The British government once again stands accused of reneging on its commitments after it insisted on a legal definition of a victim which would exclude thousands of nationalists and republicans.
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‘Hierarchy of victims’ may be used for payment scheme
The British government once again stands accused of reneging on its commitments after it insisted on a legal definition of a victim which would exclude thousands of nationalists and republicans.
Published June 5, 2020
On the day it emerged that the most senior British military figure linked to the killing has died, an Irish court has served to maintain an official cover-up of the murder of Louth man Seamus Ludlow.
Published May 29, 2020
The Continuity IRA, which says it has been recruiting and regrouping in the Fermanagh area, has released pictures of one of its armed patrols along a border road. It has claimed the organisation “can operate at any time day or night in south Fermanagh”.
Published May 22, 2020
Every person born in the north of Ireland is currently regarded as a European Union citizen for immigration purposes after the British government backed down in the face of a marathon campaign by a Derry woman and her US-born partner.
Published May 15, 2020
Escapee’s conviction declared miscarriage of justice
The conviction of one of those who escaped Long Kesh in 1983 and who settled in the USA, Kevin Barry Artt, has been quashed two decades after the British government ended its efforts to extradite him.
Published May 8, 2020
Divided we fall as lockdowns clash at Border
The Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has spoken out about the danger of having two jurisdictions in Ireland in the current health crisis, saying it is wrong to have an all-island approach to animal care, but not human healthcare.
Published May 1, 2020
Colombia three get amnesty, 19 years on
Three Irish republicans once accused of training rebels in Colombia’s civil war
have been granted an amnesty nearly two decades after they were
arrested.
Published April 24, 2020
‘New IRA’ vows to continue struggle
In an Easter statement, the New IRA has said it remains committed to
bringing the British government’s undemocratic rule in occupied Ireland
to an end. It dismissed the idea of a border poll in the aftermath of Brexit, and
warned the British establishment listens only to “physical force”.
Published April 17, 2020
Jackboots follow public health failure
Police in the 26 Counties have been given unprecedented powers as state
efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus are being displaced by an
authoritarian crackdown set to last well into the summer.
Published April 10, 2020
Demand for island strategy as virus deaths mount
The North’s political leaders must depart from the British government’s coronavirus strategy and urgently harmonise with the South, a leading medical professor has said.
Published April 3, 2020
Anger as vital equipment runs short
Government politicians who paid tribute to healthcare workers this week have been accused of hypocrisy over their failure to supply enough equipment to protect the workers or to take care of the ill.
Published March 27, 2020
Tories back away from ‘herd cull’ plan
Amid warnings that health care systems in Britain and the north of Ireland were facing a potentially catastrophic meltdown, both Tories and unionists in Ireland have ended their hands-off approach to the coronavirus health crisis.
Published March 20, 2020
Ireland divided along border by virus response
Efforts to contain the spread of Coronavirus have become dangerously split across the island of Ireland after a division emerged between governments in Dublin and London on how quickly the virus should be allowed to spread.
Published March 13, 2020
State report confirms East Tyrone collusion
Concern within the British Crown Forces over MI5’s involvement in a
killing campaign has emerged in a report released to families of the
victims of the Cappagh killings. It is the first time a state report
has confirmed collusion, according to a lawyer for the families.
Published March 6, 2020
A State in limbo as political elite panic
Efforts by the establishment in Dublin to demonise Sinn Féin have
reached unprecedented levels in the aftermath of their performance in
the 26 County general election, with politicians going so far as to
compare a series of Sinn Féin public meetings to the Nuremburg rallies
of Nazi Germany.
Published February 28, 2020
Smears fly as reaction carnival continues
Efforts by the right in Ireland to counter and undermine Sinn Féin’s
advance in the recent 26 County general election have reached
extraordinary levels of desperation following an intervention by the
Garda police Commissioner, Drew Harris.
Published February 21, 2020
Establishment circles the wagon
A sense of crisis has gripped the Irish ruling classes after Sinn Féin nearly tripled its vote in last weekend’s election to Leinster House and took the first steps in the formation of a new government in Dublin.
Published February 14, 2020
Sinn Féin at the threshold of Cabinet power
With Sinn Fein topping opinion polls in the 26 Counties for the first
time, an ambush of party leader Mary Lou McDonald by state broadcaster
RTE over a comment by a party colleague 13 years ago has jeopardised
what is still widely expected to be a good election for the party.
Published February 7, 2020
Published January 31, 2020
British Army was behind Miami Showband massacre
Shocking new documents have disclosed that British Army intelligence officer Robert Nairac was responsible for the planning and execution of the Miami Showband Massacre, in which three innocent band-members were killed.
Published January 24, 2020
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