Armagh

Forces defuse Armagh bomb 'planted to kill police officers'

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

SECURITY forces have foiled an attempt to kill police officers in Northern Ireland.

Forces defuse Armagh bomb 'aimed at police'

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

SECURITY forces have foiled an attempt to kill police officers in Northern Ireland.

Viable device found in Armagh

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Police in Northern Ireland are appealing for information following the discovery of a viable device in Co Armagh this morning.

Stephen Rea's Former Sister-In-Law Still a Psycho Terrorist

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Back in May, I wrote this post about the murders of two British Army sappers, Mark Quinsey, 23, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and fretted that dissident Republicans were getting bolder in their attacks on the police, army, and those it considered traitors to the Feinian cause. Last month, The Christian Science Monitor wondered if IRA splinter groups could "bring...

Loyalists attack murdered reporter's colleagues at court hearing

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Editor attending trial of reporter's alleged killers asks: 'What would happen if armed men stormed the court?' Henry McDonald, Ireland Editor The Observer Sunday 15 November 2009 Colleagues of murdered journalist Martin O'Hagan have revealed how they were attacked by loyalist supporters of the men accused of killing the reporter. They also highlighted the dearth of security around one of Northern...

Site of IRA's biggest loss blossoms as best-kept village

The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

In the short history of Northern Ireland, Loughgall, a village shielded from the elements by the apple orchards that flourish in that part of County Armagh, is more than just a place-name.

“It was organised by Soca which is a front for the MI5..”

Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

On the Politics Show today Sinn Féin’s John O’Dowd clarified his party’s position on the seizure of the assets of Sean Hughes and the previous comments by Northern Ireland Executive Ministers, SF’s Michelle Gildernew and Hughes’ “good friend” Conor Murphy. [John O’Dowd] “The concerns around the raid on Sean Hughes house is this. It was organised...

Loyalists attack murdered reporter's colleagues at court hearing

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

Editor attending trial of reporter's alleged killers asks: 'What would happen if armed men stormed the court?' Colleagues of murdered journalist Martin O'Hagan have revealed how they were attacked by loyalist supporters of the men accused of killing the reporter. They also highlighted the dearth of security around one of Northern Ireland's busiest courts when dissident republicans are targeting the...

Arrest in Lurgan murder inquiry

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

Police in Northern Ireland have arrested a 35-year-old man after a pensioner was found murdered in a house in Lurgan in Co Armagh on Thursday evening.

Man charged with Nairac murder

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

New accusation against Kevin Crilly at Newry magistrates court A man has been charged with the murder of undercover British army officer Robert Nairac, 32 years after he went missing in South Armagh. Kevin Crilly, 59, from Jonesborough, County Armagh, appeared in a Northern Ireland court today charged with killing the 29-year-old Grenadier Guardsman close to the Irish border in 1977. Nairac is one...

Man charged with Nairac murder

The Observer (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Kevin Crilly accused of killing kidnapped Grenadier Guards captain Robert Nairac, whose body has never been found A man was charged today with the murder of the undercover British army officer Robert Nairac in Northern Ireland more than 30 years ago. Kevin Crilly, 59, from Lower Foughill Road, Jonesborough, County Armagh, is already facing charges of kidnapping and falsely imprisoning the 29-year-old...

'Sound republicans' - exempt from justice?

Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

I don’t suppose that I was the only one reminded of Stuart Neville’s novel ‘The Twelve’ , when I read newspaper reports detailing SOCA’s seizure of a South Armagh republican’s assets, which took place yesterday. Newsline featured pictures of Sean Gerard Hughes’ farm, and I almost expected to hear the whine of an injured bull terrier. Sinn Féin’s...

Top republican has assets frozen

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has frozen the assets of a leading republican in South Armagh. It has been granted a court order to take control of properties and bank accounts belonging to Sean Gerard Hughes of Aghadavoyle Road, Dromintee. The agency claimed the assets came from laundering the proceeds of mortgage fraud, tax evasion and benefit fraud. In 2002, Mr Hughes was named in parliament...

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PSNI stall on shoot-to-kill files

SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

BBC 10 November 2009 The police have asked for more time to hand over secret reports into so-called shoot-to-kill incidents in Northern Ireland in the 1980s. Coroner John Leckey, who set a November deadline for the material to be handed over, has received a letter from the PSNI asking for a delay until February. The request will be considered at a court hearing at the end of this month. Six people,...

Armagh republican has assets seized

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

A senior republican has had his assets in Northern Ireland seized for suspected money laundering.