Obama praises Northern Irish leaders

2010-03-17T20:15:40Z

<div><p>US President Barack Obama praised two key political figures in North Ireland for "charting a historic path" towards peace following an agreement on a landmark power transfer deal.</p><p>Obama singled out one-time foes First Minister Peter Robinson and Roman Catholic Church in Ireland apologised "with all my heart" Wednesday over his role in a child sex abuse controversy which has rocked the country.</p><p>Cardinal Sean Brady has faced calls to quit from victims' groups over his attendance at meetings in 1975 where ch...

Northern Irish distiller offers whiskey lover's dream job

2010-03-17T07:00:36Z

<div><p>BELFAST (Reuters Life!) - The world's oldest licensed distillery has entered into the spirit of St. Patrick's Day with a competition for a whiskey lover's dream job.</p><p>The Bushmills Whiskey distillery in Northern Ireland is scouring the p...

Hillary Clinton Meets With Northern Ireland's First Minister

2010-03-16T14:34:38Z

WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) speaks to reporters with Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (R) before their meeting at the U.K. man says he plans to make the first round-the-world trip in a customized rotorcraft known as an autogyro.</p><p>Norman Surplus says he hopes to kick off his 27,000 mile (43,000 kilometer) circumnavigation from the seaside town of Larne in...

Sinn Fein leader's brother to resist extradition

2010-03-10T06:30:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Sinn Fein leader's brother to fight Northern Ireland extradition on charges of raping daughter</div><div><p>Liam Adams, brother of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, will resist extradition to Northern Ireland where he faces 18 charges of sexually abusing his daughter, his lawyers told a

N.Ireland backs transfer of key powers despite row

2010-03-10T01:15:53Z

<div><p>Northern Ireland's MPs have approved a landmark deal transferring key powers from London to Belfast, in what Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed as the "final end" to decades of conflict.</p><p>The vote in the BELFAST (Reuters) - The Northern Ireland Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to take control of its own police and justice powers, cementing the latest hard-won agreement between the province's divided communities.</p><p>The issue had risked scuppering Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday hailed a landmark deal on transferring police and justice powers from London to Northern Ireland, saying it will help cement the decade-old peace process.</p><p>In a statement, Clinton, who visited Northern Ireland lawmakers vote to support next step in Catholic-Protestant cooperation</div><div><p>Northern Ireland lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to create a new Justice Department, the next key step in making their Catholic-Protestant government work.</p><p>Three of the four parties i...

N.Ireland parties row ahead of crunch vote

2010-03-09T10:16:16Z

<div><p>Northern Ireland's MPs clashed Tuesday ahead of a crunch vote on the long-troubled province's self-rule powers, after a rare intervention from former US president George W. Bush.</p><p>Leaders of the two main power-sharing parties urged the David Ford arrives at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday March 9, 2010. Northern Ireland lawmakers convened Tuesday to approve the next key step in making their Catholic-Protestant government work. But the No. 2 ...

Bush intervenes as N. Ireland faces crunch vote

2010-03-09T08:16:41Z

Bush steps in as N. Ireland faces crunch vote

2010-03-09T08:15:55Z

<div><p>Northern Ireland faced a crunch vote on policing and justice Tuesday, prompting a rare intervention from former US president George W. Bush as leaders scrambled to keep devolution on track.</p><p>Bush called the leader of the Conservatives, Northern Ireland's joint government faced fresh pressure after a unionist party said it would reject a key political deal in a vote Tuesday, despite a reported intervention from George W. Bush.</p><p>The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) said it would not endorse a hard-fough...

Report details last acts of NIreland disarmament

2010-03-03T08:15:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Final steps of Northern Ireland's slow journey to disarmament detailed in new report</div><div><p>The governments of Ireland and Britain praised their disarmament commission Wednesday and published its final achievements in removing weapons from Northern Ireland's underground armies.<...

Britain NIreland Paisley

2010-03-02T09:31:57Z

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept., 1, 2004 file photo of Democratic Unionist Party leader Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley as he speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Ian Paisley to quit British Parliament after 40 years</div><div><p>Ian Paisley, the hard-line Northern Ireland evangelist who led Protestants into power-sharing with Catholics, announced Tuesday he will r...

N.Ireland's Ian Paisley to step down as MP

2010-03-02T06:15:52Z

<div><p>Former Northern Ireland leader Ian Paisley announced on Tuesday he will not seek re-election as an MP, winding down a career as a key figure in the long-troubled province's road to peace.</p><p>Veteran firebrand Paisley, 83, will not defend his North Antrim constituency seat in the general elections due by June, he told his local newspaper. He has ...

N.Ireland terror threat on a high: Irish minister

2010-02-28T08:15:23Z

<div><p>The threat of attacks by dissident republicans in Northern Ireland is as high as at any time during the three-decade long "Troubles", the Republic of Ireland's justice minister said on Sunday.</p><p>"There is a threat as dangerous as anything that we have had during the 30 years of our Troubles," Dermot A...

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