'Historic agreement'
marks a new beginning

I sway between despair and hope when I see features of Northern Ireland Society. Below are examples of both.

THE LOOK OF HOPE

Alistair was a victim of the Omagh Bombing and here he is meeting two of his sporting heroes Damon Hill and Neil Jordan

THE LOOK OF DISPAIR

This is the face of what may be the future of Northern Ireland unless Parents there throw off the sectarian yoke and teach their children that everyone is entitled to live as an equal in society. This child must be all of six years old and was taken outside the first sitting of the new Assembly. God help us..

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READ THE FULL TEXT OF THE PEACE AGREEMENT HERE

"THE PEACE PROCESS"

Latest Political comment"Ian Paisley - he's been thrown out of more places than Alex Higgins -David Ervine, Progressive Unionist Party, "
And could the reason be this?

I left Northern Ireland when I was 16 years of age. My principle reason for leaving was because I could see no hope in a society which seemed to me at that age to have its finger on the self destruct button. I believed that at some point in time all the protagonists to the conflict would have to sit down around a big table and have a chat....if only for the sake of their children. There an old Irish saying.."You're a long time dead". Well there has never been a truer word spoken. As a kid in I witnessed a lot of things that I would never like other kids to witness and it left a mark on me...but....when it all comes down to it you have to look around you and think.."Something has to improve here".

Now, rather than throw my hands up in the air and say "I give up!" like a lot of people do.....and I did the same thing when I was a kid....and say that there is no point in doing anything I would like to keep the world ..well... as many people as those that visit these pages..updated on the current peace process by way of providing information on current links to the parties involved and independant comments (if I can find any) on just how they are progressing. I reserve my own political beliefs..primarily because they are mine and mine alone and I do not believe in foistering my opinions on other people..similarily my religious beliefs which dissapated when I was knee high to a scooter.

My only aim in doing this page is to give people some understanding to what is going on at the present time in the North of Ireland and to gather support for a "peace" that surely must come. As you will probably see below every man and his dog(Belfast expression) has been involved here. I think it's high time that all the "experts" and "professionals" got off the scene. Not forgetting "the same old politicians" and "others" who have been sprouting hatred for the last 29 years while lining their own pockets by fanning the flames everytime there is a lull and a scent of normality emerging ....Thank you for visiting.

BACKGROUND TO THE CONFLICT

Northern Ireland 1999. The year in review in Real Video

The Path to Peace
The Cain Web Service
Images of a War Zone
PEACE in Northern Ireland?

NEWS

- Live and recorded news in Real Audio

Ulster Television: Live and Recorded News (Belfast)
RTE: Live and Recorded News (Dublin)
Latest News from CNN
Books on the Northern Ireland conflict available on-line
Compilation of newspaper articles on Northern Ireland - Updated daily
The Boston Globe
Latest news from the BBC in London

THE GOVERNMENTS
Irish Government Page
British Government Page
Northern Ireland Office (Government) Home Page

NON ALIGNED
Families Against Intimidation and Terror
The Womens' Coalition
The Workers' Party of Ireland
The Northern Ireland Labour Party

THE NATIONALIST PERSPECTIVE

EDITORIAL OPINION - THE IRISH NEWS
Opinion 1 (updated daily)
Opinion 2( " " )
Opinion 3( " ")

The Ceasefire Document Centre
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sinn Fein Home Page
Republican Sinn Fein Home Page
Saoirse Online
Irish Republican Information Service
The Irish Republican Socialist Party
The Irish Republican Socialist Movement
Republican News Newspaper
ORANGE WATCH '97
ORANGE WATCH '98
The Troops Out Movement
The Pat Finucane Centre
Lower Ormeau Concerned Community
Garvaghy Road Resident's Coalition
Andersonstown News
The Ancient Order of Hibernians in America
The Irish Voice On-line
The Irish People
The Irish National Caucus Inc

THE LOYALIST PERSPECTIVE

EDITORIAL OPINION - THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH Opinion (updated daily)

Ulster Unionist Party
Progressive Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland(placed here based on recent party policy direction)
Ulster Democratic Party
Ulster Democratic Unionist Party
Unionist Press Releases
Ulsternet
The Orange Standard
Orange Links
Orange Order Press Statements
The Ulster Cyber Community
European Institute of Protestant Studies - Rev I R K Paisley in Real Audio
The Falklands Society
The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland
The Loyal Orange Institution of the USA
The Parades Site
The Battle of the Boyne Pages
LVF page?

MILITARY/PARAMILITARY FORCES IN NORTHERN IRELAND

BRITISH FORCES

M.I.5 British Internal Security Organisation
M.I.5 - 2
M.I.6 British External Security Organisation
M.I.6 - 2
The Special Air Service (S.A.S. - British Special Forces)
14 Intelligence Company
The Force Research Unit
The Royal Irish Regiment(click on the A-Z of Regiments and then on R on the alphabetic list) (Previously known as the U.D.R. - Ulster Defence Regiment and prior to that the "B" Specials - Reserve Police Unit - paramilitary)
The British Army 1
The British Army 2
A Squaddie in South Armagh - A British Soldier's Diary
The Royal Ulster Constabulary (N.I. Police)

IRISH REPUBLICAN PARAMILITARIES

Provisional Irish Republican Army - ceasefire in operation (I.R.A.)
Background and current operational status of the I R A
Irish National Liberation Army - on ceasefire (I.N.L.A. - This is the page of the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the political wing of the I.N.L.A.)
The Continuity Irish Republican Army - no ceasefire (splinter group from I.R.A. - research continuing)

The "Real" IRA. Responsible for the recent slaughter in Omagh. The web site for this organisation has been removed from the net by Geocities.
The political wing of this group is the 32 County Sovereignty Committee(now Movement). Their page has also been removed by Geocities. I should think so too.

LOYALIST PARAMILITARIES

Red Hand Defenders Recently formed and responsible for at least one murder and a number of gun attacks
Orange Volunteers Recently formed and has claimed murder and attempted murders previously claimed by the Red Hand Defenders
Combined Loyalist Military Command - ceasefire in operation (C.L.M.C. This is an umbrella organisation comprising the U.V.F., the Red Hand Commandos, the U.D.A., and the U.F.F.) It has been confirmed that the C.L.M.C. has been disolved as at the 3rd week of October 1997, however the body has claimed that the current participant ceasefires will hold.
Ulster Volunteer Force - ceasefire in operation (U.V.F. - this is the page of the political wing of the U.V.F. The Progressive Unionist Party of Northern Ireland)
Red Hand Commandos - ceasefire in operation - also refer to U.V.F.
Ulster Defence Association - ceasefire in operation (This is the page of the political wing of the U.D.A. The Ulster Democratic Party - research continuing)
Ulster Freedom Fighters - ceasefire in operation (U.F.F. - also refer to U.D.A.)
Loyalist Volunteer Force - on ceasefire (L.V.F. - splinter group from U.V.F. - research continuing although this would appear from recent events to be the political wing of the organisation)

" PEACE PAGES"

Peace in Ireland
Peacenet - Ireland
Time for Peace petition
Web Page for Peace
The Cothrom Page

Email: kerry@iinet.net.au