A man named in the Dublin parliament earlier this year as a PSNI
Special Branch agent linked to a series of murders was shot near North
Belfast today.
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May 30, 2006
UVF SHOOT ‘DOUBLE-AGENT’
‘Ingram’ claim dismissed
Claims by an MI6 operative in the Sunday tabloids that Sinn Féin
MP Martin McGuinness was a British spy have been rubbished.
Call for Great Hunger memorial day
Efforts to designate an annual memorial day to remember victims of the
Great Hunger have been boosted following the approval of a motion on the
issue by Dublin City Council.
Sinn Féin backs Assembly committee
Sinn Fein said today that it would take part in a committee aimed at
preparing for local power-sharing government in the North of Ireland.
MI5 gets millions to fight republicans
Over 20% of the financial resources of British military intelligence is
being used to battle irish republicanism, it has emerged.
Loach hailed for cinema triumph
A new film on the Irish War of Independence is set to boost
international understanding of the struggle against British rule
after it scooped top honours at the Cannes Film Festival.
Out of the H-blocks came determination
The hunger strike changed the nationalist community forever.
Unionists must choose to shape change
Robert McBride, former ANC activist, death row inmate, parliamentarian
and now chief of police in East Rand, Johannesburg, recently brought
a message to republicans across Ireland.
May 27, 2006
ASSEMBLY DISSEMBLING
British Direct Ruler Peter Hain is to press ahead with the formation
of an all-party committee at the new shadow assembly to discuss the
return of powers from London to Belfast.
Ken Barrett ‘paid off’
The killer of Belfast lawyer Pat Finucane is enjoying his freedom after
serving just 18 months of a 22 year sentence for the brutal murder.
Adams backs Orange right to parade
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has controversially backed the right of
the Protestant Orange Order to hold sectarian parades - despite
American observers reporting 'grotesque anti-Catholic displays' at last
year's parades by the order.
Hain defiant as appointments row grows
British Direct Ruler Peter Hain has been accused of wasting
money by appealing a High Court ruling which overturned his
appointment of two Orangemen to the Parades Commission.
US urged to back immigration reform
A US Senate decision to fast-track new immigration measures has been
welcomed in Ireland on behalf of many undocumented Irish citizens
settled in the USA.
Moving tribute to member of Birmingham Six
Mourners at the funeral of one of the Birmingham Six, Richard
McIlkenny, were told on Thursday that he has 'finally found freedom'.
Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara
This week marked the anniversary of the deaths of the third and
fourth of the 1981 hunger strikers to die, Raymond McCreesh and Patsy
O'Hara.
‘Assembly’ is hologram on the hill
The assembly meeting up at Stormont isn't
the Northern Ireland Assembly established by the Good Friday Agreement.
May 23, 2006
‘CERTAINLY NOT’
There were no surprises as the DUP leader Ian Paisley flatly rejected a
bid to form a power sharing executive at the shadow Belfast Assembly on
Monday.
Parades Commission was rigged
The British government encouraged leading organisers of contentious
sectarian parades to apply for posts on the Parades Commission during a
secret meeting last autumn, it has been revealed.
Tragic death of miscarriage of justice victim
The British government is being urged to apologise to the Birmingham
Six following the death of one of the six, Richard McIlkenny.
US Congress backs Finucane cause
The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to call on the
British government to reconsider its position on the inquiry into the
murder of Pat Finucane.
Hunger strikers remembered
Thousands defied the rain to attend hunger-strike
commemorations for South Armagh IRA man Raymond McCreesh and the Derry
INLA hunger striker Patsy O’Hara.
Asylum protest ended
A week-long hunger and thirst strike by Afghan asylum-seekers protest
in St Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin was dramatically ended late on
Saturday night as garda police stormed the church.
Making politics work
Ian Paisley will be conscious of the irony involved in Sinn Fein
going to Stormont to have him elected as First Minister.
Ballymena’s culture of hate
It has been fascinating to watch the DUP tip-toe politely around the funeral of Michael McIlveen.
May 17, 2006
OVERSHADOWED ASSEMBLY
The mood at the first days of a new 'transitional' northern assembly
were low key and overshadowed by the sectarian murder of Catholic
schoolboy Michael McIlveen in Ballymena.
Dark day for Ballymena nationalists
Loyalists attacked mourners on their way to the funeral of murdered
Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen today.
Hypocrisy as UVF allies with UUP
The main political representative of the unionist paramilitary UVF has
joined the assembly group of the Ulster Unionist Party in a move
described both by nationalists and rival unionists as “breathtaking
hypocrisy”.
Politician, policeman, paramilitary
It has emerged that a former deputy mayor of Ballymena was a leader of
the unionist paramilitary UDA while he was a serving British Army
officer.
