Northern Ireland police attacked by gangs: hit by petrol bombs

Police in Northern Ireland have been attacked by gangs hurling petrol bombs after they arrested three men following the murder of two soldiers last week. " The men are being questioned about the murders at an Army base in Northern Ireland a week ago. The three, aged 41, 32...

NI Latest: Police arrest two men for cop shooting

Police have made arrests regarding the shooting of a Northern Irish policeman, Stephen Paul Carroll on Monday night. This afternoon [Tuesday] police arrested a 17-year-old teenager and then a 37-year-old man...

Continuity IRA say they murdered police officer

Police have named the police Constable who was shot by the dissident republicans, the Continuity IRA. Officer Stephen Paul Carroll, 48, from the Banbridge area of County Down was married and had 2 kids. The last...

Dead soldiers in Northern Ireland named by MOD

The two soldiers shot dead in Northern Ireland by the Real IRA on Saturday night have been named as Sappers Mark Quinsey and Cengiz 'Patrick' Azimka. Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the site today along with...

Real IRA 'claims' to have shot British soldiers

An Irish newspaer has recieved a phonecall from someone claiming to be from the Real IRA. They used a known codeword and calmied they carried out the attack on Saturday night at the Masserene army base in...

Dissident republicans blamed for N. Ireland army base shooting

Dissident republicans, who are opposed to the peace process, are being blamed for yesterday's killing of two soldiers at an Army base in Northern Ireland.This is the first murder of British soldiers in N. Ireland...

Suspect held over 1977 murder of army captain Robert Nairac in Ireland

A suspect has been held in the notorious Nairac muder in Northern Ireland, 30 years after the incident took place. Back then, xix people were convicted for the murder and abduction."A man from South Armagh was...

Bus driver set on fire in Co Antrim

"A bus driver was set alight in Portrush in Co Antrim last night. The attack happened after he refused to hand over money to a man leaving the bus shortly before 11pm last night. The driver was doused in flammable liquid. The driver was not injured in the incident though his...

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...

Lifeboat stranded on rocks

"High seas and gale force winds threatened fresh damage to the stranded £2m Portrush lifeboat which was stuck on rocks on Rathlin Island tonight. Earlier the crew and engineering experts had to be rescued...

Paisley: SF decision a step forward

"Sinn Fein's decision to get involved in policing is a step forward, the Rev Ian Paisley has acknowledged. But the Democratic Unionist leader insisted the republicans have to deliver co-operation with the police on the ground if there is to be political progress at...

Fresh appeal over strangled woman

"Sex motive probed in murder hunt Police investigating the murder of a young woman in County Antrim have said a sexual motive is one of their main lines of inquiry. Shirley Finlay, 24, from Crebilly Road, Ballymena, was found strangled in Mount Street car park on 19...

First nationalist mayor for town

"The predominantly unionist County Antrim town of Larne gets its first mayor from a nationalist party."

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