The 26-County Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, has broken
with his Prime Minister by declaring that membership of
the Provisional IRA will continue to be illegal despite its
recent declaration of an end to its armed struggle.
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Dublin divided over IRA ‘treason’
Published August 29, 2005
Words but no action on sectarian violence
The British government has promised “a crackdown” on sectarian
violence after a three-month-old Catholic baby was showered with
glass and paint by a loyalist hate gang last week.
Published August 29, 2005
Republicans and loyalists have launched rival political
campaigns to achieve or prevent a transition to a united
Ireland.
Published August 29, 2005
Ceili at the crossroads sparks memories
By Danny Morrison
www.dannymorrison.com
www.dannymorrison.com
Coming up to 2pm -- the starting time advertised -- things did not look too promising. The small marquee to provide shade for the Trasna Ceili Band was only being erected. The only crowd that had gathered was a demoralised one across the road -- the overspill from McEnaney’s pub, where on television Rangers was giving Celtic a drubbing.
Published August 25, 2005
McDowell tirade over Colombia 3
Sinn Féin has dismissed comments made by the 26-County Minister
for Justice on the Colombia 3 as “his usual anti-republican
Published August 25, 2005
Demilitarisation move reversed
A British commitment to close two spy bases in County Fermanagh
has been reneged upon, it was announced yesterday.
Published August 25, 2005
Minister’s action raises Garda independence issue
By Aisling Reidy
Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties
(for the Sunday Business Post)
Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties
(for the Sunday Business Post)
In the Seanad last March, justice minister Michael McDowell said he wanted to prevent the spectre of “a minister lifting a phone in a bad humour one afternoon [and] influencing the outcome of any individual investigation or prosecution”.
Published August 25, 2005
It is feared that several nights of orchestrated rioting in
north and east Belfast could be the precursor of weeks of
sectarian interface violence.
Published August 25, 2005
Donegal suffered the latest in a series of employment setbacks
yesterday when 560 workers at a US-owned pharmaceuticals plant
were told they are to lose their jobs.
Published August 25, 2005
Real IRA threatens retaliation
Republican hardliners have threatened unionist paramilitaries
involved in the ongoing sectarian campaign against nationalists
in County Antrim.
Published August 25, 2005
Real IRA threatens retaliation
Republican hardliners have threatened unionist paramilitaries
involved in the ongoing sectarian campaign against nationalists
in County Antrim.
Published August 25, 2005
Shell urged to lift injunction
The daughter of one of five Mayo men jailed for opposing a
high-pressure Shell gaspipe line tonight dismissed the oil
giant’s latest statement as a publicity stunt.
Published August 25, 2005
Time for the PSNI to cut the mustard
What would it take for a senior PSNI officer to appear on TV
after a pipe bomb attack, a petrol bomb attack, a serious
assault, even the murder of a Catholic and say, 'This is a
sectarian attack, one of a series carried out by loyalist
terrorists in this district'?
Published August 20, 2005
When will we hear the UVF's real plan?
Where are all the 'peace' groups
and those politicians opposed to paramilitary violence,
drug-pushers and criminality?
Published August 20, 2005
Relatives for Justice have launched an online petition of
support for the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, shot dead by
the London Metropolitan police.
Published August 20, 2005
Sinn Fein has accused unionist politicians of doing nothing to
stop paramilitary attacks against nationalists.
Published August 20, 2005
Harassment of republican parade organiser
A civil liberties group has expressed concern after the
organiser of a republican paraade was banned from entering Derry
city by the PSNI police.
Published August 20, 2005
Tributes have been paid on the death of former British Secretary
of State, Mo Mowlam, who finally succumbed to a brain tumour on
Friday morning.
Published August 20, 2005
Republican arrested over Army base attack
Republicans have urged Spanish authorities to free of a Dundalk
republican in Spain on the foot of a German extradition warrant.
Published August 20, 2005
IRA departure opens new political scenario
By Jim Gibney (for the Irish News)
The declaration by the IRA that the armed struggle was over received worldwide political and media attention.
Published August 16, 2005
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