On the tenth anniversary of the ceasefire announcement by the
Provisional IRA in 1994, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has
said that the cessation ‘gave birth to enormous hope and
expectation for the future’, but warned that such hope had not
been fulfilled.
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Published August 31, 2004
Fans returning from Sunday’s Gaelic football semi-final between
Derry and Kerry were attacked at Newbuildings on the outskirts
Derry, on Sunday night.
Published August 31, 2004
Kerry opposes contract for controversial colonel
US Presidential candidate John Kerry has publicly backed calls
for an investigation into a decision to award a multi-million
dollar security contract to a controversial former British army
colonel.
Published August 31, 2004
An Irish showjumper has returned home to a hero’s welcome after
clinching the country’s only medal in the 2004 Olympics in
Athens.
Published August 31, 2004
There has been a marked increase in sectarian attacks in north
Belfast in recent days.
Published August 31, 2004
Not only the DUP want Sinn Féin kept out
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
Have you been following the saga of the longest cabinet reshuffle in history? It’s been going on now since June and is set to continue until some time in September. It’s a make-or-break reshuffle for Fianna Fail.
Published August 27, 2004
‘Vindictive’ arrest of former porter
A former porter at the Stormont Assembly buildings, who had
faced charges in connection with an alleged “IRA spy ring” that
brought down the power sharing institutions, has been arrested
in controversial circumstances.
Published August 27, 2004
Clintons back strong US role in North talks
Former US president Bill Clinton has promised that Senator John
Kerry would be a powerful ally for peace in the North if elected
to the White House.
Published August 27, 2004
Mother taken from child in mass deportation
An Irish-born baby was left behind as the baby’s mother was one
of 25 Nigerians deported on a chartered aircraft in a mass
late-night expulsion of asylum-seekers.
Published August 27, 2004
This weekend marks the 30th Anniversary of the death of IRA
Volunteer Michael Gaughan, who died while on Hunger Strike in
Parkhurst Prison.
Published August 27, 2004
Take it down from the lamp-post - SF
East Derry Sinn Féin assembly member Francie Brolly has called
for the removal of Irish tricolours from lamp-posts in the Six
Counties.
Published August 27, 2004
The PSNI are attempting mass prosecutions in connection with
rioting after a loyalist parade was forced through a republican
north Belfast community on July 12.
Published August 27, 2004
Protestants leave Torrens estate
Ten Protestant families have left an estate in north Belfast,
blaming intimidation on republicans from neighbouring areas.
Published August 27, 2004
by Martin McGuinness MP
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the historic IRA cessation in 1994, an initiative which helped transform politics on this island.
Published August 24, 2004
Irish supporters of the US Democratic party have signed up
hundreds of postal voters in a bid to win the US presidential
election for their candidate, John Kerry.
Published August 24, 2004
Ian Paisley’s DUP has set down a marker against any prospective
Sinn Féin Minister for Justice in a revived Belfast executive.
Published August 24, 2004
On May 8, 1987 eight members of the east Tyrone Brigade of the
Provisional IRA were gunned down in highly suspicious
circumstances by members of the notorious British Army SAS
Regiment in the small Co Armagh village of Loughgall.
Published August 24, 2004
British forces have finally admitted the deadly SAS were called
in to wipe out an IRA active service unit in an ambush that
became known as the Loughgall massacre.
Published August 24, 2004
The Garda police in Donegal have reopened the investigation into
the 1991 murder of Sinn Féin councillor Eddie Fullerton. They
plan to interview a key witness who claims that the British
security forces in Derry helped cover up the killing.
Published August 24, 2004
PSNI chief praises Kelly intervention
PSNI chief Hugh Orde has publicly praised senior republican
figures for intervening between rioting nationalist youths and
British forces in north Belfast last month.
Published August 24, 2004
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