Suspicion about the role of the British Crown forces in the 1998
Omagh bombing has increased after a PSNI Special Branch officer
was accused of making an anonymous warning of an attack in
advance of of the bombing.
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Special Branch man questioned on Omagh warning
Published December 29, 2004
Distaste for Sinn Féin is outmoded
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
In politics there’s one simple rule: winner takes all. The rule operates in its most brutal form in British and American elections as we’ve just seen. Within a week of John Kerry’s defeat people were asking who the Democrats’ candidate in 2008 would be.
Published December 22, 2004
US family ‘hostage to political process’
A man linked by British security forces to the ‘raid’ at
Castlereagh barracks on St Patrick’s Day 2002 remains in legal
limbo almost three years later.
Published December 22, 2004
The following account of the trial of the Colombia 3 is by
Stephen M. McCabe, an American attorney who observed the
Colombian judicial process
Published December 22, 2004
The case of three men accused of training rebels in the
Colombian civil war is to be raised with the European Union
following an extraordinary decision by the country’s judiciary
to overturn their acquittal earlier this year.
Published December 22, 2004
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has responded to accusations by
the rival SDLP that his party has allowed the 1998 Good Friday
Agreement to be eroded in recent draft proposals for a new
agreement involving the Dublin and London governments,
Ian Paisley’s DUP and the Provisional IRA.
Published December 22, 2004
QUESTIONS MOUNT OVER BANK RAID
Republicans believe disaffected members of the British security
forces may have worked with unionist paramilitaries to carry out
the largest bank robbery in Irish history.
Published December 22, 2004
The Third International Conference Against Isolation took place
in Berlin last week. This speech was delivered by Liam O Ruairc
and Gerard McGarrigle of the Irish Republican Socialist Party.
Published December 22, 2004
Real IRA mount wave of attacks
Republican hardliners have claimed responsibility for a spate of
pre-Christmas firebomb attacks on businesses in Counties Derry
and Antrim.
Published December 22, 2004
It’s impossible to deliver, so let’s move on
In practical terms decommissioning was always a nonsense.
Published December 18, 2004
Act for Justice for Colombian Three
A brief summary of the story of the Colombia 3
followed by an action appeal.
Published December 18, 2004
HUMAN RIGHTS APPEAL FOR COLOMBIA 3
Three Irishmen who face a 17-year jail sentence in Colombia
after a shock judicial reversal are to attempt to overturn the
judgement through an international route.
Published December 18, 2004
Intimidation campaign at Catholic schools
The unionist paramilitary UDA has been blamed for planting four
hoax bombs at Catholic schools in north Belfast in the last two
weeks.
Published December 18, 2004
Ireland’s population may exceed seven million by 2016 if current
immigration patterns and improving medical standards continue,
it is predicted.
Published December 18, 2004
No talks progress seen before New Year
Intensive efforts to reach a deal in the northern peace proess
will not resume until the New Year, it has emerged.
Published December 18, 2004
No Photographs, No Humiliation
(by Danny Morrison, Andersonstown News)
There has been much argument over what was or was not agreed on the issue of IRA decommissioning being photographed.
Published December 15, 2004
British Army fires on vehicle at checkpoint
A British soldier opened fire during an incident at a border
checkpoint in south Armagh at the weekend.
Published December 15, 2004
Irish teenagers have the highest level of so-called ‘binge
drinking’ in Europe, and are almost twice as likely to smoke
marijuana or hashish than the European average, new research has
revealed.
Published December 15, 2004
The US-based Irish Northern Aid Committee has issued an appeal
to contact US envoy Mitchell Reiss.
Published December 15, 2004
DUP talks boycott hinges on second apology
Nationalist confidence in the current talks process dipped this week as the the Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern made a grovelling apology to DUP hardliner Ian Paisley for suggesting unionist demands for photographs of IRA weapons decommissioning could not be met.
Published December 15, 2004
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