The British Army has begun dismantling some of its most infamous
spyposts in the North of Ireland as part of a major programme of
demilitarisation and troop withdrawal.
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Published August 3, 2005
Loyalists kill, maim, burn, bomb
A third man has been murdered in Belfast in the latest upsurge
in the feud between unionist paramilitary groups as a wave of
sectarian attacks continues.
Published August 3, 2005
The organisers of a republican parade planned for Ballymena next
week have dismissed an appeal by Sinn Féin to call it off.
Published August 3, 2005
Paisley blasts British ‘surrender’
The Dublin and London governments have been threatened with the
“righteous indigination of the unionist population” if efforts
continue to restore a local power-sharing administration in the
North of Ireland.
Published August 3, 2005
Adams succeeded where Dev failed
You can parse yesterday’s IRA statement any way you like but you
end up with the same result. It’s this: For the first time since
the establishment of the Irish state in 1922 the IRA has decided
there is no need for an armed campaign. This time it’s not just
a matter of dumping arms which the IRA has done a few times
before.
Published July 30, 2005
Great statement but what happens now?
By Gearoid O Caireallain (for Daily Ireland)
The reporter from the TG4 news wanted to know where they could find a group of republican supporters and nationalists in Belfast at lunchtime yesterday gathered around a television set, eagerly devouring details of the IRA statement and relieving their indigestion with generous dollops of political analysis and grassroots reaction.
Published July 30, 2005
A few nuggets from the carnival of reaction that
greeted Thursday’s statement.
Published July 30, 2005
The full text of statements issued on Thursday.
Published July 30, 2005
The Irish peace process is expected to move rapidly over the
next twelve months following a unilateral move by the
Provisional IRA to stand down and disarm.
Published July 30, 2005
Unionist paramilitaries are under immense pressure to follow
Thursday’s announcement by the Provisional IRA by stating that
they will call an end to all paramilitary and criminal activity.
Published July 30, 2005
The first confirmation that a sequence of historical events was
about to unfold this week was the emergence from prison on
Wednesday of political hostage Sean Kelly.
Published July 30, 2005
Republicans express mixed feelings
Despite months of advance warning of Thursday’s IRA statement,
the news has still came as a shock to many.
Published July 30, 2005
By Bill Delaney
An innocent man, brutally shot dead in cold blood. Lies, dissemination and spin by ‘anti-terror’ British police and the usual cabal of media and politicians.
Published July 25, 2005
In 1920, during the Tan War, the British had withdrawn political
status, which had been won after the death of Thomas Ashe in
1917 and after the 2-week mass hunger strike in Mountjoy Jail in
April of 1920.
Published July 25, 2005
LVF forced out as feud escalates
Scores of unionist paramilitaries forced supporters of the rival
LVF out of an East Belfast housing estate as PSNI police stood
by today.
Published July 25, 2005
Five Mayo men protesting against the construction of a dangerous
gas pipeline through their community were sent back to jail
on Monday -- despite confirmation that some of the construction work
was carried out without official permission.
Published July 25, 2005
A debate is raging in an Irish-speaking town in County Kerry,
where local residents are to vote on changing the town’s name
back to its original Irish form.
Published July 25, 2005
Speculation over Provisional IRA statement
Republicans are working hard to enable the Provisional IRA to
abandon its armed struggle, but others have their parts to play,
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said tonight [Monday night].
Published July 25, 2005
Holy Cross Catholic church in north Belfast came under petrol
bomb attack at the weekend.
Published July 25, 2005
London shoot-to-kill draws Irish parallels
Irish families have accused British authorities of hypocrisy
after police apologised for shooting Brazilian Jean Charles de
Menezes dead on the London underground.
Published July 25, 2005
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