Disbanded troops to receive €220,000The 3,000 full-time and part-time members of the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) in the North will receive overall redundancy payments…Fri Mar 10 2006 - 00:00
Independent report says IRA no longer a threatThe IRA no longer poses a terrorist threat and has taken a strategic decision to follow a political path, the Independent Monitoring…Thu Mar 9 2006 - 00:00
SF denies IRA involvement in Belfast arson attacksSinn Féin has denied that provisional republicans are implicated in more than 100 arson attacks in the Ballymurphy area of west…Thu Mar 9 2006 - 00:00
Return of Love Ulster parade looks increasingly unlikelyMinister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has indicated that the Government feels that a return Love Ulster march in Dublin is…Sat Mar 4 2006 - 00:00
Army meeting NI obligationsA new report from the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) has concluded that the British army is meeting its obligations …Fri Mar 3 2006 - 00:00
Policing Board line-up to vex HainNorthern Secretary Peter Hain faces another politically divisive problem, including a potential unionist boycott, as he decides…Fri Mar 3 2006 - 00:00
Orde accused of evading bomb issueThe SDLP has complained that PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde failed to answer fully questions put to him at yesterday's meeting…Thu Mar 2 2006 - 00:00
Leaders plan 'roadmap' for progress on NIThe Taoiseach and the British prime minister are planning to shortly put take-it-or-leave-it proposals to the Northern parties…Wed Mar 1 2006 - 00:00
Loyalists hold brief rally outside DailLove Ulster marchers at Leinster House: Love Ulster activists held a brief parade outside the Dáil on Saturday afternoon, despite…Mon Feb 27 2006 - 00:00
No justification for violence, says AdamsNorthern reaction: The Sinn Féin president and other Northern politicians issued strong condemnation of the violence in Dublin…Mon Feb 27 2006 - 00:00
MI5 withheld intelligence from RUCMI5 withheld important intelligence information from the RUC's Special Branch four months before the Real IRA Omagh bombing of…Sat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
Gang robs #200,000 in bank raidThe PSNI has appealed for public assistance in apprehending the gang behind a £200,000 (€293,000) bank robbery in Belfast yesterday…Sat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
SDLP condemns Paisley for 'hate-filled rhetoric'The SDLP has accused DUP leader Ian Paisley of being "disgraceful, reckless and inflammatory" after he yesterday claimed that…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
Ahern, Hain forced to abandon plans for round-table talksThe Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Northern Secretary were forced to abandon plans to host round-table talks at Stormont…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Office of President denies breach of protocolPresident Mary McAleese's office has rejected repeated claims by the DUP leader that she fails to observe proper protocol when…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Concern over MI5 expanded roleThe SDLP and Sinn Féin have expressed concern about an expanded role for British intelligence service MI5 scheduled for late …Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Blair to hold talks with SF, DUPTony Blair is due to hold separate talks with Sinn Féin and DUP delegations led by the Rev Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams next week…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
Unrest persists after Ballymurphy killingThe PSNI has drafted in extra officers to deal with continuing nightly trouble in Ballymurphy in west Belfast following the killing…Thu Feb 9 2006 - 00:00
Ahern told Paisley he would not 'take lectures on sectarianism'Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern told Ian Paisley at Hillsborough yesterday that he would not "take lectures on sectarianism…Tue Feb 7 2006 - 00:00
Warning criminality must not be 'institutionalised'Deputy leader's address: The inability of republicans to give up their "multi-million pound criminal empire" is the reason the…Mon Feb 6 2006 - 00:00
A lap of honour before the serious business startsAnalysis: Ian Paisley, as is well known, is a teetotallerMon Feb 6 2006 - 00:00
PSNI chief refuses to be drawn on IRA arms issuePSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has refused to adjudicate in the clash of opinions between the Independent Monitoring Commission…Fri Feb 3 2006 - 00:00
McCartney family in public appealThe family of Robert McCartney will tomorrow issue a public appeal for assistance in tracing his killersMon Jan 30 2006 - 00:00
Compromise reached over use of disputed Fermanagh graveyardA compromise appears to have been reached in the Catholic diocese of Clogher over burials at a disputed graveyard in Muleek, …Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Police seek gang who abducted young manDetectives are trying to apprehend a gang who abducted a young man in north Belfast and held him until a sum of money - up to…Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
