The British government has refused to allow the actions of the Crown
prosecution service be included in the inquiry into the sectarian
murder of Robert Hamill and subsequent cover-up, it has been revealed.
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Inquiry bid to question prosecutors blocked
Published March 21, 2008
Ahern angers Irish-America on St Patrick’s Day visit
US President George Bush said that “more progress can and will be made”
in the north of Ireland during the annual gathering of politicians in
the White House for St Patrick’s Day.
Published March 21, 2008
Bitter exchanges between parties
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson
held talks Tuesday in an attempt to defuse growing tensions between the
two parties.
Published March 14, 2008
Local government plans agreed; elections postponed
It was announced on Thursday that the Northern Executive has agreed on
a compromise proposal to create 11 “super-councils” by 2011.
Published March 14, 2008
Paisley claims he ‘smashed’ Sinn Féin
The DUP leader Ian Paisley, who is set to resign in May, has revealed that
he never shook Martin McGuinness’s hand in almost a year of government.
Published March 14, 2008
Gibraltar and Milltown victims remembered
An event celebrating the life of IRA Volunteer Mairead Farrell went
ahead in Sinn Féin’s private offices at the Belfast Assembly last
weekend following a ban on the commemoration using a public space at
the Assembly buildings.
Published March 14, 2008
‘Bik’ to face trial after appeal rejected
The Supreme Court in Dublin has dismissed an appeal against the trial
of H-Block escaper Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane on charges connected with
an IRA kidnapping in 1983.
Published March 14, 2008
Dismay as Mairead Farrell commemoration is banned
A memorial for Mairead Farrell, one of three IRA Volunteers shot dead
by the SAS in Gibraltar 20 years ago, has been banned.
Published March 7, 2008
Rejectionists attacked at SF Ard Fheis
Every step Sinn Féin took brought it closer to its “central and most
urgent” goal of a 32-county republic,
Martin McGuinness has said.
Published March 7, 2008
‘Unrepentant unionist’ addresses Ard Fheis
Anti-collusion campaigner Raymond McCord surprised Sinn Féin organisers
by addressing the party’s annual conference wearing his father’s Orange
Order sash.
Published March 7, 2008
Hamill inquiry delayed again as Woodward stalls
The delayed public inquiry into the death of Robert Hamill, who was
kicked to death in Portadown in 1997, faces a new delay.
Published March 7, 2008
Eleventh-hour appeals to save Tara
Poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney has described the M3 motorway as
a ruthless desecration of the sacred landscape around the Hill of Tara.
Published March 7, 2008
Ian Paisley announces resignation
Rev Ian Paisley has announced he is to resign as leader of the
Democratic Unionist Party and First Minister in the northern Executive
in May.
Published March 4, 2008
Adams address to Sinn Fein Ard Fheis 2008
An abridged version of Gerry Adams’s Presidential
Address delivered this evening to the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis 2008.
Published March 1, 2008
The Dark’s ashes are scattered
The ashes of former IRA hunger striker Brendan ‘The Dark’ Hughes have
been scattered in west Belfast and in County Louth.
Published February 29, 2008
IRA refuses to meet British truth panel
The Provisional IRA is to refuse to meet the ‘Eames/Bradley
consultative group on dealing with the past’, it has been revealed.
Published February 29, 2008
March in defence of Irish language
Thousands of people took to the streets of Belfast city centre on
February 23 to show their support for the Irish language and cultural
diversity.
Published February 29, 2008
SF to discuss Irish unity policy
The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis will take place in the RDS in Dublin this
weekend.
Published February 29, 2008
Clinton to mark Agreement anniversary
Former US president Bill Clinton has confirmed his attendance at
celebrations in Belfast to mark the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday
Agreement in April.
Published February 29, 2008
Death of Brendan ‘The Dark’ Hughes
One of Belfast’s most senior republican figures and a legendary IRA
fighter, Brendan Hughes, died at the weekend after a short illness aged
59.
Published February 21, 2008
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