Sinn Féin denies seeking 'cultural supremacy' via Irish Language Act
Republicans at Stormont stress ‘rights for all’, after Simon Hamilton of the DUP warns of Sinn Féin gain over unionists
October 2014
Temporary protection visa deal with Palmer United party looking shaky
PUP leader Clive Palmer is concerned Scott Morrison’s legislation goes far beyond what was agreed
July 2014
The Ballymoney trail: David Burnside's voyage from Troubles to oligarchs' PR
The Ulsterman's career has taken him from the backrooms of loyalist politics to the glitz of west London's Hurlingham Club
October 2010
Loyalists say 'provocative' police tactics sparked riots in Belfast
Belfast estate erupts into rioting, with loyalists blaming Historical Enquiries Team for stirring up trouble with searches of homes
June 2010
Loyalist mourners defy UVF at murdered man's funeral
Mourners to defy UVF threats to attend Bobby Moffet funeral
Police investigate role of UVF in Shankill Road murder
Ulster loyalist Dawn Purvis resigns from party over UVF killing
May 2006
Shooting politics in Stormont
Henry McDonald
An attempted murder could have disastrous consequences for the alliance between the Ulster Unionist party and the Progressive Unionist party, says Henry McDonald.
April 2004
Sinn Féin leaders face pay cuts
The government is to impose financial penalties on Sinn Féin and the loyalist Progressive Unionist party (PUP) as punishment for their continued support for a 'disturbingly high level' of paramilitary violence.
May 2003
PUP campaigns to drive racists out of Ballymena
They chant 'No surrender to the IRA' at England internationals and fly the Ulster flag, the symbol of Protestant loyalism, alongside the Cross of St George.
September 2001
Foiled loyalist bombers force calls to exclude PUP
Demands that the Progressive Unionist Party be excluded from the Northern Ireland Assembly are likely after allegations that the Ulster Volunteer Force placed a car bomb at Ballycastle's Oul Lammas Fair last Tuesday. Any such attempted exclusion on breach-of-ceasefire grounds would further destabilise the peace process.
"The Review of the Good Friday Agreement was based on three fundamental principles agreed on 25th June 1999. The three principles
are as follows:
• An inclusive executive exercising devolved powers;
• Decommissioning of all paramilitary arms by May 2000;
• Decommissioning to be carried out in a manner determined by the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning.
