james Brokenshire has warned a new peace process watchdog to safeguard national security information. The Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) was established by the British and Irish governments to monitor activity by paramilitaries.
James Brokenshire Secretary of State for the North of Ireland.
It was agreed following Stormont talks involving the five main parties amid concern about continued activity by organized groups. Mr Brokenshire, pictured above, said: “In order to fulfil its objective, and in light of the functions and the range of bodies the commission will consult in the course of its work, it is likely that the commission will receive information, which could, if disclosed, be prejudicial to the national security interests of the U.K.
” This guidance therefore draws together the principles and arrangements for managing national security sensitive information so as to ensure that the commission can carry out its responsibilities effectively and that the national security interests are also properly protected.” Disclosure of some sensitive information could risk the life or safety of a person, Mr Brokenshire added, and the commission had a duty to ensure its proper protection. He wrote to the body earlier in the summer but there is no suggestion his intervention was anything other than routine. It was agreed in 2015 between the British and Irish governments and the North of Ireland parties after a number of high-profile republican killings, but the time required to pass enabling laws in both countries meant it was only recently given a formal mandate. The final piece of legislation was signed into law in July.
Attacks by dissident republicans targeting members of the so-called security forces remain “highly likely”, the authorities said, while unionists have expressed unease about the continued existence of the Provisional IRA. Two years ago Chief Constable George Hamilton said PIRA’s ruling army council still exists but was not engaged in terrorism. It followed the murder of ex-IRA man Kevin McGuigan snr in Belfast last year. Subsequent political talks to repair power-sharing at Stormont focused on tackling paramiltarism. The outcome was a new international body, created by the British and Irish governments under the 2015 Fresh Start Agreement. The four IRC members will be former US special envoy to the North of Ireland Mitchell Reiss, ex-human rights commissioner and political leader Monica McWilliams, solicitor John McBurney and former Irish diplomat Tim O’Connor. The commissioners have met several times to carry out preparatory work in advance of the commission being formally established. Irish legislation enabling the formation of the commission was signed into law by President Michael D Higgins late in July. Corresponding UK legislation was passed more than a year earlier.
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SINN FÈIN has called for the British and Irish PMs to become directly invoved in the Stormont talks.
The North of Ireland’s political parties have resumed negotiations a day after they failed to meet a goverenment deadline to restore power-sharing.
Sinn Fèin and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) blame each other for failing to compromise on a number of issues, in paticular an Irish Language Act.
The Irish Langiuse Act, all pictures are copyrighted.
But while Sinn Féin are talking in Stormont with the DUP another group of DUP MPs are still in the House of Commons. Doing secret deals behind Sinn Féins back. It has already emerged through the Belfast Telegraph a manly read Unionist/Loyalist newspaper that a deal has already been signed concerning compensition.
Documents seen and veried by this man (pictured above) who works for and is employed by the Belfast Telegraph.
James Brokenshire The NI (North of Ireland) Secretary has extended the talks in the hope of a deal over the weekend. But the British Goverenment and Theresa May are still locked in The Houses of Paraliment. In ongoing secret talks “going on now” with two North of Ireland MPs. Who I am fully aware of their names but will not release it here at this moment. As it could jepudadise my live story.
It also emerged yesterday that the Queen’s Speech wasonly allowed because of a Secret hand-Shake (under the table) deal. Done by the DUP and minority Conservative government. When the Queen’s Speech passed after aborttion pledge.
Houses of Paraliment. London. All photographs are copyrighted.
The minority Conservative government has survived its first major test after its Queen’s Speech cleared the Commons.
MPs backed the legislative programme – stripped back after the Tories lost their majority and could not have won without DUP support – by 323 to 309 votes.
Itonlypassedby13votes. But the government had to make a late pledge on funding abortions The NEXT STORY IS TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND NORTH AND SOUTH- ENGLAND – AMERICIA – CANADA – FRANCE – GERMANY – EVERYWHERE – THIS BROADCAST IS LIVE – THE NEXT 2 STORY’S ARE FOR THE PEOPLE OFF THE USA & CANADA.
THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA IS REFUSING TO COME TO IRELAND. THE BRITISH HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT I ADVISE ALL COUNTRIES CONTACT YOUR PRIME MINISTERS ! IF IN THE UNITED STATES I ASK ALL MY FRIENDS & COMRADES TO CONTACT DONALD TRUMP. SINN FÉIN NEED HIS HELP “PLEASE ADVISE HIM AT ONCE” TO ” CONTACT G.A. AT ONCE” HE HAS HIS PERSONEL DETAILS. TELL HIM TO GET THE BIG BIRD READY……..
