'Remarkable' work by Reynolds praisedTHE “REMARKABLE” work of Albert Reynolds in helping create the peace process has not been properly recognised, according to former…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
Unionism criticisedMAINSTREAM UNIONISM must acknowledge that it must also bear some of the responsibility for the violent conflict of the Troubles…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Ahern on O'Donoghue: 'no choice' but to stand downFORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern said he did not put in place any "special arrangements" to facilitate John O'Donoghue taking up…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
DUP says no 'prerequisites' for policing deal in dossierTHE DUP was not laying down “prerequisites” over how and when it would sign up to the transfer of policing and justice powers…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
McGuinness and Robinson at oddsDEPUTY FIRST Minister Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin has complained he has been unable to establish a close working relationship…Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Man whose drinking damaged liver recoveringGARETH ANDERSON, the 19-year-old Newtownards man whose liver failed after drinking binges and was said to have only weeks to …Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Two questioned over Belfast shootingA MAN and a woman were being questioned by PSNI detectives last night following what was described as a “barbaric” suspected …Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Civil servant stands over Hamill noteA RETIRED British civil servant has stood over a note he made nine years ago stating that former RUC chief constable Sir Ronnie…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
Special envoy to North namedTHE US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has appointed a Tipperary native as her special economic envoy to Northern Ireland.Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Centre serves as key plank of North-South co-operationA research centre marking its 10th anniversary today has played a quiet but significant role in the peace processMon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Alliance defector earns former leader's wrathALLIANCE LEADER David Ford has accused his party’s recent European candidate Ian Parsley of stumbling down a political “blind…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
Poet unveils stone for new theatreSÉAMUS HEANEY, who was present and dedicated a poem at the official opening of Belfast’s Lyric Theatre 44 years ago, was back…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
RUC chief denies official's claims he criticised HamillsFORMER RUC chief constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan has denied a claim by a civil servant that he suggested Robert Hamill could have…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Police Ombudsman postpones Loughinisland murders reportTHE POLICE Ombudsman Al Hutchinson has postponed publishing a report on the police investigation of the UVF killings of six people…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
British army will not be sent back into south ArmaghTHE BRITISH government has insisted that the British army will not be reintroduced into south Armagh in the wake of the discovery…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
There must be no victims hierarchy, says AdamsSINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams has entered the debate over possible Libyan compensation for victims of IRA violence by accusing…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
Ministers to initiate Fianna Fáil forum in DownGOVERNMENT MINISTERS Dermot Ahern and Éamon Ó Cuív, are to travel to Downpatrick, Co Down, tomorrow night to initiate a Fianna…Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
No 'no go areas' for police in Northern Ireland, says acting PSNI commanderACTING PSNI Chief Constable Judith Gillespie has insisted that there are no “no go areas” for the police in Northern Ireland…Fri Sept 04 2009 - 01:00
Hamill witness tells inquiry she lied to incriminate ex-boyfriendA WOMAN initially viewed by the police and prosecution service as a key and credible witness of the fatal assault on Robert Hamill…Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
SF accused of ghetto politics as PSNI protest ends in riotTHE POLICE Service of Northern Ireland has described as a “disgrace” the sectarian rioting that broke out in east Belfast on …Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
Minor trouble at Loyalist paradeA controversial loyalist bands parade in Rasharkin, Co Antrim, passed off without major incident last night.Sat Aug 22 2009 - 01:00
Hope fading for boy who got into difficulties in riverHOPE WAS fading last night for a 14-year-old boy who went missing after he attempted to rescue a dog from the river Bush at Stranocum…Sat Aug 22 2009 - 01:00
Antrim parade passes without incidentA CONTROVERSIAL loyalist bands parade in Rasharkin, Co Antrim, passed off without major incident last night.Sat Aug 22 2009 - 01:00
Liver failure man moved to London hospitalGARETH ANDERSON (19), who suffered liver failure after a weekend drinking binge, was transferred from the Ulster Hospital in …Sat Aug 22 2009 - 01:00
Father appeals to hospital over liver transplant for sonA LONDON hospital says there can be no exceptions to its rule that liver transplants are only provided to patients who are alcohol…Fri Aug 21 2009 - 01:00
