By Jim Gibney (for the Irish News)
In the early spring of 1964 I arrived on top of my dad’s coal lorry outside 53 Bryson Street in Belfast’s Short Strand.
![[Irish Republican News]](https://republican-news.org/graphics/title_gifs/rn.gif) | ![[Irish Republican News]](https://republican-news.org/graphics/title_gifs/harp.gif) |
The shipyard and silence replaced
Published February 16, 2004
IRA BACKS FAMILY OF MURDER VICTIM
The Provisional IRA has said it will not protect any republican
alleged to have been involved in the death of a Belfast man
earlier this month.
Published February 16, 2004
Murphy ‘breached Agreement’ on bombings
A Dublin parliamentary committee has accused the British
government of breaching the Good Friday Agreement by refusing to
co-operate with an inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan
bombings.
Published February 16, 2004
In an annual display of sectarianism, Belfast unionists have
again voted to withhold funding for the city’s St Patrick’s Day
carnival parade.
Published February 16, 2004
Government robbed pensioners, infirm
A Supreme Court decision has found that the Dublin government
has been illegally charging residents of nursing homes for their
care.
Published February 16, 2004
Trimble calls for ‘savage’ attack on SF
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has called for the British
government to use its “savage” and “significant” powers against
Sinn Fein.
Published February 16, 2004
DUP angling for `Unionist' assembly
They say there are two kinds of politicians, foxes and hedgehogs. A fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows only one thing.
Published February 11, 2004
Two military bases in the North are to close, it was announced
last night, although no date was set for the closures.
Published February 11, 2004
In a dramatic development, the central charges used to
substantiate allegations of a so-called `Stormont spy-ring'
were dropped - without any explanation whatsoever - at Belfast
Magistrates' Court.
Published February 11, 2004
British Direct Ruler Paul Murphy and his two predecessors have
refused to attend hearings of an Irish parliamentary
sub-committee on the Dublin/Monaghan bombings of 1974, it has
emerged.
Published February 11, 2004
MPs angry at Maghaberry concessions
The British government bowed to pressure from paramilitaries by sanctioning a scheme of separating loyalist and republican prisoners at Maghaberry jail, according to a new report.
Published February 11, 2004
Ombudsman to investigate Newry murder
The Police Ombudsman's office is to investigate claims that
the RUC's Special Branch allowed the IRA to carry out a mortar
bombing, in which a member of the RUC died, to protect an
informer.
Published February 11, 2004
Talks breakthrough possible - McGuinness
The Sinn Fein chief negotiator Martin McGuinness, has said if
the DUP's Devolution Now document is a negotiating rather than
a ``bottom line'' position, then it is possible that devolution
can be restored.
Published February 11, 2004
Vigilance urged in north Belfast
Loyalists are believed to be scouting areas of north Belfast
in preparation for possible attacks.
Published February 11, 2004
Language Belongs to All the People
In the north of Ireland today the conflict over cultural
identity remains a central feature of life with few signs of a
unifying identity or consensus emerging.
Published February 6, 2004
Continuing our series looking at the policies and proposals of
the North's parties, we present the DUP's proposals for
devolution which were published today.
Published February 6, 2004
Good Friday Agreement faces gravest threat
The British government has described proposals published today by Ian Paisley's DUP for a new model of devolved government to replace that contained in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement as ``very constructive''.
Published February 6, 2004
Hume praised for peace efforts
There have been many tributes to former SDLP leader John Hume,
after he confirmed that he is to step down from the European
Parliament and Westminster, drawing a line under his political
career.
Published February 6, 2004
No funding for Belfast's St Patrick's Day festival
A petition has begun calling on Belfast city council to
provide funding for this year's St Patrick's Day celebrations.
Published February 6, 2004
The breakaway `Real IRA' has issued a `no more warnings'
message to anyone who enters or supplies British army bases in
Ireland.
Published February 6, 2004
Instructions
By default, this search engine looks for all words in any order. To search for an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotes:
"gerry adams"
The search engine also supports AND, OR, and NOT keywords to specify boolean expressions:
sinn OR fein
sinn NOT fein
Note that only twenty search results are displayed, in chronological order.