2002-08-14 09:08:00 EST
LOYALISTS WANT SINN FEIN TO SHARE BURDEN OF BLAME
Loyalists want Sinn Fein to accept their community's share of the blame for sectarian clashes in Belfast as efforts continue to end the violence along the city's peaceline, it was claimed today. After a meeting with Northern Ireland Office minister Des Browne at Stormont on ways to end the interface violence, John White of the Ulster Political Research Group noted all communities said they wanted to stop the violence.
2002-08-05 13:30:00 EST
TROUBLE FLARES IN NORTH BELFAST AGAIN
Sectarian clashes today flared in north Belfast againthis afternoon. Police and British army units were called to the Glenbryn and Ardoyne area to deal with a confrontation between loyalists and nationalists.
2002-08-05 13:30:00 EST
MASKEY RECEIVES BULLET IN MAIL
Belfast Lord Mayor Mr Alex Maskey today said he received a death threat from the loyalist Orange Volunteer Force a day before he organised an anti-sectarian rally in the city. Sinn Féin's first mayor of the city said he was concerned, but would not be intimidated, after a bullet was received in the post on Friday morning, hours before thousands attended the rally outside City Hall.
2002-08-03 10:53:00 EST
THREAT MADE AGAINST POSTAL WORKERS IN DERRY
Postal workers in Derry City have suspended deliveries after a threat was reported to have been made against a member of staff.
2002-08-02 14:53:00 EST
THOUSANDS ATTEND ANTI-SECTARIAN RALLY
Several thousand people have taken part in a rally against sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. The demonstration, at Belfast City Hall, was called in response to the murder of a Catholic teenager, Gerald Lawlor, almost two weeks ago.
2002-08-01 11:28:00 EST
MAN KILLED BY BOOBY TRAP BOMB
A 51 year old construction worker was killed this morning when he picked up a booby trapped lunch box left lying at a Territorial Army Barracks in Derry this morning.
2002-07-31 14:26:00 EST
HEALTH WORKERS TO STRIKE FOLLOWING THREAT
Intense efforts tonight failed to stop nearly 1,000 Belfast health workers staging a one-day strike after a loyalist death threat was issued to a member of staff. Union chiefs have insisted their members stop work tomorrow in disgust at the letter claiming to be from loyalist paramilitaries.
2002-07-20 12:22:00 EST
LOYALISTS CONTINUE SECTARIAN ATTACKS IN BELFAST
Loyalists have launched sectarian attacks in north Belfast for a second night running. A married couple and their three-year-old twin sons narrowly escaped injury after a petrol bomb was thrown into their home at Skegoniel Avenue.
2002-07-12 16:36:00 EST
VIOLENCE AS MARCH RETURNS THROUGH NATIONALIST AREA
Violence has erupted in Northern Ireland following Orange Order marches this afternoon. Clashes have taken place between police and nationalist protesters in north Belfast.
2002-07-11 15:56:00 EST
PARADES COMMISSION REJECTS PARADES REVIEW
The Northern Ireland Parades Commission has rejected a request from Sinn Fein to review its decisions on two Orange Order parades in Belfast tomorrow. The commission said not enough extra information was provided to justify a review of the marches on the Springfield and Crumlin Roads. There are disputes over a number of parades in Belfast on Friday - the Twelfth of July - which is the biggest day in the Protestant marching season calendar.
2002-07-07 20:13:00 EST
TROUBLE ERUPTS AT DRUMCREE MARCH
Several hundred protesters have remained close to police barriers at Drumcree church in Portadown following violent clashes earlier in the day. Police used water cannon tonight in an attempt to break up the the crowd. Twenty-four police officers were injured during the trouble which followed the controversial Orange Order march being re-routed away from the mainly nationalist area. There were angry confrontations after the annual parade at Drumcree was stopped from marching through the area in Portadown, County Armagh.
2002-06-29 13:56:00 EST
TROUBLE ERUPTS FOLLOWING ORANGE MARCH
The PSNI have employed the use of water cannon to break up rioting in Belfast following an Orange Order march in the city. Rioting broke out on the nationalist Springfield road after the contentious march passed through the area. The controversial march passed through the nationalist area at the junction of Ainsworth Avenue and March Street and the junction of Springfield Parade and Springfield Road.
2002-06-22 10:36:00 EST
TROUBLE ERUPTS AT ORANGE MARCH
A number of Catholic-owned homes were attacked last night after violence broke out during the first major contentious parade of the loyalist marching season in Northern Ireland. The "Tour of the North" passed a number of flashpoint sectarian interfaces between loyalist and nationalist communities in North Belfast.
