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July 05, 2005
Ardoyne Parade Gets Go-Ahead
News about Ireland & the Irish
BT 07/05/05 Ardoyne Parade Gets Go-Ahead To Pass Shops
BB 07/05/05 City Parade Decision Criticised
BT 07/05/05 Security Headache Over Ardoyne March Fears
IO 07/05/05 UUP: Sort Stormont Out During The Long Wait
UT 07/05/05 Rossport 5 Raised In Europe
UL 07/05/05 Policies To Tackle Poverty Need To Address Conflict
IO 07/05/05 PSNI Investigating Motive For Petrol Bomb Attacks
******************************************
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=651235
Ardoyne Parade Gets Go-Ahead To Pass Shops
Commission places restrictions on march through nationalist area
By Claire Regan
cregan@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
05 July 2005
A CONTENTIOUS Orange Order march will be allowed to pass the
flashpoint Ardoyne shops in north Belfast where previous
demonstrations have sparked serious violence, the Parades
Commission announced last night.
The body has ruled that next Tuesday's feeder Twelfth parade
should be allowed to pass through the nationalist area - the
scene of violence last month and last year - but with a number of
restrictions.
As the marching season reaches its peak, the Commission delivered
its ruling on three of the most controversial parades.
The Commission also stopped this Sunday's Drumcree parade from
travelling down the Garvaghy Road in Portadown for the eighth
year in a row.
And in another ruling on a disputed route in west Belfast,
Orangemen and two bands will be allowed through Workman Avenue on
the morning of the Twelfth, but not on the return journey in the
evening.
The Ardoyne decision is bound to inflame tensions in the area
regarded to superceded Drumcree, which has passed off peacefully
in recent years, as the most contentious Orange marching route.
Last month's Tour of the North parade was attacked as it passed
the Ardoyne shop fronts, while police were also attacked with
stones and petrol bombs.
The Commission ruled last night that on the outward and return
route on Tuesday, no music other than a single drumbeat on a side
drum is to be played between the junction of Crumlin Road and
Hesketh Road and the junction of Woodvale Road and Woodvale
Parade.
A statement on the Parades Commission's website said: "The
Commission would reiterate to the parade organiser that all
participants in this parade, including supporters, must behave
with due regard for the rights, traditions and feelings of others
in the vicinity; refrain from using words or behaviour which
could reasonably be perceived as intentionally sectarian,
provocative, threatening, abusive, insulting or lewd."
The statement also recognised that "this part of Belfast has seen
sectarian tension, division and violence".
"That tension escalated significantly as a result of the serious
disorder which followed last year's 12 July parade," it added.
"The commission therefore recognises the continuing strain on
community relations in this area."
Meanwhile, Sinn Fein assemblyman for Upper Bann, John O'Dowd,
welcomed the Drumcree ruling.
"The Drumcree Orange parade is little more than a sectarian coat-
trailing exercise through the Catholic community in Portadown,"
he said.
"It is up to the Orange Order to explain the rationale behind
wanting to parade through an area where they are clearly not
welcome. The Parades Commission could not have come to any other
decision than to re-route the parade away from Garvaghy Road."
******************************************
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4651251.stm
City Parade Decision Criticised
Sinn Fein has criticised a decision to allow an Orange Order
parade to pass the flashpoint Ardoyne shops area of north Belfast
on 12 July.
There was serious rioting at the scene last year.
Gerry Kelly said the decision by the Parades Commission was "very
wrong" and should be reversed.
However, Ulster Unionist Fred Cobain said the commission could
not have come to any other decision.
The Parades Commission has imposed certain restrictions covering
band music and the conduct of supporters at the Ardoyne shops
area on 12 July.
But Mr Kelly, an assembly member for North Belfast, claimed these
had been "completely ignored" in the past.
"The real difficulty is that this is two parades through -
correct it's Ardoyne shops - but it's a shorthand, it's three
Catholic areas, Ardoyne, Mountainview and the Dales," he said.
