Evidence has emerged that the RUC police allowed the IRA to carry out an attack on a police patrol in order to protect one or more informers.
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Fulton vindicated, Flanagan exposed
Published April 7, 2004
`Racist' referendum to be held on election day
The Dublin government has been strongly criticised for its decision to hold a referendum on citizenship on June 11th, the same day as the local and European elections in the 26 Counties.
Published April 7, 2004
Any truth process must be neutral - SF
Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams has described the outcome of a meeting with British Direct Ruler Paul Murphy on the British government's response to the Cory reports as `totally unsatisfactory'.
Published April 7, 2004
Reports have suggested that the Andersonstown military base in
west Belfast is to close in August, and will be demolished by the
end of September.
Published April 7, 2004
Proconsul’s future impossible to predict
By Brian Feeney (for the Irish News)
Well the tapes are up and they’re off. It’s a bit of a kangaroo start though, with a jump, then a jerk until the Pope’s funeral is out of the way. A full gallop is considered unseemly until next week. That’s in Britain of course. It will be another couple of weeks before our lot get their acts together. No hurry. After all, it’s the same old show, well rehearsed.
Published April 7, 2004
Election announcement welcomed
British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday finally confirmed the
date for the British general election, scheduled to take place on
May 5, the anniversary of the death of hunger striker Bobby
Sands.
Published April 7, 2004
A look at nine of the 18 seats up for grabs in the Westminster
elections next month.
Published April 7, 2004
Blair lied as inquiries bill passes
The Inquiries Bill to limit the scope of public inquiries has
been rushed through the London parliament after the British
general election was called last Tuesday.
Published April 7, 2004
The Provisional IRA has said it is currently considering an
appeal by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams for it to make a
“historic decision” to take forward its struggle through “purely
political and democratic activity”.
Published April 7, 2004
One of Belfast’s oldest republicans, Sean Oliver, died on Tuesday
after a long illness.
Published April 7, 2004
Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) has accused the Provisional IRA of
mounting a campaign of intimidation against its members in County
Armagh.
Published April 7, 2004
UDR soldiers questioned over murder
Former British soldiers were among four men questioned by
police in the North about the murder of a nationalist councillor
more than 30 years ago.
Published April 7, 2004
British close ranks on 30 years in the North
Last week, the Oireachtas Committee on Justice reported on its deliberations on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings case in the aftermath of the Barron Report. I'm afraid it might have laboured manfully, but in the end it brought forth a mouse.
Published April 5, 2004
The first part of a two-part series examining the Easter Rising,
its historical context and significance.
Published April 5, 2004
Former Minister confirms Gilmartin cabinet meeting
Irish Senator Mary O'Rourke has backed up a claim by property
developer Tom Gilmartin that he met a number of Dublin government
ministers at a meeting in parliamentary buildings in 1989.
Published April 5, 2004
The British government is being strongly pressured by human
rights groups, Irish nationalists, the Irish and US governments,
a former senior United Nations representative and its own
appointed investigator to give the go-ahead to a public inquiry
into the 1989 killing of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane.
Published April 5, 2004
Garda collusion questions remain on Dublin/Monaghan
The Barron report on the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings
suppressed allegations that the 26 County Garda police colluded
in the attacks, according to retired Irish military intelligence
officer Lt Col John Morgan.
Published April 5, 2004
Nelson diary reveals FRU/UDA training misssions
The prison diary of Brian Nelson, the chief intelligence officer of the unionist paramilitary UDA, show that the British Army and the RUC police trained, armed and directed the UDA's death squads during its campaign of sectarian murder in the North.
Published April 5, 2004
No unionist pact for Westminster election
A decision by Ian Paisley's DUP to contest the Westminster seat
for the Fermanagh/South Tyrone constituency could mark the end of
unionist electoral co-operation for marginal seats.
Published April 5, 2004
Naming of new Rodaí Mac Corlaí bridge
Republicans are to rename a newly opened bridge on the main Belfast to Derry road in honour of an Irish patriot, hanged from the original bridge in 1798.
Published April 5, 2004
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