Policing of parade cost £300,000THE COST of policing the republican protests and British army homecoming in Belfast on Sunday was "well in excess of £300,000…Thu Nov 06 2008 - 00:00
Churches intervene in educational disputeTHE FOUR main churches have intervened in the education dispute in Northern Ireland which they warn is causing distress and anxiety…Thu Nov 06 2008 - 00:00
Dissidents thrive on North's impasseTHE PSNI chief constable Sir Hugh Orde and British and Irish ministers have made a direct link between the growing threat from…Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:00
Paisley says £100m shortfall in PSNI budget must be tackledPOLICING DEBATE: THE CURRENT PSNI budget is £100 million short and any devolution of policing and justice must be properly financed…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Parade to laud British army passes peacefullyTHE BRITISH army homecoming parade and the republican protests in Belfast yesterday passed off without serious incident, although…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
SF acting like spoiled children, says DoddsEXECUTIVE NEGOTIATIONS: SINN FÉIN politicians are acting like spoiled children, tugging on the apron strings of London and Dublin…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Language may be new but the message is depressingly familiarANALYSIS : "NIE PODDAMY Sie!" That's "No Surrender!" in Polish, a phrase you would expect - but a language you might not - at…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Blanket dissent in the ranksNORTHERN IRELAND: Good Friday: The Death of Irish Republicanism By Anthony McIntyre Ausubo Press (New York), 322pp, $21.95Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Morrison conviction quashedA CONVICTION against Sinn Féin’s former director of publicity Danny Morrison of falsely imprisoning an IRA informer in 1990 was…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Sinn Féin parade protest gets approvalSINN FÉIN was last night given the go-ahead by the Parades Commission to stage a protest against a welcome home parade for British…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
British PM to face renewed pressure over alleged Omagh phone interceptsIRISH AND BRITISH parliamentarians today are due to exert further pressure on British prime minister Gordon Brown to force the…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
SF criticised over soldiers parade planSINN FÉIN has been criticised for organising a protest against the homecoming parade for the British soldiers who have returned…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
UVF denies guns cache is part of its arsenalTHE ULSTER Volunteer Force (UVF) has denied that over 80 weapons and 10,000 rounds of ammunition discovered in north Belfast …Sat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
McQueen wins plaudits for 'humanity''Hunger' premiere: award-winning film recalls final weeks of Bobby SandsFri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
North records biggest increase in numbers on dole in 22 yearsTHE NUMBER of people claiming the dole in Northern Ireland has risen by 1,200, the biggest increase in 22 years, according to…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Disclosure of Omagh information demandedNORTHERN IRELAND politicians have demanded the British and Irish security services release all information that could assist …Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Allister and UUP agree strategy for Euro pollTHE ULSTER Unionist Party has agreed an "electoral strategy" with MEP Jim Allister's Traditional Unionist Voice Party to try …Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Sinn Féin and DUP still deadlockedTHE NORTH'S First Minister Peter Robinson has described the Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams as a "sad spectacle"Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
SF and DUP impasse inciting extremistsPUP ANNUAL CONFERENCE: THE FAILURE of the DUP and Sinn Féin to help run a properly functioning Northern Executive is playing…Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
Tributes as McGuinness's mother diesPETER ROBINSON led the condolences in the Assembly yesterday that were offered to Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness on …Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Pro-choice group to lobby Westminster MPsFORTY MEMBERS of the Alliance for Choice group from Northern Ireland are to travel to London tomorrow to lobby MPs and peers …Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Fermanagh roadside bomb linked to dissident republicansA ROADSIDE bomb in Fermanagh could have killed indiscriminately, according to the PSNITue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Foster pledges to pursue renewable energy targetsTHE NORTH'S Energy Minister, Arlene Foster, has pledged that with Northern Ireland so hugely dependent on imports to meet its…Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Adams calls some elements in DUP 'bigots'The standoff between Sinn Féin and the DUP was exacerbated last night after Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams told an American …Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Sinn Féin blocks meeting of ExecutiveTHE NORTH-SOUTH Ministerial Council meeting scheduled for today in Armagh was cancelled yesterday after Sinn Féin again blocked…Fri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
