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Economic growth crucial (Free article)
26 July 2007
Northern Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Junior Minister Gerry Kelly were in Dublin on Monday for a meeting with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Government Chief Whip Tom Kitt to discuss economic development in the Six Counties. McGuinness, commenting, said the North is entering a much more optimistic era for economic development and said…
Challenging cocaine complacency (Free article)
26 July 2007
The interception of more than one and a half tonnes of cocaine, valued at €107 million, by Irish authorities at Dunlough Bay, Mizen, in West Cork on 2 July was a chilling indicator of the scale of the cocaine epidemic that is engulfing Ireland. Once considered the drug of the elite, it is now so widespread that there is barely a town in Ireland…
UDA feud erupts (Free article)
26 July 2007
The violence that erupted in the East Antrim town of Carrickfergus on Saturday night 21 July was the latest episode in internecine UDA feuding.
The Magill Summer School, McGuinness wants fair and equal society (Free article)
26 July 2007
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness was joined by Junior Minister in the Northern Executive, Ian Paisley Junior, in addressing the annual Magill Summer School in Glenties County Donegal on Friday evening last.
The Mary Nelis Column (Free article)
26 July 2007
In his book, The Point of No Return, the renowned journalist Robert Fisk wrote of "the 15 unprecedented days in which a million British citizens, the Protestants of Northern Ireland, staged what amounted to a rebellion against the Crown, and won. During those 15 days, a section of the realm became totally ungovernable".
Tara demo in Dublin (Free article)
26 July 2007
Over 1,000 people participated in the 'Love Tara' march in Dublin on Saturday last, organised by TaraWatch to bring public pressure to bear on Green Party Environment minister John Gormley to reroute the M3 motorway away from the Hill of Tara archaeological complex.
Equality for women 'generations away' (Free article)
26 July 2007
Sinn Féin Equality spokesperson Foyle MLA Martina Anderson has expressed disappointment at a new report from the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), which says equality between men and women is potentially generations away.
Interview : former internee Margaret Shannon (Free article)
26 July 2007
On Monday 9 August, 1971, a series of raids across the Six Counties signaled the beginning of internment without trial, as hundreds of people were dragged to prisons and camps, where many were tortured. Within the first 24 hours 342 people were arrested and within three years the number of people held in Long Kesh internment camp alone had risen…
Confirmation of end to British operation (Free article)
26 July 2007
Sinn Féin Newry Armagh MP Conor Murphy has welcomed confirmation from British Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth that the almost 40-year British military operation of the Six Counties will end on 31 July.
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