Appeal for calm ahead of loyalist paradeTHE PARADES Commission has called for all sides involved in tonight’s loyalist bands parade and nationalist protest in Rasharkin…Fri Aug 21 2009 - 01:00
SDLP and SF clash over H-Block GAA club eventTHE SDLP and Sinn Féin have clashed over the holding of a H-Block commemoration on Sunday in the grounds of the Galbally GAA …Thu Aug 20 2009 - 01:00
Tension grows in village over loyalist paradeTENSION is rising after the Parades Commission refused to review its decision to allow 41 loyalist bands to parade in the predominantly…Thu Aug 20 2009 - 01:00
PSNI treating attack on Lithuanian as racistTHE POLICE Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are treating as a racist hate crime an attack on a 35-year-old Lithuanian in Newry…Wed Aug 19 2009 - 01:00
Call to investigate delay to online planningSDLP POLITICIAN Dolores Kelly has called for the Assembly’s public accounts committee to investigate how a new online planning…Wed Aug 19 2009 - 01:00
Chomsky to deliver Amnesty lecture as part of Belfast festivalUS PHILOSOPHER, linguist and intellectual Noam Chomsky is to visit Belfast later this year to deliver a human-rights lecture …Tue Aug 18 2009 - 01:00
Donaldson urges jail for Maze escapeeDUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson has called on the Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward to initiate action to jail Maze escapee Pol Brennan…Tue Aug 18 2009 - 01:00
Belfast masterplan urged to save 'disjointed' cityMORE THAN two square kilometres of land in central Belfast is lying idle and could and should be used to regenerate Belfast’s…Mon Aug 17 2009 - 01:00
Ardoyne riot cost NI police £420,000THE COST of policing the riot at Ardoyne in north Belfast on July 13th was more than £420,000 (€489,000), the PSNI has told the…Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
Tall Ships proving popular in BelfastTHE VISIT of the Tall Ships to Belfast continued to draw big crowds to the city yesterday, notwithstanding some heavy rain and…Sat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
Sinn Féin will not renew leases on MPs' London flatsSINN FÉIN has stated it is not renewing leases on two rented premises in London used by its MPs when on Westminster business…Thu Aug 13 2009 - 01:00
UUP proposal for five-year delay to justice devolution criticised by SDLPTHE ULSTER Unionist Party (UUP) has triggered nationalist political anger by proposing that the devolution of policing and justice…Wed Aug 12 2009 - 01:00
Leicestershire chief constable chosen as next head of PSNIMATT BAGGOTT, the chief of Leicestershire constabulary in England, has been chosen as the next PSNI chief constableWed Aug 12 2009 - 01:00
Health and safety inquiry into draughtsman's deathTHE NORTH’S Health and Safety Executive is investigating the circumstances in which a man died in Kilkeel, Co Down, on Monday…Wed Aug 12 2009 - 01:00
SF sets sights on three extra Dáil seatsSINN FÉIN is aiming to increase its number of Dáil seats by at least three in the next general election as part of its campaign…Tue Aug 11 2009 - 01:00
Sinn Féin backs No vote to LisbonSinn Féin has formally decided to again campaign for a no vote in the second Lisbon Treaty referendum in the autumn, party president…Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Dissidents motivated by vanity, says AdamsSINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams has accused dissident republican groups of engaging in futile “old-fashioned physical forcism…Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Adams sees regaining lost ground in Dublin as crucial to partySinn Féin is holding a critical meeting in Navan on Monday to plan how to recover from recent political reverses in the South…Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Unionist figure urges investigation into 1972 image of McGuinness with pistolTHE TRADITIONAL Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister has called on the PSNI to investigate the circumstances surrounding …Fri Aug 07 2009 - 01:00
Murder victim's family upset over no sentence reviewSINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams and members of the Holland family are to meet the British attorney general Baroness Scotland …Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
UDA chief and SF leader share platformSENIOR SOUTH Belfast UDA figure Jackie McDonald, who appeared in a political debate at the West Belfast Festival yesterday with…Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
North making progress despite 'heartache', says PresidentNORTHERN IRELAND has undergone a remarkable and positive transformation although the peace remains far from perfect, President…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
Plan to close 26 of North's police stationsPSNI COMMANDERS will tomorrow ask the North’s policing board to endorse their proposals to close and dispose of 26 police stations…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
PSNI seeks to close 26 stationsPSNI chiefs are to ask the Policing Board this week to back their proposals to close and dispose of 26 police stations throughout…Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00
Parades commission must survive justice devolution, says SDLPTHE SDLP has warned that the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Executive must not involve a trade-off…Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00