2002-06-14 00:59:00 EST
STEVENS INQUIRY TO CONFIRM RUC COLLUSION
Collusion between the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland continued unchecked for years because of a culture of "gross unprofessionalism and irresponsibility". This allowed officers to create a climate in which Catholics could be murdered with near impunity, the Stevens inquiry has found. The report by London's Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir John Stevens, found that in many cases the relationship between RUC Special Branch detectives, army intelligence and loyalist paramilitaries was so unprincipled and lacking in accountability that it bordered on "institutionalised collusion", according to a report in today's Guardian newspaper.
2002-06-05 01:03:00 EST
FIANNA FAIL AND PD'S PUBLISH PROGRAM FOR GOVERNMENT
Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats have published the details of their program for government. The document includes a commitment to keeping down personal taxes, the creation of a Garda Inspectorate and the building of a National Stadium.
2002-06-05 14:03:00 EST
FIANNA FAIL AND PD'S TO FORM GOVERNMENT
Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democratic Party have reached an agreement to form the basis of a new government following gains by both parties in last week's general elections. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has given his strongest indication yet that major changes will be made to the Cabinet line-up, when he announces his new team when the Dáil meets tomorrow to elect a Taoiseach.
2002-05-22 17:02:00 EST
FIANNA FAIL WIN ANOTHER SEAT IN CORK - NOW HAVE 81
Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats are refusing to commit themselves to re-entering government together as they await the outcome of a crucial recount that could affect the final Dáil arithmetic. A re-count in Cork South Central has given another seat to Fianna Fail this afternoon with Mr John Dennehy holding his seat after three re-counts, denying Independent Kathleen Sinnott a seat.
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Friday, May 17, 2002:
FINAL RESULTS
| Party | Seats | Seats last election |
| Fianna Fáil | 81 |
77 |
| Fine Gael | 31 |
54 |
| Labour | 21 |
21 |
| Progressive Democrats | 8 |
4 |
| Green Party | 6 |
2 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 |
1 |
| Socialist Party | 1 |
1 |
| Others | 13 |
6 |
May 16, 2002
April 8, 2002
March 7, 2002
...with the ballot, the results and David Trimble's reaction
Irish Proclamation of Freedom Read by Patrick Pearse from the Steps of the General Post Office, Dublin, Ireland on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916
The Irish Government, June 1997:
Bloody Sunday and the Report of the Widgery Tribunal
Full text of the Good Friday Agreement, April 10, 1998.
Investigation into the human rights in Northern Ireland, September 29, 1998
Statement by Rosemary Nelson, solicitor for Garvaghy Road residents
Nobel Peace Price Award, December 11, 1998:
Nobel Address by David Trimble, First Minister and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
Nobel Address by John Hume, leader of the catholic SDLP
George Mitchell's Peace Principles, November 1999:
Statements of November 16 and 17, 1999, by Ulster Unionist Party, Sinn Féin, Progressive Unionist Party and IRA
George Mitchell's statement, November 18, 1999
Suspension of Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive. February 2000:
Decommissioning reports, Mandelson in House of Commons, IRA statements
Peace process resumed. May 2000
British-Irish joint statement and IRA statement.
Inspection of IRA weapons dumps, June 2000
Arms inspector's report
Abortion Referendum March 7, 2002
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I started reading about Ireland and about its history in order to understand just a bit of the Irish paradoxes. Although I started from the very beginning the matter was still incomprehensible. I therefore began to write down the headlines in Danish.
In 1998 when I got my own website I wondered what to put there. My family, my career or my garden could not attract much attention. But my Danish survey of the history of Ireland would be different from most other websites, so I uploaded the whole story.
I considered my web-project to be complete by then. However the beginning of 1998 was to become a turning point in the history of Ireland. The Good Friday Agreement created optimism and a new hope of lasting peace. I therefore added new chapters on the peace agreement and on the ups and downs since then. Obviously there is still a way to go before a real peace has been achieved and right now I can't see the end of my project.
A lot of people wrote to me asking for details or references. This has proved the need for a brief Danish version of the history of Ireland. In 2001 more than 50 persons on the average have been visiting my website every day.
However about 10 % of the visitors on my website are non-Scandinavians. I have added this page in order to serve these people with some information about my project and with some of the important references.
I considered reference documents and speeches most interesting in the original English language. I also have to admit that a proper translation of the documents to Danish is not that simple. On the other hand the number of visitors to the reference pages in English has been very limited. Therefore all information in English will be concentrated in this English section of my website together with selected news.
I have no intention of making an English version of the whole story. I have neither the ability nor the capacity to write in English and several excellent sites already offer that sort of information.
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December 16, 2001 Top
Since my first visit to Ireland the history of Ireland was a puzzle to me. Why has this beautiful country with its charming and hospitable population become the arena of a never-ending conflict? Differences in religion, language, race or culture gave no reasonable explanation. Which coincidence has caused so much suffering in Ireland while other countries such as Denmark had nothing but trifles to quarrel about?