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
Sinn Fein has confirmed its team of ministers for the Belfast
executive.
Published April 5, 2007
Emma Groves, a west Belfast woman who became a major factor in the
campaign against plastic bullets after being blinded 35 years ago, has
died.
Published April 5, 2007
“Everything we have done over the last 10 years has been a preparation
for this moment,” proclaimed British Prime Minister Tony Blair,
leading a vocal and mainly positive response by Irish and British
political leaders to the successful outcome of the DUP-Sinn Féin
negotiations this week.
Published March 30, 2007
The representative of Ian Paisley’s DUP at the European Parliament, Jim
Allister MEP, has resigned following the party’s deal to begin sharing
power with Sinn Féin in May.
Published March 30, 2007
The father of an IRA Volunteer shot dead by the British Army’s SAS in
1990 today won a five-year legal battle over disclosure of confidential
British reports about the killing.
Published March 30, 2007
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