The first working sessions of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement
review are being chaired by British Direct Ruler Paul Murphy
at Stormont.
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Published January 9, 2004
The following comments were made by Sinn Féin Chief Negotiator
Martin McGuinness at a party meeting in Belfast.
Published January 9, 2004
Constituency shake-up for 26 County politicians
The Constituency Commission has recommended an increase in the
number of constituencies for the Dublin parliament but says
that the number of TDs should remain at 166.
Published January 7, 2004
Coroner to see British documents on killings
The British Ministry of Defence has agreed to hand over
documents and video footage relating to ten controversial
killings in the North to a coroner investigating the cases.
However, a `public immunity' order could still be used to
suppress embarrassing details emerging into the public domain.
Published January 7, 2004
Councillor threatened following Bushmills attack
The UDA in north Antrim have issued a public threat to Sinn Féin Councillor Oliver McMullan through a local newspaper after he highlighted a sectarian incident in Bushmills.
Published January 7, 2004
Some of the highlights from the annual release of government
papers from 1973 under the 30-year-rule.
Published January 7, 2004
A new commission to monitor paramilitary activity in the North
of Ireland for the purpose of punishing associated political
parties began work today.
Published January 7, 2004
Magistrate backs DUP road-block
The DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson was given an ``absolute
discharge'' yesterday despite being convicted of blocking a
main road to facilitate a loyalist event on the flashpoint
Albertbridge Road in east Belfast.
Published January 7, 2004
Parties set out stalls for GFA review
As government officials and the parties prepare for the review
of the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin has warned that the
DUP must be shown it is not going to get its way in trying to
destroy the accord.
Published January 7, 2004
Bullies and bigots rail against Colombia 3
In a few weeks time in Bogota Judge Acosta will rule on the
fate of the `Colombia Three', the Irishmen arrested at an
airport in August 2001 and charged with training left-wing
FARC guerrillas.
Published January 7, 2004
Ahern sees danger of return to violence
The Irish Prime Minister, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, warned yesterday that restoration of the Belfast Assembly is needed to avoid a return to violence.
Published January 5, 2004
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In the current `international war on terrorism' various civil rights and international human rights are being infringed. Such infringements happen in most conventional wars, and national emergencies, and are tolerated in the short-term by populaces as long as the war is perceived as being just, or the curtailments as measured, and they believe their government when it says it had no other choice.
Published January 5, 2004
Donaldson and colleagues formally join DUP
Former Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson today confirmed
his defection to Ian Paisley's ultra-hardline DUP.
Published January 5, 2004
Review of Bloody Sunday Inquiry 2003
A month-by-month review of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry by the Troops Out Movement
Published January 5, 2004
BRITISH PLANNED GUN LAW TO RULE NORTH
Plans for a drastic escalation of the war in 1973, including
the shooting of unarmed civilians, have been revealed in
secret papers released in London.
Published January 5, 2004
IRA blames British for lack of progress
In its New Year statement, the IRA has said the British government is mainly to blame for the lack of progress in recent months.
Published January 5, 2004
More delay for Colombia 3 after third Christmas in jail
The three Irish men held in Colombia - Niall Connolly, Martin
McCauley and Jim Monaghan - have spent their third Christmas
in jail after a further delay in their trial verdict.
Published January 5, 2004
UDA warns off Adair supporters
Ousted loyalist leader Johnny Adair has been warned against
trying to regain power in the North of Ireland by his former
paramilitary associates.
Published January 5, 2004
Reflecting on The Barron Report
The Barron report shows how the politicisation of the Garda Siochana gained momentum in the early 1970s. I watched it happen. I was based in the Monaghan parish between 1971 and 1979. I saw how once friendly Gardaí became cold, silent and hostile to me and more especially to many citizens in Monaghan.
Published December 29, 2003
Dickson jailed in Germany over IRA attack
A former British soldier was jailed for six and a half years
in Germany before Christmas for assisting an IRA mortar attack
on his old army base.
Published December 29, 2003
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