IRA

Birmingham Showings of Hungerstrike Film

Hunger, the film on the ’81 Hunger Strike, is showing again next week on 28th & 30th Nov and 1st Dec at 6pm. At The Electric Cinema, 47-49 Station Street, Birmingham B5 4DY. Seats £6, £4 Concessions It will also be showing at...

Ireland: A Challenge to the Left

Here, in 60 basic, plain propositions is our view of the 'Irish problem' as it really is. The IRA and its long war, in Northern Ireland and in Britain, is a product of many decades of British and Orange misrule in the Six...

DUP leader says private assurances given: The Irish Times - Gerry Moriarty

Death of ex-UDA figure not treated as suspicious by PSNI GERRY MORIARTY, Northern Editor THE REPUBLICAN leadership has privately assured Peter Robinson that the IRA is permanently out of business, the DUP First Minister...

IRA has axed Army Council, says Robinson: The Observer - Henry McDonald

First minister Peter Robinson has been given assurances from republicans that the IRA Army Council has permanently gone out of business. The Democratic Unionist leader said he wanted to say in public what republicans had told...

PETER HITCHENS: Speak out Charles, our teenage politicians never will

Prince Charles will be right to speak out once he becomes King. It is true that by doing so he will risk the future of the Crown. But, if he fails to rock the Royal boat, the Monarchy will in any case be finished soon.

An antidote to terrorism

If there was a prescription on how to end terrorism, perhaps the British government would have one. Notwithstanding the 7/7 London bombings of 2005, the UK has successfully brought an end to violent freedom war waged by the...

Dara O'Briain interview - Laughter lines

Published Date: 23 November 2008 By The Catherine Deveney Interview IS ANYTHING off limits to a comedian? Just as I'm wondering if it's bad form to laugh about the funeral of someone's 100-year-old granny, Dara O'Briain, star...

Obama's To-Do List: Somalia

New Republic: Somalia An Opportunity To Show He Won't Repeat Mistakes Of U.S.' Recent Past Somali Pirates Strike Again Pirates hijacked another cargo ship the coast of Somalia making it the 7th ship to be hijacked in less than...

Smugglers linked to past activities: Irish News (Nov 20) - Allison Morris

Of the three men to receive record fines for smuggling yesterday, two are veterans of the republican movement who have in recent years been linked to dissident activity. Eldest of the three men convicted for his role in...

Making a living from attacking the IRA ‘death cult’

‘Back in 1969/70 the Provisionals revived a death cult that appeared to be flickering out, no longer casting such a predominant shadow as Ireland rapidly modernised in the late Sixties.’ In a characteristic sentence, Henry...