David McKittrick

Omagh: the case against a public inquiry

Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008

David McKittrick in the Independent with all his authority as the chronicler of individual suffering in the Troubles throws cold water on the case for a public inquiry into the Omagh bomb. “For just as there are few moral absolutes in Northern Ireland, so the Omagh families have no absolute right to have the final say on what should happen in the justice system.This is a difficult and...

Sinn Fein left isolated at Stormont in stand-off with DUP over power-sharing

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008

By David McKittrick Independent.co.uk 19 September 2008 Stormont remained deadlocked last night, with Belfast's power-sharing executive unable to meet because of continued wrangling between Sinn Fein and the loyalist Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Ministers from the four parties which make up the executive were all at Stormont, but Sinn Fein exercised its legal right to halt the scheduled...

David McKittrick: Gone, but not disbanded

The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

The news that the IRA's once-feared army council, which waged terrorist war for almost four decades, has gone out of business has been welcomed by Gordon Brown and practically everyone in Northern Ireland.

IRA ruling Army Council may be disbanded

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008

By David McKittrick, Ireland Correspondent Independent.co.uk Wednesday, 3 September 2008 Martin McGuinness is to enter into talks with Peter Robinson, the Northern Ireland First Minister, about disbanding the IRA's ruling army council, in an attempt to break the province's political deadlock . The continued existence of the council is at the centre of mounting political disagreement holding...

• IRA ruling Army Council may be disbanded - The Independent
• IRA ruling Army Council may be disbanded - The Independent

Ireland is Running Out of Priests

Voice from the Desert (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008

From the Independent (UK), 8.30.2008. I have added yellow highlighting to emphasize parts of the story. My editorial comments are in bold red . * * * Clergy in crisis: Forget Father Ted… Ireland is running out of priests With precious few candidates for the priesthood and rapidly emptying pews, the Catholic Church is being forced to accept radical change. By David McKittrick When the...