The Police Ombudsman’s office is to investigate a murderous mob attack
on three young Catholic men in Portadown town centre last week which
mirrored the controversial murder of Robert Hamill in the town ten
years ago.
Published October 17, 2007
Organisers of last year’s attempted ‘Love Ulster’ rally have withdrawn
their request to hold another rally in Dublin after a meeting with the
26-County government.
Published October 17, 2007
The European Commission has begun legal action against the 26-County
government over the continuing construction of the M3 motorway through
the Tara Valley.
Published October 17, 2007
MI5 -- British military intelligence -- has taken charge of all British
security interests in the North of Ireland for the first time, it was
revealed today.
Published October 12, 2007
The North’s Social Development minister Margaret Ritchie has received a
death threat days before she was due to withdraw government funding for
a group linked to the unionist paramilitary UDA.
Published October 10, 2007
An extraordinary unionist attempt to ban the use of the Irish language
at the Belfast Assembly has been defeated.
Published October 10, 2007
A man who worked as an informer within the Irish National Liberation
Army (INLA) has been uncovered within the ranks of the republican
socialist movement in Derry.
Published October 10, 2007
Community representatives have condemned the PSNI for failing to
intervene during a sectarian attack on two Catholic men in Portadown,
County Armagh.
Published October 10, 2007
A top member of banned Basque political party Batasuna has said the
arrest and detention of most of the party’s leadership is a declaration
of war by the Madrid government.
Published October 10, 2007
Residents at a north Belfast interface say they are being forced to run
a gauntlet of sectarian violence every time they leave their homes.
Published October 3, 2007
A decision by 26-County Environment Minister John Gormley to place a
preservation order on an ancient fort has been hailed as a potential
breakthrough in the campaign to save the historic Tara Valley from a
motorway development.
Published October 3, 2007
Bullets have been sent to news studios in Belfast with the names and
details of six people, including Sinn Fein party president Gerry Adams
and the party’s senior press officer Richard McAuley.
Published October 3, 2007
The Green Party has come under fire from opposition parties in the
South for “an extraordinary abdication of responsibility” following its
continued backing of Bertie Ahern despite a mounting corruption
scandal.
Published October 3, 2007
Parties in the North are bracing for a likely Westminster general
election that could undermine attempts to ‘bed down’ the Belfast
Assembly.
Published October 3, 2007
The 26-County Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, last night won a vote of confidence in the Dublin parliament,
despite a challenge by the main opposition parties over the veracity of
his evidence before the Mahon corruption tribunal.
Published September 27, 2007
Britain is preparing natural resource claims on tens of thousands of
square miles of the Atlantic Ocean floor, stretching from Rockall
Island off the Irish coast down to Las Malvinas and Ascension in the
south Atlantic.
Published September 27, 2007
Sinn Féin representatives have refused to endorse the Policing Board’s
latest human rights report.
Published September 27, 2007
The governments on both side of the border need to show leadership in
tackling suicide and self-harm, Gerry Adams has said.
Published September 27, 2007
A large crowd assembled at Timoleague Cemetery last Sunday to remember
IRA Volunteer Diarmuid O’ Neill whose 11th anniversary was that day.
Published September 27, 2007
In a significant policy shift, Fianna Fail is to become an all-Ireland
political party with a view to gaining power in the North -- but will
not contest elections to the Westminster parliament in London.
Published September 20, 2007
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