The North’s latest electoral register has this year dropped 82,000
voters, with a dramatic reduction in the numbers of registered voters
in nationalist areas.
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Culling of register a blow to nationalists
Published December 7, 2006
US Congress urged to intervene over Drumcree death
The 1998 RUC killing of an American-born Belfast man is set to become
an issue in the new US Congress that will convene in early January.
Published December 7, 2006
Landmark interface university project was undermined
The British government and the University of Ulster have been slammed
by Sinn Féin for “strangling” plans for the proposed Springvale
University in northwest Belfast.
Published December 7, 2006
The main points of the annual 26-County
budget for the year 2007, announced by Minister for Finance Brian
Cowen today.
Published December 6, 2006
Adams to meet Blair, Orde on policing
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is to meet British prime minister Tony
Blair in London later today to discuss how to overcome unionist
obstacles to restoring power-sharing in the North of Ireland.
Published December 1, 2006
Britain ‘colluded in international terrorism’
In a significant advance for victims of collusion, a committee of the
Dublin parliament has definitively announced its finding that British
Crown forces colluded with unionist paramilitaries to carry out a
series of gun and bomb attacks in the 26 Counties.
Published December 1, 2006
Meeting exposes rift in republicanism
A public meeting of republicans to discuss policing was held in west
Belfast on Monday night, with sharply contrasting views put forward.
Published December 1, 2006
Denials and excuses after EU torture flight report
The Dublin government has denounced the findings of a European
Parliament committee that it aided the US in smuggling foreign citizens
to secret torture centres.
Published December 1, 2006
Malachy McAllister refused asylum plea
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the asylum application of a
Belfast man Malachy McAllister fighting his deportation from the US to
the North of Ireland.
Published December 1, 2006
Notorious unionist paramilitary killer Michael Stone has been charged
with five counts of attempted murder over his attack on the Belfast
Assembly at Stormont buildings on Friday.
Published November 25, 2006
Hain faces inquiry over appointment deception
Nationalists have warned that a scandal over the actions of British
Direct Ruler Peter Hain and some of his senior civil servants over the
appointment of the North’s Victims’ Commissioner Bertha McDougall is
being ‘swept under the carpet’ by the British government.
Published November 25, 2006
Families getting caught in poverty trap
Most households dependent on unemployed persons or those on minimum
wage do not have enough income to sustain a basic standard of living,
new research has shown.
Published November 25, 2006
Objection to murder ended British Army career
A former senior British army intelligence officer has claimed that his
British military career in the Six Counties was ended after he raised
objections about the murder of a nationalist man in County Armagh.
Published November 25, 2006
Anger over mounting crime wave
The 26-County Minister for Justice Michael McDowell is under pressure
over rising gun crime following three fatal shootings in just over a
week.
Published November 25, 2006
Assembly evacuated amid political chaos
A notorious unionist killer has forced the suspension of the Belfast
Assembly after he passed through security lines to throw a smoking
device into the assembly buildings at Stormont.
Published November 24, 2006
A leading member of the INLA has described claims that Gerry Adams and
Martin McGuinness are under a death threat as “bogus”.
Published November 19, 2006
DUP man jailed for electoral fraud
A former DUP mayor who “attacked the very heart of democracy” through
electoral fraud is beginning a four-month prison sentence.
Published November 19, 2006
DNA experts dispute Omagh evidence
A top American forensic expert has disputed the DNA evidence against
Omagh bomb accused Sean Gerard Hoey.
Published November 19, 2006
Nationalist anger as Hain faces down court criticism
British Direct Ruler Peter Hain has been urged to resign after the
Belfast High Court last week found that he had actged improperly in
making public appointments as political concessions to the DUP.
Published November 19, 2006
The Dublin government is to yield to a demand by residents of a town in
the Kerry Gaeltacht to retain the English language version in its
official name.
Published November 19, 2006
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