Demolition of the perimeter wall of the infamous H-Blocks has begun,
marking a final end to Long Kesh’s function as a prison and the first
phase in the construction of a new multi-function development on the
site.
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Published April 5, 2007
SF lines out Six-County Ministerial team
Sinn Fein has confirmed its team of ministers for the Belfast
executive.
Published April 5, 2007
Tributes to plastic bullet campaigner
Emma Groves, a west Belfast woman who became a major factor in the
campaign against plastic bullets after being blinded 35 years ago, has
died.
Published April 5, 2007
Mixed reaction to power-sharing delay
“Everything we have done over the last 10 years has been a preparation
for this moment,” proclaimed British Prime Minister Tony Blair,
leading a vocal and mainly positive response by Irish and British
political leaders to the successful outcome of the DUP-Sinn Féin
negotiations this week.
Published March 30, 2007
The representative of Ian Paisley’s DUP at the European Parliament, Jim
Allister MEP, has resigned following the party’s deal to begin sharing
power with Sinn Féin in May.
Published March 30, 2007
Legal breakthrough in shoot-to-kill cases
The father of an IRA Volunteer shot dead by the British Army’s SAS in
1990 today won a five-year legal battle over disclosure of confidential
British reports about the killing.
Published March 30, 2007
Bombers may escape justice - Ahern
Nobody will be brought to justice as a result of the long-awaited
report into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the 26-County
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said.
Published March 30, 2007
UDA tensions follows grant aid
The unionist paramilitary UDA is still heavily involved in extortion
rackets, the PSNI police has said, despite the British government
handing the group 1.2 million pounds sterling last week.
Published March 30, 2007
Parties agree new date for power-sharing
Sinn Féin and the DUP have agreed a new deal to start sharing power on
May 8 following historic face-to-face talks between DUP leader Ian
Paisley and Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams at Stormont today.
Published March 26, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and DUP leader Ian Paisley will hold
their first ever face-to-face talks today as parties are faced with a
deadline for the restoration of the Six-County political institutions,
or, more likely, an agreement to suspend the process for a number of
weeks at the request of the DUP.
Published March 26, 2007
Devolution restored pending agreement
British Direct Ruler Peter Hain has signed the restoration order to
devolve governmental powers from London to Belfast, requiring the
Belfast Assembly to meet tomorrow [Monday] to nominate a new locally
elected administration of unionists and nationalists.
Published March 25, 2007
Responding to the news that Ian Paisley’s DUP is seeking a further
delay in Monday’s planned restoration of the political institutions in
the Six Counties, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said the Dublin
and London governments must now proceed to put in place their
all-Ireland partnership arrangements for the governance of the North.
Published March 25, 2007
DUP refuse to commit to power-sharing
Nominations to the Belfast Assembly executive will not take place by
Monday’s ‘deadline’ following a resolution of the DUP’s ruling
council, reports have indicated.
Published March 24, 2007
‘Yes but No’ - DUP mulls options
A long-awaited commitment to power-sharing by Ian Paisley is in doubt
this weekend amid reports that the DUP may go through the motions of
appointing a Six-County Executive but will block meetings of the
Executive taking place for an undefined “testing period” of at least
two months.
Published March 24, 2007
Brit chopper crashes in border town
Villagers in Crossmaglen, South Armagh are outraged after a British
Army helicopter crashed, narrowly missing a nearby estate.
Published March 24, 2007
Sinn Féin set to join Policing Board
Sinn Féin will participate fully in the Policing Board and other
structures once the power-sharing institutions in Belfast are restored,
party president Gerry Adams has said.
Published March 24, 2007
A bail application for republican political leader Gerry McGeough has
been postponed after lawyers for the British Crown claimed that either
Germany or the USA might seek to have him extradited.
Published March 24, 2007
Two members of Republican Sinn Féin in Belfast were visited in their
homes by the PSNI police and informed that their lives are under threat
from a previously unknown group, the party has said.
Published March 24, 2007
Bush backs deadline at shamrock ceremony
At the annual St Patrick’s Day White House reception, US President
George Bush threw his weight behind efforts to hold all sides to the
March 26th deadline for the return of a local Six-County power-sharing
administration.
Published March 18, 2007
Allegations and rumours have multiplied in Belfast following the murder
of two nationalist taxi-drivers on Monday.
Published March 18, 2007
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