A letter bu Judge Peter Cory criticises new British legislation which attempts to keep
parts of an inquiry secret.
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Published March 22, 2005
The Dublin government has rejected calls for a discussion
document on its policy for Irish unity.
Published March 22, 2005
SF working towards IRA disbandment - Adams
Disbanding the Provisional IRA “is easier said than done”, Sinn
Fein President Gerry Adams has told a US audience.
Published March 22, 2005
Inquest to hear evidence on British Army killing
A new investigation is to be launched into the death of a Bogside
man who was crushed by a British Army vehicle during riots around
the Protestant marching season in 1996.
Published March 22, 2005
A 12 year old girl from North Belfast was the victim of a vicious
sectarian attack on Sunday.
Published March 22, 2005
McDowell cites US model in deportations row
Protests are being mounted at offices of the Irish Tourist Board
following the sudden deportation of a group of 35 Nigerian
asylum-seekers, including a number of children.
Published March 22, 2005
Fears over new plastic bullets
The PSNI police is set to purchase a new generation of
potentially lethal plastic bullets without the approval of the
police board.
Published March 22, 2005
Killing used as political football
By Danny Morrison (for Daily Ireland)
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Despite the best intentions of the McCartney family and their appeals for their brother Robert’s murder not to be used as a political football, that is exactly what has happened. They went to extraordinary -- and personally difficult -- lengths to defuse it as a political issue with which to bash republicans by attending the Sinn Fein Ard-Fheis, where the party president, Gerry Adams, identified with their desire for justice and encouraged all republicans to support the family.
Published March 18, 2005
A sister of Robert McCartney has said the family’s campaign for
the killers to hand themselves into the police “can’t go any
higher” following a meeting with US President George Bush at the
White House.
Published March 18, 2005
Castlerea men press case for release
Legal proceedings aimed at securing the release under the Good
Friday Agreement of the Castlerea 4 were adjourned in the High
Court yesterday.
Published March 18, 2005
The father of a man killed by unionist paramilitaries has
criticised political representatives of ignoring a police
cover-up in the case.
Published March 18, 2005
Rosemary Nelson and the Garvaghy Road
Robbie McVeigh recalls Rosemary from
the point of view of the people she worked for in the
nationalist enclave of the Garvaghy Road.
Published March 18, 2005
Legal figures blast Finucane inquiry restrictions
Lord Saville, chair of the new Bloody Sunday Inquiry in Derry,
has publicly condemned the British government’s controversial
plans for holding a restricted inquiry into the murder of
Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane.
Published March 18, 2005
Talks planned after White House shamrock ‘snub’
US President George Bush has broken with tradition in presenting the traditional bowl of shamrock to 26-County Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on St Patrick’s Day in the absence of other Irish political leaders.
Published March 18, 2005
PSNI ‘building case’ in McCartney killing
PSNI chief Hugh Orde has defended his force’s handling of the
Robert McCartney case and its failure to take witness
statements.
Published March 18, 2005
Establishment should hang its head in shame
By Tom McGurk (for the Sunday Business Post)
What an extraordinary political week it has been. The backdrop to the desultory by-election campaigns in Kildare and Meath has illustrated, if illustration were ever needed, the sheer mediocrity of our public services and political classes.
Published March 14, 2005
Dispute over secretive inquiries legislation
Canadian judge Peter Cory has said an independent inquiry into
the murder of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane would be
impossible under new restrictions being imposed by the British
government.
Published March 14, 2005
The Bogside Artists are known throughout the world for their
larger than life murals in Derry. The artists are currently
visiting the USA for a number of events, and a brief itinerary
follows this manifesto, a statement of their artistic goals.
Published March 14, 2005
Four Provisional IRA prisoners refused early release despite
qualifying under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement have said they
will not allow themselves to be used as political pawns in any
new talks process.
Published March 14, 2005
The Meath and North Kildare by-elections on Friday brought bad
news for the government and good news for the opposition,
particularly Sinn Féin.
Published March 14, 2005
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