A guarantee that the unionist paramilitary UDA would not disband was set to be declared before a planned 'show of strength', according to court documents.
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UDA ‘will never go away’, court hears
Published April 4, 2008
A proposed Bill of Rights for the Six Counties was published in
Belfast this week despite major public differences by its drafters on
its main proposals.
Published April 4, 2008
Bertie Ahern announces resignation as Taoiseach
The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has announced he is resigning as the
Prime Minister of the 26 Counties and as the leader of Fianna Fail.
Published April 2, 2008
Riot at Derry Easter commemoration
The PSNI police clashed with republican youths in Derry during what the
PSNI described as an “illegal” Easter commemoration at the city
cemetery on Monday.
Published March 28, 2008
Ahern under pressure over British currency payments
The 26-County Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has come under serious political
pressure from his Coalition partners for the first time since the
formation of the current Dublin government.
Published March 28, 2008
A piece of electronic equipment described as a “sophisticated bugging
and tracking device” has been found in the vehicle of one of its
Dublin-based members, the 32 County Sovereignty Movement has said.
Published March 28, 2008
Tenth anniversary of Agreement marked
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said Sinn Féin is proud of the
role they have played in the course of the negotiations which led to
the Good Friday Agreement.
Published March 28, 2008
Easter saw the first major day of parading in the new season, which
will see thousands of parades take place through the summer months.
Published March 28, 2008
Diggers move in after Tara con job
Hopes for progress in efforts to save the Tara heritage site were
dashed on Thursday this week after the National Roads Authority (NRA)
tore up an agreement with conservationists.
Published March 21, 2008
Blair helped draft IRA statements - Adams
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has confirmed that British prime
minister Tony Blair edited IRA statements in the course of the peace
process, saying it was “normal in a process of negotiation”.
Published March 21, 2008
PSNI accused after murder spree
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has lashed out at the PSNI police after
another brutal murder in west Belfast highlighted the massive increase
in crime in the area in recent years.
Published March 21, 2008
Inquiry bid to question prosecutors blocked
The British government has refused to allow the actions of the Crown
prosecution service be included in the inquiry into the sectarian
murder of Robert Hamill and subsequent cover-up, it has been revealed.
Published March 21, 2008
Ahern angers Irish-America on St Patrick’s Day visit
US President George Bush said that “more progress can and will be made”
in the north of Ireland during the annual gathering of politicians in
the White House for St Patrick’s Day.
Published March 21, 2008
Bitter exchanges between parties
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson
held talks Tuesday in an attempt to defuse growing tensions between the
two parties.
Published March 14, 2008
Local government plans agreed; elections postponed
It was announced on Thursday that the Northern Executive has agreed on
a compromise proposal to create 11 “super-councils” by 2011.
Published March 14, 2008
Paisley claims he ‘smashed’ Sinn Féin
The DUP leader Ian Paisley, who is set to resign in May, has revealed that
he never shook Martin McGuinness’s hand in almost a year of government.
Published March 14, 2008
Gibraltar and Milltown victims remembered
An event celebrating the life of IRA Volunteer Mairead Farrell went
ahead in Sinn Féin’s private offices at the Belfast Assembly last
weekend following a ban on the commemoration using a public space at
the Assembly buildings.
Published March 14, 2008
‘Bik’ to face trial after appeal rejected
The Supreme Court in Dublin has dismissed an appeal against the trial
of H-Block escaper Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane on charges connected with
an IRA kidnapping in 1983.
Published March 14, 2008
Dismay as Mairead Farrell commemoration is banned
A memorial for Mairead Farrell, one of three IRA Volunteers shot dead
by the SAS in Gibraltar 20 years ago, has been banned.
Published March 7, 2008
Rejectionists attacked at SF Ard Fheis
Every step Sinn Féin took brought it closer to its “central and most
urgent” goal of a 32-county republic,
Martin McGuinness has said.
Published March 7, 2008
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