The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Just read this report from the Madison Eagle (in Wisconsin in the US) via Bobballs via Sluggerotoole. I think it’s fairly safe to say that the journalist writing the report has a far from in-depth understanding of Irish history and politics, otherwise Adams’ “historical overview” would have met with the contempt and ridicule it deserves. In [...]
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Wexford People Sunday November 15 2009 Republican Sinn Fein has elected a new president to succeed Ruairi O'Bradaigh, who has led the organisation for more than 20 years. The veteran hard-line republican, 77, is retiring for health and age reasons. His replacement Des Dalton, from Co Kildare, has been vice-president since 2003. At the party's ard fheis, Mr O'Bradaigh vowed to remain active in republican...
Belfast Media | Home (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The family of murdered greengrocer Harry Holland met with the Attorney General, yesterday (Wednesday) to discuss their deep concerns about the sentences given to those involved in his murder. Following the meeting, the family said that there are still a number of questions about the case that need to be answered. Popular local businessman Harry was murdered near his West Belfast home in September...
NewsBiscuit (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams commented yesterday on an 'appalling decline in everyday customer service' that he has noticed throughout Northern Ireland. Adams first became aware of the slipping standards around September 2005, when a BBC receptionist didn't look up from filing her nails after he read out a statement ...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
REPUBLICAN’S ASSETS FROZEN By Diana Rusk Irish News 11/11/09 RAID: The farm of senior republican Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy on the Louth-Armagh border as customs and police from both sides of the border carry out a raid in March 2006 as part of an investigation into organised crime, money-laundering and fuel-laundering (Photo: Pacemaker) THE Provisional IRA’s alleged chief-of-staff...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly wants the DUP to produce a list of conditions for the devolution of policing and justice [Is that how they hope to assess “community confidence”? - Ed] and he declares in the iol report - “We need to get this sorted by Christmas”. Fortunately his party president, Gerry Adams, will be meeting Santa Claus in Dublin tomorrow… [And have...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams accuses his DUP counterpart of breaching a commitment to "sell" a policing deal to unionists.
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Sinn Féin councillor Conor Maskey has criticised the DUP MEP Diane Dodds for double-jobbing - she’s still a councillor apparently - “Sinn Féin is committed to ending dual-mandates within our party..”. Meanwhile the party has selected Northern Ireland Executive Junior Minister, Gerry Kelly, MLA, as their candidate for north Belfast in the next general election. Do they...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Two interesting pieces in two different papers impinge upon the future fate of the Parades Commisson. So far as we know the Ashdown reports argues for its abolition, and replacement with a two tier mechanism putting dispute resolution in the hands of local councils, with appeals being run up to OFMdFM… Yep, that OFMdFM… The one that can’t make any decisions about what papers to...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
With parading the new manufactured crisis on the hill you could be forgiven for believing the big two parties have the big issues of the day in hand. It doesn't seem to be the size of the public finance deficit or the crisis in education but the smallness of partisan bickering which is dominating our regional government. Partisanship is the order of the day as narrow sectional interest is always put...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
That’s Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams’ advice to the DUP on the devolution of policing and justice powers. And, as well as describing the DUP leader Peter Robinson’s speech in the Commons as “not a sincere, genuine or a serious effort to resolve the issue of Orange parades”, he’s declared the linking of the parades issue to the transfer of those powers “unacceptable”....
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Although we risk getting snowed under with posts about parading, this latest overview is worth another entry. In last night's Commons debate the linkage between devolving justice and policing and a new parades regime has never been put more clearly by Peter Robinson. I recommend reading it in full. Devolution will not take place unless or until the final Ashdown report is approved. There's still no...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
DUP calls to make resolving the parades issue a precondition for devolving policing are unacceptable, says Gerry Adams.
DaithaiC (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The Anne Scan - "No Smoking" In the bad old days before the Gerry Adams Gang aka Gerry and the Peacemakers discovered Peace, Love and Understanding one of the more disreputable aspects of the IRA (In Ireland these things are relative) was the euphemistically named “Fundraising Activities.” Indeed these crypt-fascists masquerading as Republicans were the greatest beneficiaries...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Newly released file shows IRA bombers had target list including MPs, lords and police officers, as well as cultural and military sites Alan Travis The Guardian 28 October 2009 A death list and the names of potential bombing targets that included the British Museum, the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery and part of Buckingham Palace were found in a London flat occupied by the IRA's Balcombe Street...
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