Irish Affairs

The RIRA is a designated terrorist group in both the US and the UK. It was responsible for the single biggest bomb attack of the troubles in Ireland.

Jan 11, 2009 - Patrick Hinton

Party leader and First Minister Peter Robinson defended the decision to share power with Sinn Fein but could not guarantee Stormont institutions would survive

Nov 23, 2009 - Simon Finn

On the day the DUP held its annual conference near Belfast, dissident republicans fired shots at police and mounted a car bomb attack on a policing building in Belfast

Nov 23, 2009 - Simon Finn

With the 1998 Good Friday Agreement increasingly a distant memory, there appear to be fewer books celebrating the peace process and more questioning party leaders

Nov 18, 2009 - Simon Finn

Jim Allister was the DUP's European MP, but quit the party in 2007 when Ian Paisley went into government with Sinn Fein. Now he is looking at the 2010 and 2011 elections

Nov 13, 2009 - Simon Finn

A new book by an American author has made the startling claim that Eamon de Valera, 1916 fighter and founder of Fianna Fail, was, in fact, working for the British

Nov 12, 2009 - Simon Finn

Norman Baxter led the RUC investigation into the 1998 Real IRA bombing of Omagh which killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins

Nov 12, 2009 - Simon Finn

For the first time in its 40-year history, the SDLP is facing a leadership contest to determine who replaces outgoing leader Mark Durkan

Nov 12, 2009 - Simon Finn

Amid rumours of an impending crisis, and despite several meetings with Gordon Brown, there is still no agreement on a date for the final stage of devolution

Nov 11, 2009 - Simon Finn