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”.
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Pre-emptive election attacks on Sinn Féin
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
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP spoke by live satellite link
up to a packed capacity crowd who were standing and cheering at
the Friends of Sinn Féin dinner in New York City last night.
Published November 11, 2005
Bertie in credit after classic piece of politics
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
It was all over so quickly you could hardly see it going past. On October 26 the taoiseach proposed allowing northern MPs to participate in the Dail in a ‘committee of the whole House’. By October 28 almost every other party in the Dail, with of course the exception of Sinn Féin, rejected the proposal out of hand.
Published November 7, 2005
CIRA targets commercial events
Republican hardiners are understood to be planning a series of
bomb warnings after successfully forcing the cancellation of a
major weekend horse racing meeting.
Published November 7, 2005
The following is an account of the events surrounding the
release last Thursday of the Barron report into the kiling of
Seamus Ludlow from the Ludlow family web site,
https://www.seamusludlow.com
Extracts from the conclusions of the Barron Report are also reproduced below.
Published November 7, 2005
MURDER WAS SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET
The pursuit of the suspected killers of Seamus Ludlow was
blocked by unidentified elements in the 26 County
establishment, Justice Henry Barron has found.
Published November 7, 2005
‘End the Impunity’ campaign launched
The family of Peter McBride, the teenager murdered by two
British soldiers in north Belfast in 1992, is to step up their
campaign to have his killers expelled from the British army.
Published November 7, 2005
Arrests maintain ‘bank heist’ controversy
A former IRA POW who was arrested and released over the
Northern Bank raid is to lodge a complaint with Police
Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan about his ordeal.
Published November 7, 2005
Adams predicts a United Ireland
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has told supporters at an
event to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the
party that “we will see a united Ireland in our lifetime”.
Published November 7, 2005
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