David Cameron NI speech in full
Prime minister’s speech to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Queen pushes ahead with Irish visit despite bomb scare
The Queen’s has continued with her historic visit to Ireland despite the discovery of bomb on a bus bound for Dublin.
Tragedy returns to Omagh: Political fallout
The political fallout over the murder of a police recruit in Omagh is continuing, with David Cameron warning of a return to “a dark and bloody past”.
Clegg concedes NI cuts vulnerability
By Alex Stevenson Nick Clegg acknowledged Northern Ireland’s reliance on public sector jobs makes it especially vulnerable to spending cuts in a speech in the province last night. The deputy prime minister said the coalition government would not “duck the difficult decisions” by avoiding taking “decisive action to pay down the UK’s towering budget deficit”. […]
UUP seeks unity after leadership election
By politics.co.uk staff Tom Elliott has appealed for unity within the Ulster Unionist party (UUP) after a sometimes acrimonious leadership election came to an end with his overwhelming victory. The Orangeman beat Assembly member Basil McCrea in voting in Belfast and was confirmed as the UUP’s successor to Sir Reg Empey. It follows a disappointing […]
Wright inquiry: No state collusion
by Peter Wozniak The UK government did not collude in the murder of the notorious loyalist paramilitary Billy Wright in prison, the inquiry into his death has found. The Billy Wright inquiry, which has taken five years to complete at a cost of £30 million, found that although Northern Ireland authorities were guilty of negligence […]
Govt ‘profoundly sorry’ for Claudy ‘collusion’
By Peter Wozniak A damning report has implicated the UK government and the Catholic Church in colluding to allow a suspected perpetrator of the Claudy bombings in Northern Ireland to escape justice. The probe, begun in 2002 by Al Hutchinson, the Northern Irish Police Ombudsman, into the 1972 atrocity indicated that as a result of […]
Paras hit back at Bloody Sunday report
By politics.co.uk staff The Saville Report into Bloody Sunday has been criticised by some of the paratroopers who served that day. Six men, none of whom were accused of shooting anyone on the day the incident took place, focused their disapproval on criticism of Lt Col Derek Wilford. Col Wilford is singled out for blame […]
Comment: Bloody Sunday truth is as good as it gets
One word has been used continuously by the families of the victims of Bloody Sunday: innocent. By Matthew West Finally, after a 13-year inquiry costing £195 million, those families have been totally and utterly vindicated. There are still many people who do not fully understand the conflict in Northern Ireland, which has always been disingenuously […]
Bloody Sunday: The British government apologises
By Ian Dunt and Alex Stevenson David Cameron has apologised on behalf of the British government for the events of Bloody Sunday, after the long-awaited report into the killings was finally published. The prime minister delivered a sombre statement to the Commons outlining the report’s findings, which was watched by thousands in Londonderry’s Guildhall area […]
