Slugger O'Toole Following a claim that an inmate, from a group of seven attackers, produced a gun during an assault on two dissident republicans, the prison has been closed to visitors whilst a full search is carried out. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
One of the ‘Disappeared’ – people murdered by the IRA and buried, during the 1970s – may have been found. Some possible human remains have been uncovered close to where the IRA claim they buried Jean McConville. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
Reports indicate that there will be a meeting of the Unionist party early next month, to discuss action against Donaldson, Burnside and Smyth Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
Members of the travelling community have been awarded compensation after they were refused entry to a Co Tyrone golf club. The Equality Commission chief states that ‘no-one should be excluded from playing sports….just because they belong to a particular group or community’ Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
SDLP councillor, Carmel Hanna, urges the British government to get all parties back to the negotiating table to resolve the deadlock in the peace process. She and Pat Doherty also call for the UUPs recent in-fighting to be ignored and for the government to show its commitment to the implementation of the Agreeement Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
Well, I’m not sure there are any NI politicians on the list, but someone’s got some proof that being a politician doesn’t mean all work and no play…. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
Police officers are to start patrolling trains in Belfast and North Down in an effort to increase safety. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
Reports say that discussion over the fate of Donaldson, Burnside and Smyth will be delayed until the end of this month Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
In Nigel Dodds’ latest response to Sean Farren he notes that the challenge is to find a form of government which both the nationalists and unionists agree with – if they cannot get agreement, Nigel suggests that Westminster will continue to govern, which is not ideal for either side. Response to Sean Farren from Nigel Dodds When Sean Farren suggests that DUP criticisms of the Belfast Agreement are �insubstantial� and states that we do not have �fundamental objections� to the …
This week, Alex. Kane finds some history in the form of an original photograph of the First Northern Parliament of Ireland and the invitation to the opening of parliament – some things change, some things don’t… By Alex. Kane Against a background of spectacular, indeed Frankensteinish thunder and lightning, with the sort of crashing and flashing that Belfast hasn’t seen for years, the hammer finally came down on the Government of Northern Ireland. It had been a tough battle and …
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Irish government officials have identified five key areas on which they believe substantial progress can be made. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
Mark Devenport finds Gerry Adams’s downbeat remarks at the weekend inscrutable, but weighs the consequences of further inaction before the May election: “If republicans decide, as Gerry Adams indicates, that the time is not right to reach agreement, they will risk alienating London, Dublin and Washington in the uncertain hope of achieving a better deal in the autumn, by which time it’s likely that the face of unionism could look rather different.” Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily …
Ruaridh Nicoll casts a Scottish eye on the new arrivals from Ulster. Meanwhile the Scottish media are turning their attention on Loyalist activities more generally. As the group disperse throughout Britain the UDA have threatened to track down John Gregg’s killer whereever he settles. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
Henry McDonald tells an epic story of how Johnny Adair may have tempted fate once too often. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
John A Murphy warns Fianna Fail that acting on a recent motion to organise in Northern Ireland may do little to further the party’s political ambition, and undermine confidence in the Belfast Agreement. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
It is reported that the funeral of John Gregg has united all factions of the UDA, and that the feud is over in Northern Ireland. Meanwhile in a scenario that strangely echoes a motif from ancient legend, John White has vowed to return from Scotland. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.
This looks a like a good read. The biography of a fascinating historical character, Erskine Childers: “Born in England but raised in Ireland, he fought for Britain in the First World War, before joining Sinn Fein and then the IRA. He was executed by the Irish Free State, but his son eventually became president of the Irish Republic. Chiefly known in Ireland for smuggling German guns into the country on the eve of the Great War, he is most famous …
A slight digression, but this piece by emigre Cork academic Kieran Healey is worth a read on the grilling of Tony Blair on the BBC last Thursday. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things.