Political impasse: Governments need to face down DUPGerry Adams outlines strategy to end impasse |
StoriesMurder bid on taxi driverMurder attempt: DUP contributing to loyalist violence Sinn Féin President launches Easter Lily campaignBritish surveillance of GAA exposedShoukri free again"Complete demilitarisation, end political policing" - MaskeyNational Hunger Strike CommemorationThe Hunger Strikes - this generation's 1916 An Interview with Jim McVeigh, National Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee carried in An Phoblacht Bobby Sands' name uttered with fondness by oppressed the world overUnionism: Time for republicans to reach outA radical engagement 1981 Hunger Strike rememberedEnding sectarianism requires leadershipDeath on GibraltarRemembering the Past Light a candle in memory of the Hunger StrikersBlood moneyUDR/RIR £250 million payoff – ‘For justice, the truth of this regiment’s role must be independently investigated’ |
EditorialsGovernments need to act decisivelyRIR prolonged and deepened conflictwww.dailyireland.com Blair must face down Paisley powerwww.dailyireland.com 1916 and 1981 – They “Wore no convict’s uniform nor meekly served theirNews BriefsAdams expresses sorrow at death of Albert FullertonSinn Féin President Gerry Adams has expressed his "deep sorrow" at the death on Wednesday of Albert Fullerton, son of assassinated Donegal Sinn Féin Councillor Eddie Fullerton. Albert Fullerton died at Letterkenny Hospital. He was seriously injured in a traffic accident near Letterkenny on Monday. Human rights group contradicts IMC over AlderdiceThe North's Human Rights Commission (HRC) officially advised the IMC two years ago that John Alderdice's party political background could lead to questions about the groups supposed independence. This directly conflicts with claims by the IMC that questions about its independence, which prompted Alderdice's resignation from the Alliance Party were raised for the first time just weeks ago by the Daily Ireland newspaper. Blair snubs McBridesBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair's refusal to meet with the family of Peter McBride - shot dead by the British army in 1992 - has been described as, "a snub to the family", by Sinn Féin councillor Danny Lavery. The family had written to 10 Downing Street asking for the meeting, however, in a letter received by the McBrides on Wednesday March 1, Blair said he saw no value in a meeting. The news came after it emerged that 50 Mps signed a Commons early day motion calling for convicted murderers to be thrown out of the British army. Dáil motion on Finucane InquirySectarian attacker walks freeA loyalist involved in sectarian attacks on homes and businesses, during last year's Marching Season, has walked free from Ballymena Court. Mark Fry, who served three months on remand for attacking two nationalist owned pubs, Mullaghan's and Sé Óg's in Rasharkin, a house in Rasharkin and a house between Rasharkin and Portglenone in County Antrim, walked out of Ballymena Magistrates Court on Friday 3 March with a four month suspended sentence. Accusing the judiciary of giving Fry, "a slap on the wrist", Rasharkin Sinn Féin councillor Daithí McKay said it was another failure of the courts system, to deliver justice for nationalists." North Antrim declares for unityMoyle District Council is the latest council in the North to pass a motion calling on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to pursue policies promoting a united Ireland. The motion was adopted by Moyle Council, County Antrim on Tuesday 27 February with the support of two SDLP councillors. The SDLP's Catherine McCambridge abstained on the vote. Dún Laoghaire Council's 1916 snubDún Laoghaire Sinn Féin representative, Michael Nolan, has described as "farcical" Dún Laoghaire/ Rathdown County Council's prohibition of the display of the 1916 proclamation. He pointed out that this had come from the same council that only two years ago gave the go ahead for a monument to Queen Victoria. Yet, in this the 90th Anniversary year of the Easter Rising, they refuse to display the proclamation. |