1. Loyalists’ threat to launch more attacks

BELFAST: Protestant loyalists yesterday claimed responsibility for a roadside murder that has inflamed Northern Ireland’s deteriorating security climate — and threatened more to come.

Tuesday, 31 July 2001 | 378 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

2. Ulster peace time is running out

BELFAST: Time was running out yestrday to rescue Northern Ireland’s peace process from hitting the buffers, with the Protestant majority rejecting an IRA pledge to disarm as just words.

Thursday, 09 August 2001 | 201 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

3. Britain suspends N Ireland govt

BELFAST: Britain temporarily suspended the Northern Ireland power-sharing government yesterday and gave its bickering Protestant and Catholic leaders more time to agree a deal to salvage the peace process.

Saturday, 11 August 2001 | 185 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

4. N Ireland given 6-week deadline to break impasse

BELFAST: Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic parties were yesterday given a six-week deadline to break the deadlock holding back the province’s beleaguered peace process.

Monday, 13 August 2001 | 193 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

5. No easy way to bin arms

BELFAST: The Irish Republican Army possesses a huge arsenal of guns and explosives hidden in bunkers and hideouts across Ireland.

Wednesday, 15 August 2001 | 193 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

6. Sinn Fein admits Colombia suspects are IRA members

BELFAST: Three suspects arrested in Colombia are members of the Irish Republican Army, a source close to the IRA indicated yesterday.

Wednesday, 15 August 2001 | 247 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...

7. Double blow for peace in N Ireland

BELFAST: Northern Ireland’s peace process was dealt a double blow yesterday as the Irish Republican Army withdrew its unprecedented offer on disarmament and controversy raged over the arrest of three alleged IRA members in Colombia.

Wednesday, 15 August 2001 | 179 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | More...