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DUP and Sinn Féin clash over document's mention of 'the North' (The Guardian)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:06:27 GMT

First minister accuses Sinn Féin politician of bad faith in latest sign of friction between parties

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Sinn Fein threaten to collapse Stormont in row over policing (Blog Posts about Irish TDs -)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:50:42 GMT

Speaking in County Cavan (not in Northern Ireland), Caoimhghin O Caolain TD (not from Northern Ireland) told a meeting that: “There is now widespread and growing concern among republicans at the failure to transfer policing and justice …... Continue reading »

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Policy document wordage causing problems for DUP and Sinn Fein (SAOIRSE32)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:01:53 GMT

Independent.ie 29 August 2008 The DUP and Sinn Fein are involved in a new row - this time over whether the words of a policy document can be changed once they've been approved by the power-sharing executive. Conor Murphy of Sinn Fein changed references in a document from "Northern Ireland" to "the North" and Peter Robinson is understood to be furious. Sinn Fein says the wording...

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P Sinn Féin can't be allowed to poop the Olympic party (Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:13:00 GMT

A Sinn Féin councillor has complained to the Equality Commission after it adjudged a British Olympic flag erected for four hours at a leisure centre in Craigavon to be unproblematic. The emblem incorporated the Union Flag as part of the British Olympic Association’s lion logo. Three Thousand Versts has consistently argued that the principle of consent must not be disregarded, by erasing consequences...

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THE CARNIVAL CONTINUES... (Tangled Blog)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:55:35 GMT

Watch out - it's handbags at dawn! First Minister Peter Robinson has demanded an immediate Stormont Executive meeting after charging a Sinn Fein Minister with breaching the official Code of Office. The DUP leader also accused Regional Development chief Conor Murphy of extreme bad faith, and warned of possible High Court action. The high stakes political poker game, with the future of the power-sharing...

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Robinson accuses Murphy of ‘bad faith’ in Assembly crisis (SAOIRSE32)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:56:29 GMT

By Noel McAdam Belfast Telegraph Friday, 29 August 2008 The troubled Executive tumbled towards crisis today as First Minister Peter Robinson accused a Sinn Fein minister of a deliberate attempt to derail the power-sharing government . The DUP leader also demanded an immediate Executive meeting after charging Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy with breaching his Pledge of Office in the...

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Builders refusing to start work on school sites over pay fears (The Irish Times)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:00:06 GMT

BUILDERS ARE refusing to start work on some school sites because of fears they will not get paid due to Government cutbacks, Sinn Féin said last night.

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Joyriders leave Derry man for dead in road (SAOIRSE32)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:40:42 GMT

MLA's relative seriously ill By Erin Hutcheon Derry Journal 26 August 2008 Suspected joyriders have run down the brother-in-law of Sinn Fein MLA Mitchel McLaughlin and left him seriously ill in hospital. Don Campbell, who is his 50s, was knocked down in a car park near Ballyarnett Country Park on Friday evening. Local residents say the area has become a blackspot for joyriders and speeding...

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Robinson warns Sinn Fein as Executive crisis deepens (SAOIRSE32)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:50:24 GMT

... unless the Executive is working. And in his toughest language to date, the DUP leader bluntly told Sinn Fein the days when the republican movement could make threats to force concessions are gone. Mr Robinson also said, in the absence of clarification from his partners in the 16-month old administration, he will assume Sinn Fein intends to walk away from the Executive. Insisting ministers...

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Sinn Féin antics show Stormont is a straw house (Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:44:00 GMT

Having discussed below the infantile antics of Ogra Sinn Féin, it is worth for a moment considering the ridiculous and self-defeating posturing in which the senior party are currently indulging . To summarise, if other parties within Stormont do not agree that the institutions are ready and stable enough in order to devolve policing and justice, or if they maintain that an executive involving...

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Provos vs. Pat? (Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:26:00 GMT

Have you ever wondered how junior Provos spend their time, now that ‘Introduction to Explosive Devices’ courses are a no-no? The Irish News has provided a fascinating insight . It turns out Ogra Sinn Féin members are striking a blow for a 32 county Ireland by painting Royal Mail post boxes green. Now I don’t know how young Provisional recruiters are prepared to go, but I had assumed that Ogra...

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Record number of entries for bog event (The Irish Times)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:46:42 GMT

CONOR MURPHY (23) from Portadown, Northern Ireland, won the World Bog Snorkelling competition held in Wales yesterday. Mr Murphy, who lives in Leicester, completed the two lengths of the 60-yard course in one minute, 38.9 seconds. The world record time currently stands at one minute 35 seconds.

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Main political parties gear up for series of policy 'think-ins' (The Irish Times)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:46:42 GMT

THE MAIN political parties – Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Labour, the Greens and Sinn Féin – are to hold policy “think-ins” next month at different locations throughout the State. This has become an annual feature of the political scene prior to the resumption of the Dáil after the summer recess.

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Sinn Féin warns its patience on policing at an end (The Irish Times)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:46:42 GMT

SINN FÉIN has significantly ratcheted up the dispute over policing and justice by warning that it will pull its Ministers out of the Northern Ireland Executive if the issue is not resolved.

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“there is a danger that Sinn Fein are trying to create a crisis..” (Blog Posts about Irish TDs -)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:42:44 GMT

Commenting on the statement from Caoimhghin O’Caolain, Ulster Unionist Party leader Mr Empey called for clarification from the Sinn Fein leadership. “If Martin McGuinness does not distance himself from this statement then a full-blown …... Continue reading »

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Some Irish Republicans are more equal than others. (Organized Rage)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:57:00 GMT

It seems in the eyes of the US immigration services, some Irish Republicans are more equal than others. Whilst Martin McGuinness, Gerry Adam’s and other leading members of Sinn Féin have no difficulty entering the United States, other Republicans are still barred from entering the land of the free, even temporally. Former IRA volunteer and now author Anthony McIntyre is the latest in a long line of...

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Sinn Fein 'must clarify threat' (SAOIRSE32)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:59:04 GMT

BBC Sinn Féin must make it clear it wants to remain in devolved government in Northern Ireland, DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson has said . He was speaking after Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin warned his party would collapse the assembly if policing and justice were not devolved. The two parties are involved in ongoing talks over the issue. Mr Donaldson said: "Do they want to stay in the...

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“There is now widespread and growing concern among republicans..” (Blog Posts about Irish TDs -)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:41:45 GMT

Interestingly, the Sinn Féin representative now threatening to collapse the Northern Ireland Executive take the ball away over the issue of policing and justice powers is TD, Caoimhghin O Caolain. According to the BBC report …... Continue reading »

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Sinn Fein 'must clarify threat' (BBC News)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:41:02 GMT

Sinn Féin must make it clear it wants to remain in the Northern Ireland Assembly, warns DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson.

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Just like old times (ConservativesNI.com)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:24:51 GMT

With the Executive less than 18 months old, it would appear that a crisis is fast degenerating into the scaremongering language of old. A Sinn Fein TD has threatened that, as a result of the Government’s failure to devolve policing and justice, the Assembly itself may be pulled down. We are very well used to this type of [...]

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