Editorial

Dissident attack was so pointless

THE pipe bomb attack on Oldpark police station this week was as utterly pointless as it was thankfully ineffectual. No-one was injured in the blast, which is believed to have been carried out by dissident republicans – the only thing injured or damaged in the attack was the cause that those behind it claim to represent. The grim truth about the IRA’s quarter-century military campaign against the British state in the North – and this is acknowledged by the IRA...

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40 bliain ag fás

Tógáil croí a bhí ann do gach duine dár bhain ariamh le Gaeltacht Bhóthar Seoighe agus le Bunscoil Phobal Feirste an teacht le chéile ardmheanmach ag Stormont Dé hAoine seo caite le 40 bliain de chur chun cinn na Gaeilge a chéiliúradh. Mar ba chóir, bhí an spotsholas ar na dáltaí óga as Bunscoil Phobal Feirste an lae inniu a labhair amach go muiníneach agus a cheol don slua de Ghaeilgeoirí agus de cheannairí pobail a bhí i láthair. Ach...

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Robberies are harming communities

Today we report on the worrying number of small shops and businesses that have been robbed in the past week. At a time when businesses are struggling with the recession, the last thing they need is to be robbed. No doubt it’s the recession that’s also fueling these robberies. Whether it’s in Crumlin or Andytown, many of these shops are family-run businesses. If a local shop is robbed then it is the community that suffers. If you steal from a...

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Are parties on verge of an historic agreement?

If we are to listen to the latest soundings coming out of Hillsborough Castle over the weekend then republicanism and unionism could be on the verge of an historic agreement. Three weeks of hard face-to-face meetings, prime ministers, hopes raised and hopes lost, appear to have finally paid off for the parties involved, as Sinn Féin tries to drag unionist politicians kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Will they work it out? We don’t know. That all depends on...

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