The outcome of the Lisbon Treaty referendum is thought to be close
following a relatively high turnout of voters on Thursday.
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‘Yes’ camp see Lisbon victory after high turnout
Published June 13, 2008
President subjected to loyalist hate
A mob of loyalist bigots gathered outside the gates of a school in
County Derry on Tuesday to jeer and hurl sectarian abuse at the
President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, and her husband Martin.
Published June 12, 2008
The leaders of the four parties that make up the northern Executive
have not formally met since power-sharing was established in May last
year, it has emerged.
Published June 12, 2008
The trial of senior Provisional IRA figure ‘Bik’ McFarlane has opened
at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
Published June 12, 2008
Vindication for Derry peace activists
There were jubilant scenes in a Belfast court this week as six Derry
anti-war protesters were unanimously acquitted of destroying property
belonging to multinational arms company Raytheon.
Published June 12, 2008
Robinson investigated for ‘hate crime’
There have been calls for the DUP’s Iris Robinson to resign as chair of
the Assembly’s Health Committee following her extraordinary outburst
against homosexuality, which she described as a mental
illness and “an abomination”.
Published June 12, 2008
Support for Lisbon Treaty collapses
The number of people intending to vote ‘No’ to the European Union’s
Lisbon Treaty has almost doubled in three weeks, according to the
latest poll.
Published June 6, 2008
SF praise for Paisley despite controversies
Ian Paisley left Stormont Castle as First Minister for the last time
yesterday, blowing the building a kiss.
Published June 6, 2008
Tom Hartley elected Belfast Mayor
Sinn Féin’s Tom Hartley was elected as the new Mayor of Belfast on
Monday night, narrowly defeating the DUP’s Diane Dodds.
Published June 6, 2008
UN man’s regret at Nelson murder
A leading human rights expert from the United Nations has expressed
deep regret that he had been unable to save the life of Lurgan lawyer
Rosemary Nelson.
Published June 6, 2008
Former PoWs launch US campaign for status
A group of former IRA prisoners living in the US has launched a
campaign to secure their legal status there.
Published June 6, 2008
A potential political crisis in the North has been averted after Sinn
Féin agreed to resume power-sharing alongside the Democratic Unionist
Party tomorrow ahead of talks in London on Friday.
Published June 4, 2008
Sinn Féin denies threat to process
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has said he hopes outstanding issues in
the peace process can be resolved in time to allow tomorrow’s
nomination of the DUP’s Peter Robinson to replace Ian Paisley as First
Minister.
Published June 4, 2008
Justice for victims unlikely, says British truth panel
In a carefully-crafted public address yesterday, the new “Consultative
Group on the Past” warned that, while the British role in the conflict
should be acknowledged, victims should not expect to secure the justice
they were seeking.
Published May 30, 2008
Former First Minister and Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has
said that unionist paramilitary violence during the period of the
first Belfast Assembly was linked to DUP opposition to the Good Friday
Agreement.
Published May 30, 2008
Attack on Belfast commercial property
Two incendiary devices were discovered at a department store in Belfast
after one partially detonated in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Published May 30, 2008
Annual Famine memorial day approved
Forgotten victims of the Irish Famine are to be remembered in an annual
official memorial day for the first time.
Published May 30, 2008
Triumph for hunger-strike movie
A film about hunger striker Bobby Sands has won a major award at the
Cannes film festival.
Published May 30, 2008
The Real IRA has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack against a
member of the British Crown forces in County Tyrone on Monday of last week.
Published May 23, 2008
PSNI’s stalling tactics blasted by coroner
The senior coroner in the North of Ireland has strongly criticised the PSNI
after an inquest into the killing of an IRA man almost 16 years ago was
delayed again.
Published May 23, 2008
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