Hand-to-hand fighting briefly broke out in the nationalist Short Strand
enclave on Friday night on the eve of a commemoration in the area of the
Battle of St Matthew’s.
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June 28, 2010
Clashes as key battle recalled
Hand-to-hand fighting briefly broke out in the nationalist Short Strand
enclave on Friday night on the eve of a commemoration in the area of the
Battle of St Matthew’s.
RUC compo case ‘could name’ informers
Former members of the RUC police seeking compensation payments are
threatening to publicly name killers who acted as informers.
eirigi protests at normalisation effort
Republicans protested in Belfast city centre on Saturday at the
celebration of [British] Armed Forces Day in the north.
Sunday families thank campaigners
The Bloody Sunday families and the surviving wounded who were shot by
the British Parachute Regiment on January 30th, 1972, have issued a
statement thanking their supporters and well-wishers.
New Belfast extradition bid
A third Basque man, arrested in Belfast city centre on Thursday night by
the PSNI, is being held on foot of a Spanish extradition bid.
Seando Moore
The death occurred in Belfast recently of well-known republican activist
and ex-PoW Seando Moore.
The battle of St Matthew’s
The geographical and symbolic position of St Matthew’s Church, facing on
to the staunchly loyalist Newtownards Road, played a major factor in the
events which were to unfold in June 1970.
Bloody Sunday’s architects
The Saville
report has underscored the difficulty of “truth and reconciliation”
inquiries.
June 24, 2010
‘Normal’ visit by Queen planned
The Dublin and London governments have formally begun the process of
arranging a state visit to the 26 Counties by the ‘Queen of England’
Elizabeth Windsor, it was announced yesterday.
Mourner jailed over friend’s funeral
The son of a murdered Sinn Fein activist has become the first person in
almost 30 years to be charged in connection with a republican funeral.
Loyalist rampage in Belfast
Loyalists have carried out a series of racist and sectarian attacks in
south Belfast.
Obama praises Cameron statement
US President Barack Obama has told British prime minister David Cameron
that his Bloody Sunday apology was “historic” and would contribute to
reconciliation in the north.
Union implicated in new slush fund scandal
A total of 31 overseas trips were funded from a controversial
multi-million euro “training fund” which was shared by trade union
officials and public servants.
Fine Gael ‘silly’ on the North - Adams
Gerry Adams told Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny at Stormont yesterday that
Fine Gael was not trusted on the “national question” after the Fine Gael
leader said he would not enter into a coalition government with Sinn
Fein.
New republic not possible without a united island
Both North and South have failed miserably as separate entities. The
best way forward is to avoid the wastes and inequalities of partition,
writes Gerry Adams.
Saville missed the failures of leadership
The Bloody Sunday operation emerged at the intersection between the
political and the military, in a grey space which left plenty of room
for manoeuvre by individuals.
June 21, 2010
Dirty protest at Maghaberry
Protesting republican prisoners in Maghaberry jail in County Antrim have
begun a dirty protest after prison authorities refused to implement an
agreement made with the prisoners to address their concerns at the
conditions.
Bloody Sunday prosecutions pursued
Lawyers representing some of the Blood Sunday victims’ families are to
meet the Public Prosecution Service about prosecuting the soldiers
responsible.
Child attacked by loyalists
A thirteen-year-old girl was knocked out and lost her front teeth when a
brick was thrown by loyalists over a west Belfast ‘peaceline’.
Orangemen escalate Drumcree standoff
Nationalist politicians have accused the Orange Order of holding the
community to ransom over fears that it will attempt to stage an illegal
Drumcree march.
Bomb left at Tyrone PSNI station
No group has claimed responsibility for a 300 pound bomb which failed to
detonate outside the PSNI base in the border village of Aughnacloy,
County Tyrone.
Armagh man cleared as MI5 plot falters
A county Armagh man has been cleared after a judge ruled that he had
been entrapped by an MI5 attempt to snare him and a friend in an arms
smuggling plot.
Does the inquiry hide darker aspects of Bloody Sunday?
It would be a mistake to see Saville's report as supplying the
definitive answers to what happened on January 30, 1972 in Derry.
Not a bad day for the British army
Derry is still dizzy from the eruption of joy which greeted the Saville
report’s recognition on Tuesday that all of the Bloody Sunday wounded
and dead were unarmed civilians gunned down by British paratroopers for
no good or legitimate reason.
June 17, 2010
The truth breaks free
Suppressed for 38 years by the mendacity of the British Army and its
soldiers, the facts of the bloody massacre of innocent Irish
nationalists in Derry in January, 1972 have been affirmed by a British
tribunal of inquiry and publicly accepted by a British Prime Minister.
Now for justice
The prosecution of the Bloody Sunday soldiers is being sought by at
least some of those whose loved ones were shot dead and then smeared by
their killers.
Cameron praised for accepting findings
Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness complimented the
Conservative British Prime Minister David Cameron on a “generous”
statement in which he apologised for the Bloody Sunday killings.
Kenny holds on as Bruton coup defeated
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has retained the leadership of his party,
fending off a disastrous power grab by the party’s former Finance
spokesperson, Richard Bruton.
Calls for entrapment trial to be thrown out
The prosecution case against two Armagh men facing charges arising out
of a sting operation by MI5 (British military intelligence) should be
thrown out, their lawyers have argued.
Local council reform plans collapse
A shakeup of the north’s local councils has collapsed after the
Six-County executive failed to reach agreement .
How Saville reported the killings
How the Saville and Widgery reports differed in their
findings for each of the Bloody Sunday victims.
Saville’s truth brings hope
A thumbs-up sign, shortly after 3.30pm, squeezed through the narrowest
of gaps in an upstairs window in Derry’s Guildhall, was the first
indication in almost 40 years that something of huge significance was
happening for the relatives of those murdered on Bloody Sunday.
