More than 1,000 files on the Guildford Four, Maguire Seven and
Birmingham Six, notorious miscarriage of justice cases involving
innocent Irish civilians living in England, are to remain secret almost
a century longer than they were supposed.
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A century of cover-up for miscarriages of justice
More than 1,000 files on the Guildford Four, Maguire Seven and
Birmingham Six, notorious miscarriage of justice cases involving
innocent Irish civilians living in England, are to remain secret almost
a century longer than they were supposed.
Published January 3, 2020
The DUP have come under pressure to relinquish their veto over political
change at Stormont following round-table talks over the future of the
Belfast Assembly this week. Both the London and Dublin governments
accused the party of blocking a pre-Christmas deal on restoring the
North’s suspended political institutions.
Published December 21, 2019
The north of Ireland has voted for more nationalists than unionists in a
Westminster parliamentary election for the first time after two hardline
unionists were voted out.
Published December 14, 2019
The north of Ireland appears set for an extended period of unionist
protest after an event took place on Friday night at the Ulster Hall,
the latest in a series of meetings organised by loyalists which have
echoed with the word ‘betrayal’.
Published December 7, 2019
Republicans come together for unity
Thousands of people took to the streets of County Donegal and County
Tyrone last weekend to demand a united Ireland.
Published November 30, 2019
Sinister UDA figures behind hate banners
Unionist banners have been erected by the UDA targeting the family of
Pat Finucane, the Belfast defence lawyer who in 1989 was assassinated by
a UDA paramilitary death squad in collusion with British military
intelligence.
Published November 23, 2019
Sinn Féin has accused the DUP of forming electoral alliances with active
paramilitaries and demonising republicans and nationalists in an attempt
to provide itself with cover.
Published November 16, 2019
UDA threat alters election contest
A decision by the Ulster Unionist Party to stand aside in North Belfast
following loyalist threats of violence has been condemned, despite the
insistence of the party’s new leader Steve Aiken that the move was not
connected to the threats.
Published November 9, 2019
UDA’s election coercion for DUP
Loyalist paramilitaries have issued threats against the Ulster Unionist
Party (UUP) in a bid to force it to withdraw from the Westminster
election in north Belfast against Nigel Dodds, the Deputy leader of the
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Published November 2, 2019
The leaders of a number of loyalist paramilitary factions have held
talks to discuss how to force the British government into a u-turn over
a draft Brexit deal agreed this month between British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson and the European Union.
Published October 26, 2019
Nationalists told they are British, not Irish
The British government has been accused of deliberately failing to
implement the provisions of Good Friday Agreement in its domestic law
following an appeals court ruling which found that an Irish woman from
County Derry is legally British and not Irish.
Published October 18, 2019
The British government and the European Union are being urged to seize
the moment to prepare for peaceful Irish unification after Brexit
negotiators shied away from a disastrous agenda to reinforce partition.
Published October 12, 2019
Preparations are underway for a crash Brexit after British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson revealed a barely believable set of proposals for the
border through Ireland which appeared designed to be instantly rejected
by Dublin and the European Union.
Published October 5, 2019
Chaos deepens as Fascist Tories incite Brexit violence
Warlike rhetoric and subtle threats of violence against MPs by British
Prime Minister Boris Johnson drew a furious response and threatened to
overwhelm the return of Westminster this week.
Published September 28, 2019
First hearing in Bloody Sunday trial
After almost 48 years, the case of a British soldier accused of murder
during the Bloody Sunday massacre, the first and only prosecution for
the 1972 killing spree, finally began at Derry’s courthouse on
Wednesday. However, proceedings were adjourned until December.
Published September 21, 2019
There were extraordinary scenes in the London parliament this week as
opposition MPs staged an angry protest against the suspension of
Westminster and accused the British Prime Minister of lying to the
English queen in order to secure the Crown’s authority for the shutdown.
Published September 14, 2019
The chief of the PSNI police is under pressure to resign after proposing
one of the most inhumane public control strategies of any Crown Force
leader in the past 50 years, the removal and detention of innocent
nationalist children.
Published September 7, 2019
Tories dispense with democracy
The far-right Brexit ‘war cabinet’ under unelected Prime
Minister Boris Johnson has edged closer to outright fascism after it
secured a royal order to shut down the Westminster parliament in London
for over a month.
Published August 30, 2019
Border bomb is Brexit statement
A bomb which exploded less than a mile from the border on Monday has
delivered an IRA message about Britain’s plans to reinforce partition as
a result of Brexit. The blast was heard on both sides of the border.
Published August 23, 2019
There have been calls for sectarian parades to be banned from Derry
after an inflammatory display by a loyalist flute band led to three
nights of serious disorder this week.
Published August 17, 2019
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