Michelle O’Neill calls for ‘urgent’ referendum on Irish unityImage caption Michelle O’Neill said Brexit would be ‘a disaster’ Sinn Féin has renewed its call for a referendum on Irish unity “as soon as possible”. Its northern leader, Michelle O’Neill, said the urgency was increased by the prospect of Brexit, which would be “a disaster for the people of Ireland”.
She was speaking shortly after Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was to seek a second referendum on independence.
Mrs O’Neill said this was “a matter for the Scottish people”.
Q&: NI Assembly election 2017Election‘a brutal result for unionism’No revolt within DUP, says Foster.
Voters in North of Ireland went to the polls earlier this month after a snap election was called.
In North of Ireland’s political parties have three weeks to reach agreement on forming a new executive.
Mr McGuinness resigned over Mrs Foster’s refusal to step aside as first minister pending an inquiry into the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
Scheme, which was set up under her watch as Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and could cost the Northern Ireland tax payer £490m.
The election saw an end to the unionist majority at Stormont, with Sinn Féin now holding just one seat fewer than the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).If no executive is formed, another election can be called, and ultimately power could return to the UK parliament at Westminster for the first time in a decade.More on this storyrelated storiesNew NI election suggestion unhelpful, says Sinn Féin10 March 2017 N. Ireland PoliticsNorthern Ireland could face another snap election, says Brokenshire09 March 2017 N. Ireland PoliticsNI Election: Everything you need to know about the 2017 vote04 March 2017 N. Ireland Politics
Here was the statment releasesd by the BBC late this morning:
NI standoff ‘cannot go on much longer’ ???
THE absence of devolved government in the North of Ireland “cannot continue for much longer,” Secretary of State James Brokenshire” James Brokenshire, Secretary of State for the Occupied Six Counties in the North of Ireland.
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Gay rights campaigners will lead a major parade through Belfast city centre later, demanding the introduction of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
This afternoon’s demonstration will conclude with a rally in front of Belfast City Hall.
The ban on same-sex marriage is one of a series of sticking points holding up the formation of a new powersharing government at Stormont.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland where same-sex marriage remains outlawed.
The Democratic Unionist Party’s (DUP) opposition to changing the law has attracted increased scrutiny across the UK since the party became the UK Government’s kingmaker at Westminster.
Ahead of the event, a range of celebrities including Liam Neeson, Stephen Fry and Graham Norton voiced their support for the campaign.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also joined the leaders of all the main parties at Holyrood to call for a law change across the Irish Sea.
Amnesty International is one of the groups organising the parade, which will be headed by Belfast Lord Mayor Nuala McAllister.
The DUP has used a controversial Stormont voting mechanism – the petition of concern – to prevent a law change, despite a majority of MLAs supporting the move at the last vote.
The party rejects any suggestion it is homophobic, insisting it is instead protecting the “traditional” definition of marriage.
Following March’s snap Assembly election, the DUP no longer has the electoral strength to deploy a petition of concern in its own right, though it could still potentially combine with other socially conservative MLAs to do so.
That will only be tested once, and if a devolved Assembly can be re-established out of the current political crisis in Belfast.
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If the region’s politicians fail to establish a new executive, direct rule from Westminster could be re-imposed.
If that were to happen, the responsibility for legislating on the region’s marriage laws would be handed to the London government.RETURN TO TOP
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This letter was written in The Irish News today Monday 24th April – How come our very well paid (by us) politations did not open their eyes to This?
British Army veterans triumphantly celebrated the release of one of their former colleagues for a cold-hearted murder.
CLAIMS of a legal ‘witch hut’ against former British soldiers who served during the Trouble’s have been made during a rally of British army veterans in Belfast (April 15th). The former soldiers claim there is a prosecutorial bias against former British soldiers over murders during the Trouble’s. Secretary of State James Brokenshire also claims investigations into killings during the Trouble’s are disproportionately focusing on members of the police and army. This claim is without a shredofevidenceorcredibility. Availableevidence suggests that the British government shelving of the in-depth investigations and report by John Stalker and Colin Sampson on British shoot-to-kill policy and the Stevens Report on British security forces collusion with loyalists which resulted in countless killings, in fact shielded British soldiers and police from prosecution. Further evidence of protecting British security forces from prosecution is the continuing withholding of files pertaining to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Does Mr Brokenshire need reminding that British soldiers and police were and are acting on behalf of the British State and are a constitutional arm of ‘the UK government and recognised so internationally in law’?
With many thanks to: Tom Cooper Chairperson, Irish National Congress, Dublin 7.
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