Deal brokered to end Northern Ireland deadlock

A deadlock that has grinded government in Northern Ireland to a halt for 152 days appears to have come to an end. the BBC is reporting that the DUP and Sinn Fein have reached a compromise that will allow the government to begin functioning normally again."The DUP and Sinn...

Terrorist attack was 'performance art', UDA man Stone tells court

When notorious UDA terrorist Michael Stone forced his way into Stormont with explosives and a garrotte he was arrested and charged with attempting to murder Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. In court...

Government set to unveil IRA status

Update 4pm EST - Well it's true, the military wing of the IRA is done."The Independent Monitoring Commission has said the IRA's army council no longer operates and serves no function. It says the IRA has relinquished the leadership and structures it used during the...

Call for republican symbols to ‘take their place’ at Stormont

Republican symbols must take their place alongside Stormont’s unionist trappings if the assembly is ever to be a truly inclusive environment, Sinn Fein insisted yesterday. The party made the call in the wake of...

Robinson to succeed Paisley as leader of DUP

For a long time, those of us who felt that Ian Paisley was a blundering leader of Northerin Ireland government, felt we had no hope of seeing change until after he died.  We were in for a shock when his son...

Former Sinn Féin driver named as spy

"A former driver for Sinn Féin has been revealed to be an informer for the British intelligence services. Sinn Féin says it is not surprised by the revelation. The man who used to work with Gerry Adams and other senior party figures is believed to have left his home in...

Chaos at Stormont: on the spot - Times Online

" The Stormont Assembly was thrown into confusion and chaos today when the former paramilitary gunman, Michael Stone, attempted to storm the building, saying he had a bomb.David Sharrock, The Times's Northern Ireland Correspondent, was there: "It was a confusing incident. A...

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