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’.
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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
Fake economy exposed by Apple tax ‘windfall’
The Dublin government is the subject of anger and ridicule after it
defended illegal tax dodges by multinational corporations and rejected
a European ruling that it receive up to 13 billion euro in unpaid taxes
from US corporation, Apple.
Published September 3, 2016
The chairman of a County Antrim Gaelic sports club has resigned after it
voted to remove entrance gates dedicated to the memory of two Irish War
of Independence martyrs in order to secure a grant from a
unionist-controlled council.
Published August 27, 2016
Sinister agenda sees McKay ousted
Senior Sinn Fein political figure Daithi McKay, who worked to expose
wrongdoing in the murky world of Ireland’s NAMA property deals, could
end up being the only direct casualty of the scandal following his
forced resignation this week.
Published August 20, 2016
Feud fears as Stormont cosies up to killers
The Six County administration in Belfast has been accused of sustaining
loyalist criminality following the murder of a former UDA leader by a
rival loyalist gang.
Published August 13, 2016
Loyalist parade intimidation ends
Three years of nightly loyalist disturbances in north Belfast appear to be at an end after a group of Orangemen said they have suspended
their attempts to march into the republican Ardoyne area.
Published August 6, 2016
Kenny ‘flip flops’ with push for border controls
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams has expressed his party’s dismay after a meeting
on Brexit between the 26 County Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the new British
Prime Minister Theresa May focused exclusively on the imposition of new
customs and immigration controls along the Irish border.
Published July 30, 2016
Changed utterly? Party leaders accept reunification drive
In a potentially historic advance, the Irish Taoiseach and the leader
of the largest opposition party in the Dublin parliament have both said
they recognise the prospect of a referendum to bring about Irish
reunification.
Published July 23, 2016
Councillor attacked at Ballycastle parade
Independent nationalist councillor Padraig McShane was attacked and left
bleeding from his head in the most serious incident arising from the
‘Twelfth’ parades by the anti-Catholic Orange Order on Tuesday.
Published July 16, 2016
Unionists ‘veto’ Irish Brexit forum
Sinn Fein has called on the Taoiseach to press ahead with a plan to
convene a national, all-Ireland forum on dealing with the fallout of the
British vote to leave the EU.
Published July 9, 2016
Unionists fear unity, demand border troops
Unionists have expressed concern at a renewed support for Irish
nationalism and republicanism following the result of the recent British
referendum to leave the European Union.
Published July 2, 2016
Pressure for Irish reunification is at its highest in a generation after
a shock ‘Leave’ result in the British referendum on the European Union
is set to force the north of Ireland out of the EU and could bring a
virtual iron curtain down across the island of Ireland.
Published June 25, 2016
MP killed for ‘British freedom’
The British political system has lurched into crisis following the
murder of a progressive MP and embittered exchanges ahead of this
weeks’s referendum on EU membership. Campaigning in the referendum,
which could have profound significance for Ireland and Scotland, has
been suspended.
Published June 18, 2016
Brexit: Ireland’s opportunity?
Loyalties are divided among Irish republicans over the ‘Brexit’
referendum as a new battle over Britain’s place in Europe brings the
potential for a period of significant political change in Ireland and
Britain.
Published June 11, 2016
Masked gangs are now evicting people from their homes in the 26 Counties
at the behest of international vulture funds, who have ordered a wave of
repossessions to extract profit from their newly acquired loan books.
Published June 4, 2016
As ordinary Gardai police struggle to contain the escalating gangland
war, Garda chiefs have been warned by a policing watchdog that public
trust in the force is fading over repeated scandals and failures.
Published May 28, 2016
The SDLP has quit the devolved administration in the Six Counties in the
latest development to hit the formation of a new Executive in the North.
Published May 21, 2016
Stormont resumes with UUP as ‘Official Opposition’
The leader of the unionist DUP, Arlene Foster, and Sinn Fein’s Martin
McGuinness have been formally returned as the Six County First Minister
and Deputy First Minister respectively ahead of formulating a ‘Programme
for Government’ for the Stormont Executive.
Published May 14, 2016
Protest vote ‘cannot be ignored’
The final results of the Stormont election show a small drop in support
for Sinn Fein and the rival nationalist SDLP, and no change at all for
the unionists, with the Green Party and socialist People before Profit
making small gains.
Published May 7, 2016
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