UUP proposes interim role for direct-rule ministersThe Ulster Unionist Party leader has proposed a diluted form of devolution that would loosely follow the US model in the absence…Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Blair and Paisley meet to discuss possibility of talksBritish prime minister Tony Blair is to meet DUP leader Ian Paisley in London this afternoon as the British and Irish governments…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Love Ulster group to march in DublinUnionist politicians, Orangemen, victims of IRA violence and loyalist bands will parade and stage a rally in Dublin city centre…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
SDLP rejects criticism of its justice schemeThe SDLP has rejected criticism of the party's stance on community restorative justice schemes from the North's political development…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
Ahern, Blair in new drive for North progressTaoiseach Bertie Ahern and British prime minister Tony Blair have agreed to embark on a new drive to persuade the DUP and Sinn…Mon Jan 9 2006 - 00:00
Banned pit-bull terriers found after raid on suspected pup farmThe Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) has expressed alarm after four banned American pit-bull terriers…Sat Jan 7 2006 - 00:00
Unionist anger at recruit's medalUnionist politicians have expressed outrage at a PSNI recruit wearing a War of Independence medal at a passing-out ceremony.Sat Jan 7 2006 - 00:00
Former NI secretary Merlyn Rees diesLord Merlyn-Rees, who died yesterday aged 85, was Northern secretary in 1974 when the then Harold Wilson Labour government capitulated…Fri Jan 6 2006 - 00:00
PSNI to be given dossier on Kingsmills massacreWilliam Frazer, head of the south Armagh Protestant victims' group Fair, is today to hand over a dossier to the PSNI which he…Fri Jan 6 2006 - 00:00
Adams calls on all politicians to help end stalemate in NorthSinn Féin president Gerry Adams has called on all politicians "genuinely" seeking the restoration of a power-sharing administration…Wed Jan 4 2006 - 00:00
Kelly rejects SF criticism of his OBEPolicing Board member and former SDLP deputy chairman Tom Kelly has dismissed Sinn Féin criticism of his decision to accept an…Wed Jan 4 2006 - 00:00
Legal cases possible in spy sagaSinn Féin has warned that a number of prominent republicans who have been named in the speculation about British agents may take…Mon Jan 2 2006 - 00:00
Hain rejects claims of British cover-upReaction: Northern Secretary Peter Hain has rejected claims by both Sinn Féin and the DUP that the British government was involved…Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Government will not seek inquiry into spy allegationsThe Government has indicated it will not be seeking an independent inquiry into the Stormontgate spy ring affair and allegations…Mon Dec 19 2005 - 00:00
Body of George Best to arrive in Belfast todayThe body of football legend George Best is being flown into RAF Aldergrove airport today in preparation for one of the biggest…Fri Dec 2 2005 - 00:00
Burrows defends role in new parades bodyPortadown Orangeman David Burrows has said that in his role as a member of the revamped Parades Commission, he is prepared to…Fri Dec 2 2005 - 00:00
Call for OTRs plan to be ditchedThe SDLP has demanded that the British government ditch its on-the-runs legislation and establish a totally new system that would…Fri Dec 2 2005 - 00:00
Orange Order men appointed to parades bodyTwo unionists associated with the Orange Order in Portadown are to be appointed to the new seven-member Parades Commission to…Thu Dec 1 2005 - 00:00
Playwright forced out by loyalistsBelfast playwright Gary Mitchell and his family have been forced out of their home in Glengormley in Newtownabbey by loyalist…Thu Dec 1 2005 - 00:00
Assets of murdered UDA man seizedThe Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has begun moving to seize the assets of murdered former UDA "brigadier" Jim GraySat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
SF accused of fugitives 'trade-off'SDLP leader Mark Durkan has claimed that Sinn Féin engaged in a "calculated trade-off" to allow IRA fugitives to come home without…Fri Nov 25 2005 - 00:00
Major reform of NI local governmentNorthern Secretary Peter Hain has announced the biggest shake-up of the North's public sector in over 30 yearsWed Nov 23 2005 - 00:00
Reforms could 'Balkanise' Northern IrelandUnionist parties and Alliance have complained that the local government reform could lead to the "Balkanisation" of Northern …Wed Nov 23 2005 - 00:00
Number with 'no religion' in North increasesOne in nine people in Northern Ireland now view themselves as having no religion, a new study has found.Tue Nov 22 2005 - 00:00
A simple message of compassion from the east and westNORTHERN IRELAND: There was a sense of east and west harmoniously converging in Belfast yesterday when the Dalai Lama and Ulster…Tue Nov 22 2005 - 00:00