A new ‘Border Force’ recruitment drive is being seen as the latest sign
that the British government is planning to impose a hard border across
Ireland after Brexit, and the manner of its implementation is in line
with the extreme right-wing policies of the British government’s Home
Office.
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Britain launches ‘Border Force’
A new ‘Border Force’ recruitment drive is being seen as the latest sign
that the British government is planning to impose a hard border across
Ireland after Brexit, and the manner of its implementation is in line
with the extreme right-wing policies of the British government’s Home
Office.
Published April 21, 2018
The headquarters of the Irish Republican Socialist Party were raided by
the PSNI police on Friday in the latest show of strength by the Crown
forces against republicans in Belfast and Derry.
Published April 14, 2018
PSNI oppression fails to halt Rising commemorations
A 76-year-old woman injured during a Crown Force operation to disrupt an
Easter 1916 commemoration in Lurgan has come to symbolise the defiance
of republicans against a new effort to disrupt republican Easter parade
colour parties.
Published April 7, 2018
Easter commemoration attacked by PSNI
The PSNI have this afternoon attacked an Easter commemoration in Lurgan,
County Armagh, injuring a woman and dramatically raising tensions ahead
of a weekend of commemorative events.
Published March 31, 2018
Hand over inquest funds, court orders
In an emphatic ruling, a High Court judge has issued a “mandatory order”
to civil servants in Belfast and London to provide long-denied funds for
legacy inquests in the North of Ireland.
Published March 24, 2018
Taoiseach plays the gombeen for Trump
The 26 County Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is facing calls to resign after he
bragged about how he subverted the state’s planning process on behalf of
Donald Trump’s business interests during the traditional St Patrick’s
Day lunch in Washington DC.
Published March 17, 2018
Sinn Fein has warned that the DUP has “checked out” of any attempt to
restore the powersharing institutions in Belfast as the Tory government
in London introduced an effective Direct Rule budget for the North of
Ireland.
Published March 10, 2018
‘Action needed’ from British as DUP dump process
Details of a draft talks agreement on the restoration of powersharing
between Sinn Fein and the DUP have exposed the opposition of powerful
unionist hardliners to even the most moderate accommodation with
nationalism.
Published February 24, 2018
There is mounting concern that unionists in the north of Ireland are
incapable of treating nationalists with respect after the DUP suddenly
backed away from a deal which would have legislated for the rights for
Irish language speakers.
Published February 17, 2018
As he hands over the reins to Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein
president Gerry Adams has been giving interviews and facing a welter of
last-minute criticism from his political opponents.
Published February 10, 2018
Haggarty to go free in brazen cover-up
There was widespread shock this week after it was confirmed that
loyalist Special Branch double agent Gary Haggarty could be freed
within weeks despite pleading guilty to five murders, five attempted
murders and hundreds of other crimes.
Published February 3, 2018
Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH) have confirmed no immediate plans to
decommission their weapons following the breakaway IRA group’s
announcement that it is to “suspend all armed actions against the
British State”.
Published January 27, 2018
McDonald confirmed as next leader of Sinn Fein
Mary Lou McDonald will succeed Gerry Adams as Sinn Fein leader, the
party has confirmed, and will formally ascend to the leadership at a
special Ard Fheis [conference] next month.
Published January 20, 2018
Tributes have been paid to Rosaleen Sands, the mother of hunger striker
and MP Bobby Sands, who passed away on Friday.
Published January 13, 2018
The DUP has been accused of not facing reality after the hardline
unionist party called for a return of full Direct Rule of the north of
Ireland from London, and condemned comments by the 26 County Taoiseach
that he supports a united Ireland.
Published January 6, 2018
Adams seen ready to end conflict in 1987
The Dublin government’s first intelligence on Sinn Fein’s peace
initiative of 1987 claimed that Gerry Adams disapproved of some IRA
actions and that the Sinn Fein leader saw the armed struggle as a
“political liability”.
Published December 30, 2017
There was outrage in Ireland this week as British negotiators backed
away from commitments on the Irish border reached in a deal with the
European Union on the terms of its departure.
Published December 16, 2017
Smokescreen hides Brexit border chasm
A tsunami of spin in regards to the Irish border has scraped the
British government into a second round of negotiations with the European
Union over its departure, but at the expense of any confidence in the
negotiations process.
Published December 9, 2017
The failure of the British body politic to understand the implications of
reinforcing the border through Ireland has dominated news coverage at a
critical juncture in the negotiations over Britain’s departure from the
EU.
Published December 2, 2017
Election likely as Varadkar defends disgraced Minister
The 26 County minority government could collapse on Tuesday after Fine
Gael leader Leo Varadkar refused to back down over a motion of no
confidence in the deputy prime minister, Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald.
Published November 25, 2017
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