IRISH REPUBLICAN NEWS

A VIEW TO A KILL

British soldiers watched as a pro-British death squad murdered a Catholic teenager in west Belfast, a report by the police’s Historical Enquiries Team (HET) has found.

Blair recounts Good Friday triumph

In his memoirs, ‘A Journey’, published yesterday, the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he took “horrendous” chances and stretched the truth “past breaking point” as he dealt with unionists and republicans deadlocked over talks to restore devolved powers.

Protests planned as ‘war criminal’ visits

A number of progressive and republican organisations are to hold a protest in Dublin this weekend as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair signs copies of his autobiography.

Major disruption follows city alerts

British Army bomb experts have carried out a controlled explosion this afternoon [Thursday] on Craigavon Bridge in Derry following what the PSNI police said was the discovery of a “suspicious object” by a pedestrian.

UUP seeks new leader as party dumps Empey, Tories

Two candidates are to contest the Ulster Unionist Party leadership election next month.

Ireland’s middle class in crisis

A new survey shows middle income families in the 26 Counties are struggling like never before with escalating unemployment coupled with serious mortgage repayment difficulties.

Royal Black thugs

A Catholic woman in her late 50s was punched and thrown to the ground by three marchers as she tried to cross a sectarian parade by the Royal Black Institution in Ballymena on Saturday.

Pressure grows to slay the Anglo monster

Tension is increasing within the Dublin coalition government over its continuing attempts to maintain the nationalised Anglo Irish Bank as a going concern.

Media piles blame on Claudy ‘fall guy’

A leading figure in the Catholic Church has blasted the establishment media for its failure to question the British line on the 1972 Claudy bomb attack.