"I think it is a very wrong decision in the present circumstances
and certainly it should be reversed."
Residents' role
However, Mr Cobain, an assembly member for North Belfast said
that people had a right to march, although residents clearly had
"a role to play".
"We are not saying that we should march without talking to
residents. We are adhering to everything that the Parades
Commission wants," he said.
"We are always working towards peaceful parades. We know that
dialogue is the only way forward. The North and West Parades
Commission has been working for over a year at this."
The Orange Order's 12 July parades commemorate King William of
Orange's victory over King James at the Battle of the Boyne in
1690.
The Parades Commission was set up in 1997 to make decisions on
whether controversial parades should be restricted.
Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2005/07/05 07:56:13 GMT
© BBC MMV
******************************************
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=651298
Security Headache Over Ardoyne March Fears
Go-ahead for city flashpoint parade
By Chris Thornton and Claire Regan
cthornton@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
05 July 2005
POLICE were today facing another huge Twelfth security operation
after the Parades Commission approved the Orange march past an
Ardoyne flashpoint in north Belfast.
The commission also approved part of a contentious march on the
Springfield Road in west Belfast, in spite of rerouting a similar
march last month, and banned Sunday's Drumcree parade for the
eighth year in a row.
But the main cause of concern at the peak of the marching season
will be the possibility of rioting at Ardoyne, where nationalist
protests against the Tour of the North turned violent last month.
The parade also sparked serious unrest last year.
Concerns have been compounded by reports that republicans would
not police the Ardoyne crowd in protest at the return to prison
of Shankill bomber Sean Kelly.
There have also been private concerns from politicians and
security sources that unofficial republican marshalls appeared to
be unable to control elements of the Ardoyne crowd last month.
East Belfast UUP Assembly member Michael Copeland said he hopes
"the police have learnt the lesson" of last month's unrest, but
attacked the commission for not attempting to restrict the
protest.
"The Parades Commission have placed restrictions on the parade's
supporters but made no mention of the behaviour of those in the
counter protest who attacked, in a most vicious way, those in the
parade and their supporters, injuring my colleague in north
Belfast, Fred Cobain," he said.
A statement on the Parades Commission's website said: "The
commission would reiterate to the parade organiser that all
participants in this parade, including supporters, must behave
with due regard for the rights, traditions and feelings of others
in the vicinity; refrain from using words or behaviour which
could reasonably be perceived as intentionally sectarian,
provocative, threatening, abusive, insulting or lewd."
The statement also recognised that "this part of Belfast has seen
sectarian tension, division and violence".
"That tension escalated significantly as a result of the serious
disorder which followed last year's Twelfth parade," it added.
"The commission therefore recognises the continuing strain on
community relations in this area."
In another ruling, the commission said Drumcree marchers will not
be allowed to set foot on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown on
Sunday, and ordered them to disperse by 2.30pm if they choose not
to return to the town centre by their outward route.
Sinn Fein assemblyman for Upper Bann, John O'Dowd, welcomed the
Drumcree ruling.
"The Drumcree Orange parade is little more than a sectarian coat-
trailing exercise through the Catholic community in Portadown,"
he said.
******************************************
http://www.online.ie/news/viewer.adp?article=3253538
UUP: Sort Stormont Out During The Long Wait
online.ie
2005-07-05 12:50:02+01
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain was urged today to find a
"meaningful role" for local politicians while the North waits to
see if the IRA really does disarm and commit to exclusively
democratic means.
Sir Reg Empey, the new Ulster Unionist Party leader, met Mr Hain
at Stormont to tell him he had to act by the autumn at the
latest.
He said it was clear that the British government was going to
wait before doing anything until the IRA issued its long awaited
response to the pre-election call from Sinn Féin president Gerry
Adams to a commitment to democracy.
However he said : "We are more interested in what they are
actually going to do, and it is going to take time for people to
accept they have acted - people have had their fingers burned
before."
