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22/07/2006 - 14:10:08

Sinn Féin’s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness has said the issue of policing in the North can only be solved if the DUP agree to power-sharing by the November 24 deadline.

Mr McGuinness made the comments during last night’s closing debate at the MacGill Summer School in Co Donegal.

Other contributors included Alasdair McDonnell of the SDLP, Gregory Cambell of the DUP and UUP’s Tom Eliott.

Martin McGuinness said that if the DUP are prepared to share power, efforts can be made to address their concerns over republican attitudes towards policing:

However, Gregory Cambell of the DUP claimed that Sinn Féin’s current position is intolerable and that the republicans need to fully accept the North’s police force before any progress can be made.

BBC

A pipe bomb has been defused by the Army in south Belfast.

The “viable device” was discovered along with a quantity of ammunition in an alleyway off Knockbreda Park.

A police spokeswoman said: “In a follow-up search, one man was arrested and is currently assisting police with their inquiries.”

The pipe bomb was found at about 2145 BST on Friday. The PSNI has appealed to anyone with information or who noticed anything suspicious to contact police.

RTÉ

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BN.ie

21/07/2006 - 18:22:35

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgment in the trial of three men accused of memebrship of an illegal organisation.

The trial originally started last October but was adjourned pending a Supreme Court decision on an issue in membership cases which was given earlier this year. The trial resumed this week.

Adrian Kirwan (aged 25), a native of Ballymun in Dublin and Colum Wiggins (aged 24), of Co Donegal each pleaded not guilty to membership of an illegal organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the IRA on December 5, 2004.

Sean Connolly (aged 26), of Dublin denied membership of an illegal organisation on December 14, 2004.

The trial was told last year that members of the Special Detective Unit who pulled over a car at gunpoint found an electronic timing device in the boot. Kirwan and Wiggins who were in the car were arrested and Connolly was arrested later.

Two Chief Superintendents gave evidence that they believed the three men were members of an illegal organisation on the date in question.

BN.ie

21/07/2006 - 20:13:52

The suspect, aged 41, was arrested during searches in Coalisland, Co Tyrone.

A man will appear in court tomorrow on terrorism charges after police in the North seized nearly £70,000 (€102,500) in cash.

The suspect, aged 41, was arrested during searches in Coalisland, Co Tyrone.

As well as recovering a small number of guns in the raids on Thursday, Organised Crime Branch detectives allegedly discovered around £68,000 (€99,584).

After he was questioned at a holding centre in Antrim the man arrested was charged with possession of money or property for the purposes of terrorism and concealing criminal property under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

He will appear at a special sitting of Dungannon Court tomorrow morning.

Police said the money seized has also been the subject of a detention application in Court under the same Act.

A spokeswoman confirmed they would be holding it whilst further enquiries are carried out.

BBC

Several families have been evacuated from their homes in west Belfast while army bomb experts dealt with a suspect device.

The object, which was found at Springbank Close in Poleglass, was taken away for examination.

Police later said that although it did not contain explosives, it was still a “viable device”.

The PSNI in the area liaised with local representatives after petrol bombs and stones were thrown at officers.

Public transport was diverted away from the area while the disturbances continued.