Multiple killer Michael Stone has told a trial judge that his infamous
armed assault on the Stormont Assembly was a “comic parody” and a
“performance artistic protest”.
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Multiple killer Michael Stone has told a trial judge that his infamous
armed assault on the Stormont Assembly was a “comic parody” and a
“performance artistic protest”.
Published September 26, 2008
Talks seek to resolve Stormont stand-off
First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin
McGuinness are expected to attend a British-Irish Council meeting in
Edinburgh today [Friday], despite the fact the Stormont executive is
not meeting.
Published September 26, 2008
Court action over secret Omagh tapes
Legal action is to be taken against the British government unless it
hands over recordings of the telephone conversations of a ‘Real IRA’
team as it was transporting the devastating 1998 Omagh bomb.
Published September 19, 2008
Sinn Féin’s former Publicity Director Danny Morrison has demanded to
know why his conviction for the abduction of an IRA informer is to be
quashed without explanation.
Published September 19, 2008
War of words after South Armagh bomb find
The Stormont Assembly this week debated their concerns over continued
armed actions by republicans after a 100lb bomb was discovered hidden
in a hedgerow in south Armagh.
Published September 19, 2008
Appeal for calm as Shell sets sail
It is hoped that a 10-day hunger strike by Mayo teacher Maura Harrington
will end shortly following the announcement by Shell Oil on Thursday
that its pipe-laying ship is to leave Irish territorial waters and sail
to Britain for repairs.
Published September 19, 2008
Politicians challenged over informer pressure
A Derry man has called on members of the Policing Board, which oversees
the PSNI, to state where they stand in relation to Special Branch
pressure on people to turn informer.
Published September 19, 2008
Unionist hardliner Arlene Foster has retained the DUP’s seat in the
closely watched Enniskillen local council by-election.
Published September 18, 2008
Progressive Democrats to be disbanded
Ireland’s small Progressive Democrats party is set to be wound up
after its members in the Dublin parliament agreed that the
organisation was “no longer politically viable”.
Published September 17, 2008
Omagh bomb calls were monitored
Pressure is growing today for a public inquiry into the Omagh bombing
after it was revealed British intelligence chiefs were listening in to
the Real IRA’s mobile phone calls on the day of the attack.
Published September 14, 2008
IRA Volunteers ‘used as spies’
Republican Sinn Féin has accused the Provisional IRA of gathering
intelligence on other republican groups and passing the information on
to the police north and south of the border.
Published September 12, 2008
British PM for key Belfast talks
As the DUP and Sinn Féin continue talks to reach a deal on difficult
issues, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to visit
Belfast next Tuesday.
Published September 12, 2008
The trial has begun before a juryless Diplock court in Belfast of a
bank official for the robbery in 2004 of the Northern Bank.
Published September 12, 2008
Members of a notorious unionist paramilitary death sqaud have been
accused of carrying out a savage assault in which a young mother was
held down by four men and bitten on the face.
Published September 12, 2008
Strong turnout urged in Fermanagh by-election
Next Thursday sees an important local council by-election in
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
Published September 12, 2008
Dublin govt admits economic crisis
The 26-County government, facing an unprecedented budget deficit, has
brought forward its annual economic policy statement by two months amid
heavy criticism of its failure to act over a looming meltdown in the
Irish economy.
Published September 5, 2008
Irish Navy deploys for Shell destruction
Eight more environmental activists were arrested in County Mayo today
[Friday] after an extraordinary confrontation between the Irish Naval
Service and campaigners attempting to halt the construction of a
potentially dangerous high-pressure gas pipeline.
Published September 5, 2008
Controversy mounts over British military parades
Belfast City Council this week voted that a civic reception for British
troops should go ahead in November, despite nationalist opposition
Published September 5, 2008
Prison warders urged to reveal CR gas concern
The British government is coming under renewed pressure to admit a
cancer-causing gas was used on republican prisoners during a 1974 Long
Kesh riot.
Published September 5, 2008
Obama seeks to recover from Irish policy blunder
US Presidential candidate Barack Obama has asked former senator George Mitchell and six leading
Irish-American politicians to advise him on Ireland amid a backlash
over his campaign’s handling of Irish issues.
Published September 5, 2008
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