Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley and James Monaghan jumped bail in Colombia after being sentenced to 17 years The Republic of Ireland's tradition of harbouring wanted terrorists looks set to continue as the three men convicted of training Marxist terrori… more »

"We fight the terrorists and we fight all of those who give them aid. America has a message for the nations of the world: If you harbor terrorists, you are terrorists. If you train or arm a terrorist, you are a terrorist. If you feed a terrorist or f… more »

Perhaps it's evidence of Godwin's Law, but I made a reference (originally an inaccurate one - thanks Aonghus) to a Dublin statue of a celebrated Republican and a Nazi sympathiser, Sean Russel. It was something of an off-the-cuff remark in the thread abou… more »

Northern Ireland went out of the Under 19 European Championships which they're hosting yesterday in front of a crowd of 2,169 (a record for the tournament so far). They needed a 3 goal victory to go through to the next round but the German keeper denied… more »

No, I'm not drunk (more's the pity) I'm referring to the Northern Ireland under 19 side who were beaten 1-0 tonight by Serbia & Montenegro in Newry. I didn't make it to the game (although I intend to be in Ballymena this Saturday and hope NI get thei… more »

The UEFA European Under 19 Championships got underway in Northern Ireland last night, with England, France, Northern Ireland and Germany all in action. Northern Ireland were beaten 1-0 by Greece at Windsor Park, although Thomas Stewart went close to e… more »

What is it that makes that headline so unsurprising and so ordinary to readers from Northern Ireland? Can you imagine an American court carrying on like this in the current climate? Nevertheless, I came back from a brief holiday to discover this morni… more »

Thanks to Slugger and A Tangled Web for pointing out a story at UTV about republicans protesting at the jailing of convicted bomber Sean Kelly and forcing a meeting of EU employment ministers, to be hosted by David Blunkett at Springvale, to be cancelled… more »

George W Bush has publicly stated that the USA will drop its agriculture subsidies if the EU takes similar steps with the Common Agricultural Policy. The statement was made in an interview with Trevor McDonald to be aired today on ITV's Tonight program.… more »

DUP MEP Jim Allister is hosting an information session tomorrow at the Park Avenue Hotel, Belfast, (7:30 PM) to encourage groups from the Unionist community to apply for PEACE II funding. Pointing out that Unionist groups have hitherto been severely unde… more »