But Sir Reg said there could not be political paralysis while
everyone waited for republicans.
"Mr Hain needs to look at Stormont and give it a meaningful role.
It will not be the full Monty because there is no appetite for
government including Sinn Féin and the SDLP have ruled out going
ahead without them.
"I am not talking about a talking shop and we have to have a
decision no later than the autumn," he said.
He accused ministers of having been too interested in rewarding
those who were intransigent.
"Sinn Féin has had seven years to do what it should do and
hasn't, and they continue to be rewarded for that.
"I think the Government has lost sight of what it set out to
achieve a number of years ago."
The parading issue also needed to be moved up the political
agenda and given Mr Hain's attention, said Sir Reg.
"There needs to be an overall settlement so we are not faced with
this problem every year.
"Interface communities are faced with huge problems year in year
out and while the quality of life is getting better for some, for
them it is getting worse."
******************************************
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=62230&pt=n
Rossport 5 Raised In Europe
The plight of the so-called Rossport Five from Mayo has been
taken to the European parliament.
MEPs meeting in Strasbourg have been asked to show their
opposition to the jailing of the men for their refusal to obey a
high court injunction taken by Shell.
Adressing the parliament, the Sinn Fein MEP, Bairbre de Brun
criticised the Irish government for its failure to protect the
men.
******************************************
http://www.ulster.ac.uk/news/releases/2005/1766.html
Policies To Tackle Poverty Need To Address Conflict, Say
Academics
A North-South body, similar to those set up under the Good Friday
Agreement, should be established to tackle poverty, exclusion and
inequalities throughout Ireland, according to a new book by three
top Northern Ireland academics.
They said that the body could work with the relevant government
departments in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
and could bring an all-island perspective to the work and
maximize synergies.
The academics, Bill Rolston, Professor of Sociology at the
University of Ulster; Paddy Hillyard, Professor of Sociology at
Queen's University and Mike Tomlinson, senior lecturer in Social
Policy at Queen's University, say that opportunities to rebuild
society following the Troubles have been missed.
They argue that much of the work, funded through the EU Peace
programmes and the International Fund for Ireland, has
concentrated on rebuilding infrastructure in Northern Ireland and
the border counties and on attracting new investment.
But international experience shows that reconstruction must not
confine itself simply to economic tasks and should prioritise
rebuilding society socially and politically. Issues to be tackled
include gender, human rights, justice, truth, policy, the needs
of ex-combatants, children and young people, social deprivation,
and the rebuilding of civil society.
In the book - Poverty and Conflict in Ireland: An International
Perspective - the authors argue: "Transcending poverty and
conflict in Ireland presents major challenges across all sectors
of society. The peace process has failed to establish stable
political institutions.
"In terms of social and economic reconstruction, very little has
changed for people living in the most economically marginalized
areas, particularly the border area."
They said that the lack of an economic peace dividend in some of
the most deprived communities had been offset to an extent for
nationalists by the sense that they were moving forward
politically. However loyalist areas most affected by the conflict
had seen neither an economic peace dividend nor a developing
political dividend.
The authors said research demonstrated that society on both sides
of the border had become more exclusive and less inclusive.
Inequality in income, wealth and health has grown and significant
sections of the population on the whole island live in poverty.
For further information, please contact:
Press Office, Department of Public Affairs
Tel: 028 9036 6178
Email: pressoffice@ulster.ac.uk
******************************************
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=148335542&p=y48336z48
PSNI Investigating Motive For Belfast Petrol Bomb Attacks
05/07/2005 - 09:01:18
Police in the North are trying to establish a motive for
overnight petrol bomb attacks on two homes in south Belfast.
The PSNI said nobody was injured in the attacks and the
properties on Breda Road in Newtownbreda only sustained minor
scorch damage.
Meanwhile, the police have also urged people in Keady, Co Armagh,
not to touch any suspicious objects they may find on the streets.
The warning follows reports that an explosive device was thrown
at a police patrol in the Armagh Road area last night, but failed
to detonate.
