So-called ‘supergrass’ Raymond Gilmour has been warned he will be targeted by the
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) if he tries to set foot back in
Derry.
Published February 10, 2007
The future of the northern Six Counties must lie in a local,
accountable, devolved, power-sharing government, 26-County Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern has said at the conclusion of a meeting with the British
Direct Ruler Peter Hain.
Published February 5, 2007
So-called safer plastic bullets, first fired in 2005, have caused more
harm than those used previously, according to research on people struck
by them in the North of Ireland.
Published February 5, 2007
Plans for Six County members of the Westminster parliament in London
to take part in a special committee of the Dublin parliament have been
welcomed as a step forward by nationalist politicians in the North.
Published February 5, 2007
An umbrella group led by former republican prisoners opposed to Sinn
Féin’s new political direction is due to meet in the Gasyard Centre
later today [Monday] to plan a strategy ahead of the Assembly elections
in March.
Published February 5, 2007
The Policing Board, which oversees policing in the North of Ireland, is to be reconstituted with Sinn Féin
representatives for the first time later this month.
Published February 5, 2007
Pressure has mounted on the DUP to accept power sharing in light of
Sinn Fein’s latest concessions, but DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson
said his party will wait to see if Sinn Fein displayed support for the
PSNI “on the ground”.
Published February 1, 2007
The 35th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was marked with a rally attended
by several thousand people in Derry on Sunday. The massive crowd,
believed to have been significantly larger than last year’s, retraced
the steps of the civil rights and anti-internment marchers of January
30 1972 from Creggan to the Bogside.
Published February 1, 2007
Elections to the Belfast Assembly are to go ahead on March 7 despite
the continuing failure of Ian Paisley’s DUP to agree a power-sharing
deal.
Published February 1, 2007
MI5 unlawfully detained a former republican prisoner last week before
apparently attempting to recruit the man as an informer, it has
emerged.
Published February 1, 2007
The family of a former republican PoW, who is fighting deportation from
the US, say he is devastated at being unable to attend his father’s
funeral in Belfast.
Published February 1, 2007
In a show of hands, a specially convened Sinn Féin ardfheis (party
conference) has voted strongly in favour of a leadership motion
expressing support for the PSNI police.
Published January 28, 2007
The full prepared text of Gerry Adams's address to
the special Sinn Féin conference on policing policy, currently taking
place in the RDS in Dublin.
Published January 28, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has made a last-ditch appeal to party
supporters to sign up to support the PSNI police and British courts in
the North of Ireland ahead of a crucial party conference on the issue.
Published January 27, 2007
The High Court in Belfast has ruled that Derry City Council must use
the British colonial name ‘Londonderry’ for the city.
Published January 27, 2007
A proposed fund for families of the Ulster Defence Regiment killed in
the conflict has been criticised as offensive and one-sided.
Published January 27, 2007
DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson has said his party might move to block
attempts by the Dublin government to fund projects north of the border.
Published January 27, 2007
A high-profile republican whose kidnapping prompted a crisis in the
peace process in 2004 has delivered “a plea for mercy” on behalf of two
of his kidnappers who are due to be sentenced next month.
Published January 27, 2007
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said he does not think there will
be a serious split in his party ahead of a special conference to debate
supporting the PSNI police.
Published January 22, 2007
A call by Sinn Féin to meet with and “brief” the leaderships
of three republican armed groups -- the INLA, Continuity IRA and Real
IRA -- about the current situation has received a cool response.
Published January 22, 2007
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