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Hillary Clinton has been installed as chancellor of Queen’s University in Belfast just a day after picking up another honorary title at Oxford University. The former US secretary of state, 73, who is the first woman appointed as chancellor of the Belfast academic institution, attended an installation ceremony in the Northern Irish city on Friday morning. She became the 11th Chancellor of Queen’s University in a ceremony at Whitla Hall on Friday at the end of the first week of the academic year. Link To TwitterBut while the mainstream media and the university welcomed her, the Irish people decided to...

Police investigating the attempted murder of three PSNI officers during 12 July riots have seized guns in north Belfast.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Police battled Irish nationalists for control of a Belfast road Monday as a day dominated by peaceful Protestant parades across Northern Ireland turned violent when night fell.

Officers were responding to reports of rioting at Lecky Road on the Bogside shortly after 0100 BST on Tuesday when the shots were fired.

DUBLIN, Ireland – A security alert has been issued today in the Northern Ireland town of Ballykinler, the site of a British Army base.

The following is the full text of a statement issued tonight by The Irish Republican Army 2 Feb 2005: In August 1994, the leadership of Oglaigh na hEireann announced a complete cessation of all military operations. We did so to enhance the democratic peace process and underline our definitive commitment to its success. That cessation ended in February 1996 because the British Government acted in bad faith when the then British Prime Minister John Major and Unionist leaders squandered that unprecedented opportunity to resolve the conflict. However, we remained ready to engage positively and in July 1997 we reinstated the...

It is difficult for those fortunate enough to live in more sophisticated communities to understand and appreciate the deep sense of fear, outrage and humiliation that marks these annual incursions into the little streets of this little town..." Irish News -- July 5th 1986 editorial The Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition is an umbrella group set up by the residents of the Catholic/Nationalist Garvaghy Road area of the town of Portadown. The area has now achieved worldwide notoriety for its annual round of loyalist and Orange Order parades and counter-demonstrations, and for the violence which accompanies them. For many years, the...

By The Irish American Information Service The Cory Report into four controversial killings is to be published on Thursday, April 1. It is understood that the families will be given a copy 24 hours earlier on the condition that they sign a secrecy agreement for 24 hours. The reports are to be published in London though it is not yet clear if the complete report will be published or an 'edited' version. The revelation comes as the British Prime Minister and the Taoiseach arrived at Hillsborough for a new round of talks. They are meeting the Assembly parties to discuss...

Northern Ireland police chief Hugh Orde has been updating the Policing Board on the £26.5m Northern Bank raid. The IRA has twice denied it was behind last month's robbery in Belfast but Mr Orde's assessment has not changed. The BBC understands that the police believe the robbery was planned and carried out by the IRA in Belfast. Police have a list of suspected IRA figures they believe were involved, names which have been included in security briefings given to government. The chief constable's meeting with the Policing Board, which monitors the activities of the police service, took place behind closed...

The Northern Ireland Secretary and the Irish foreign minister have said they are 100% convinced that the IRA was involved in the Northern Bank robbery. Paul Murphy and Dermot Ahern met in Dublin on Monday to discuss the impact of the £26.5m raid. Mr Murphy said the prospect of power-sharing has been dealt "a very serious blow" by last month's raid. Mr Ahern said evasion and denial by republicans was increasing the gulf of mistrust in the political process. He said that confidence building in the political process has taken a major hit as a result of the robbery at...

The SDLP should examine the possibility of entering a coalition without Sinn Fein at Stormont, one of the party's MPs has said. Speaking in the wake of allegations of IRA involvement in the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery, Eddie McGrady said his party should consider its options. Mr McGrady said that nationalist voters had been betrayed by the IRA. "If they want to exclude themselves by their extremism, there is very little you can do about it" he said. He told BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Politics programme on Saturday: "Inclusivity is now the buzz word, but it doesn't mean that you...

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has said that republicans must be ready to "resist any attempts to discriminate against them". Speaking about the £26.5m Northern Bank robbery, Mr Adams said Chief Constable Hugh Orde had no evidence to back up his claim that the IRA carried it out. He warned republicans against "knee-jerk" reactions. "But be ready to resist any attempts to discriminate against our electorate," Mr Adams added. 'Deeply damaging' He said resistance should be in the form of "entirely peaceful democratic strategies".

Progress is possible in the Northern Ireland process but the IRA must stop all violence, Tony Blair has said. The prime minister was speaking after PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde said he believed the IRA was behind December's £26.5m Northern Bank raid in Belfast. Sinn Fein has rejected the claim. The DUP is calling on the government to move ahead without republicans. Mr Blair said there must be "a definitive end to all forms of paramilitary or criminal activity". He told the BBC's Breakfast with Frost programme: "There cannot be a proper comprehensive deal for peace in Northern Ireland unless...

The IRA looks set to be blamed for the £22m bank raid in Belfast when Chief Constable Hugh Orde meets Policing Board members, the BBC has learned. Mr Orde is due to brief senior members of the board about the raid on Friday. It comes amid growing calls for him to publicly state if the IRA was involved in the robbery at the Northern Bank headquarters on 20 December. Homes in republican areas of Belfast have been searched, but republicans have said the IRA was not involved.