Parades policy in crisis
Portadown Orangeman Don MacKay has been forced to resign from the
Parades Commission after being exposed earlier this year for using
false references when joining the commission.
Concern for Afghan hunger strikers
Asylum seekers from Afghanistan are mounting a determined hunger strike
in Dublin's St Patrick's Cathedral in a campaign for refugee status.
Bombing victims’ relatives need answers now
Today is a day many people recall with feelings of sadness and anger
as well as a strong desire for the truth.
‘Assisted suicide’ for UUP
Farewell to David Ervine and the Progressive Unionist Party.
May 13, 2006
BALLYMENA CHALLENGED
Preparations are currently underway for the funeral of fifteen-year-old
Michael McIlveen who died on Monday after he was fatally wounded in a
sectarian gang attack in Ballymena, County Antrim last weekend.
Shadow of the Belfast Assembly
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has said he will nominate DUP leader
Ian Paisley as First Minister and his own party’s chief negotiator
Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister when the Belfast Assembly is
reconvened on Monday.
Paisley raises bar for SF
British Direct Ruler Peter Hain has said Sinn Fein will not be forced
to publicly back policing in the North as a condition of power-sharing.
Internet censorship bid
The US government is to consider the possibility of blocking access to
the website of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement following a meeting
with relatives of the 1998 Omagh bomb.
26-County Army closer to conflict
Plans for participation in European Union battle groups by the
26-County Army has come in for strong criticism.
Bloody Sunday report for 2007
The final report of the Bloody Sunday inquiry will not be published
until next year, the families of those killed have said.
Francis Hughes - a fearless soldier
Twenty five years ago on Friday, Francis Hughes, one of the most fearless
and courageous IRA Volunteers to emerge out of the current phase in the
Republican Struggle, lost his life after 59 days on Hunger Strike in
Long Kesh.
A sinister hush over collusion evidence
One of the biggest scandals to hit these
islands in recent years did not even merit a mention on
our main radio or TV stations.
May 8, 2006
LAUGHTER OF OUR CHILDREN?
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Sands' death remembered
Members of the family of Bobby Sands assembled for a private gathering
on Friday in the former Long Kesh Prison near Lisburn to mark the 25th
anniversary of his death.
Marching season appeal
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams made a weekend plea to Ian Paisley's
DUP to play a leading role in ensuring a peaceful Protestant marching
season.
New twist in Tohill case
The Sinn Fein leadership has issued a call for four republicans who
failed to turn up in court for sentencing after admitting the abduction
of a dissident republican to turn themselves in.
Blair urged to go
It is thought that growing pressure on British Prime Minister Tony
Blair to resign could undermine his ability to continue the current
phase of the peace process.
Puppet show for peace
The organisation behind the long-running television show Sesame Street
has launched a new project which aims to break down sectarian barriers
between children in the North.
US action alerts
Action alerts on behalf the mcAllister family and the Rossport Five
Things changed forever after Bobby Sands' death
There was nothing normal about our lives in the
H-blocks during the years 1976-1981 so why should our thinking and
actions be assessed according to a 'normal' system of measurement.
May 5, 2006
Bobby Sands - 1981-2006
Bobby Sands died 25 years ago today, the first of ten to die while on
hunger strike against the British policy of criminalising the
republican struggle. It is a day of mourning for all Irish republicans.
May 3, 2006
SUBVERSIVES
Successive British governments failed to act despite having full
knowledge of the extensive and murderous collaboration between the
UDR and unionist
paramilitaries.
Govts talk tough on process
Sinn Fein will be forced to give its backing to the PSNI police when
powers for policing and justice are devolved from London to Belfast,
British Direct Ruler Peter Hain has claimed.
Sectarian mob attack
The PSNI police has been strongly criticised after allowing a mob of
loyalists to attack defenceless nationalists after wrecking a billboard
erected in honour of the 1981 hungerstrikers.
Orders to maintain talks boycott
Leaders of the Protestant marching orders have said they still will not
talk directly to Sinn Fein or to residents groups about their sectarian
parades through Catholic areas.
Government seen backing Shell
26-County Minister for Communications Noel Dempsey has been accused of
siding with Shell Oil following a government report on its planned
high-pressure gas pipeline through County Mayo.
O’Hare release angers loyalist
Hardline unionist Willie Frazer has claimed that the PSNI police failed
to arrest former Irish National Liberation Army leader Dessie O'Hare at
his wife's home in south Armagh at the weekend.
The Truth
The victims group An Fhirinne is appealing to the families of people who
were victims of British state killings or collusion to help complete its database.
It takes lots of courage to break ranks
Brian Kennaway's new book The Orange Order: A Tradition Betrayed is
causing quite a stir, mainly among Protestants,
unionists and Orangemen
