Senior Provisional IRA commander Brian Keenan has died after a battle
with cancer.
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Published May 21, 2008
Britain recognises UVF ceasefire
The British government has announced that it has decided to once again
recognise a ceasefire by the unionist paramilitary UVF.
Published May 16, 2008
FBI agent is focus of Omagh trial
Fresh doubts have been cast over the testimony of top FBI informer
David Rupert in the Omagh civil action, which is sitting in Dublin.
Published May 16, 2008
Nationalists have warned the British government that they will oppose
any attempt to introduce 'draconian' new laws allowing a British Direct
Ruler to order that inquests must be held in secret.
Published May 16, 2008
Attacks continue despite peace efforts
A Catholic man is recovering from head injuries after he was attacked
with baseball bats and a knife in a sectarian attack in Ballymena.
Published May 16, 2008
Court hears details of Stormont murder bid
Unionist serial killer Michael Stone planned to "slit the throats" of Sinn
Féin's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, Belfast Crown Court was told
this week.
Published May 16, 2008
McGuinness says IRA finished, attacks hardliners
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has warned that any attempt to bring the
Provisional IRA back into the political equation “is a big mistake”.
Published May 8, 2008
Paisley, Ahern declare history at Boyne site
First Minister Ian Paisley at the Battle of the Boyne site said on
Wednesday that people should together share “this island home” of
Ireland and be an example to the world.
Published May 8, 2008
Tear down the walls, urges Bloomberg
A high profile US-Northern Ireland investment conference has been
taking place in Belfast this afternoon [Thursday].
Published May 8, 2008
US still holds H-Block escaper
H-Block escapee Pol Brennan will remain in a Texas jail for several
more weeks, and possibly months, after an immigration judge denied him
bail.
Published May 8, 2008
The Court of Criminal Appeal in Dublin has quashed the convictions by
the non-jury Special Criminal Court of five Munster men on charges of
membership of the Real IRA.
Published May 8, 2008
Cowen elected Taoiseach, names Cabinet
The newly elected Taoiseach Brian Cowen has appointed Mary Coughlan as
his Tanaiste [Deputy Prime Minister] in his new Cabinet announced this
evening in Dublin.
Published May 7, 2008
A new victims support group has been set up this week by the father of
a Protestant collusion victim and a Catholic priest.
Published May 2, 2008
IRA not involved in Quinn murder - IMC
A government-appointed commission which monitors the conflict in the
north of Ireland has concluded that the Provisional IRA was not
involved in the death of south Armagh man Paul Quinn.
Published May 2, 2008
Charges have been dropped against all 18 unionist paramilitaries
arrested in relation to UDA violence in Carrickfergus, County Antrim,
despite renewed feuding in the town.
Published May 2, 2008
Shell rejects residents’ proposal on gas terminal
Shell Oil has rejected a proposal by County Mayo residents that it
should move its gas refinery to a coastal, rather than offshore,
location.
Published May 2, 2008
Spy equipment ‘removed in raid’
The PSNI have been accused of using the search of the home of leading
republican hardliner Gary Donnelly as a cover to remove sophisticated
electronic equipment
Published May 2, 2008
Parades Commission to be scrapped - reports
Plans to replace the North’s Parades Commission have been described as
“absolute madness” by nationalist
Published April 25, 2008
Justice group sues over Dublin’s secrets
Victims of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings said this week they
are suing the Dublin government because it has failed to release part
of an investigation into the single most devastating attack in the
history of the conflict.
Published April 25, 2008
Orange Order singled out for compensation
A new British government scheme offering financial compensation for
attacks on Orange Halls has been described as sectarian.
Published April 25, 2008
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