The governor of the North’s main prison for political prisoners has
resigned less than five months after taking up the post.
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Maghaberry prison governor quits
The governor of the North’s main prison for political prisoners has
resigned less than five months after taking up the post.
Published December 7, 2009
Lundy’s Day passes off peacefully
The UVF attacked the nationalist Ardoyne shops in north Belfast ahead of
a highly controversial loyalist march at the weekend
Published December 7, 2009
PSNI loses ‘vindictive’ costs case
The northern editor of the Sunday Tribune Suzanne Breen said she felt
further vindicated by a ruling yesterday on legal costs in her case
against the PSNI police.
Published December 7, 2009
Sinn Fein, DUP in slapfight over deadlock
Sinn Fein has called on the DUP leader Peter Robinson to let people know
exactly why he is still refusing to agree a date for the transfer of
justice responsibilities from the Westminster parliament in London to
the Stormont Assembly in Belfast.
Published December 7, 2009
Israeli police compare notes with PSNI
The PSNI and the Israel police force have controversially held meetings
to compare their ongoing operations in the north of Ireland and middle
East respectively.
Published December 7, 2009
Confusion and anger as budget looms
The Dublin government has been accused of dithering and weakness after
it backed away from a potential deal with the public service trade
unions to avert strike action.
Published December 3, 2009
Ardoyne activists gassed, arrested by PSNI
The son of a former prominent Sinn Fein councillor has accused the PSNI
of “political and heavy-handed policing” alter being sprayed with CS gas
and arrested in north Belfast on Sunday night.
Published December 3, 2009
Dissident republicans okay, says PSNI Chief
In his first full interview since taking up his new post, PSNI police
chief Matt Baggott has said that he has “no problems with dissident
republicanism” but that the use of armed struggle “is just meant to
intimidate and take people back to a day when the streets were full of
the [British] Army.”
Published December 3, 2009
Assembly member joins Fianna Fail
Assembly member Gerry McHugh who quit Sinn Fein two years ago has
joined Fianna Fail, prompting speculation of a potential shift in
nationalist and republican politics in the Six Counties.
Published December 3, 2009
PSNI admits ‘facilitating’ sectarian mob
The PSNI have confirmed they agreed to a loyalist mob gathering in
Portadown shortly before a 200-strong crowd rioted outside a bar in the
town centre.
Published December 3, 2009
New York event to mark MacBride anniversary
An event will take place in New York City Hall next week will mark the
silver anniversary of the MacBride Principles on Fair Employment.
Published December 3, 2009
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the 26-County Taoiseach,
Brian Cowen, met again in London today [Monday] for talks on the
deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers to Belfast.
Published November 30, 2009
Cowen defers to church over abuse report
Victims of clerical chid abuse have criticised the response of the
Dublin government to revelations that three decades of abuse by
paedophiles in the Dublin Archdiocese were covered up by the church
hierarchy.
Published November 30, 2009
Loyalist mob lays claim to Portadown centre
A loyalist mob staged a ‘show of strength’ on Saturday to intimidate
Catholics from entering the town centre despite the PSNI having advance
knowledge of the planned incident.
Published November 30, 2009
Parades decision a ‘sick joke’
The Parades Commission has said it will allow a loyalist band
commemorating a unionist paramilitary killer to parade past the scene
where one of his victims was killed.
Published November 30, 2009
Solidarity protests over Basque arrests
Protests took place in Belfast and Dublin on Saturday in solidarity with
the Basque struggle and the latest victims of Spanish state repression.
Published November 30, 2009
Scottish independence plans published
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond published details today of a
planned referendum on Scottish independence, setting out the case for
breaking the 300-year-old union with England.
Published November 30, 2009
Govt apologises over abuse, blames church
The Dublin government this afternoon apologised for “failures” by the
State in dealing with clerical child abuse and said the “deference”
shown to the church in this regard had been “misplaced”.
Published November 26, 2009
The British Army’s elite Special Reconnaisance Regiment were involved in
the ambush in county Fermanagh last week in which a number of shots were
fired, it has emerged.
Published November 26, 2009
Civil servants set to strike again
Around a quarter of a million workers took to picket lines across the
Twenty-Six Counties today [Tuesday] as public sector staff struggle to
protect their pay and conditions.
Published November 26, 2009
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