The road back from national backsliding
An article based upon a message first preached in Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church by Rev Ivan Foster on Lord’s Day evening, 11th December 1983 and again in Markethill Free Presbyterian Church on Lord’s Day morning, 18th November, 2012
The protests and warnings surrounding the Enniskillen massacre
An introduction to the four sermons – “The Enniskillen bombing of 25 years ago”. At 10.45 am on Lord’s Day 8th November, 1987, an IRA bomb, planted in an empty building belonging to the Roman Catholic church, exploded without warning and killed 11 Protestants gathered to watch the Remembrance Day wreath-laying ceremony at the war memorial beside the East Bridge. One victim of the bombing, Mr Ronnie Hill, lay in a coma for 13 years before he died, the twelfth victim of a most wicked crime. Read more…
The shots that awaken sorrow.
Comment on the murder today of prison officer, Mr David Black. Read more…
The Remembrance Day Massacre in Enniskillen
The reprint of an article written by Rev. Ivan Foster, at the time minister of Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church, immediately following the IRA bombing in Enniskillen on 8th November 1987. Over 50,000 copies of this article were distributed at the time of the massacre. Read more…
Selected news stories
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Security sources fear emergence of new terrorist group
Suspected dissidents not ‘previously known’
Eirigi woman held after garda swoop on gun raid suspects
New work explores RAAD vigilante attacks – (Life in a republican ‘Free’ enclave!)
Real IRA thugs make death threats to woman reporter
Wife of murdered prison officer pleads: ‘Find David’s killers’
Sinn Fein’s All-Ireland dilemma over abortion laws
Footballer Anthony Stokes joins Real IRA supporters at party for slain terror chief
Highest-ever HIV diagnoses in gay men
Seven new HIV cases a month in NI
BBC inquiry into Jimmy Savile scandal ‘to stay secret’
Ballymena councillor David Tweed guilty of child abuse
Tweed guilty of 10 sex abuse charges
Sir Cyril Smith: Former MP sexually abused boys, police say
Britain should vote on leaving EU, Italian prime minister Mario Monti says
Resurgent leader wants to cement his legacy (by further abandoning of “outdated dogmas”)
Pipe bomb thrown at PSNI vehicle in west Belfast
Ronan Kerr murder: Arrest of man in Milton Keynes
Murphy may be a witness in Sinn Fein libel case
Omagh man arrested in England in Ronan Kerr murder probe
More Chaos in Dysfunctional Executive
Peter Robinson pledges to ‘facilitate Opposition’
Widespread police search in terror investigation
Ronan Kerr murder: Searches in Omagh and Cumbria
Robinson: DUP’s moral stance won’t stop growth – (Weasel words camouflage moral shift)
History made as Irish minister addresses DUP conference
Strategy to end division on way, says Robinson
Boundary shake-up ‘bad for unionism’
Committee passes vote to remove Union Flag
UKIP couple have foster children removed from their care because of the party they belonged to
UKIP fury over foster children move
Council defends taking foster children away from UKIP members
Pressure on C of E grows over women bishops
Pressure piles on church to vote again on female bishops
PM faces big revolt on gay marriage
£150K payout is ‘the cost of Sinn Fein bigotry’
Playground named after IRA gunman Raymond McCreesh
Ann Travers: Time to tell all about my sister’s murder
Jesus Christ ‘should be downplayed in school’
Gay marriage could be approved within weeks thanks to David Cameron and Nick Clegg
PM Cameron warns priests of turbulence after church votes no to female bishops
Ann Travers: Flashbacks of sister’s murder after McArdle appointment
Murder victim’s sister was ‘terrified’ facing Sinn Fein MLAs
Ruane should condemn Mary’s murder
First women bishops in Church of Ireland ‘cannot be far off’
Sinn Fein’s Caitriona Ruane challenged over Opposition remarks
Leaders to launch spin offensive after ‘poor press’ coverage
Jesus Christ ‘should be downplayed in school’
Gay marriage could be approved within weeks thanks to David Cameron and Nick Clegg
PM Cameron warns priests of turbulence after church votes no to female bishops
Ann Travers: Flashbacks of sister’s murder after McArdle appointment
Murder victim’s sister was ‘terrified’ facing Sinn Fein MLAs
Ruane should condemn Mary’s murder
First women bishops in Church of Ireland ‘cannot be far off’
Sinn Fein’s Caitriona Ruane challenged over Opposition remarks
Leaders to launch spin offensive after ‘poor press’ coverageJim Wells avoids ban over Sinn Fein murderer claims
Row shines light on Stormont corridors
UUP’s John McCallister in bid to force legal Opposition at Stormont
Parties consider electoral pact
Stalemate the best we can hope for
Church of England warned over women bishops
Pakistan drops blasphemy case against Christian girl
Irish Government Minister to address a DUP conference.
