Loyalist feud fears as UDA expels AdairFears of a bloody power struggle within loyalist paramilitarism escalated last night after UDA leaders expelled one of its most…Thu Sept 26 2002 - 01:00
Sharp rise in total of bombings in NIThe number of shootings and bombings in Northern Ireland has increased significantly in recent years, according to the annual…Wed Sept 25 2002 - 01:00
Cowen, Reid meet to assess UUP falloutThe British and Irish governments must now assess whether next May's scheduled Assembly elections should be cancelled or postponed…Wed Sept 25 2002 - 01:00
Cowen and Reid to discuss threat to ExecutiveThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, and the Northern Secretary, Dr John Reid, are expected to meet this week to discuss…Mon Sept 23 2002 - 01:00
Trimble may consider hard line stance to survive as leaderMr David Trimble may put forward a high-risk, hardline proposal at today's meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council in order to…Sat Sept 21 2002 - 01:00
Pressure on SF to join NI Policing Board growsSinn Féin has come under renewed pressure to sign up to the new policing dispensation in Northern Ireland.Sat Sept 07 2002 - 01:00
Row as Orde says NI full-time police reserve must be retainedThe North's new police Chief Constable, Mr Hugh Orde, began his first day in office yesterday by provoking a political row with…Tue Sept 03 2002 - 01:00
Unionists to decide on future in executiveUUP president Rev Martin Smyth MP, an agreement sceptic, said party unity was importantSat Aug 31 2002 - 01:00
Unionists playing 'soap opera' politicsThe North's Deputy First Minister, Mr Mark Durkan, has warned that unionist "soap opera" politics is threatening political stability…Fri Aug 30 2002 - 01:00
Trimble vows to overcome new leadership challengeMr David Trimble has pledged to lead his Ulster Unionist Party into next May's Assembly elections despite another test of his…Thu Aug 29 2002 - 01:00
Belfast agreement is here to stay, says TrimbleMr David Trimble has availed of a visit by the British Foreign Secretary, Mr Jack Straw, to Belfast to assert that devolution…Wed Aug 28 2002 - 01:00
'Real IRA' admits murdering civilian worker in explosionThe "Real IRA" has admitted that it murdered 51-year-old Protestant civilian worker, Mr David Caldwell, in Derry three weeks …Thu Aug 22 2002 - 01:00
SF and UUP trying to help end sectarian disturbancesPolitical efforts to defuse tensions at sectarian interfaces continued yesterday after further disturbances in north, east and…Thu Aug 22 2002 - 01:00
Loyalist death threats force out playerNeil Lennon, the Glasgow Celtic midfielder, was last night forced to withdraw from Northern Ireland's friendly international …Thu Aug 22 2002 - 01:00
SF accuses police of assaulting two republicansThe Sinn Féin chairman, Mr Mitchel McLaughlin, has accused the police of assaulting two republicans in the Short Strand area …Tue Aug 20 2002 - 01:00
PSNI rejects claim of bias in riot responseThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has denied a Sinn Féin claim that it is adopting a partisan attitude to quelling…Mon Aug 19 2002 - 01:00
Sinn Fein not to encourage republicans to give information on Omagh bombersSinn Féin is holding to its position that it will not encourage republicans to provide information to either the Garda Siochána…Fri Aug 16 2002 - 01:00
SF under pressure to support Omagh inquiryThe Omagh Victims' Group has rounded on Sinn Féin after it again shunned an opportunity to urge republicans to help identify …Thu Aug 15 2002 - 01:00
Blind men get #7,000 after pub barringTwo blind men who were refused service in two bars in Bangor, Co Down, have received compensation totalling £7,000Wed Aug 14 2002 - 01:00
Claim of IRA,Colombia link angers SFSinn Féin has again complained that the chances of the three Irishmen arrested in Colombia receiving a fair trial are being jeopardised…Tue Aug 13 2002 - 01:00
Five youths questioned after rape of girl (14)Five youths were being questioned by police last night after the rape of a 14-year-old girl in a caravan in Ballycastle, Co Antrim…Tue Aug 13 2002 - 01:00
Twelfth ends with clashes between nationalists and policeNationalist protesters clashed with police last night as Orangemen completed their homeward journeys along the Crumlin Road, …Sat Jul 13 2002 - 01:00
Sectarian attacks on Catholic churches in AntrimNationalist and unionist politicians have condemned sectarian attacks on two Catholic churches in Co AntrimFri Jul 12 2002 - 01:00
Orangemen in ugly clashes at DrumcreeTrouble flared at Drumcree yesterday afternoon when scores of protesters, some in Orange Order regalia, attacked police and British…Mon Jul 08 2002 - 01:00
PSNI expect Drumcree protests to be peacefulThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officer in charge of regulating tomorrow's Orange Order protests at Drumcree expects…Sat Jul 06 2002 - 01:00
