Two nights of violence at an east Belfast interface erupted after St
Matthew’s Church and nationalist homes in the Short Strand came under
attack from fireworks, stones and petrol bombs this week.
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Tensions spill over in east Belfast
Two nights of violence at an east Belfast interface erupted after St
Matthew’s Church and nationalist homes in the Short Strand came under
attack from fireworks, stones and petrol bombs this week.
Published November 7, 2008
PSNI funds go to UVF, not investigations
PSNI police chief Hugh Orde was forced to publicly apologise this week
after it emerged that his force had lied about millions of pounds it
paid to a construction firm connected to the UVF.
Published November 7, 2008
Paisley calls for Taser attack as war of words goes on
Ian Paisley jnr told a DUP audience at the weekend that he would like
to see his fellow Policing Board member, Sinn Féin’s Martina Anderson,
‘Tasered’.
Published November 7, 2008
Disappointment at Bloody Sunday Inquiry delay
The final report into the Bloody Sunday killings will not now be ready
until, at the earliest, the autumn of next year.
Published November 7, 2008
A British Army parade has passed off relatively quietly in Belfast city
centre this morning in one of the largest Crown force operations seen
in the city in many years.
Published November 2, 2008
Up to 15,000 teachers, parents and students gathered outside the
Leinster House parliament in Dublin this week to express their
opposition to spending cuts by the 26 County government.
Published October 31, 2008
Call for govts to intervene at Stormont
The political crisis at Stormont has deepened with DUP leader Peter
suggesting that the British government should respond to the continuing
stalemate.
Published October 31, 2008
Inquest reopens after coroner views secret files
The North’s most senior coroner John Leckey has revealed that new
evidence had been uncovered in top secret Crown force files regarding
an IRA attack in 1982.
Published October 31, 2008
Anti-Irish penal law challenged
A British ban on the use of the Irish language in courts in the North
which stretches back to 1737 was challenged this week.
Published October 31, 2008
New republican unity project launched
A number of different republican groups have said they will join forces
to explore a united approach in future.
Published October 31, 2008
Republicans to protest RIR triumphalism
Sinn Féin and eirigi are to stage separate protests against a British
Army parade through Belfast city centre on Sunday week.
Published October 24, 2008
Riots in Armagh as SAS men testify
Shots were fired during serious riots in Craigavon and Lurgan, both in
north County Armagh, on Wednesday night.
Published October 24, 2008
DUP claim permanent veto on Justice Ministry
Fresh disagreement has emerged between the DUP and Sinn Féin over the
selection of a future justice minister, with the DUP claiming a
unionist veto over the choice into perpetuity.
Published October 24, 2008
Retrial ordered in sectarian murder trial
The trial of six Ballymena youths facing charges arising out of the
sectarian murder of Catholic schoolboy Michael ‘Mickey Bo’ McIlveen in
May 2006 was dramatically halted and the jury dismissed yesterday
[Thursday].
Published October 24, 2008
The DUP’s Gregory Campbell indicated this week that plans to build a
multi-sports stadium at the site of the Long Kesh prison have been
scrapped.
Published October 24, 2008
A vote in the Dublin parliament on proposed cutbacks was carried by
the coalition government with a reduced majority of seven votes
tonight.
Published October 22, 2008
Dublin govt under threat amid budget backlash
Brian Cowen may be forced to back down on elements of last week’s
budget amid signs that the stability of his 26-County coalition
government is under threat.
Published October 20, 2008
Arms cache found as UDA get cash
Scores of guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition were discovered
by accident this week in a loyalist area of north Belfast as it
emerged that UDA death-squads are receiving huge cash hand-outs from
the Stormont administration.
Published October 17, 2008
The US government’s special envoy to the north of Ireland met northern
political leaders this week in a bid to avert the collapse of the
Stormont administration.
Published October 17, 2008
‘Get out of jail card’ for Murray
A suspected British Crown ‘agent provocateur’ has simply walked out of
Maghaberry Prison in the North.
Published October 17, 2008
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