Tony Blair, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan and Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams were due to join talks in the Basque Country amid rumours that separatist group Eta is to declare its 43-year armed struggle is over for good... more
Political leaders and police chiefs from both sides of the sectarian divide attended the funeral of a Catholic police officer murdered in Northern Ireland
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Masked gunman opens fire on police in Northern Ireland early as republican terrorists are blamed for a new wave of rioting that has led to dozens of officers being injured... more
Security chiefs in Northern Ireland are braced for the risk of further attacks after the Real IRA claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion outside MI5’s Ulster headquarters... more
There was undoubtedly a general air of self-congratulation after the publication of the Social Attitudes Survey this week, the one that showed Britons are cool in their attitudes to homosexuality and marital status. Cue universal preening among the pundits... more
As Northern Ireland responds to the first murder of a policeman for 12 years, only two days after two young soldiers were shot outside their Antrim barracks, the province's First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, travel to America... more
Sometimes Andrew Maxwell has such a keen eye he barely has to craft a gag. His Soho Theatre show was not so much a gig, more a comedy masterclass.... more
Two former IRA prisoners tried to blackmail a pair of businessmen in Britain they accused of making £6 million by using the terror organisation's name during their dealings, a court was told... more
Sam Duckworth - aka Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - celebrated his 21st birthday by playing the Astoria. Andre Paine found his music entertaining even if his political rants were confused.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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