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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
BBC 21 Nov 09 Shots have been fired at police in a County Fermanagh village close to the border with the Irish Republic. Officers returned fire when they came under attack in the village of Garrison, 20 miles from Enniskillen, on Saturday evening. Police have sealed off the area and are searching nearby woodland but there have been no reports of any injuries. Security officials believe that dissident...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Police in Northern Ireland are appealing for information following the discovery of a viable device in Co Armagh this morning.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Army technical officers and police are at the scene of a security alert in Armagh after the PSNI received a report of a suspicious device.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Staff at a post office in County Armagh are threatened with guns during a robbery.
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Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
An iol report notes that Harry Fitzsimmons, aged 40, has been remanded in custody in the High Court in Dublin today after being arrested in Dundalk, Co Louth earlier this month on foot of an European Arrest Warrant [EAW]. Fitzsimmons was one of four men who went on the run in May 2006 after pleading guilty to attempting to kidnap dissenting republican Bobby Tohill on 20th February 2004. Two further...
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Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Back in May, I wrote this post about the murders of two British Army sappers, Mark Quinsey, 23, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and fretted that dissident Republicans were getting bolder in their attacks on the police, army, and those it considered traitors to the Feinian cause. Last month, The Christian Science Monitor wondered if IRA splinter groups could "bring...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Man and woman questioned about killings outside army barracks Two more people have been arrested and questioned in connection with the murders of two soldiers at an army base in Northern Ireland earlier this year. A 39-year-old man was arrested at an address in Co Tyrone and a 55-year-old woman was taken into custody from her home in west Belfast, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said today....
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Editor attending trial of reporter's alleged killers asks: 'What would happen if armed men stormed the court?' Henry McDonald, Ireland Editor The Observer Sunday 15 November 2009 Colleagues of murdered journalist Martin O'Hagan have revealed how they were attacked by loyalist supporters of the men accused of killing the reporter. They also highlighted the dearth of security around one of Northern...
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Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Gerry Adams, or 'this blog' as he now prefers to call himself, would no doubt be keen to assure voters that they are not witnessing the fag end of his political career. After all, he recently assured the media that he will remain Sinn Féin's president as long as he damn well pleases (or words to that effect). Democracy, eh? Still, there's no harm in having more than one string to your bow. Gerry...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
In the short history of Northern Ireland, Loughgall, a village shielded from the elements by the apple orchards that flourish in that part of County Armagh, is more than just a place-name.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
A terminally ill pensioner in County Armagh has issued a plea to the government to return the gates of his Richhill home.
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Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
On the Politics Show today Sinn Féin’s John O’Dowd clarified his party’s position on the seizure of the assets of Sean Hughes and the previous comments by Northern Ireland Executive Ministers, SF’s Michelle Gildernew and Hughes’ “good friend” Conor Murphy. [John O’Dowd] “The concerns around the raid on Sean Hughes house is this. It was organised...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Editor attending trial of reporter's alleged killers asks: 'What would happen if armed men stormed the court?' Colleagues of murdered journalist Martin O'Hagan have revealed how they were attacked by loyalist supporters of the men accused of killing the reporter. They also highlighted the dearth of security around one of Northern Ireland's busiest courts when dissident republicans are targeting the...
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