Mayo farmer Willie Corduff, who was jailed for three months in 2005
over his opposition to Shell’s inland gas refinery at Rossport and
high-pressure pipeline through his farm, has been awarded the world’s
most prestigious environmental prize.
Published April 27, 2007
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said his party is set to take up
its positions on the Policing Board following a first ever meeting with
the controversial body.
Published April 21, 2007
Sinn Féin has dismissed accusations that it is negotiating a deal with
the DUP to allow the Protestant Orange Order march through the
nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
Published April 21, 2007
The DUP leader Ian Paisley has stated that he will see out the full
four-year term of the Belfast Assembly as First Minister, despite the
initial understanding that he would resign within the first two years.
Published April 21, 2007
A British government document has described unionist murder gangs as
voluntary organisations in the same bracket as children’s charities.
Published April 21, 2007
The 26-County Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has refused to
allow a jailed IRA Volunteer temporary release to sit a college
entrance exam.
Published April 21, 2007
A number of Catholic families whose loved ones were murdered in the
1990s have asked the Police Ombudmsman’s office to investigate the
role of self-confessed RUC/PSNI Special Branch agent Stephen ‘Inch’
McFerran in some twenty killings.
Published April 15, 2007
Trouble broke out in Derry after a heavy PSNI presence turned out to
monitor an Easter commemoration organised by the 32 County Sovereignty
Movement.
Published April 15, 2007
The British army and MI5 military intelligence shredded files on
collusion returned by the Stevens Inquiry, it has been confirmed.
Published April 15, 2007
The Provisional IRA has apologised to the family of a republican killed
by its members 17 years ago.
Published April 15, 2007
A new cross-border agreement travel scheme has come into effect, giving
senior Irish citizens unlimited use of bus and rail services and other
transport services throughout Ireland.
Published April 15, 2007
Sinn Féin political adviser Breandan Mac Cionnaith has resigned from
the party without commenting on the reasons for his departure.
Published April 10, 2007
A primed mortar rocket was defused in County Armagh and two other bombs
were made safe in County Tyrone amid signs of increasing activity by
republican militarists.
Published April 10, 2007
The Dublin government has denied that it is trying to cover up the
truth about the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, in which 33
civilians died.
Published April 10, 2007
A Catholic bus driver who endured half a decade of sectarian
harassment and intimidation at work said the ordeal has “ruined his
life”.
Published April 10, 2007
The deal between Sinn Féin and the DUP marks a significant triumph for
US foreign policy, senior congressmen said in Belfast on Sunday.
Published April 10, 2007
The annual Easter statements issued by the main republican groups.
Published April 7, 2007
Survivors and the bereaved of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings
have vowed to continue their battle for justice after a report by
criminal lawyer Patrick MacEntee failed to provide significant new
information.
Published April 5, 2007
A leader of the unionist paramilitary UDA has ruled out weapons
decommissioning, claiming loyalists still “feel threatened”.
Published April 5, 2007
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.
Published April 5, 2007
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