follows Robinson outburst
A controversy over comments by DUP MP Iris Robinson has led to the
resignation of one of her advisors, a psychiatrist who Robinson claimed
could “cure” homosexuals.
Published August 15, 2008
SF postpones justice post ambition
Sinn Féin and the DUP have agreed that neither party will fill the post
of justice and policing minister -- but Sinn Féin has reserved the
right to take the job at a future date.
Published August 8, 2008
Hurricane delays Brennan hearing
Three US congressmen have signed a letter to Department of Homeland
Security secretary calling for H-Block escapee Pol Brennan to be
granted bail, pending resolution of deportation proceedings against
him.
Published August 8, 2008
Britain ‘ignoring’ human rights judgements
European court judgments on British Crown force killings and collusion
with unionist paramilitaries have been ignored, human rights
campaigners said yesterday.
Published August 8, 2008
A series of raids and arrests connected to the death of County Armagh
man Paul Quinn last October has drawn protests.
Published August 8, 2008
The Sinn Féin Mayor of Belfast has unveiled an Irish flag in his
official offices, while a County Derry colleague has questioned
the public’s use of the flag.
Published August 8, 2008
Spy device linked to SAS ambush
A Crown force spying device has been discovered at a house used by IRA
Volunteer Sean O’Farrell, who died in an SAS ambush in 1992.
Published August 1, 2008
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