McAleese Calls For Trust And Faith In Process
Irish President Mary McAleese has today called for those involved in the Northern Ireland peace process "at this crucial time" to have the trust and the faith to complete "this journey of healing and reconciliation". [More]
 
 

Tsunami –Taoiseach’s meeting with Aid Agencies
The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern met representatives of the main aid agencies and non-governmental organizations at Government Buildings today to discuss the situation in South Asia following the Tidal Wave Disaster. [More]
 
 

Full Text Of IRA's New Years Message
The following is the full text of the IRA statement published in this week's edition of An Phoblacht. "The leadership of Oglaigh na hEireann sends New Year greetings to our Volunteers and to our friends and supporters at home and abroad. [More]
 
 

Northern Ireland Bank Robbery Fallout Dominates News. 
By the Irish American Information Service, Northern Ireland News Service and Irish American Post staffers. [More]
 

Colm Murphy Wins Appeal in Bombing Case
The only man convicted in the 1998 bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland, has won the right to a retrial. The attack was the deadliest in the country’s turbulent history, killing 29 persons and wounding 300. On Jan. 21, the Court of Criminal Appeals in Dublin ruled that Colm Murphy, 52, was wrongly convicted of aiding Irish Republican Army dissidents responsible for the attacks. [More]
 

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