British move to ban Northern parties fundraising in USThe British government is planning to ban Northern parties from fundraising in the US and other countries which would block Sinn…Fri May 07 2004 - 01:00
Brown family to assist PSNI murder inquiryThe family of Co Derry GAA administrator Seán Brown, who was murdered by the Loyalist Volunteer Force, has altered its previous…Fri May 07 2004 - 01:00
Report warns on special branch reform in NIAll of the Patten proposals for police reform in Northern Ireland will be implemented or on the way to implementation by May …Tue Apr 27 2004 - 01:00
UUP will not join review because of violenceThe Ulster Unionist Party has decided to boycott today's review of the Belfast Agreement at Stormont because it claimed the British…Tue Apr 27 2004 - 01:00
DUP describes verdict as 'jungle justice'Northern Ireland Reaction: Sinn Féin welcomed the decision on the three men, while the DUP justice spokesman, Mr Ian Paisley…Tue Apr 27 2004 - 01:00
Four held as man's body is found in BelfastPSNI detectives were last night questioning four men about the death of a man in his 20s in north Belfast early yesterday morning…Mon Apr 26 2004 - 01:00
Head of Ulster-Scots Agency resignsLord Laird, chairman of the Ulster-Scots Agency, one of the North-South bodies of the Belfast Agreement, has resigned in protest…Sat Apr 24 2004 - 01:00
Blair defends IMC's proposals ahead of meeting with AdamsNorthern Ireland parties who aspire to government must be "clean" of any paramilitary connections, the British Prime Minister…Fri Apr 23 2004 - 01:00
IRA will not surrender to DUP, warns AdamsThe IRA is not going to respond to any "surrender" demand from the DUP or its leader, the Rev Ian Paisley, the Sinn Féin president…Mon Apr 12 2004 - 01:00
Paisley calls for details of aborted dealThe DUP leader, the Rev Ian Paisley, has called on the British government to publish the precise details of last October's aborted…Sat Apr 10 2004 - 01:00
Three-day push to restore devolutionThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, are planning to hold three days of intensive talks with…Fri Apr 09 2004 - 01:00
IRA criticises McDowell and GovernmentThe IRA has launched a strong thinly-veiled criticism of the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, and the Government and warned…Thu Apr 08 2004 - 01:00
IRA's statement attacks McDowell, GovernmentThe IRA has made a thinly veiled of the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, and the Government and warned that without movement…Thu Apr 08 2004 - 01:00
Cory sees no bar to Finucane inquiryThe Finucane family, Sinn Féin and the SDLP are continuing to pressurise the British government for an immediate inquiry into…Tue Apr 06 2004 - 01:00
Sinn Fein to reject blame for stalemate in processSinn Féin will resist pressure from the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, to blame republicans…Tue Mar 23 2004 - 00:00
SF stung by Bush envoy's criticism of policyPresident Bush's special envoy to Ireland, Mr Mitchell Reiss, and Sinn Féin's Mr Martin McGuinness have engaged in a strongly…Mon Mar 22 2004 - 00:00
Burnside ally challenges Trimble for leadershipMr David Hoey hopes to do to Mr David Trimble what another relatively unknown unionist, Mr Lee Reynolds, did to Lord Molyneaux…Sat Mar 20 2004 - 00:00
Report on paramilitaries due out in AprilThe Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) confirmed yesterday that its first detailed report on the extent of paramilitary …Tue Mar 16 2004 - 00:00
Ford calls for action against Sinn Fein by both governmentsAlliance party conference: The Alliance leader, Mr David Ford, at his party's 34th annual conference warned that if the British…Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
Alliance says healing process needed in NorthAlliance Party Conference: The North's political parties must campaign for a realistic healing process, the Alliance Party's…Mon Mar 15 2004 - 00:00
Report on Tohill to be published as early as EasterThe Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) is to bring forward its report on paramilitarism from May to Easter, making specific…Sat Mar 13 2004 - 00:00
Life of alleged IRA victim 'still in danger'Human rights campaigner Monsignor Denis Faul has accused the IRA of waging a campaign of terror against the victim of a Provisional…Sat Mar 13 2004 - 00:00
Ervine deplores UVF pamphletProgressive Unionist Party leader Mr David Ervine has confirmed the PSNI chief constable Mr Hugh Orde's claim that loyalist paramilitaries…Sat Mar 13 2004 - 00:00
Trimble withdraws UUP from reviewThe future of current attempts to re-establish devolution in Northern Ireland was cast into serious doubt after Ulster Unionist…Wed Mar 03 2004 - 00:00
Parties will be urged to tackle issue of violenceThe Irish and British governments will today try to persuade the Northern parties to engage in a series of round-table talks …Tue Mar 02 2004 - 00:00
Unrepentant Adams tells critics of SF 'to get real'There's a political blizzard raging over the alleged IRA attempt to abduct and, according to the PSNI Chief Constable, Hugh Orde…Fri Feb 27 2004 - 00:00
