An Assembly motion calling for full disclosure of information received
by the British and Irish intelligence agencies about the 1998 Omagh
bomb was rejected by the North’s two main unionist parties this week.
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Omagh bomb inquiry motion blocked
An Assembly motion calling for full disclosure of information received
by the British and Irish intelligence agencies about the 1998 Omagh
bomb was rejected by the North’s two main unionist parties this week.
Published October 17, 2008
The Ulster Unionist Party has agreed a joint “strategy” with unionist
hardliner Jim Allister to try to ensure that two unionists
are returned as MEPs in next
June’s European elections in the North of Ireland.
Published October 17, 2008
The main points of the 26-County state budget for 2009, presented this afternoon by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan,
Published October 14, 2008
Ministers in the 26-County government have admitted that tomorrow’s
budget will be a tough one, impacting on everyone, and that major tax
increases are on the cards.
Published October 13, 2008
Robinson in bitter personal attack on Adams
DUP leader Peter Robinson directed a stream of invective against Sinn
Féin President Gerry Adams tonight in the clearest sign yet that the
political stalemate gripping the North is at breaking point.
Published October 11, 2008
US presidential candidate Barack Obama has backed calls for an inquiry
into the murder of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane.
Published October 10, 2008
Two republican groups have separately claimed responsibility for a
roadside device which targeted the PSNI police in County Fermanagh
this week.
Published October 10, 2008
RUC bugged Rosemary Nelson’s home
British Crown forces bugged a house belonging to human rights lawyer
Rosemary Nelson and tried to tap her office phone, the inquiry into
her murder has learned
Published October 10, 2008
Dublin pressure over new border checkpoint
A border checkpoint is operating again more than a decade after the
last permanent border post from the conflict was closed.
Published October 10, 2008
The funeral took place on Wednesday morning of Peggy McGuinness,
mother of the Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness.
Published October 10, 2008
The man accused of the massive Northern Bank robbery in Belfast walked
free from court this morning after all charges against him were
dropped.
Published October 9, 2008
Unionist councillors in Limavady have refused to explain why they
blocked a peace gesture towards a past victim of of an infamous act of
sectarianism.
Published October 3, 2008
Race to kill PSNI member - Orde
The chief of the PSNI police, Hugh Orde, has claimed that republican
militants are engaged in a deadly competition to see who can be the
first to kill a member of the PSNI.
Published October 3, 2008
There was widespread dismay among nationalists after the Policing Board
backed PSNI Chief Hugh Orde’s call for the deployment of Taser electric
stun guns.
Published October 3, 2008
Adams seeks talks with Orange Order
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has called for a face-to-face meeting
with Orange Order Grand Master Robert Saulters.
Published October 3, 2008
Racist chant exposes Scottish fault-line
The Dublin government has been forced to take action over an anti-Irish
chant sung by a section of the Glasgow Rangers supporters during recent
soccer games in Scotland.
Published October 3, 2008
Dublin govt defends deposits, banks
Sitting in emergency session, the Dublin parliament has agreed
legislation to guarantee and underwrite the banking system in the 26
Counties.
Published October 1, 2008
HET investigations ‘compromised and censored’
A police unit set up to reinvestigate conflict-related killings
has been totally compromised by the malign influence of the murderous
Special Branch and should be scrapped, according to a new report.
Published September 26, 2008
Sectarian attacks on GAA, supporters
A Gaelic sports clubhouse in south Down has been gutted in a loyalist
arson attack.
Published September 26, 2008
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams today called for an Independent
International Truth Commission on the confict as the best way forward
on the issue of truth recovery.
Published September 26, 2008
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