Survey finds 60% of NI minorities not votingOnly four out of 10 people in the minority communities in the North are registered to vote compared to more than nine out of …Sat Mar 25 2006 - 00:00
DUP and UUP set to support Assembly planThe DUP and Ulster Unionist Party have indicated they would co-operate with the reactivation of the Northern Assembly in interim…Sat Mar 25 2006 - 00:00
Abolition of Housing Executive opposedSinn Féin, SDLP and Ulster Unionist politicians have expressed concern about plans by Northern Secretary Peter Hain to abolish…Thu Mar 23 2006 - 00:00
Orange Order Invite: SDLP leader Mark Durkan asked to have talks on paradesThe three loyal institutions including the Orange Order have broken new ground by issuing an invitation to SDLP leader Mark Durkan…Thu Mar 23 2006 - 00:00
Unionist fury at Blair's bigotry remarksUnionist politicians have reacted with fury to comments by British prime minister Tony Blair comparing Protestant bigotry with…Thu Mar 23 2006 - 00:00
Move to prevent 'bungalow blight'The North's direct-rule regional development minister Lord Rooker has proposed that, with very few exceptions, no future single…Fri Mar 17 2006 - 00:00
Belfast Festival funds cut deploredQueen's University and the SDLP have deplored a decision by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to cut by half funding for the…Thu Mar 16 2006 - 00:00
Friends of every hue recall Gerry FittNationalist and unionist politicians, his family and his many friends gathered in the great hall of Belfast City Hall yesterday…Sat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Disbanded troops to receive €220,000The 3,000 full-time and part-time members of the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) in the North will receive overall redundancy payments…Fri Mar 10 2006 - 00:00
Independent report says IRA no longer a threatThe IRA no longer poses a terrorist threat and has taken a strategic decision to follow a political path, the Independent Monitoring…Thu Mar 09 2006 - 00:00
SF denies IRA involvement in Belfast arson attacksSinn Féin has denied that provisional republicans are implicated in more than 100 arson attacks in the Ballymurphy area of west…Thu Mar 09 2006 - 00:00
Return of Love Ulster parade looks increasingly unlikelyMinister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has indicated that the Government feels that a return Love Ulster march in Dublin is…Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Army meeting NI obligationsA new report from the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) has concluded that the British army is meeting its obligations …Fri Mar 03 2006 - 00:00
Policing Board line-up to vex HainNorthern Secretary Peter Hain faces another politically divisive problem, including a potential unionist boycott, as he decides…Fri Mar 03 2006 - 00:00
Orde accused of evading bomb issueThe SDLP has complained that PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde failed to answer fully questions put to him at yesterday's meeting…Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Leaders plan 'roadmap' for progress on NIThe Taoiseach and the British prime minister are planning to shortly put take-it-or-leave-it proposals to the Northern parties…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Loyalists hold brief rally outside DailLove Ulster marchers at Leinster House: Love Ulster activists held a brief parade outside the Dáil on Saturday afternoon, despite…Mon Feb 27 2006 - 00:00
No justification for violence, says AdamsNorthern reaction: The Sinn Féin president and other Northern politicians issued strong condemnation of the violence in Dublin…Mon Feb 27 2006 - 00:00
MI5 withheld intelligence from RUCMI5 withheld important intelligence information from the RUC's Special Branch four months before the Real IRA Omagh bombing of…Sat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
Gang robs #200,000 in bank raidThe PSNI has appealed for public assistance in apprehending the gang behind a £200,000 (€293,000) bank robbery in Belfast yesterday…Sat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
SDLP condemns Paisley for 'hate-filled rhetoric'The SDLP has accused DUP leader Ian Paisley of being "disgraceful, reckless and inflammatory" after he yesterday claimed that…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
Office of President denies breach of protocolPresident Mary McAleese's office has rejected repeated claims by the DUP leader that she fails to observe proper protocol when…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Ahern, Hain forced to abandon plans for round-table talksThe Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Northern Secretary were forced to abandon plans to host round-table talks at Stormont…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Concern over MI5 expanded roleThe SDLP and Sinn Féin have expressed concern about an expanded role for British intelligence service MI5 scheduled for late …Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Blair to hold talks with SF, DUPTony Blair is due to hold separate talks with Sinn Féin and DUP delegations led by the Rev Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams next week…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
