Thinly disguised threats are emanating from both the European bureaucracy and the Dublin government ahead of the Lisbon Treaty referendum on June 12.
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May 30, 2008
BARROSO PUTS
THE BOOT IN
Thinly disguised threats are emanating from both the European bureaucracy and the Dublin government ahead of the Lisbon Treaty referendum on June 12.
Justice for victims unlikely, says British truth panel
In a carefully-crafted public address yesterday, the new “Consultative
Group on the Past” warned that, while the British role in the conflict
should be acknowledged, victims should not expect to secure the justice
they were seeking.
Trimble links DUP to killings
Former First Minister and Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has
said that unionist paramilitary violence during the period of the
first Belfast Assembly was linked to DUP opposition to the Good Friday
Agreement.
Attack on Belfast commercial property
Two incendiary devices were discovered at a department store in Belfast
after one partially detonated in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Annual Famine memorial day approved
Forgotten victims of the Irish Famine are to be remembered in an annual
official memorial day for the first time.
Triumph for hunger-strike movie
A film about hunger striker Bobby Sands has won a major award at the
Cannes film festival.
Oration for Brian Keenan
Thousands turned out for the funeral of IRA commander Brian Keenan in
Belfast on Saturday.
Britain firing blanks at loyalists
The British administration intends to do nothing to recover weapons held by unionist paramilitaries.
May 23, 2008
FINAL JOURNEY
FOR IRA HERO
South Armagh bade farewell to former IRA commander Brian Keenan
yesterday [Thursday] before he began his final journey back to his
native Belfast.
RIRA claim bomb attack
The Real IRA has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack against a
member of the British Crown forces in County Tyrone on Monday of last week.
PSNI’s stalling tactics blasted by coroner
The senior coroner in the North of Ireland has strongly criticised the PSNI
after an inquest into the killing of an IRA man almost 16 years ago was
delayed again.
Arms ‘ultimatum’ for unionist paramilitaries
British Direct Ruler Shaun Woodward has warned the UDA and UVF the
“train is leaving the station” for them to hand in their weapons and
commit to the peace process.
Bush to visit Belfast to back stalled process
US President George W Bush is planning to visit Belfast next month,
where he is expected to claim the Irish peace process as part of the
legacy of his presidency.
H-Block movie draws prejudice
Unionists attacked a film about life on the H-blocks during the 1981
IRA Hunger Strike even before it was screened for the first time as
part of the Cannes Film Festival last week.
Irish slaves in the Caribbean
If Queen Elizabeth I had lived in the 20th Century, she would have been
viewed with the same horror as Hitler and Stalin.
Arrogance, smugness and the Brits
Nobody knows for certain how much misery and bother has been caused
through the ages by the insufferable smugness of the British ruling
class.
May 21, 2008
Death of Brian Keenan
Senior Provisional IRA commander Brian Keenan has died after a battle
with cancer.
May 16, 2008
TYRONE BOMB SHOCK
A breakaway republican armed group known as Oglaigh na hEireann has
been linked to a surprise car bomb attack which injured a member of the
PSNI police on Monday night.
Britain recognises UVF ceasefire
The British government has announced that it has decided to once again
recognise a ceasefire by the unionist paramilitary UVF.
FBI agent is focus of Omagh trial
Fresh doubts have been cast over the testimony of top FBI informer
David Rupert in the Omagh civil action, which is sitting in Dublin.
Inquest secrecy opposed
Nationalists have warned the British government that they will oppose
any attempt to introduce 'draconian' new laws allowing a British Direct
Ruler to order that inquests must be held in secret.
Attacks continue despite peace efforts
A Catholic man is recovering from head injuries after he was attacked
with baseball bats and a knife in a sectarian attack in Ballymena.
Court hears details of Stormont murder bid
Unionist serial killer Michael Stone planned to "slit the throats" of Sinn
Féin's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, Belfast Crown Court was told
this week.
An alternative guide to the Lisbon Treaty
The Lisbon Treaty is a bad deal for Ireland. It gives the EU too much
power and reduces our ability to stop decisions that are not in
Ireland's interests. Ireland deserves better.
Irish government is unionism's new best friend
Paisley's big hearty handshake with Bertie at
Farmleigh House last year was the beginning of what will inevitably be
a lengthy dalliance.
May 8, 2008
DEVOLUTION DEAL ‘BROKEN’
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has accused the DUP of reneging on a deal
for the devolution of policing and justice powers from London to
Belfast this month.
McGuinness says IRA finished, attacks hardliners
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has warned that any attempt to bring the
Provisional IRA back into the political equation “is a big mistake”.
Paisley, Ahern declare history at Boyne site
First Minister Ian Paisley at the Battle of the Boyne site said on
Wednesday that people should together share “this island home” of
Ireland and be an example to the world.
Tear down the walls, urges Bloomberg
A high profile US-Northern Ireland investment conference has been
taking place in Belfast this afternoon [Thursday].
US still holds H-Block escaper
H-Block escapee Pol Brennan will remain in a Texas jail for several
more weeks, and possibly months, after an immigration judge denied him
bail.
Real IRA convictions quashed
The Court of Criminal Appeal in Dublin has quashed the convictions by
the non-jury Special Criminal Court of five Munster men on charges of
membership of the Real IRA.
US action alert - Free Pol Brennan
Irish political refugee Pol Brennan needs our help and support.
A split’s not always first thing on agenda
When friends and comrades disagree the fall-out is always specially
painful, even terrible. But never hopeless.
May 7, 2008
Cowen elected Taoiseach, names Cabinet
The newly elected Taoiseach Brian Cowen has appointed Mary Coughlan as
his Tanaiste [Deputy Prime Minister] in his new Cabinet announced this
evening in Dublin.
May 2, 2008
PARADE TENSIONS SPILL OVER
Missiles were thrown when rival nationalist and unionist groups clashed
on Sunday morning following a sectarian parade by the Protestant Orange
Order in east Belfast.
New victim support group
A new victims support group has been set up this week by the father of
a Protestant collusion victim and a Catholic priest.
IRA not involved in Quinn murder - IMC
A government-appointed commission which monitors the conflict in the
north of Ireland has concluded that the Provisional IRA was not
involved in the death of south Armagh man Paul Quinn.
PSNI goes easy on UDA feud
Charges have been dropped against all 18 unionist paramilitaries
arrested in relation to UDA violence in Carrickfergus, County Antrim,
despite renewed feuding in the town.
Shell rejects residents’ proposal on gas terminal
Shell Oil has rejected a proposal by County Mayo residents that it
should move its gas refinery to a coastal, rather than offshore,
location.
Spy equipment ‘removed in raid’
The PSNI have been accused of using the search of the home of leading
republican hardliner Gary Donnelly as a cover to remove sophisticated
electronic equipment
Bertie Ahern addresses US Congress
The
outgoing 26-County Taoiseach Bertie Ahern made a landmark address to a joint session of the
US Congress this week.
Ex-prisoners should enjoy same rights as others
It is time former prisoners from the conflict took their place in society with the same rights
and entitlements as everyone else.
