By now you'll have read the studiously bland communique from Hillsborough that Irish and British officials agreed before Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair met yesterday.
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Government `vocabulary' must change
Published March 24, 2004
British spy seeks asylum in U.S.
A British Army agent threatened with jail for his allegations of
Crown force collusion is seeking political asylum in the United
States.
Published March 24, 2004
`Casement Three' man faces deportation from U.S
One of the men known as the `Casement Three', jailed for alleged involvement in the 1998 killing of two British soldiers, faces deportation to Belfast despite being freed under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Published March 24, 2004
Colombia VP `has no understanding of human rights'
The international observers who travelled to Colombia to observe
the trial of the three Irishmen currently detained in Colombia
met with Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos in Dublin on
Tuesday.
Published March 24, 2004
British spin on Cory dismissed
Speculation that four reports on collusion by the British forces in murders in the North of Ireland will be published on April 1st has been described as a premature April Fool's Day joke.
Published March 24, 2004
Ireland and post-colonial theory
Edited by Clare Carroll and Patricia King
Cork University Press, 2003
Cork University Press, 2003
Postcolonial theory has recently emerged as one of the most influential modes of socio-cultural analysis currently shaping Irish studies. It is a school of thought inspired largely by the work of Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, and Indian Subaltern Studies. The ``post'' means ``since colonialism began'' rather than ``after colonialism ended''.
Published March 24, 2004
ORDE STATEMENT UNDERMINES TALKS
The PSNI police chief, Hugh Orde, has infuriated nationalists by insisting that the mainstream IRA must permanently disband before any moves are made to reduce the British military garrison in Ireland.
Published March 24, 2004
Justice seen possible in Glengormley
Two men have been convicted for the brutal sectarian murder in 2001 of Glengormley man Trevor Lowry, who was killed because he was mistaken for a Catholic.
Published March 24, 2004
IT wasn't supposed to be like this, thought one of Ian Paisley's
lieutenants as he looked out across the front lawn of the City
Hall. Above him the Union Jack flew, but before his eyes were
thousands of St Patrick's Day revellers; dancing and singing;
children on their fathers' shoulders applauding Girls Aloud. A
sea of green - but worst still were flags coloured green, white
and orange: the hated Tricolour. What had gone wrong?
Published March 22, 2004
Dhúchas. This word is frequently translated into English as
heritage. A word that is full of death and stasis. But to an
Irish speaker, it means one's native place, a shared tradition, a
collective soul, a kindred affection, a natural affinity.
Published March 22, 2004
A series of meetings are to take place tomorrow in Belfast in the
latest attempt to resuscitate the peace process in the North of
Ireland.
Published March 22, 2004
The family of murdered Portadown Catholic Robert Hamill have expressed shock and anger after charges relating to an alleged attempted cover-up were suddenly withdrawn on Friday.
Published March 22, 2004
John Kerry blasts British failure on Cory reports
United States presidential candidate John Kerry and six other leading U.S. senators have demanded Tony Blair immediately disclose the long-awaited Cory reports on allegations of collusion by the British government in four notorious murders in the North of Ireland.
Published March 22, 2004
No conviction over potential UVF atrocity
The only person charged in connection with an attempted mass
murder at a busy fair in County Antrim was acquitted yesterday.
Published March 22, 2004
Sinn Féin must reconsider PSNI - Reiss
George Bush's new envoy to Ireland has clashed with Sinn Féin
over the party's refusal to support the PSNI policing in the
North.
Published March 22, 2004
Pawn stalks for knight in latest UUP intrigue
An apparent `stalking-horse' has emerged in the bid to oust David Trimble from the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party.
Published March 22, 2004
Ahern criticised over shamrock exchangr
Irish peace campaigners have condemned the Irish Prime Minister over his traditional Saint Patrick's Day meeting with the U.S. President amid increasing opposition in Ireland to the war in Iraq.
Published March 19, 2004
Terrorism Defined and Exemplified
The web site for the Christian Science Monitor (www.csmonitor.com) provides a very instructive tutorial on terrorism. Strangely enough, it begins with a photo of Irish revolutionary leader, Michael Collins, and this voiceover:
Published March 19, 2004
The annual St Patrick's Day message by the Irish President,
Mary McAleese.
Published March 19, 2004
In a week in which key Irish politicians visited the United
States to continue talks in Washington on St Patrick's Day, a
prominent newspaper advertisement placed by Sinn Fein drew attention to the continuing failure to enact policing reform
in the North of Ireland.
Published March 19, 2004
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