BT 07/05/05 Ardoyne Parade Gets Go-Ahead To Pass Shops
BB 07/05/05 City Parade Decision Criticised
BT 07/05/05 Security Headache Over Ardoyne March Fears
IO 07/05/05 UUP: Sort Stormont Out During The Long Wait
UT 07/05/05 Rossport 5 Raised In Europe
UL 07/05/05 Policies To Tackle Poverty Need To Address Conflict
IO 07/05/05 PSNI Investigating Motive For Petrol Bomb Attacks
******************************************
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=651235
Ardoyne Parade Gets Go-Ahead To Pass Shops
Commission places restrictions on march through nationalist area
By Claire Regan
cregan@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
05 July 2005
A CONTENTIOUS Orange Order march will be allowed to pass the
flashpoint Ardoyne shops in north Belfast where previous
demonstrations have sparked serious violence, the Parades
Commission announced last night.
The body has ruled that next Tuesday's feeder Twelfth parade
should be allowed to pass through the nationalist area - the
scene of violence last month and last year - but with a number of
restrictions.
As the marching season reaches its peak, the Commission delivered
its ruling on three of the most controversial parades.
The Commission also stopped this Sunday's Drumcree parade from
travelling down the Garvaghy Road in Portadown for the eighth
year in a row.
And in another ruling on a disputed route in west Belfast,
Orangemen and two bands will be allowed through Workman Avenue on
the morning of the Twelfth, but not on the return journey in the
evening.
The Ardoyne decision is bound to inflame tensions in the area
regarded to superceded Drumcree, which has passed off peacefully
in recent years, as the most contentious Orange marching route.
Last month's Tour of the North parade was attacked as it passed
the Ardoyne shop fronts, while police were also attacked with
stones and petrol bombs.
The Commission ruled last night that on the outward and return
route on Tuesday, no music other than a single drumbeat on a side
drum is to be played between the junction of Crumlin Road and
Hesketh Road and the junction of Woodvale Road and Woodvale
Parade.
A statement on the Parades Commission's website said: "The
Commission would reiterate to the parade organiser that all
participants in this parade, including supporters, must behave
with due regard for the rights, traditions and feelings of others
in the vicinity; refrain from using words or behaviour which
could reasonably be perceived as intentionally sectarian,
provocative, threatening, abusive, insulting or lewd."
The statement also recognised that "this part of Belfast has seen
sectarian tension, division and violence".
"That tension escalated significantly as a result of the serious
disorder which followed last year's 12 July parade," it added.
"The commission therefore recognises the continuing strain on
community relations in this area."
Meanwhile, Sinn Fein assemblyman for Upper Bann, John O'Dowd,
welcomed the Drumcree ruling.
"The Drumcree Orange parade is little more than a sectarian coat-
trailing exercise through the Catholic community in Portadown,"
he said.
"It is up to the Orange Order to explain the rationale behind
wanting to parade through an area where they are clearly not
welcome. The Parades Commission could not have come to any other
decision than to re-route the parade away from Garvaghy Road."
******************************************
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4651251.stm
City Parade Decision Criticised
Sinn Fein has criticised a decision to allow an Orange Order
parade to pass the flashpoint Ardoyne shops area of north Belfast
on 12 July.
There was serious rioting at the scene last year.
Gerry Kelly said the decision by the Parades Commission was "very
wrong" and should be reversed.
However, Ulster Unionist Fred Cobain said the commission could
not have come to any other decision.
The Parades Commission has imposed certain restrictions covering
band music and the conduct of supporters at the Ardoyne shops
area on 12 July.
But Mr Kelly, an assembly member for North Belfast, claimed these
had been "completely ignored" in the past.
"The real difficulty is that this is two parades through -
correct it's Ardoyne shops - but it's a shorthand, it's three
Catholic areas, Ardoyne, Mountainview and the Dales," he said.