June 15, 2010
Bloody Sunday Inquiry report welcomed
The victims of Bloody Sunday were innocent and their names have been
cleared, a relative said today.
Saville Inquiry exonerates Bloody Sunday victims
The Saville inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings found the actions of
British soldiers was “both unjustified and unjustifiable”, British prime
minister David Cameron said today
Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
The first five chapters included in Volume One of the
report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, published this afternoon, which
outline the events of the day, addresses the question of responsibility
for the killings, and provide an overall assessment.
Families receive Bloody Sunday report
Relatives of the victims of the Bloody Sunday massacre have entered the
Guildhall in Derry after retracing the route taken by civil rights
marchers in 1972, and have begun examining the findings of the Saville
inquiry.
June 14, 2010
Anger at Sunday spin
The people of Derry and campaigners for the victims of Bloody Sunday
across the world are eagerly awaiting the findings of the Saville
Inquiry this Tuesday afternoon.
Fine Gael in turmoil
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has sacked Richard Bruton as the party’s
finance spokesman and deputy leader as speculation mounts of a looming
leadership challenge.
UVF still armed - PUP
The political representatives of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) have
dismissed pressure for the group to fully decommission its weapons as
they appointed a new leader last week.
Tour of the North rerouted from Ardoyne
Sinn Fein has welcomed a decision by the Parades Commission to ban
marchers heading to the highly controversial ‘Tour of the North’ march
from the Ardoyne interface in north Belfast.
Legal challenges to Maghaberry regime
A prisoner at Maghaberry jail has received High Court permission to
challenge prison authorities over stripsearching policies.
Trimble to take part in flotilla raid inquiry
The Israeli announcement that former Ulster Unionist leader David
Trimble will take part in an internal investigation into its murderous
assault on a convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships has been greeted with
disbelief in Ireland.
Bloody Sunday - A personal reflection
The British public has the right to know what has been done
in their name and the fact that ordinary working class families, as well
as all those wounded on the day, were left to carry the burden of
injustice for almost 40 years.
A 38-year wait for the truth
On Tuesday, the Bloody Sunday Inquiry will publish its 5,000-page report
into the mass killing of protesters in 1972, an event that was unique
among Troubles atrocities and that changed the North profoundly.
June 11, 2010
Fianna fraud
The 26-County Taoiseach Brian Cowen is facing a motion of no confidence in
the Dublin parliament after his government was harshly criticised by two
preliminary reports into the banking crisis and linked to an attempt to
falsify the financial position of Anglo Irish Bank.
Israeli crimes continue
Israel targeted an Irish aid ship heading for Gaza last week despite
continuing outrage over the bloody assault on the main humanitarian
relief flotilla, which left nine aid workers dead and stunned
international public opinion.
RSF leadership denies Continuity IRA ‘coup’
The leadership of Republican Sinn Fein (RSF) admitted this week that a
recent convention of local leaders of the Continuity IRA has sought to
form a breakaway republican armed group. It described the meeting as
“unauthorised”.
Govt condemned as ‘desecration’ motorway opens
The opening on Saturday of the M3 motorway past Tara, the ancient
capital of Ireland, was a day that heritage campaigners had hoped would
never come.
Stormont AG blocked soldier’s prosecution
A 41-year-old Derry man shot dead by the British army in 1971 was an
innocent victim and was not carrying a rifle, as claimed by the soldier
who killed him, the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) has found.
SF and former councillor in slanging match
A major row has erupted between Sinn Fein and former party councillor
Dessie Ward following his resignation from the party.
Bloody Sunday - A long walk to justice
They have fought so hard for so long, but in just a few days’ time, the
families of those killed and injured on Bloody Sunday will gather in
Derry’s Guildhall to see whether they’ve finally been given justice.
Freedom flotilla
The Flotilla was an heroic effort to highlight the imprisonment of one
and a half million people by the Israeli state and the humanitarian
crisis that the siege has created.
June 4, 2010
UVF threats multiply
PUP leader Dawn Purvis has resigned after a campaign of intimidation by
the unionist paramilitary UVF has seen it issue death threats against
its critics and a message of terror against the people of the Shankill
Road.
Rachel Corrie to attempt aid delivery
The Irish aid cargo ship, the Rachel Corrie, is poised to make a fresh
attempt to reach Israeli-blockaded Gaza despite Monday’s deadly attack
by commandoes against the humanitarian mission, in which at least nine
activists died
MI5, Special Branch orchestrating arrests - Murphy
Colm Murphy, whose conviction in regard to the 1998 Omagh bomb was
overturned and who was subsequently cleared of criminal charges, has
accused an alleged British agent of attempting to frame both himself and
his son.
Injustice on the Irish language
Senior judges in the North have rejected a legal bid to over turn a
penal law ban on the use of Irish language in court proceedings.
Expenses scandal hits Fianna Fail
Senator Ivor Callely is set to be expelled from the Fianna Fail
parliamentary party after a formal investigation was opened into his
expense claims.
Spanish extradition bids fade
The High Court in Belfast has no power to revoke bail granted to a
Basque man whose extradition is being sought by the Spanish authorities,
judges ruled yesterday.
Did Israel deliberately kill civilians?
There is clear evidence present that the State of Israeli may have
deliberately and with forethought intended to provoke a conflict in
order to assassinate civilians sailing aboard the Freedom Flotilla, and
therefore violently discourage any further attempts to deliver
humanitarian aid to the Palestinians of besieged Gaza.
Double standards and simple solutions
Has any politician - unionist, nationalist or republican
- stood up and said UVF decommissioning was clearly a fraud?
