Craigavon

Shots have been fired at police in County Fermanagh

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

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...

Loyalists attack murdered reporter's colleagues at court hearing

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...

Loyalists attack murdered reporter's colleagues at court hearing

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...

• Loyalists attack murdered reporter's colleagues at court hearing - Politics.ie

Police to hand over 'shoot-to-kill' reports

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

News Letter 06 November 2009 POLICE are to comply with a court order to hand over top secret reports on an alleged officer shoot-to-kill policy during the Troubles, a senior commander revealed yesterday . While the PSNI is still seeking clarification on how much of the controversial Stalker and Sampson documents must be disclosed, Assistant Chief Constable Drew Harris said the service would not go...

Northern Ireland dissidents 'committed to launching mainland attacks'

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Report by International Monitoring Commission warns dissident threat has reached six-year high Henry McDonald Guardian 4 November 2009 Republican dissidents will shift their attacks across the Irish Sea to mainland Britain if they get the opportunity, the body overseeing paramilitary ceasefires warned today. The International Monitoring Commission also said former Provisional IRA members were helping...

Ex-IRA men 'helping dissidents'

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

BBC Some former Provisional IRA members are helping dissident republican efforts to wreck the peace process, the paramilitary watchdog has said . The Independent Monitoring Commission said the dissident republican threat was the highest for almost six years. It said most new recruits were "inexperienced young males" but the involvement of former IRA members "significantly added to the...

Northern Ireland dissident terror threat hits six-year high

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

Report by International Monitoring Commission published hours after two men injured in paramilitary 'punishment shootings' The dissident terrorist threat in Northern Ireland is at its highest for nearly six years, the body overseeing the paramilitary ceasefires said today. The International Monitoring Commission's latest report on terror groups in Northern Ireland was published hours after two men...

Craigavon faces by-election

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Craigavon, in Co Armagh, faces another by-election after the local council failed to agree on a TUV (Traditional Unionist Voice) replacement.

We planted car bomb: ONH

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009

By Allison Morris Irish News 17/10/09 Dissident splinter group Oglaigh na hEireann last night admitted planting an under-car bomb that injured the girlfriend of a police officer in east Belfast. Using a recognised codeword the group said that it was a mercury tilt-switch-type device designed to cause maximum damage to the passenger side of the vehicle. The republican organisation said a serving police...

Woman injured in car bomb attack

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009

BBC 16 Oct 09 A police officer's partner was injured when a bomb exploded under her car in east Belfast. The 38-year-old was reversing the vehicle out of the driveway of a house in Kingsdale Park at about 0730 BST on Friday when the device exploded. She was taken to hospital with a minor arm injury and ringing in her ears. Forensic scientists examine the bomb damage to the car First Minister Peter...

• Bomb in Belfast injures policeman's partner - Politics.ie

Army braced for imminent attack in Northern Ireland

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009

Bases on high alert over bomb intelligence By Deborah McAleese Belfast Telegraph Wednesday, 7 October 2009 The security forces have been placed on heightened alert after receiving intelligence of a dissident republican plot to attack a Northern Ireland Army base, the Belfast Telegraph has learned. Security chiefs are concerned that a mortar attack on one of the bases is imminent and have placed all...

• Army braced for imminent attack in Northern Ireland - The Independent

Man arrested over police murder

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009

BBC 1 Oct 09 Detectives investigating the murder of a police officer by dissident republicans have arrested a man in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. Constable Stephen Carroll, 48, was shot dead as he answered a call in Craigavon, County Armagh, in March. The detained man, aged 22, was arrested on Thursday morning and is being questioned at Antrim police station, a police spokesperson said. Three people...

• Man held over PC's murder in Northern Ireland - The Independent

Almac announces expansion plans

BBC News (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009

A County Armagh pharmaceutical company unveils plans for a major investment in Craigavon.

Investigation as man dies in fire

BBC News (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009

A man dies in a fire at a mobile home in the Derrymore Road area of Craigavon, County Armagh, on Thursday morning.

Sinn Fein praises police response over hijackings

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009

Diana Rusk Irish News 21/09/09 AFTERMATH: The streets of Lurgan, Co Armagh after three nights of trouble in the town (Photos: Justin Kernoghan/Photopress) A SINN FEIN assembly member has praised police for the way they have handled violence in parts of Co Armagh that escalated into armed vehicle hijackings . John O’Dowd said police had “carried out the operation well” by refusing...