Ireland
Ireland: Health care cuts claim child’s life
By Steve James, July 11, 2003
Two-year-old Róisin Ruddle from Limerick died July 1 shortly after being sent home from Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin because of a shortage of nursing staff.
Ireland: Ulster Unionist Party could split
By Steve James, June 28, 2003
David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and First Minister of the suspended Northern Ireland Assembly, narrowly won a majority in his own party to avoid a rejection of the April 2003 ...
Hundreds of jobs cut in Belfast
By Steve James, June 16, 2003
Two of the Northern Ireland’s oldest and most famous manufacturing companies, Short Brothers and Harland and Wolff, have announced drastic cuts in their workforces.
Northern Ireland: “Dirty war” probe provokes conflicts
By Steve James, June 13, 2003
Sharp divisions have emerged in Britain and Northern Ireland over ongoing revelations regarding the role of British armed forces in orchestrating the assassination of opponents during the “dirty...
Stevens report on Northern Ireland
A glimpse into Britain’s dirty war on the IRA
By Steve James, May 6, 2003
Inquiries led by London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens into collusion between Protestant loyalist terror groups and British military intelligence in Northern Ireland have collected ...
Ireland: Mass opposition to war vs. Iraq
By Steve James, April 3, 2003
Opposition to the US-led war against Iraq has drawn mass protests in Ireland. On Saturday, March 29, some 20,000 people joined an antiwar demonstration through the capital, Dublin, whilst thousands jo...
Northern Ireland Assembly elections delayed
By Steve James, March 21, 2003
Elections to the currently suspended Northern Ireland Assembly have been put back four weeks by the British government. The Assembly was established as part of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which se...
Ireland: Fianna Fail and SDLP float unity pact
By Steve James, February 1, 2003
Fianna Fail, the main establishment party in the Irish republic, is considering standing candidates in Northern Ireland’s upcoming general election. First suggested at the party’s annual c...
Britain: Conservative government considered "forcible resettlement" of Northern Ireland in 1972
By Steve James, January 11, 2003
The annual release of British state papers more than 30 years old has revealed that the 1972 Conservative government considered a plan to forcibly resettle some half a million Catholics and Protestant...
Northern Ireland: talks resume following suspension of Assembly
By Steve James, November 29, 2002
Talks convened on November 21 between the British government and parties represented in the suspended Northern Ireland Assembly, including Sinn Fein, the Ulster Unionists (UUP) and the Social Democrat...
Ireland: Social tensions deepen as the "Celtic Tiger" staggers
By Steve James, November 7, 2002
Ireland’s employers are seeking a general pay freeze for the country’s 1.7 million workers. With inflation running at around four percent, the “freeze” is in reality a pay cut.
Ireland: Yes vote in referendum on European Union expansion
By Steve James, October 26, 2002
The dominant sections of Irish business and the political and media establishment finally secured a yes vote in an October 19 referendum on the terms laid down in the Nice Treaty for European Union en...
