IRA army council shake up
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There have been major changes in the IRA’s controlling body for the first time in five years.
Parade Commission review
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The report on the Parades Commission chaired by Sir George Quigley has just been published.
Moloney sacked
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Journalist of the moment, Ed Moloney, has been sacked from his job on the Sunday Tribune newspaper, so reports the subscription only Irish News: “Mr Maloney, who has reported for the paper for 16 years, said he was shocked when …
David Ervine: biography
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IN review of the book in this month’s Fortnight magazine, Newton Emerson of the Portadown News, says of his subject : “David Ervine played a key role in delivering the loyalist ceasefire. He negotiated directly with Albert Reynolds to secure …
Business: collapse unwelcome
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500 chief executives of NI companies were polled for BBC by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. It confirms the impression that business people are amongst the strongest supporters of the devolved institutions: “…almost 80% saying an assembly was the best option for running the …
Stormont crisis: another suspect on spy charge
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Another, as yet unnamed, suspect has just been arrested. This case first claimed media attention as a result of the PSNI raid, which kicked off the current political crisis. Update: Apparently the person concerned worked in the Office of the …
Murphy: an end to paramilitaries
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In his first substantial interview as Secretary of State, Paul Murphy tells Chris Thornton that we are at the stage when paramilitaries must be taken out of political life: “We’ve seen no end to the violence amongst paramilitary groups. I …
Decommissioning shortcomings
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Stephen King asks whether the decommissioning body has credibility without powers of sanction. “…why have they been so unsuccessful? De Chastelain gives the answer: ‘We are in a somewhat difficult position because we have no means of coercion.’”