The British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said there will be no
return to power-sharing government in the North of Ireland unless
all activity by the Provisional IRA ceases.
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Blair vows no devolution while IRA active
Published June 23, 2004
Making Republicanism Relevant - This is our Time
An edited version of the annual speech by Sinn Féin President
Gerry Adams at the grave of Wolfe Tone in Bodenstown, County
Kildare.
Published June 21, 2004
A north Belfast hospital was stormed by a mob of unionist
paramilitary supporters after Friday night’s contentious ‘Tour
of the North’ march.
Published June 21, 2004
The British government has suggested that serious efforts to
restore the North’s power-sharing institutions may be put off
until after the summer, drawing criticism from Sinn Féin for
backing what it said was a timetable set by unionist hardliners.
Published June 21, 2004
by Danny Morrison (for the Andersonstown News)
It was Seamus Mallon who famously once described the Belfast Agreement as ‘Sunningdale for Slow Learners’, a soundbite which was immediately seized upon by opponents and critics of the Republican Movement. They were claiming, in varying degrees, that what was negotiated in 1998 was available in the power-sharing Sunningdale arrangements of 1974 and therefore republicans, by continuing the armed struggle, had to bear major responsibility for the continuation of the conflict and the loss of all subsequent life.
Published June 21, 2004
Anti-war groups prepare protests for Bush summit
A number of organisations have announced plans for protests in
the south Clare area for the visit of US President George Bush
to Ireland next weekend.
Published June 21, 2004
Ahern urged to seek top EU post
Following the successful negotiation of a new constitution for
the European Union, the Irish Prime Minister, Taoiseach Bertie
Ahern, could be set to quit the Dublin government for the
lucrative position of President of the European Commission.
Published June 21, 2004
Sinn Féin has suspended one of its newly elected Dublin
councillors while it purses an investigation into unspecified
allegations.
Published June 21, 2004
Dublin/Monaghan group goes to Europe
Relatives and survivors of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings
are going to the European Court of Human Rights in their battle
for a full public inquiry.
Published June 21, 2004
Latest results from the European and local elections.
Published June 14, 2004
Referendum result undermines Agreement
The citizenship referendum in the 26 Counties has caused
political damage to the Good Friday Agreement, nationalists have
warned.
Published June 14, 2004
UVF issue threats in Ballymena
A number of Catholics in a County Antrim town have been warned
they are under threat from unionist paramilitaries.
Published June 14, 2004
By Danny Morrison
(for the Irish Examiner)
(for the Irish Examiner)
If the election results augur well for the future of one party above all others throughout Ireland, that party is Sinn Féin. Both North and South its vote has continued to increase and later today the party’s confirmation as the leadership of northern nationalists will be reinforced with the election of Bairbre de Brun to Europe in a close-fought contest with Jim Allister of Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Published June 14, 2004
Heath unleashed Bloody Sunday ‘death squad’ - QC
The Bloody Sunday inquiry was urged today to determine the extent
of former British Prime Minister Ted Heath’s responsibility for
the deaths of the 13 people shot dead by troops at the civil
rights march in Derry over 30 years ago.
Published June 14, 2004
The results of the European and local elections.
Published June 14, 2004
ALL-IRELAND SUCCESS FOR SINN FÉIN
Sinn Féin has made historic gains in local and European elections
at the expense of Fianna Fáil in the South and the SDLP in the
North.
Published June 14, 2004
McBride anger at US contract for discredited Guardsman
A former British Army officer who falsely suggested that murdered
Belfast teenager Peter McBride may have been carrying a bomb when
he was murdered by two soldiers under his command has been
awarded a major private security contract in Iraq by the US
Department of Defence, according to the Pat Finucne centre, a
Derry-based human rights group.
Published June 14, 2004
MI5 man says IRA campaign was successful
An MI5 officer has stated publicly that the IRA “fought a just
cause” and won a “successful campaign” during the 30-year
conflict in the North.
Published June 14, 2004
By Mark Brennock (for the Irish Times)
You could be forgiven for thinking the State itself was under threat. A matter has arisen that is so grave that the Cabinet has now discussed it at least three times in recent weeks. Legislation has been rushed through the Oireachtas. The Taoiseach and Minister for Justice speak with growing solemnity about the situation.
Published June 11, 2004
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing a bleak future
following huge losses in the local elections in England and
Wales.
Published June 11, 2004
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