Jim Allister: UUP and SDLP just doormats
Allister claims Northern Executive an ‘anti-democratic, dismal failure’
IRA slept in SDLP supporters’ houses in city: claim
Sandy Row boxers ‘put out of sport’
Unionists more pro-life than nationalists: campaigner
Church of England to vote on women bishops
Top female cleric urges backing for ‘imperfect’ women bishops deal
Prisoners to get the vote regardless, Government human rights adviser says
Stormont without opposition is absurd – Allister
Jim Allister’s rare praise for DUP
Willie Frazer steps down from victims’ group Fair
‘No place in TUV for terror-linked figures’
Judge irked by lawyer for Sinn Fein in libel case
Sinn Fein’s O’Dowd demand over IRA inquest
All eyes on ‘game-changer’ Welby as Church faces final showdown on women bishops
Plymouth Brethren takes charitable status case to tribunal
How two outbursts in corridors of Stormont snowballed in a full-scale Assembly row
Jim Wells must not be censured
Sinn Fein must accept that IRA “war” was unjustified
IRA victims’ fury as top SDLP man rejects Libyan compensation claims
David Tweed suspended from TUV while on sex charges trial
Allister attempts to widen Historical Abuse Bill to include Clerical Abuse
Free Education for Pupils and Students from the Republic Costs You Over £13 Million a Year
Sinn Fein MP reveals struggle with depression (She is a staunch supporter of the IRA’s terror campaign!!)
DUP’s Jim Wells faces expulsion over McArdle row
Sinn Fein mayor slams attacks on Apprentice Boys halls
DUP and Sinn Fein ministers clash over public spending review
Mayor signs David Black book of condolence after first opposing it
Council parties clash over Union flag leaflets
Alliance Party ‘disgusted’ at DUP/UUP flag policy leaflet
Chilling warning from Terry Spence of the Police Federation on dissident threat
Gangland boss on run in Spain after Ryan murder
Libya unlikely to pay compensation to victims of IRA
Stormont to vote on whether to exclude DUP’s Jim Wells
Ballymena Councillor David Tweed on trial for child abuse
Sandy Row Boxing Club not eligible for funding says Sinn Fein’s Ní Chuilín
Woman dies after abortion refused in ‘Catholic country’
Questions Marie Stopes Clinic does not want to answer
David Black: ‘new IRA’ group claims it murdered prison officer
‘IRA’ group admit responsibility for murder of prison officer David Black
(Roman Catholic) Fans criticised after boos break Remembrance silence
‘Booby trap’ bomb found near city school – UTV Live News
US Presidential election shows why Tories must back gay marriage or lose power, George Osborne warns
In a symbolic move, Irish leader Enda Kenny remembers war dead at Enniskillen service
Willie Frazer confirms he will stand for Mid Ulster seat
PSNI downplay suggestion of a fresh investigation into 1987 Enniskillen bomb
Half of British voters ‘would chose to leave the EU in referendum’
Sinn Fein arrest protest staggering, says Fianna Fail leader
Parades Commission places no restrictions on republican march – “double standards”!
Enniskillen bomb survivor hopes for justice
How accounting in five Stormont departments is just not adding up
Former postman slams ‘hypocrisy’
Fiery clashes as MLAs debate Brush motion
David Black’s family decline McGuinness funeral offer
David Black funeral: Killers ‘bloodthirsty criminals’
Jim Allister’s Assembly speech on murder of prison officer
TUV slams protests over IRA court case
Robert McCartney murder: Padraic Wilson granted bail
SDLP votes in support of Brush after voting for his would-be killer!
Banbridge Council passes motion condemning Curran’s remarks
Anger at nationalist support for dissidents
Dissidents issue threats at weekend rallies
M1 ambush: Just a matter of time before another attack, warders warn
Adams’ weak rebuke buoys Provo fairy tale
Police to examine new Enniskillen bombing report
Prison officer murder: two suspects freed by police (Surprise, surprise!!)
Duffy and other Lurgan man freed in Black murder probe
ANALYSIS: Targeting of an Orangeman
Sinn Fein Support for Terror as Clear as Ever
New BBC row over Newsnight ‘paedophile’ politician probe
Senior political figure threatens to sue BBC over paedophile claims
Attack on prison officer was well-planned, says expert
David Black murder – Irish police make arrest over prison officer attack
Being an Irish republican means never having to say you’re sorry
Senior Sinn Fein member faces IRA terror charges
Church of England rift over women bishops ‘may last years’
David Black murder – two arrests over prison officer attack
Dissident republican Duffy arrested over M1 murder
Republican Colin Duffy arrested in hunt for M1 ambush killers of prison officer David Black
David Black murder: ‘Son drove past scene of killing’
Northern Ireland prison officer ambush prompts fears of sectarian shooting war
Officer’s widow wants ‘no retaliation’
Dublin link to the savage murder of prison officer
Robert McCartney murder: Leading republican faces charges
Sinn Fein man held over Robert McCartney murder
Veteran prison officer shot dead
Terror ambush victim David Black was nearing retirement from prison service
Shot prison officer named as David Black from Cookstown
Murder of Prison Officer – comment by TUV leader, Jim Allister MLA
Association of Catholic Priests saddened by bishops’ ‘snub’