The ‘New IRA’ has claimed responsibility for the ambush of a PSNI patrol
in North Belfast on Sunday in which a member of the force was struck
twice. The attack, which took place on the Crumlin Road close to a
north Belfast interface left the victim with injuries to his arm.
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PSNI man shot as tensions mount in Belfast
The ‘New IRA’ has claimed responsibility for the ambush of a PSNI patrol
in North Belfast on Sunday in which a member of the force was struck
twice. The attack, which took place on the Crumlin Road close to a
north Belfast interface left the victim with injuries to his arm.
Published January 27, 2017
An emotional Martin McGuinness has said he wants to become an ambassador
for peace after the former Sinn Fein deputy First Minister quit
electoral politics this week due to ill-health.
Published January 20, 2017
Crisis talks fail, election due
The north of Ireland is inexorably heading for an election following
the resignation of Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness
and the failure of last-minute talks efforts by the two governments.
Published January 13, 2017
Stormont in the balance as DUP defy corruption scandal
Sinn Fein has issued repeated warnings that the Six County institutions
are now at a “defining point” after the unionist First Minister Arlene
Foster again refused to step down over allegations that she and her
Democratic Unionist Party orchestrated the enrichment of insiders,
supporters and party donors through a bogus ‘green energy’ scheme.
Published January 6, 2017
The centenary year of the 1916 Rising ends with new optimism over a campaign
of direct action against inequality headed by a motley group of
musicians, actors and writers. However, the sight of thousands of people
braving the cold to receive food handouts in Dublin and Limerick has
highlighted the scale of the challenge.
Published December 24, 2016
Sinn Fein could turn against corrupt DUP
Over a thousand people have attended protests in Belfast and Derry
calling for DUP leader Arlene Foster to resign as Six County First
Minister after a public display of DUP infighting over corruption
allegations.
Published December 17, 2016
Process in crisis as Stormont rots
There are concerns over the political direction in the north of Ireland
after a video emerged which appears to show a heavily armed breakaway
IRA unit on patrol in north Belfast -- in the same week that the police
confirmed that unionist paramilitary activities are being illegally
funded from Stormont.
Published December 10, 2016
Adams hits back after e-mail ‘leak’
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams is facing another battery of accusations and
condemnations after it emerged that earlier this year he emailed the
names of four senior republicans allegedly involved in an unsanctioned
1983 IRA killing to the Garda police Commissioner.
Published December 3, 2016
There was outrage in west Belfast this week after a ten year old girl was
pictured being harassed by the PSNI.
Published November 26, 2016
Extradition ordered over 1996 PIRA attack
The High Court in Dublin has ordered the extradition of a man accused of
being involved in a Provisional IRA mortar attack on a British army
barracks in Germany 20 years ago.
Published November 19, 2016
Despite consternation and disbelief in Ireland at the result of the US
Presidential election, political leaders including 26 County Taoiseach
Enda Kenny and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams were among those to
congratulate Donald Trump this week on his election as US President.
Published November 12, 2016
Sinn Fein ‘faces immense challenge’ on Brexit
There was a potentially significant development in the Brexit crisis
this week when Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness,
refused to rule out his party taking up its four seats in Westminster
ahead of a potentially critical vote on the issue in the London
parliament.
Published November 5, 2016
The lonely death of an IRA informer has drawn attention to the contempt
which British agencies hold for those who have betrayed their own
communities to take the queen’s shilling.
Published October 29, 2016
Child’s political conviction over water protest
There have been international protests after a judge in Dublin convicted
a 15-year-old boy of illegally “imprisoning” the Irish Tanaiste [Deputy
Prime Minister] by peacefully demonstrating against water charges in
front of her police-escorted car.
Published October 22, 2016
Shifting lines as Brexit tempo increases
The first shot in Britain’s departure from the EU has been fired across
Irish bows after its governor in the north of Ireland, James
Brokenshire, said Ireland should form part of Britain’s new immigration
controls.
Published October 15, 2016
Tories lurch towards the extreme
British Prime Minister Theresa May has drawn comparisons to Margaret
Thatcher after she outright rejected Irish and Scottish concerns over
Brexit and moved to quash the right of Irish and other EU citizens to
live and work in Britain and the north of Ireland.
Published October 8, 2016
Orange parade ‘returns’ after 3 years
An Orange Order parade was forced through the greater Ardoyne area in
north Belfast on Saturday morning, October 1, amid a military-style policing
operation and a bitter war of words among nationalists.
Published October 1, 2016
Soldiers reveals spying, shoot-to-kill bid
A former British army soldier has admitted he planted listening devices
in the homes of senior politicians in the north of Ireland, years after
the 1994 ceasefires and some still thought to be in use today.
Published September 24, 2016
Adams and McGuinness reveal timescale to quit
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has announced that he will step down from
his leadership role as part of the party’s ten year plan. Mr Adams
indicated a time frame within ten years for his departure as party
president, and confirmed that it was a matter of not ‘if, but when’.
Published September 17, 2016
PSNI accused after CS gas death
A man from a well-known republican family died at the hands of the PSNI
on Thursday amid a new wave of police harassment and abuses in Belfast.
Published September 10, 2016
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