Sadness envelops Co Down as three policemen are buriedTHREE OF the four policemen killed in the car crash near Warrenpoint on Sunday - all of them from south Down, all based at Kilkeel…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Goggins urged act on PSNI shortfallPOLICING BOARD members have urged the North's direct-rule security minister Paul Goggins to plug a multi-million-pound hole in…Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
Death of ex-UDA figure not treated as suspicious by PSNIFORMER SENIOR UDA figure in north Belfast Ihab Shoukri has been found dead in a house on the outskirts of the city.Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
Four PSNI officers killed after vehicle hits wallFOUR POLICEMEN died early yesterday morning following a single-vehicle crash in Co Down in a weekend that saw a total of seven…Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
DUP leader says private assurances givenTHE REPUBLICAN leadership has privately assured Peter Robinson that the IRA is permanently out of business, the DUP First Minister…Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
Brown frees up £900m in funds as NI Executive meetsTHE NORTHERN Executive finally returned to work yesterday armed with a £900 million (€1,125 million) financial deal from British…Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Dissident threat to PSNI highlightedA SENIOR PSNI officer was forced to pull out of a major drugs conference in Belfast yesterday because of the threat to his police…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
DUP, Sinn Féin reach deal on policing, justiceTHE DUP and Sinn Féin have reached a deal on policing and justice that will allow the Northern Executive to reconvene tomorrow…Wed Nov 19 2008 - 00:00
AG nominee Larkin a former DUP adviserPROF JOHN Larkin, whom Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have agreed should be the Northern Ireland Attorney General when …Wed Nov 19 2008 - 00:00
Troubles inquiry in shortfallTHE HISTORICAL Enquiries Team (HET), which is investigating almost 3,300 unresolved killings in the Troubles, is facing a serious…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
Stone convicted of attempting to murder SF leadersLOYALIST PARAMILITARY Michael Stone continued to plead his innocence yesterday as he was convicted of attempting to murder Gerry…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
Allister criticises 'flawed' DUP coalition with SFDUP LEADER Peter Robinson must face reality, accept that mandatory coalition does not work and part from "Sinn Féin/IRA", MEP…Mon Nov 10 2008 - 00:00
All of Irish history in 250 episodesA NEW Irish history book by popular historian Jonathan Bardon, spanning an era from the Ice Age to the eve of the second World…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
