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Northern Ireland: Ulster Unionist Party split inevitable
In the last few weeks, the UUP has been convulsed by its most profound crisis since 1974. This crisis will have major consequences for the peace process.
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Northern Ireland: Peace process permanently stalled?
The Peace process remains in deep crisis. Despite desperate efforts by the British and Irish governments over the last few months, it has not proved possible to re-establish the Executive, and the Assembly elections have […]
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Norther Ireland: Sick of sectarian politics
A RECENT opinion poll demonstrates that a significant minority of voters in Northern Ireland are sick of the sectarian parties and are looking for an alternative. Up to seventeen per cent declared their intention to […]
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Northern Ireland: Socialist elected president of largest union in Northern Ireland
Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member Carmel Gates has been elected President of NIPSA, Northern Ireland’s largest trade union and the main public sector union. The election took place at NIPSA’s conference last week and […]
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Northern Ireland: Water privatisation
THE NORTHERN Ireland Office has started the process to privatise the water services in Northern Ireland. Why?
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Northern Ireland: Army chiefs protected killers
ONLY WEEKS after a report showed how long-term collusion between Britain’s security forces and loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland had led to murders such as that of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, more evidence of […]
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Northern Ireland Assembly elections: Only working class can end sectarian impasse
WITH ONLY days to go before the close of nominations and even though campaigning was already under way, Tony Blair has called off the Northern Ireland Assembly elections. Despite his assurance that they will go […]
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Northern Ireland: Airport workers demand the truth
IN MAY 2002 24 security workers at Belfast international airport were sacked for going on strike. The events around the sackings have led some of those involved to suspect collaboration between the management and local […]
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Ireland: British 1972 Cabinet Papers reveal brutal repartition plan
Under the repartition proposal scheme, 300,000 Catholics would be moved west of the River Bann and 200,000 Protestants in the opposite direction. If necessary, force would be used against those who refused to move.
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Ireland North: Workers must reclaim the peace
PEOPLE HAD been expecting this suspension and now fear that it could be permanent. We will now likely face a long drawn out political crisis with little hope of any agreement at the end.