Irish-American voters have become the focus of intense campaigning in
the US Presidential election as the race for the White House hots up.
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September 26, 2008
US BATTLE
FOR IRISH VOTE
Irish-American voters have become the focus of intense campaigning in
the US Presidential election as the race for the White House hots up.
HET investigations ‘compromised and censored’
A police unit set up to reinvestigate conflict-related killings
has been totally compromised by the malign influence of the murderous
Special Branch and should be scrapped, according to a new report.
Sectarian attacks on GAA, supporters
A Gaelic sports clubhouse in south Down has been gutted in a loyalist
arson attack.
Adams backs Truth Commission
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams today called for an Independent
International Truth Commission on the confict as the best way forward
on the issue of truth recovery.
Stone presents ‘art’ defence
Multiple killer Michael Stone has told a trial judge that his infamous
armed assault on the Stormont Assembly was a “comic parody” and a
“performance artistic protest”.
Talks seek to resolve Stormont stand-off
First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin
McGuinness are expected to attend a British-Irish Council meeting in
Edinburgh today [Friday], despite the fact the Stormont executive is
not meeting.
Breakout
On the 25th anniversary of the mass escape from the H-Blocks of Long
Kesh, some of those who took part have revealed the dramatic events
surrounding the escape for a new documentary.
SDLP must stop selling nationalist rights
Nationalists must have viewed with dismay, disbelief and anger last
week’s press conference with SDLP minister Margaret Ritchie sandwiched
between two unionist ministers
September 19, 2008
STORMONT FARCE
The North’s strained stalemate exploded in rancour on Thursday when
the Stormont’s cabinet-style administration visibly broke into rival
factions.
Court action over secret Omagh tapes
Legal action is to be taken against the British government unless it
hands over recordings of the telephone conversations of a ‘Real IRA’
team as it was transporting the devastating 1998 Omagh bomb.
Mystery of Morrison frame-up
Sinn Féin’s former Publicity Director Danny Morrison has demanded to
know why his conviction for the abduction of an IRA informer is to be
quashed without explanation.
War of words after South Armagh bomb find
The Stormont Assembly this week debated their concerns over continued
armed actions by republicans after a 100lb bomb was discovered hidden
in a hedgerow in south Armagh.
Appeal for calm as Shell sets sail
It is hoped that a 10-day hunger strike by Mayo teacher Maura Harrington
will end shortly following the announcement by Shell Oil on Thursday
that its pipe-laying ship is to leave Irish territorial waters and sail
to Britain for repairs.
Politicians challenged over informer pressure
A Derry man has called on members of the Policing Board, which oversees
the PSNI, to state where they stand in relation to Special Branch
pressure on people to turn informer.
Omagh - The bomb to end all bombs?
Did a British agent first flout Omagh as a potential target for a bomb attack? Was the carnage of August 15 the product of his labour?
Threats to DUP leadership coming from fringes
Allister is challenging the leadership of the DUP not from a solid,
assured position but from the sidelines, from the fringes of unionism
and he is causing them to lose their nerve.
September 18, 2008
DUP retains Fermanagh seat
Unionist hardliner Arlene Foster has retained the DUP’s seat in the
closely watched Enniskillen local council by-election.
September 17, 2008
Progressive Democrats to be disbanded
Ireland’s small Progressive Democrats party is set to be wound up
after its members in the Dublin parliament agreed that the
organisation was “no longer politically viable”.
September 14, 2008
Omagh bomb calls were monitored
Pressure is growing today for a public inquiry into the Omagh bombing
after it was revealed British intelligence chiefs were listening in to
the Real IRA’s mobile phone calls on the day of the attack.
September 12, 2008
SDLP CALL FOR
MAJORITY RULE
SDLP leader Mark Durkan has stunned the political parties in the north
by calling for power-sharing between nationalists and unionists, a key
safeguard of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, to be scrapped.
IRA Volunteers ‘used as spies’
Republican Sinn Féin has accused the Provisional IRA of gathering
intelligence on other republican groups and passing the information on
to the police north and south of the border.
British PM for key Belfast talks
As the DUP and Sinn Féin continue talks to reach a deal on difficult
issues, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to visit
Belfast next Tuesday.
Northern Bank trial opens
The trial has begun before a juryless Diplock court in Belfast of a
bank official for the robbery in 2004 of the Northern Bank.
UVF assault raises feud fear
Members of a notorious unionist paramilitary death sqaud have been
accused of carrying out a savage assault in which a young mother was
held down by four men and bitten on the face.
Strong turnout urged in Fermanagh by-election
Next Thursday sees an important local council by-election in
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
Hunger strike by Shell to Sea activist
Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington has begun a Hunger Strike to
coincide with the arrival of the Solitaire, Shell’s pipe-laying vessel in
Broadhaven Bay.
Durkan ensured SDLP will never share power
Did he really say that? After initial disbelief, that was the first
question a lot of people asked when they read reports of Mark Durkan’s
weekend speech to the British-Irish Association (BIA).
September 5, 2008
NO ARMY COUNCIL
STATEMENT - ADAMS
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has stated “categorically and
definitively” that the Provisional IRA has left the stage as the DUP
continued to demand a statement by the organisation’s Army Council on
its status.
Dublin govt admits economic crisis
The 26-County government, facing an unprecedented budget deficit, has
brought forward its annual economic policy statement by two months amid
heavy criticism of its failure to act over a looming meltdown in the
Irish economy.
Irish Navy deploys for Shell destruction
Eight more environmental activists were arrested in County Mayo today
[Friday] after an extraordinary confrontation between the Irish Naval
Service and campaigners attempting to halt the construction of a
potentially dangerous high-pressure gas pipeline.
Controversy mounts over British military parades
Belfast City Council this week voted that a civic reception for British
troops should go ahead in November, despite nationalist opposition
Prison warders urged to reveal CR gas concern
The British government is coming under renewed pressure to admit a
cancer-causing gas was used on republican prisoners during a 1974 Long
Kesh riot.
Obama seeks to recover from Irish policy blunder
US Presidential candidate Barack Obama has asked former senator George Mitchell and six leading
Irish-American politicians to advise him on Ireland amid a backlash
over his campaign’s handling of Irish issues.
Modernisation of the Orange Order?
The final installment of a three-part series looking at the
malign influence of the Orange Order in the north of Ireland,
from its inception to the present day.
Allister has the DUP running scared
The current impasse at Stormont is the price everyone here has to pay
for the DUP’s exercise in political dishonesty in spring 2007.
September 3, 2008
IRA leadership ‘has ceased to function’ - IMC
The Provisional IRA’s ruling Army Council that once directed its armed
struggle is no longer operational, a report for the British and
26-County governments has declared.
