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ElBlogador.co (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
One of the main roles of Stormont Ministers is to act together as a collective in the form of the Executive. The whole point of this is to agree on the best way to do the job they were elected to do and to justify the rather large sums of money they get as Ministers. However, with the DUP and Sinn Féin refusing to meet, the process of government has ground to a standstill. As SDLP Social Development...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness hold talks with the Prime Minister in Downing Street amid fears of a crisis at Stormont.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams accuses the DUP of failing to engage properly to avoid a political crisis at Stormont.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
SDLP AND Ulster Unionist Ministers have complained a stand-off between Sinn Féin and the DUP, which forced the cancellation of yesterday's scheduled meeting of the Northern Executive, is hampering the work of the Stormont administration.
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ElBlogador.co (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the topsy-turvy paradox that is Northern Irish politics we have constitutional republicans (in the wider European sense) that are called 'nationalists' (the SDLP), nationalists pretending to be republicans (Sinn Fein) and, most strangely, 'unionists' (the DUP) who possess arguably the strongest sort of nationalism on the island- Ulster Nationalism. This point is demonstrated most clearly in recent...
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
STEVEN McCAFFERY The Northern Ireland government is unlikely to meet again until the autumn as a result of a stand-off between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein.
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
STEVEN McCAFFERY The Herald 23 July 2008 The Northern Ireland government is unlikely to meet again until the autumn as a result of a stand-off between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein. Critics hit out at the parties after confirmation that an executive meeting set for Thursday was cancelled at short notice, with no further meetings scheduled for the rest of the summer. Opposition parties...
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Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
The target date of May is long since past but it seems that, despite the admission by deputy First Minister , SF’s Martin McGuinness, it is Sinn Féin’s mis-representation of the ‘indigenous’ deal at St Andrews - “put together by Sinn Féin and the DUP” - that is the root cause of the current power vacuum in the Northern Ireland Executive. That’s the implication of the UUP leader Reg Empey’s reading...
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
News Letter FORMER First Minister Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness met formally on average almost three times a week during their year in office. Figures released through a News Letter Freedom of Information request reveal that the former DUP leader and Sinn Fein's Deputy First Minister met in an official capacity on 146 occasions since the return of devolution in May 2007. Personal meetings between...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS in Northern Ireland were last night at loggerheads over responsibility for official delays in business.
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Derska Pharmacy Look (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Your new length will be enough to stroke your woman's womb! Regain your self-confidence by enhancing your manliness! aviation history.Yesterday, Ian Paisley, DUP leader, and Gerry Adams,they have been treated with humanitarian and moral
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness today called for religion to be kept out of politics in the wake of demands by a unionist for government to uphold God’s law on abortion.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
THE DUP has again insisted that it will block any attempt by Sinn Féin to introduce an Irish language Act in the Northern Assembly, although it is prepared to countenance a "strategy" for the language.
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Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
Can I say that I fully agree with the Orange Order ex-deputy grand master who has strongly criticised the DUP for going into government with Sinn Féin. Reverend Stephen Dickinson told the Ballyclare 12 July demonstration they would not "follow the same route as the Democratic Unionist Party" . He said: "I notice that Peter Robinson and others have been saying in recent days we're about cultural tourism...
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SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Irish Times 12 July 2008 The leader of the Orange Order launched a stinging attack on Sinn Féin today, saying it was sickening to see them in government. Grand Master Robert Saulters was addressing thousands of Orangemen gathered in Dromara, Co Down for one of the Orange Order’s Flagship demonstration. “It is sickening to us, following such dastardly attacks on our people for 35 years, to see the...
