by Danny Morrison
“The DUP’s satisfaction may be short-lived - and very dependent
on the negotiating skills of the Sinn Féin leadership,” said
Martina Purdy, the BBC’s political correspondent last Friday.
She was referring to the initial and seemingly favourable
response of the DUP to the proposals put to them in a document
by the British and Irish governments on how to break the
political deadlock and re-establish the Executive and Assembly.
Published November 23, 2004
The British government has been urged to apologise to the six
men wrongfully convicted for the Birmingham bombings.
Published November 23, 2004
After 434 days, the Bloody Sunday Inquiry has ended with a
closing statement by the inquiry’s counsel.
Published November 23, 2004
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams outlines the current state of play in the ongoing peace talks.
Published November 23, 2004
Ian Paisley is facing a critical decision on a package of
proposals by the British and Irish governments which could end
the deadlock in the North’s peace process.
Published November 23, 2004
Sinn Féin TD Mr Aengus O Snodaigh has criticised as unsafe the
conviction of a political associate who was jailed for “spying”
on senior politicians in the 26 Counties.
Published November 23, 2004
The newly-reaffirmed UDA “ceasefire” has been dismissed after
threats were made against four republicans in the North using a
recognised UDA codeword.
Published November 23, 2004
The British government is finally considering changes to the
voter registration system in the Six Counties following talks
with Sinn Féin, according to reports.
Published November 23, 2004
There’s one conclusion you can draw about the attitude of the
British administration in the north to the UDA - it’s
consistent.
Published November 19, 2004
The British government has been strongly criticised by a senior
26-County judge for failing to co-operate with an inquiry into
bombings in Dublin in 1972 and 1973.
Published November 19, 2004
The Dublin government has been accused of launching its
re-election campaign after its spending plans were published
yesterday.
Published November 19, 2004
U.S. Congressman Chris Smith has circulated a letter to be sent to British PM Tony Blair
urging him to immediately hold a Public Inquiry in the murder of
Pat Finucane.
Published November 19, 2004
Sinn Féin leaders are meeting party members across Ireland as
efforts continue to try to forge an historic deal involving the
IRA and Ian Paisley’s DUP.
Published November 19, 2004
Plans for the development of the site of the H-Blocks, where
most of the prisoners in the conflict were once housed, are
being finalised for the British government.
Published November 19, 2004
A Portadown man was seriously injured in a vicious sectarian
assault on Sunday.
Published November 19, 2004
The Real IRA has claimed responsibility for planting a number of
incendiary devices in Belfast city stores.
Published November 19, 2004
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
The Taoiseach has let it be known that he and Tony Blair are
thinking of a staged return to operating the Good Friday
Agreement, starting with the assembly being resurrected in
Published November 16, 2004
Unionist paramilitaries bombed the home of a Derry woman and her
three children last night.
Published November 16, 2004
The announcement by the British government of the terms of three
inquiries into collusion in the North of Ireland has been met
with concern.
Published November 16, 2004
The president of Republican Sinn Féin, Mr Ruairi O Bradaigh,
argues that any move by the Provisional IRA to decommission its
remaining weapons would be akin to accepting British rule in
Ireland.
The following is the text of Mr O Bradaigh’s address to his
party’s annual conference at the weekend.
Published November 16, 2004
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