The following is the introduction to the discussion document ‘Counting
the cost of Direct Rule and Putting it Right’, which was launched by
Sinn Féin in Belfast this week.
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Counting the Cost of Direct Rule
Published November 19, 2005
The widow of murdered Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane is to brief
key US politicians following a warning yesterday that the family will
use all legal and political means at their disposal to secure a
satisfactory inquiry into the murder.
Published November 19, 2005
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and a range of party representatives are
among over hundreds of republicans whose personal details have been
found on a unionist paramilitary death list.
Published November 19, 2005
Peace talks in Dublin between DUP leader Ian Paisley and the 26-County
government were described as ‘forthright’ but have failed to yield
tangible signs of progress.
Published November 19, 2005
US activists welcome developments
Irish-American activists have won a battle in the war against the the
controversial revised U.S./U.K. extradition treaty during a hearing of
the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.
Published November 19, 2005
By Anne Cadwallader (for Daily Ireland)
The drama at Westminster on the 90-day detention-without-charge proposal last week took place in the full glare of publicity with the 24-hour news channels carrying the debate live.
Published November 15, 2005
Fraud Act is an instrument to deny votes
By Jim Gibney (for the Irish News)
As I write, a third of a million eligible voters might not appear on the draft electoral register due to be published on December 1.
Published November 15, 2005
The world is witnessing a watershed moment in history with the disarming
of the IRA and Canadian officials should be thanked for their role in
aiding Ireland’s peace process, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said on
Saturday.
Published November 15, 2005
Pre-emptive election attacks on Sinn Féin
The 26-County Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said he would rather concede
power than form a coalition government with Sinn Féin, who he described
as “agents of poverty and disadvantage”.
Published November 15, 2005
Republican Sinn Féin held its centenary annual conference in Dublin at
the weekend. The following is an edited version of the speech
delivered on Sunday by the party’s President, Ruairi O Bradaigh.
Published November 15, 2005
More than 50 people have been told that their lives are in danger after
it emerged that unionist paramilitaries have been given a top-level British
Army intelligence dossier on leading republicans.
Published November 15, 2005
Controversy continues over plans by the Dublin and London governments to
deal with outstanding cases from the conflict.
Published November 15, 2005
Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party boycotted a talks-about-talks
process hosted by the British and Irish governments at Hillsbrorough
Castle on Monday.
Published November 15, 2005
No amnesty until ministers implicated
Unionist leaders are frauds and hypocrites, attempting to occupy
a notional moral high ground.
Published November 11, 2005
Blair loses support of parliament
There were echoes of the final days of Margaret Thatcher in
London this week as Tony Blair suffered his first parliamentary
defeat.
Published November 11, 2005
FBI agent and supergrass David Rupert was “a deeply avaricious
man” whose evidence should not have been given credibility in
the trial of Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt, appeal judges
heard yesterday.
Published November 11, 2005
British carry out Derry bomb blast
Several people were caught up in a “controlled explosion” by the
British Army on a hoax device outside a police station in Derry.
Published November 11, 2005
The 32 County Sovereignty Committee launched a political
initiative this week to build support for an alternative to the
1998 Good Friday Agreement.
This is the address given by Francis Mackey at the launch of the document, a ‘IRISH DEMOCRACY - A FRAMEWORK FOR UNITY.
Published November 11, 2005
The British government has introduced legislation so that those
‘on the run’ (OTRs) from conflict-related prosecution since
before 1998 will be able to return home and avoid prison terms.
Published November 11, 2005
Shannon airport controversy grows
A leading Islamic cleric has warned that Ireland could be
attacked unless the use of Shannon Airport as a stop-over for US
troops is ended.
Published November 11, 2005
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