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.
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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
Debate appeal rejected as PR stunt
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
The US special envoy to the North, Mitchell Reiss, is to step down this
month after almost three years in the post.
Published January 22, 2007
Ireland’s two Human Rights Commissions have called for the appointment
of a top judge to examine the need for a cross-border public inquiry
into the Omagh bombing.
Published January 22, 2007
Three County Armagh brothers gunned down by a unionist paramilitary
death squad 31 years ago have finally had their names cleared of
involvement with the IRA.
Published January 22, 2007
Republicans protest policing move
A second Sinn Féin assembly member has resigned from the party over its
moves towards accepting policing.
Published January 17, 2007
Britain’s Attorney General has received prosecution files on seven
serving and retired RUC policemen after Nuala O’Loan, the North’s
policing ombudsman, conducted an inquiry into accusations of their
involvement in a number of political murders in the 1990s.
Published January 17, 2007
Adams attends funeral of David Ervine
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams was among the political leaders who
attended the funeral of the former unionist paramilitary and political
negotiator, David Ervine.
Published January 17, 2007
It would be a travesty of justice if the man accused of the Omagh bomb
atrocity was convicted, his barrister today told the single judge who
will decide his fate.
Published January 17, 2007
Scottish Catholics demand action on discrimination
Prominent Scottish Catholics have signed a petition to the Parliament
at Holyrood demanding an investigation into new statistics revealing
deep discrimination against Catholics in Scotland.
Published January 17, 2007
Sinn Féin’s ruling executive has decided to support a proposal for an
Extraordinary Ard Fheis to go ahead on January 28th, despite the
refusal of the DUP to commit to a deal on policing or power-sharing.
Published January 13, 2007
Nationalists clash over MI5 change
Sinn Féin and the SDLP have clashed over whether a statement by the
British prime minister Tony Blair on the role of British military
intelligence in the North of Ireland is positive or negative for future
policing plans.
Published January 12, 2007
Plastic bullet victims not guilty - Orde
Sinn Féin has welcomed comments by PSNI chief Hugh Orde expressing a
measure of regret for deaths caused by the use of plastic bullets in
the North of Ireland.
Published January 12, 2007
Omagh police witnesses under investigation
Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan is investigating the conduct of two key
PSNI police witnesses in the non-jury Diplock trial of Armagh man Sean
Hoey.
Published January 12, 2007
Few answers in meeting over killings
A meeting with a British government minster has been a let-down for the
families of the victims of a unionist paramilitary gun attack in a
County Down pub in 1994.
Published January 12, 2007
Polish recruits to boost Catholic numbers for PSNI
The PSNI police may be able to meet the Patten requirements for
increased numbers of Catholic recruits by drawing from the nearly 1,000
Polish people who have applied to join the force.
Published January 12, 2007
Progressive Unionist Party leader David Ervine has died this afternoon
having suffered two heart attacks and a stroke over the weekend.
Published January 8, 2007
Parties square off ahead of 26-County election
The 26-County Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said that he would accept Sinn
Féin support for a minority Fianna Fail government after the next
general election, but that he would not agree any deal with them in
return for votes.
Published January 8, 2007
Two further sitting Sinn Féin assembly members have said they will not
stand for re-election in the proposed March assembly poll, but have
denied that the current debate on policing policy lies behind their
decisions.
Published January 8, 2007
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