US Congressmen could once again be called on to act in support of peace
in Ireland after the British government openly reneged on a deal to
prevent a hard border after Brexit.
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Help sought from America as Tories bin peace deal
US Congressmen could once again be called on to act in support of peace
in Ireland after the British government openly reneged on a deal to
prevent a hard border after Brexit.
Published February 2, 2019
A spectacular bomb attack at Derry courthouse last weekend followed by a
series of hoaxes appears designed to deliver a message about the
continuing ability of the ‘new IRA’ to carry on its armed campaign.
Published January 26, 2019
British military reinforcements for Brexit
Plans are in train to send British Army Reservists to the north of
Ireland to deal with the consequences of a crash Brexit at the end of
March.
Published January 19, 2019
Judge ‘protects his paymasters’
A coroner has somehow found no evidence of collusion in the notorious
murder of a nationalist pensioner who was shot dead by loyalists as her
home was being actively surveilled by the British Army.
Published January 12, 2019
MI5 ‘tampered with Enniskillen bomb’ - STATE PAPERS
British intelligence knew in advance about the Enniskillen bombing of
1987 and altered the timing to kill civilians and create a “massive
backlash” against the IRA, according to an anonymous letter by an MI5
agent, written 30 years ago and declassified this week in Dublin.
Published January 5, 2019
A country farmhouse in County Roscommon became a battle zone last week
after a brutal and illegal eviction of a farming family by hired
loyalist mercenaries was dramatically overturned by a “flying column”
of anti-eviction activists. The perpetrators were beaten or put to
flight, and their vehicles torched.
Published December 22, 2018
‘The Irish should know their place’
Some British politicians have grown resentful of Ireland’s influence
throughout Brexit talks, says the BBC, as fears mount that a deal that will
prevent a remilitarisation of the border will not be agreed in time.
Published December 15, 2018
Fury as top Tory warns: ‘We can starve the Irish’
Anglo-Irish relations are at their worst in decades after a senior
British Tory MP suggested using the possibility of food shortages in
Ireland to coerce negotiators into dropping their opposition to the
remilitarisation of the border area after Brexit.
Published December 8, 2018
Emotions run high as new group holds meetings
A debate on abortion legislation in the Dublin parliament has seen a
bitter attack by Sinn Fein TDs against former comrades as a potentially
damaging split in the party continues to grow.
Published December 1, 2018
The Border ‘will be maintained by the gun’
Amid a hostile reaction by unionist politicians to a draft Brexit deal,
one TUV politician has warned that the border through Ireland will be
“maintained by the gun”.
Published November 24, 2018
DUP MPs told to ‘get over yourselves’
The DUP leadership is completely at odds with civic unionism after a
draft Brexit deal won praise across the north of Ireland, particularly
from farmers and business interests who see significant advantages in
proposed arrangements to facilitate trade with both Britain and the EU.
Published November 17, 2018
Save ‘Our Precious Union’ from Brexit - DUP
The paradox of the unstoppable force of Brexit and the DUP’s immovable
intransigence may be resolved within days amid reports of a looming
showdown between the British Prime Minister and the DUP.
Published November 10, 2018
British government ministers are treating the north of Ireland as a
colonial outpost which must be visited, however briefly, in order to
maintain the validity of their jurisdiction.
Published November 3, 2018
Higgins re-elected as President
Michael D Higgins will serve another seven year term as President of
Ireland as tallies and early results in Friday’s Presidential election
bore out the results of two exit polls which last night indicated he is
set to be elected on the first count.
Published October 27, 2018
Brexit tensions ratchet higher
Concerns are growing that a failure to negotiate a solution to the
issue of the border after Brexit could spark a return of serious
violence in the north of Ireland.
Published October 20, 2018
Over 120,000 people joined a march for Scottish independence through
Edinburgh last Saturday in the largest ever march about the issue.
Published October 13, 2018
DUP leader Arlene Foster has described her party’s opposition to a deal
in Brexit negotiations that would result in new checks on goods moving
across the Irish Sea as a “red line” that is “blood red”.
Published October 6, 2018
No compensation for Bloody Sunday
A damages payment to a survivor of the British Army’s Bloody Sunday
massacre is being seen as a step towards the goal of achieving real
justice for the victims, rather than compensation.
Published September 29, 2018
An aggressive and staunchly unionist speech has increased fears that
British Prime Minister Theresa May is prepared to ignore warnings and
crash Britain out of the European Union early next year.
Published September 22, 2018
Over a thousand people marched in Dublin on Wednesday after the new
Garda Commissioner colluded with hired thugs in an attempt to suppress
opposition to the government’s housing policy.
Published September 15, 2018
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