"I think it is a very wrong decision in the present circumstances
and certainly it should be reversed."
Residents' role
However, Mr Cobain, an assembly member for North Belfast said
that people had a right to march, although residents clearly had
"a role to play".
"We are not saying that we should march without talking to
residents. We are adhering to everything that the Parades
Commission wants," he said.
"We are always working towards peaceful parades. We know that
dialogue is the only way forward. The North and West Parades
Commission has been working for over a year at this."
The Orange Order's 12 July parades commemorate King William of
Orange's victory over King James at the Battle of the Boyne in
1690.
The Parades Commission was set up in 1997 to make decisions on
whether controversial parades should be restricted.
Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2005/07/05 07:56:13 GMT
© BBC MMV
******************************************
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=651298
Security Headache Over Ardoyne March Fears
Go-ahead for city flashpoint parade
By Chris Thornton and Claire Regan
cthornton@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
05 July 2005
POLICE were today facing another huge Twelfth security operation
after the Parades Commission approved the Orange march past an
Ardoyne flashpoint in north Belfast.
The commission also approved part of a contentious march on the
Springfield Road in west Belfast, in spite of rerouting a similar
march last month, and banned Sunday's Drumcree parade for the
eighth year in a row.
But the main cause of concern at the peak of the marching season
will be the possibility of rioting at Ardoyne, where nationalist
protests against the Tour of the North turned violent last month.
The parade also sparked serious unrest last year.
Concerns have been compounded by reports that republicans would
not police the Ardoyne crowd in protest at the return to prison
of Shankill bomber Sean Kelly.
There have also been private concerns from politicians and
security sources that unofficial republican marshalls appeared to
be unable to control elements of the Ardoyne crowd last month.
East Belfast UUP Assembly member Michael Copeland said he hopes
"the police have learnt the lesson" of last month's unrest, but
attacked the commission for not attempting to restrict the
protest.
"The Parades Commission have placed restrictions on the parade's
supporters but made no mention of the behaviour of those in the
counter protest who attacked, in a most vicious way, those in the
parade and their supporters, injuring my colleague in north
Belfast, Fred Cobain," he said.
A statement on the Parades Commission's website said: "The
commission would reiterate to the parade organiser that all
participants in this parade, including supporters, must behave
with due regard for the rights, traditions and feelings of others
in the vicinity; refrain from using words or behaviour which
could reasonably be perceived as intentionally sectarian,
provocative, threatening, abusive, insulting or lewd."
The statement also recognised that "this part of Belfast has seen
sectarian tension, division and violence".
"That tension escalated significantly as a result of the serious
disorder which followed last year's Twelfth parade," it added.
"The commission therefore recognises the continuing strain on
community relations in this area."
In another ruling, the commission said Drumcree marchers will not
be allowed to set foot on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown on
Sunday, and ordered them to disperse by 2.30pm if they choose not
to return to the town centre by their outward route.
Sinn Fein assemblyman for Upper Bann, John O'Dowd, welcomed the
Drumcree ruling.
"The Drumcree Orange parade is little more than a sectarian coat-
trailing exercise through the Catholic community in Portadown,"
he said.
******************************************
http://www.online.ie/news/viewer.adp?article=3253538
UUP: Sort Stormont Out During The Long Wait
online.ie
2005-07-05 12:50:02+01
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain was urged today to find a
"meaningful role" for local politicians while the North waits to
see if the IRA really does disarm and commit to exclusively
democratic means.
Sir Reg Empey, the new Ulster Unionist Party leader, met Mr Hain
at Stormont to tell him he had to act by the autumn at the
latest.
He said it was clear that the British government was going to
wait before doing anything until the IRA issued its long awaited
response to the pre-election call from Sinn Féin president Gerry
Adams to a commitment to democracy.
However he said : "We are more interested in what they are
actually going to do, and it is going to take time for people to
accept they have acted - people have had their fingers burned
before."
But Sir Reg said there could not be political paralysis while
everyone waited for republicans.