Unrest persists after Ballymurphy killingThe PSNI has drafted in extra officers to deal with continuing nightly trouble in Ballymurphy in west Belfast following the killing…Thu Feb 09 2006 - 00:00
Ahern told Paisley he would not 'take lectures on sectarianism'Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern told Ian Paisley at Hillsborough yesterday that he would not "take lectures on sectarianism…Tue Feb 07 2006 - 00:00
A lap of honour before the serious business startsAnalysis: Ian Paisley, as is well known, is a teetotallerMon Feb 06 2006 - 00:00
Warning criminality must not be 'institutionalised'Deputy leader's address: The inability of republicans to give up their "multi-million pound criminal empire" is the reason the…Mon Feb 06 2006 - 00:00
PSNI chief refuses to be drawn on IRA arms issuePSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has refused to adjudicate in the clash of opinions between the Independent Monitoring Commission…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
McCartney family in public appealThe family of Robert McCartney will tomorrow issue a public appeal for assistance in tracing his killersMon Jan 30 2006 - 00:00
Compromise reached over use of disputed Fermanagh graveyardA compromise appears to have been reached in the Catholic diocese of Clogher over burials at a disputed graveyard in Muleek, …Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Police seek gang who abducted young manDetectives are trying to apprehend a gang who abducted a young man in north Belfast and held him until a sum of money - up to…Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
UUP proposes interim role for direct-rule ministersThe Ulster Unionist Party leader has proposed a diluted form of devolution that would loosely follow the US model in the absence…Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Blair and Paisley meet to discuss possibility of talksBritish prime minister Tony Blair is to meet DUP leader Ian Paisley in London this afternoon as the British and Irish governments…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
SDLP rejects criticism of its justice schemeThe SDLP has rejected criticism of the party's stance on community restorative justice schemes from the North's political development…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
Love Ulster group to march in DublinUnionist politicians, Orangemen, victims of IRA violence and loyalist bands will parade and stage a rally in Dublin city centre…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
Ahern, Blair in new drive for North progressTaoiseach Bertie Ahern and British prime minister Tony Blair have agreed to embark on a new drive to persuade the DUP and Sinn…Mon Jan 09 2006 - 00:00
Unionist anger at recruit's medalUnionist politicians have expressed outrage at a PSNI recruit wearing a War of Independence medal at a passing-out ceremony.Sat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Banned pit-bull terriers found after raid on suspected pup farmThe Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has expressed alarm after four banned American pit-bull terriers…Sat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
PSNI to be given dossier on Kingsmills massacreWilliam Frazer, head of the south Armagh Protestant victims' group Fair, is today to hand over a dossier to the PSNI which he…Fri Jan 06 2006 - 00:00
Former NI secretary Merlyn Rees diesLord Merlyn-Rees, who died yesterday aged 85, was Northern secretary in 1974 when the then Harold Wilson Labour government capitulated…Fri Jan 06 2006 - 00:00
Kelly rejects SF criticism of his OBEPolicing Board member and former SDLP deputy chairman Tom Kelly has dismissed Sinn Féin criticism of his decision to accept an…Wed Jan 04 2006 - 00:00
Adams calls on all politicians to help end stalemate in NorthSinn Féin president Gerry Adams has called on all politicians "genuinely" seeking the restoration of a power-sharing administration…Wed Jan 04 2006 - 00:00
Legal cases possible in spy sagaSinn Féin has warned that a number of prominent republicans who have been named in the speculation about British agents may take…Mon Jan 02 2006 - 00:00
Hain rejects claims of British cover-upReaction: Northern Secretary Peter Hain has rejected claims by both Sinn Féin and the DUP that the British government was involved…Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Government will not seek inquiry into spy allegationsThe Government has indicated it will not be seeking an independent inquiry into the Stormontgate spy ring affair and allegations…Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Burrows defends role in new parades bodyPortadown Orangeman David Burrows has said that in his role as a member of the revamped Parades Commission, he is prepared to…Fri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
Call for OTRs plan to be ditchedThe SDLP has demanded that the British government ditch its on-the-runs legislation and establish a totally new system that would…Fri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
Body of George Best to arrive in Belfast todayThe body of football legend George Best is being flown into RAF Aldergrove airport today in preparation for one of the biggest…Fri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
