The British government has disputed an allegation by the leader
of the nationalist SDLP party in the North, Mark Durkan, that it
had urged the formation of an administration in Belfast which
would freeze out Sinn Féin.
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Blair wants SF excluded - Durkan
Published February 12, 2005
No treachery as flag is lowered on Dail
The tricolour on top of the Dublin parliament was taken down from
the mast this week, and not before time.
Published February 12, 2005
Psy-ops linked to Tyrone operation
A County Tyrone family has spoken of their terror following a
prolonged British Army/PSNI invasion and occupation of their
homes.
Published February 12, 2005
By Danny Morrison (for the Irish Examiner)
The statement issued [Thursday] afternoon by the IRA, the second in twenty-four hours, represents an ominous development and a major deterioration in the peace process.
Published February 5, 2005
British silence testifies to guilt - Donlon
The former secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Sean
Donlon, said “certain conclusions” would have to be drawn from
the refusal of the British authorities to provide documents
sought by the inquiry into bombings in in 1972/73.
Published February 5, 2005
Costance Markievicz [nee Gore-Booth], was born at Lissadell,
County Sligo, in Ireland 140 years ago this week.
Published February 5, 2005
IRA ANGER AT WASTED OPPORTUNITY
The Provisional IRA has hardened its approach to peace efforts
in the North following the rejection of its historic peace offer
in December and recent attempts to criminalise its cause.
Published February 5, 2005
Securing peace must be priority - Adams
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP made the following remarks at
Parliament Buildings, Stormont on Thursday following the IRA’s
statement on Wednesday night.
Published February 5, 2005
The politics of the last statement
Some of the most striking quotes of the past few days.
Published February 5, 2005
Republican Sinn Féin have criticised the Special Branch Garda
police for not releasing the proceeds of a raffle seized
following the party’s annual conference in Dublin.
Published February 5, 2005
PSNI aggression in east Belfast
Heavy-handed raids by the PSNI police have led to angry
stand-offs with local residents in the nationalist enclaves of
east Belfast.
Published February 5, 2005
Sceptical response to Ahern comments on sanctions
The Irish Prime Minister, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is meeting the
British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, this afternoon in London
to discuss the latest crisis in the peace process.
Published February 1, 2005
A northern ‘scandal pattern’ is emerging
(from the Irish News)
In light of the high state of confusion that Hugh Orde and his puzzled detectives appear to be in over the Northern Bank job surely its time to call in Scooby Doo, Shaggy and the rest of ‘those perky kids’ who appear to have no problems with these cases.
Published February 1, 2005
Up to 10,000 people marched in Derry on Sunday to commemorate
the 33rd anniversary of the Bloody Sunday killings, when 27
civilians were shot, 13 of them dead, by British army
paratroopers on January 30th, 1972.
Published February 1, 2005
Blair to apologise for miscarriage of justice
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to issue a public
apology for the wrongful imprisonment of Gerry Conlon - one of
the Guildford Four - and his father, Giuseppe Conlon.
Published February 1, 2005
Electoral register to be restored
The British government is to rush legislation through parliament
to put disenfranchised voters back on the electoral register in
the North of Ireland.
Published February 1, 2005
Background to the Guildford 4 and Maguire 7 cases
An edited account from Bob Woffinden’s 1987 book ‘Miscarriages of
Justice’.
Published February 1, 2005
BRITISH USED POISON GAS ON PRISONERS
The widow of a former Republican POW who was gassed by the
British in Long Kesh prison has demanded that British Prime
Minister Tony Blair publicly admit what was done.
Published February 1, 2005
Hysterical response to Presidential gaffe
Unionist outrage over a lack of balance in a comment on
sectarianism by the 26-County President, Mary McAleese, has
prompted an apology.
Published February 1, 2005
When I first heard of the Northern Bank heist I suspected it
might have been the IRA replying to Ian Paisley’s ‘sackcloth and
ashes’ demand.
Published January 26, 2005
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