"Mr Hain needs to look at Stormont and give it a meaningful role.
It will not be the full Monty because there is no appetite for
government including Sinn Féin and the SDLP have ruled out going
ahead without them.
"I am not talking about a talking shop and we have to have a
decision no later than the autumn," he said.
He accused ministers of having been too interested in rewarding
those who were intransigent.
"Sinn Féin has had seven years to do what it should do and
hasn't, and they continue to be rewarded for that.
"I think the Government has lost sight of what it set out to
achieve a number of years ago."
The parading issue also needed to be moved up the political
agenda and given Mr Hain's attention, said Sir Reg.
"There needs to be an overall settlement so we are not faced with
this problem every year.
"Interface communities are faced with huge problems year in year
out and while the quality of life is getting better for some, for
them it is getting worse."
******************************************
http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=62230&pt=n
Rossport 5 Raised In Europe
The plight of the so-called Rossport Five from Mayo has been
taken to the European parliament.
MEPs meeting in Strasbourg have been asked to show their
opposition to the jailing of the men for their refusal to obey a
high court injunction taken by Shell.
Adressing the parliament, the Sinn Fein MEP, Bairbre de Brun
criticised the Irish government for its failure to protect the
men.
******************************************
http://www.ulster.ac.uk/news/releases/2005/1766.html
Policies To Tackle Poverty Need To Address Conflict, Say
Academics
A North-South body, similar to those set up under the Good Friday
Agreement, should be established to tackle poverty, exclusion and
inequalities throughout Ireland, according to a new book by three
top Northern Ireland academics.
They said that the body could work with the relevant government
departments in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
and could bring an all-island perspective to the work and
maximize synergies.
The academics, Bill Rolston, Professor of Sociology at the
University of Ulster; Paddy Hillyard, Professor of Sociology at
Queen's University and Mike Tomlinson, senior lecturer in Social
Policy at Queen's University, say that opportunities to rebuild
society following the Troubles have been missed.
They argue that much of the work, funded through the EU Peace
programmes and the International Fund for Ireland, has
concentrated on rebuilding infrastructure in Northern Ireland and
the border counties and on attracting new investment.
But international experience shows that reconstruction must not
confine itself simply to economic tasks and should prioritise
rebuilding society socially and politically. Issues to be tackled
include gender, human rights, justice, truth, policy, the needs
of ex-combatants, children and young people, social deprivation,
and the rebuilding of civil society.
In the book - Poverty and Conflict in Ireland: An International
Perspective - the authors argue: "Transcending poverty and
conflict in Ireland presents major challenges across all sectors
of society. The peace process has failed to establish stable
political institutions.
"In terms of social and economic reconstruction, very little has
changed for people living in the most economically marginalized
areas, particularly the border area."
They said that the lack of an economic peace dividend in some of
the most deprived communities had been offset to an extent for
nationalists by the sense that they were moving forward
politically. However loyalist areas most affected by the conflict
had seen neither an economic peace dividend nor a developing
political dividend.
The authors said research demonstrated that society on both sides
of the border had become more exclusive and less inclusive.
Inequality in income, wealth and health has grown and significant
sections of the population on the whole island live in poverty.
For further information, please contact:
Press Office, Department of Public Affairs
Tel: 028 9036 6178
Email: pressoffice@ulster.ac.uk
******************************************
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=148335542&p=y48336z48
PSNI Investigating Motive For Belfast Petrol Bomb Attacks
05/07/2005 - 09:01:18
Police in the North are trying to establish a motive for
overnight petrol bomb attacks on two homes in south Belfast.
The PSNI said nobody was injured in the attacks and the
properties on Breda Road in Newtownbreda only sustained minor
scorch damage.
Meanwhile, the police have also urged people in Keady, Co Armagh,
not to touch any suspicious objects they may find on the streets.
The warning follows reports that an explosive device was thrown
at a police patrol in the Armagh Road area last night, but failed
to detonate.