Adams challenges Robinson claim over timeframe for devolutionSINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams has challenged First Minister Peter Robinson's argument that the public confidence does not exist…Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Half of students say rape victims who flirt culpableCLOSE TO half of Northern Ireland students believe that women rape victims who had acted flirtatiously or failed to say "no" …Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Robinson and McGuinness to meet over deadlockPETER ROBINSON and Martin McGuinness are due to hold further talks this week in an attempt to break the deadlock over policing…Mon Sept 29 2008 - 01:00
Adams directs call for truth commission to republicansSINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams has called for the creation of an independent international truth commission to deal with the…Mon Sept 29 2008 - 01:00
Greens warn of return to conflictTHERE IS a real danger that the North could slip back to conflict if the current stand-off between Sinn Féin and the DUP is not…Mon Sept 29 2008 - 01:00
Robinson will not be 'bullied' on policingFIRST MINISTER and DUP leader Peter Robinson has stated that policing and justice powers “will be” devolved to the Northern Executive…Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
SF and SDLP trade recriminations as stand-off over Executive continuesSINN FÉIN and the SDLP continued their recriminations yesterday as the British and Irish governments and the main parties weighed…Sat Sept 20 2008 - 01:00
North-South ministerial meeting called offA NORTH-SOUTH Ministerial Council sectoral meeting scheduled for Co Cavan today was the first casualty of the cancellation of…Fri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
SF holding out for timeframe on policing before Executive meetsSINN FÉIN leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness were last night holding out for some form of commitment on a timeframe for…Thu Sept 18 2008 - 01:00
Omagh group to sue GCHQ unless IRA tapes releasedLAWYERS FOR the Omagh bomb victims will take legal action against GCHQ if the British security intelligence monitoring agency…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
DUP rejects Brown's call for policing deadlineTHE DUP has insisted that “not one iota has changed” over its opposition to the immediate transfer of policing and justice powers…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Brown to urge Sinn Féin and DUP to end stand-offBRITISH PRIME minister Gordon Brown is today expected to urge Sinn Féin and the DUP to end a stand-off that is threatening the…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
MLAs condemn dissidents after bomb found concealed in hedge in ArmaghASSEMBLY MEMBERS have condemned dissident republican activity following two incidents in south Armagh over recent days, one of…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Families seek Omagh intelligence recordsLAWYERS REPRESENTING relatives of the Omagh bomb victims are to press Britain's special security intelligence monitoring agency…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
British agency tracked calls of Omagh bombersBRITAIN'S SPECIAL security intelligence monitoring agency, GCHQ, intercepted mobile telephone calls of the Omagh bombers on the…Mon Sept 15 2008 - 01:00
DUP warns SF it will trigger crisis if Executive fails to meet this weekTHE DUP has warned that if Sinn Féin again blocks a meeting of the Executive on Thursday it will be deliberately triggering a…Mon Sept 15 2008 - 01:00
Sam has part to play in funding St Brigid'sSAM MAGUIRE is going on sale in south Belfast tonight as part of a £100-a-head fundraising dinner to mark the opening of the …Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
SDLP queries bar on people from Republic advising WilsonTHE SDLP has queried why the North's Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has banned people from the Republic serving on his advisory…Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Call to end political stand-off in NorthSINN FÉIN and the DUP were yesterday urged to end their stand-off so that the Northern Executive and Assembly can address issues…Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Transfer of justice powers would help stability in the North, says ManserghTHE TRANSFER of policing and justice powers to the Northern Executive would help to consolidate political stability in Northern…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Garda hold man over murder of Paul QuinnA MAN in his 50s was being questioned by Garda detectives in Monaghan last night about the murder last October of 21-year-old…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Adams says IRA left the stage some time agoSINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams has stated "categorically and definitively" that the IRA has left the stage as the DUP and Sinn…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Soldier killed in Afghanistan blastA SOLDIER serving with the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR), whose family comes from the Republic, has died following an explosion …Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Chief constable denies trying to 'railroad' use of Taser guns in NorthPSNI CHIEF constable Sir Hugh Orde has rejected criticism from Sinn Féin that the police's first use of a Taser stun gun in Derry…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Parishioners start petition urging order to rescind Fr Troy's transferA GROUP of parishioners in north Belfast have started a petition urging the Passionist Order to rescind its decision to transfer…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00