Welcome for UDA's decision to continue ceasefireThe UDA's decision to extend its year-long ceasefire indefinitely has received a positive but guarded response from the British…Wed Feb 25 2004 - 00:00
Taoiseach to raise Tohill incident with McGuinnessThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, will tonight raise with Sinn Féin's chief negotiator, Mr Martin McGuinness, his concerns about how last…Wed Feb 25 2004 - 00:00
Dissident republican says he will not press chargesDissident republican Mr Bobby Tohill has stated that he will not be taking a case against an alleged Provisional IRA gang accused…Tue Feb 24 2004 - 00:00
Unionists want Sinn Fein out of reviewThe alleged Provisional IRA attempt to abduct dissident republican Mr Bobby Tohill will dominate political proceedings at Stormont…Tue Feb 24 2004 - 00:00
Sinn Fein and DUP unite in criticism of OrdeSinn Féin and the DUP have criticised the PSNI chief constable Mr Hugh Orde after he reiterated that his force cannot cope with…Tue Feb 24 2004 - 00:00
Paisley to demand decision on IRA ceasefireThe DUP leader, the Rev Ian Paisley, will today challenge the British government to adjudicate on the state of the IRA ceasefire…Mon Feb 23 2004 - 00:00
Orde blames Provos for abduction attemptDissident republican Mr Bobby Tohill who survived an alleged Provisional IRA abduction attempt in Belfast city centre on Friday…Mon Feb 23 2004 - 00:00
Over 800 jobs to be lost in NorthNorthern Ireland lost over 800 jobs in the space of 24 hours with the announcements that a car components firm in east Belfast…Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
Adams endorses 'thrust' of Taoiseach's speechThe Sinn Féin president, Mr Gerry Adams, said last night he was "broadly in agreement" with the thrust of the Taoiseach's speech…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
Power sharing is key to NI progress, says AhernThe key to progress in Northern Ireland was an end to republican and loyalist paramilitarism and a guarantee that unionists would…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
SF concerns over unionist majority rule in DUP planThe Sinn Féin chief negotiator, Mr Martin McGuinness, has said if the DUP's Devolution Now document is a negotiating rather than…Wed Feb 11 2004 - 00:00
SF delivers mixed reaction to DUP proposalsSinn Féin has been delivering a mixed reaction to the DUP proposals for devolution that could include the party in a Stormont…Tue Feb 10 2004 - 00:00
British held secret talks with Sinn FeinDowning Street held secret talks this week with Sinn Féin leaders Mr Gerry Adams and Mr Martin McGuinness ahead of yesterday'…Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
Hume unlikely to run in Euro electionThe former SDLP leader, Mr John Hume, is expected to confirm today he will not run for the European Parliament on grounds of …Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
Governments open to constructive changesThe Irish and British governments have insisted the fundamentals of the Belfast Agreement must remain in place but that they …Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
DUP interim proposal set to include SFThe review of the Belfast Agreement kicks off this afternoon with the DUP later this week expected to propose an interim Stormont…Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
New US envoy in North for talks with leadersUS President George Bush's new special envoy to Ireland, Dr Mitchell Reiss, has made his first visit to Belfast, coinciding with…Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Trimble calls on IRA to decommissionThe Ulster Unionist leader, Mr David Trimble, has challenged the IRA to honour its commitments on decommissioning and the DUP…Sat Jan 24 2004 - 00:00
McDowell repeats his claim of an SF/IRA linkThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has maintained his verbal offensive on the republican movement by repeating that IRA criminal…Fri Jan 23 2004 - 00:00
SF must be part of Executive, says SDLPThe SDLP has stated there are no circumstances in which it would enter into a voluntary coalition with the DUP and the Ulster…Thu Jan 22 2004 - 00:00
Large crowd welcomes Donaldson in LisburnThe DUP was accused of "triumphalism" and "cynical" publicity seeking when a large crowd gathered in Lisburn Orange Hall last…Thu Jan 22 2004 - 00:00
UUP Assembly members discuss political strategyUlster Unionist Assembly members are meeting privately today to discuss strategies for the political tests aheadSat Jan 17 2004 - 00:00
Judge calls for public inquiries into four killingsSinn Féin and the SDLP welcomed Judge Peter Cory's decision to notify the families of Pat Finucane, Robert Hamill, Rosemary Nelson…Wed Jan 14 2004 - 00:00
Nurses subjected to racial abuse and attacks in Belfast, union claimsNurses from ethnic minority groups, particularly Filipinos, were subjected to racial abuse and attacks again at the weekend in…Tue Jan 13 2004 - 00:00
