Martin McGuinness

The afterlife of the IRA: The dissident groups bent on shattering the peace in Northern Ireland

They shot Constable Jim Doherty just after 8.30am on 8 November 2007, as he sat in his car in slow-moving traffic in Londonderry, after dropping off his son at his Catholic school in the city. He represented a new type of...

Tributes paid to RUC chief

By Steven McCaffery and Noel McAdam Saturday November 08 2008 The late RUC chief constable John Hermon was credited yesterday with leading the force through some of the darkest days of the Troubles. The 79-year-old, married to...

How the Us Played a Vital Role to Assist Powersharing

In this extract from his new book, Henry McDonald reveals the pressures that Bush's White House put on Sinn Fein In an extract from his new book, Gunsmoke and Mirrors: How the IRA Dressed up Defeat as Victory, the Observer's...

Robinson - election of Obama 'truly historic': The News Letter -

Published Date: 06 November 2008 FIRST Minister Peter Robinson has welcomed Barack Obama's election as "truly historic" – though unionists urged the new president to continue the even-handed approach of the Bush...

A who's who of lawyers and witnesses: Irish News - Seamus McKinney

IN JUST over four years, the Saville Inquiry received statements from around 2,500 people relating to Bloody Sunday and the political turmoil of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Its arrival in Derry for oral hearings in March...

Obama Victory - Ulster political reaction: The News Letter -

Published Date: 05 November 2008 POLITICIANS in Northern Ireland have been passing on their best wishes to US President-elect Barack Obama on his momentous victory. In an historic election, Democratic candidate Obama will...

Bloody Sunday inquiry delays report again, four years after hearing evidence

David Sharrock, Ireland Correspondent The Bloody Sunday Inquiry’s report will not be published until late next year, its chairman Lord Saville of Newdigate has revealed. It concluded gathering evidence four years ago, since...

No shrine at Long Kesh - DFM: Derry Journal -

Published Date: 04 November 2008 The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said he does not want the former Long Kesh prison site to be turned into a shrine. Speaking during a debate in the Assembly yesterday on the plans...

DUP challenge to Adams on role in IRA: The Irish Times - Dan Keenan

DAN KEENAN, Northern News Editor SENIOR DUP figures have used an Assembly debate on the so-called Disappeared to challenge the role played by Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams during the Troubles. The debate, on a motion tabled...

Orange leader speaks out after hall attack: UTV Internet (Nov 3) -

The Grand Master of the Orange Order is appealing for no retaliation after attacks on two Orange halls in County Tyrone. Ballinderry Orange Hall near Coagh was destroyed by fire sometime over the weekend. An Orange Hall near...