Talks leading to a deal which saw the Six Counties partitioned
from the rest of Ireland began 83 years ago this week.
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The Anglo-Irish negotiations of 1921
Published October 12, 2004
Ireland’s new foreign affairs minister Dermot Ahern tonight said
he looked forward to the day when Sinn Féin is in government in
both parts of Ireland.
Published October 12, 2004
UDA, DUP blamed for intimidation
A former loyalist politician has described how he and his family
have been targeted over the past 18 months in a unionist
paramilitary campaign of intimidation.
Published October 12, 2004
McGuinness sets Halloween deadline for talks
Sinn Féin has set a deadline of Halloween for a peace process
deal involving the hardline unionist DUP.
Published October 12, 2004
A high-profile environmental campaign has begun a bid to stop
the construction of a motorway close to the historic seat of the
High Kings of Ireland.
Published October 12, 2004
Belfast jobs go as airlines cut back
The future of Shorts in Belfast and its 5,500 employees is
threatened after parent company Bombardier Aerospace laid off
another 560 workers.
Published October 8, 2004
Wounded pride may take yet another fall
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
The thing about it is this. Sinn Féin and the DUP did not negotiate the Good Friday Agreement: it was the SDLP and the UUP. Furthermore, in 1998 it was presumed by all concerned, especially Dublin and London, that no arrangement in the north would work that did not enjoy the support of the SDLP and UUP.
Published October 8, 2004
The beheading of Kenneth Bigley, who had been held hostage in
Iraq for 22 days, has dismayed those campaigning in Ireland for
his release.
Published October 8, 2004
George Harrison, patron of Republican Sinn Féin and celebrated
veteran Irish Republican, died on October 6th at his home in
New York.
The following article by Jimmy Breslin for Newsday recounts a life in struggle against British colonialism, oppression, racism and inequality.
Published October 8, 2004
Amid wrangling over what might constitute the fundamentals of
the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, Ian Paisley’s DUP has again
cast doubt that a new agreement may be reached in the short term.
Published October 8, 2004
The Provisional IRA has said it killed 15-year-old Bernard
Teggart in 1973.
Published October 8, 2004
UVF, UDA threaten nationalists
Nationalists in Derry have been urged to review their safety
after a joint statement from unionist paramilitaries warned of
attacks on the nationalist community.
Published October 8, 2004
Sinn Féin support continues to rise
A poll has shown a rise in support for Sinn Féin, which could
hold the balance of power after the next 26-county general
election.
Published October 8, 2004
Orde says money needed to alter bases
The PSNI police in the North of Ireland need extra funds to
remove fortification from its bases as part of the planned
“normalisation” process, PSNI chief Hugh Orde claimed yesterday.
Published October 1, 2004
Merry-go-round for Dublin ministers
Only three new faces appeared in the Dublin Cabinet yesterday as
Bertie Ahern carried out a long delayed reshuffle designed to
refresh his coalition government’s image before the next General
Election in the 26 Counties.
Published October 1, 2004
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams yesterday appealed for the
release of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley on Arabic TV.
Published October 1, 2004
Why do our politicians trust Blair?
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
In 1973 Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize despite policies in Vietnam, Chile and Cambodia which led, in the case of Cambodia, to the collapse of the state and the rise to power of the murderous Pol Pot whose crazy regime killed at least a million Cambodians.
Published October 1, 2004
A profile of Dublin’s new minister of foreign affairs, Dermot
Ahern.
Published October 1, 2004
INSTITUTIONS ‘MUST ADAPT’ - BRITAIN
Nationalists have reacted angrily to a suggestion by the British
government that it could make significant departures from the
1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Published October 1, 2004
A man has died following a gun attack in Derry in what is
believed to be a feud among unionist paramilitaries in the city.
Published October 1, 2004
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