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How the deal was done
- 05 April 2007
- Gerry Adams
How Ian Paisley deserves credit for what happened, how Peter Hain lost the plot, how Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson tied up the loose ends. Gerry Adams, the originator of the peace process, tells how the end game played out. By Gerry Adams
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The Boss, the Mammy and The A Team
- 20 February 2007
- Fionola Meredith
As internal dissent plagues the DUP, candidates have been asked to sign contracts of loyalty, with fines for breaching party policy ahead of the Northern Assembly elections on 7 March. Fionola Meredith reports.
MI5 incapable of accountability
- 18 January 2007
- Eamon McCann
The disagreement between Sinn Féin and the SDLP on the acceptability of MI5 ignores the nature of that organisation and the immunity from accountability it enjoys. By Eamon McCann
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'No evidence' against final man accused of Northern Bank robbery
- 11 January 2007
- Frank Connolly
There is no evidence against the only man now facing charges in connection with the December 2004 robbery of the Northern Bank in Belfast, according to his solicitor.
Solicitor Niall Murphy has told Village that there is no evidence against his client, Chris Ward, other than that he is an employee of the bank who transferred Stg£26m (€38m) from the bank vaults to a white transit van on the evening of the robbery, 20 December 2004. Add a comment
Solicitor Niall Murphy has told Village that there is no evidence against his client, Chris Ward, other than that he is an employee of the bank who transferred Stg£26m (€38m) from the bank vaults to a white transit van on the evening of the robbery, 20 December 2004. Add a comment
Policing ard fheis uncertain despite Blair's MI5 concession
- 11 January 2007
- Frank Connolly
The failure of the DUP to commit to a timeframe for the formation of a power-sharing executive is threatening the planned Sinn Féin ard fheis on policing. By Frank Connolly
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Alex Maskey and the UDA assassin
- 04 January 2007
- Gerry Adams
Alex Maskey was the first ever republican mayor of Belfast City and only the second Catholic to hold that post in the entire history of our fair city.
Add a comment'He fell beneath a northern sky'
- 28 December 2006
- Ruan O'Donnell
Sean South was killed on New Year's day during the most famous raid of the IRA's Border Campaign. That offensive is underestimated in terms of its impact on subsequent events in the North, says Ruan O'Donnell
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Christmas Eve: Escape from Long Kesh, by Gerry Adams
- 21 December 2006
- Gerry Adams
It was Christmas Eve in Long Kesh. We were to be blessed with a midnight mass. It would be celebrated in the half hut which was the only bit of our cage which was not used as living accommodation. There were four large nissen huts in each cage. Three were occupied by a motley mix of male internees who ranged from teenagers to old-age pensioners.
There were about 120 of us in each cage. We spent our sleeping hours piled on top of each other in decrepit bunk beds. The rest of the time, we did our time. Most of us were from the North, city males and country men in equal measure, with a handful of blow-ins from the South. Dubs and culchies, again in equal measure.
Add a commentAdams-Paisley Contact
- 07 December 2006
- Vincent Browne
DUP leader Ian Paisley responded to and made comments directed at Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams across the Belfast Assembly chamber this week in what is being seen as a possible shift in his party's refusal to talk directly to Sinn Fein.
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