PSNI head urges wise counsel to help bring about Drumcree peaceWise counsel must prevail to ensure a relatively peaceful Drumcree next Sunday, the Acting Chief Constable of the Police Service…Thu Jul 04 2002 - 01:00
UDA man had role in Finucane killingA senior UDA figure has been covertly filmed admitting involvement in the murder of the Belfast solicitor Pat FinucaneWed Jun 19 2002 - 01:00
Belfast joins in the agony and the ecstasy and the agony againNationalist west Belfast was a ghost town yesterday afternoonMon Jun 17 2002 - 01:00
Trimble holds off Donaldson challenge with easeThe leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has comfortably overcome what his supporters believe was an effective challenge to his…Mon Jun 17 2002 - 01:00
Trimble ponders response to party pressureMr David Trimble is facing a critical meeting of his Ulster Unionist Party ruling executive in Belfast today in what some of …Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
British-Irish Council meets in Jersey to discuss knowledge economySenior politicians from Ireland, Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man led by the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and the British…Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
Leaders discuss street violence at Jersey talksThe escalating street violence in Belfast and the re-scheduling of the Nice referendum will be key issues when the Taoiseach …Fri Jun 14 2002 - 01:00
Presbyterians say NI not ready for truth bodyNorthenrn Ireland is not ready for a South African-style truth and reconciliation commission, according to the Presbyterian Church…Thu Jun 13 2002 - 01:00
School attacks threatens education in NorthThe future of the Holy Cross girls primary school in north Belfast is now in doubt because of a large drop in pupils enrolling…Thu Jun 13 2002 - 01:00
Reid warns both sides over violenceThe Northern Secretary, Dr John Reid, has warned loyalists and republicans that there can be no halfway house between violence…Wed Jun 12 2002 - 01:00
Wright associate takes own life in Maghaberry cellThere was one striking similarity in yesterday's death of Mark Fulton and that of Billy Wright, the Loyalist Volunteer Force …Tue Jun 11 2002 - 01:00
Police seek extradition of US chefDetectives investigating the break-in at the Special Branch office in astlereagh station are seeking the extradition of a New…Sat Jun 08 2002 - 01:00
Revulsion at bomb attack on PSNI recruitThe bomb attack on a young Catholic police officer, who graduated with the first batch of Police Service of Northern Ireland …Sat Jun 08 2002 - 01:00
Three hit by gunfire in serious rioting in BelfastThree people, including two 15-year-old boys, were wounded during serious disturbances in east Belfast last nightMon Jun 03 2002 - 01:00
North politicians meet Israelis, PalestiniansNationalist and unionist politicians have held two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives in England in an…Sat Jun 01 2002 - 01:00
Belfast set to have first SF mayorBelfast is set to have its first Sinn Féin lord mayor after the Alliance Party, which holds the balance of power on the city …Sat Jun 01 2002 - 01:00
Orde appointed as new PSNI headSir Ronnie Flanagan's successor as head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) was last night named as Mr Hugh Orde…Thu May 30 2002 - 01:00
O'Loan justifies police use of plastic bulletsPolice in Northern Ireland were justified in the use of plastic bullets and on at least one occasion were too restrained in firing…Sat May 25 2002 - 01:00
Nationalists reject Holy Cross planA plan brokered by Mr David Trimble and Mr Mark Durkan to resolve the Holy Cross school dispute has been accepted by loyalist…Sat May 25 2002 - 01:00
Protests as Heaney's former home is razedThere has been widespread criticism after a former home of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney in south Belfast was knocked downFri May 24 2002 - 01:00
Reid plans Northern equivalent of the CAB to tackle organised crimePSNI assistant chief constable Mr Chris Albiston said 42 organised crime networks were disrupted by police operations since the…Fri May 24 2002 - 01:00
NI police arrest five building company directors over alleged #10m fraudFive directors of a number of Northern Ireland building companies have been arrested in an operation against an alleged £10 million…Wed May 22 2002 - 01:00
DNA tests in baby death inquiryThe Police Service of Northern Ireland is to conduct DNA tests of about 600 women and girls in the Carryduff area of Co Down …Wed May 22 2002 - 01:00
McGuinness seeks parents' views on 11-plusHouseholds throughout Northern Ireland are to receive a questionnaire from Sinn Féin Education Minister Mr Martin McGuinness …Tue May 21 2002 - 01:00
James Chichester-Clark, former PM of NI, diesThe death has occurred of Maj James Dawson Chichester-Clark, who was Northern Ireland's prime minister in the early period of…Mon May 20 2002 - 01:00
