It's a safe bet none of those involved in rioting on the streets of Belfast and elsewhere over the last couple of weeks felt shame when the pictures of flame and destruction were flashed round the world. Why should they?
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Shame on leaders who show moral cowardice
Published September 22, 2005
Gerry Adams took journalists on the roof of Divis Tower in west Belfast to view the now-vacated site of an infamous British spy-post.
Published September 22, 2005
The edited text of an address by Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams MP to party supporters in South Armagh on Thursday evening.
Published September 22, 2005
Sinn Fein chief negotiator Martin McGuinness is travelling to Washington on Tuesday amid intense speculation that disarmament by the Provisional IRA is imminent and could come as soon as next week.
Published September 22, 2005
Historians have been baffled by a unionist mural which claims that thousands of Protestant women and children fled to Liverpool from Belfast during the conflict.
Published September 22, 2005
Following a day-long meeting of Sinn Fein assembly members in south Armagh this Thursday, tens of thousands of republicans are expected to converge on Dublin for a historic rally on Saturday.
Published September 22, 2005
Irish Ferries is to replace hundreds of workers with seafarers
from eastern Europe in a move that has shocked trade unions and
political leaders.
Published September 19, 2005
Unionist paramilitaries involved in intense violence on the
streets of Belfast have demanded the British government end what
it described as the “suppression and containment” of Protestants
in the North of Ireland.
Published September 19, 2005
Sectarian gangs trawl for victims
A Catholic man from north Belfast has been viciously stabbed by
a unionist gang under the direction of a young woman who yelled:
‘Slice the Fenian bastard’.
Published September 19, 2005
Adams hails US support for peace process
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP, who has spent four days in
political briefings in Washington DC, has expressed his
confidence that the Provisional IRA leadership will honour its
commitments, including that of engaging with the decommissioning
body and putting its weapons beyond use.
Published September 19, 2005
UVF vendetta seen in petrol-bomb attack
Unionist paramilitaries have petrol-bombed the family of one of
their murder victims.
Published September 19, 2005
Heartland’s unionism belongs in a trailer park
By Tom McGurk (for the Sunday Business Post)
Last Saturday night the unionists of Belfast treated us to an evening of truly surreal proportions. Outside City Hall, thousands waving Union Jacks were part of a live BBC broadcast of the last night of the proms. They sang lustily. Donegal Square echoed to Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory.
Published September 19, 2005
CIRA vow to defend nationalist areas
Hardline republicans have promised a “vicious and violent”
response if nationalists are murdered by unionist
paramilitaries.
Published September 19, 2005
The SAS have carried on a ‘Dirty War’ in British colonies long
before their deployment in the conflict in the North of Ireland
or their latest skirmish in Iraq. A look at the history of the
Special Air Service, from the book ‘Oliver’s Army’ by Aly
Renwick.
Published September 19, 2005
Destroying Ulster, not loving it
Last week’s rioting shows that unionists still remain leaderless
and have learnt little from the clear PR disasters that were
Drumcree, Harryville and Holy Cross.
Published September 15, 2005
Attack linked to McCartney dispute
Republicans have been blamed for an attack on a friend of Robert
McCartney in east Belfast on Monday night.
Published September 15, 2005
Colombia 3 case under discussion
The 26-County government has received ‘documentation’ from the
Colombian authorities relating to three Irishmen falsely accused
of training left wing rebels in the south American country.
Published September 15, 2005
Demographic change sees surge in population, immigration
Ireland’s population is booming, according to new official
statistics which show a surge in immigration.
Published September 15, 2005
Unionists must sit down with Sinn Féin
By Martin McGuinness MP (for the Irish News)
The recent historic initiative by the IRA created an unprecedented sense of optimism and expectation that renewed progress can be made towards a lasting peace. The response has been almost universally positive and forward thinking. Except that is within the leadership of unionism. There the response has been negative, cynical and backward looking.
Published September 15, 2005
UNIONISTS BACK RIOTERS OVER POLICE
Mainstream unionist politicians have withdrawn from police
boards, condemning the PSNI police -- but not rioters -- after a
fifth night of disturbances in Belfast.
Published September 15, 2005
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