Scotland moved closer to independence after the Scottish National Party
(SNP) became the largest party in the Scottish parliament this week.
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Scottish nationalist triumph challenges union
Published May 8, 2007
British Direct Ruler Peter Hain has signed the order paving the way
for a new era of power-sharing to begin.
Published May 7, 2007
UVF issue statement on new role
The unionist paramilitary UVF has said it “will assume a non-military,
civilianised, role” from midnight and claimed that its arms have been
“put beyond reach”.
Published May 3, 2007
EU chief in Belfast backs power-sharing
The President of the European Commission Jose Barroso visited Belfast on Tuesday to announce financial aid and support for the new Six-County administration.
Published May 2, 2007
Ahern address at Westminster sparks debate
A row how has broken out over plans by the 26 County leader Bertie
Ahern to make a high-profile address to the London parliament at the
height of the 26 Countyh election campaign.
Published May 2, 2007
Important find vindicates ‘Save Tara’ campaign
Just 24 hours after the 26 County Minister for Transport ‘turned the
sod’ on the billion-Euro M3 motorway project in Co Meath it has been
confirmed that a site of major archaeological importance has been
discovered.
Published May 2, 2007
Official IRA mark death of Johnny White
A man has been arrested after shots were fired at the funeral of former
Official IRA leader Johnny White.
Published May 2, 2007
SNP within reach of historic victory
Campaigning is today drawing to a close in the British local elections
which could see Scottish nationalists become the largest group in the
devolved Scottish parliament at Holyrood.
Published May 2, 2007
The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has set Thursday May 24th as the date for
the general election in the 26 Counties.
Published April 29, 2007
Paisley to join Ahern in Boyne visit
DUP leader Ian Paisley and the 26-County Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, will
visit the site of the Battle of the Boyne together next month, it has
been confirmed.
Published April 27, 2007
A political representative of the UVF has said unionist paramilitaries
will wait to see whether power-sharing between Sinn Féin and the DUP
succeeds before decommissioning their weapons.
Published April 27, 2007
Nominees to Policing Board ‘not cheerleaders’
Former IRA prisoner Martina Anderson, who will be one of three Sinn
Féin nominees to the newly-constituted Policing Board, has said she
will be going in to hold the PSNI to account.
Published April 27, 2007
Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving
at the weekend, the party has confirmed.
Published April 27, 2007
Mayo farmer Willie Corduff, who was jailed for three months in 2005
over his opposition to Shell’s inland gas refinery at Rossport and
high-pressure pipeline through his farm, has been awarded the world’s
most prestigious environmental prize.
Published April 27, 2007
Sinn Féin meets Policing Board
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said his party is set to take up
its positions on the Policing Board following a first ever meeting with
the controversial body.
Published April 21, 2007
Back-room Garvaghy deal denied
Sinn Féin has dismissed accusations that it is negotiating a deal with
the DUP to allow the Protestant Orange Order march through the
nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
Published April 21, 2007
The DUP leader Ian Paisley has stated that he will see out the full
four-year term of the Belfast Assembly as First Minister, despite the
initial understanding that he would resign within the first two years.
Published April 21, 2007
UDA and UVF listed as charities
A British government document has described unionist murder gangs as
voluntary organisations in the same bracket as children’s charities.
Published April 21, 2007
The 26-County Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has refused to
allow a jailed IRA Volunteer temporary release to sit a college
entrance exam.
Published April 21, 2007
Special Branch linked to Ormeau Road massacre
A number of Catholic families whose loved ones were murdered in the
1990s have asked the Police Ombudmsman’s office to investigate the
role of self-confessed RUC/PSNI Special Branch agent Stephen ‘Inch’
McFerran in some twenty killings.
Published April 15, 2007
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