Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has confirmed that the IRA is
prepared to make what he described as “an unprecedented and
historical move”.
Published April 26, 2004
A suggestion by a British military chief that some troops could
be withdrawn from the North of Ireland by Christmas in the event
of a political deal has been greeted with cynicism by
republicans.
Published April 26, 2004
Former US president Mr Richard Nixon considered sending
evangelist preacher Billy Graham and the then Catholic Cardinal
of New York, Terence Cooke to Ireland to “heal” Ireland
following the Bloody Sunday massacre.
Published April 26, 2004
Human rights groups have demanded in a letter to Tony Blair that
he ensures his government sticks to its commitments on inquiries
into the collusion of British forces in three controversial
murders.
Published April 26, 2004
The family of Pat Finucane has announced that they cannot take
part in the proposed public inquiry, if it is held under the
terms of the draft legislation published by the British
government today.
Published April 26, 2004
Sinn Féin and the DUP have received a modified version of the
proposals by the Irish and British governments and will give
their responses to the plan early next week.
Published April 26, 2004
There is no-one seriously arguing that republicans are to blame
for this deal not being struck this week.
Published April 26, 2004
A summary of the proposals considered during the talks.
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Published April 26, 2004
English MP Andrew Hunter has joined the ranks of Ian Paisley’s
DUP, bringing the size of their parliamentary party to seven.
Published April 26, 2004
Sinn Féin has been accused of damaging the Good Friday Agreement
by its nationalist rivals in the Six Counties, the SDLP.
Published April 26, 2004
The small Progressive Democrats party has made a bizarre
intervention in the northern peace process.
Published April 26, 2004
Sinn Féin has said it will vet any new legislation on policing
before a decision is made to change its policy at a special
conference.
Published April 26, 2004
A Catholic teenager has described how he was slashed and beaten
with a hammer in a vicious sectarian attack in north Belfast
last weekend.
Published April 26, 2004
Unionist paramilitary Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair has been released
from prison and flown to England by the British army.
Published April 26, 2004
By Bill Delaney
Like a lost soul caught in the limbo between Heaven and Earth,
the North appears destined to keep repeating the same bitter
cycle of talks, breakthrough, collapse and chaotic
recrimination.
Published April 26, 2004
The sentencing of a 54-year-old-man to three months in jail for
contempt of the Bloddy Sunday Inquiry by refusing to attend and
give evidence has been called a “scandal” by the brother of a
victim of the British massacre.
Published April 26, 2004
The basis for the decision of a Colombia court to reverse a
lower court’s decision and find three Irish men guilty of
training rebels has proved shocking.
Published April 26, 2004
By Danny Morrison (for the Andersonstown News)
Last week the official, or rather some of the official, British
and Irish government documents were released under the ‘30-year
rule’.
Published April 26, 2004
Efforts are being made to save the northern talks process
following controversial allegations on Friday by the northern
police chief Hugh Orde.
Published April 26, 2004
Sinn Féin chief negotiator Martin McGuinness has identified one
of the British officials in its “Northern Ireland Office” he
says in involved in covert attempts to undermine republicans.
Published April 26, 2004
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