Two months after the general election, the two largest parties in the 26
Counties have reached a potentially historic agreement to form a
minority government.
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First steps to ‘Fianna Gael’ coalition deal
Two months after the general election, the two largest parties in the 26
Counties have reached a potentially historic agreement to form a
minority government.
Published April 30, 2016
Ard Fheis targets coalition talks
The Sinn Fein annual conference is taking place this weekend with the
party facing an election to the Belfast Assembly early next month and a
potential second general election to the Leinster House parliament in
Dublin. Over 2,500 delegates are attending the annual conference in the
Convention Centre in Dublin.
Published April 23, 2016
Family walks out of inquest over delays, secrecy
The family of the Sinn Fein official turned informer, Denis Donaldson,
have walked out of the inquest process after police stalling tactics
led to his inquest being adjourned for the 19th time.
Published April 16, 2016
After weeks of shadow-boxing and pretence, a blistering row between the
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael leaderships suggests that it is unlikely that
any pact will be agreed soon to form a new government in Dublin.
Published April 9, 2016
In a remarkable weekend of events to mark the centenary of the Easter
Rising, Irish president Michael D Higgins called for Irish people to
take responsibility for building ‘a true Republic’. However, republican
commemorations heard condemnations of the 26 County state for continuing
to ‘turn its back’ on the people of the Six Counties.
Published April 2, 2016
Symbolic shift in west Belfast
There has been an outcry over the destruction of a republican mural of
IRA Volunteer Kieran Nugent who started the blanket protest in the
H-Blocks of Long Kesh. It was replaced with a mural depicting unionist
leader Edward Carson.
Published March 26, 2016
Triumph as 1916 battle site is saved
In a landmark victory for republican heritage campaigners, a High Court
judge has granted that a number of buildings on and around Dublin’s
Moore Street are a battlefield site worthy of the designation of
national monument.
Published March 19, 2016
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has formally taken on the role of Acting
Taoiseach until a new government is formed in Dublin or, as appears
increasingly likely, a second general election takes place.
Published March 12, 2016
Parties wary after ‘fundamental realignment’
Following an election count which lasted six days, the new Dublin
parliament will meet next Thursday to elect a new Taoiseach, although no
new government is expected to be formed for several weeks.
Published March 5, 2016
Sinn Fein ‘has broken the duopoly’
Prominent figures in the Dublin government are set to lose their seats
as early estimates from the count centres have borne out exit poll
predictions that revealed a last-minute swing back to the opposition
parties and independents, with Sinn Fein now in a pivotal position.
Published February 27, 2016
Smears and set-ups by government and media
The coalition government has been accused of resorting to a campaign of
scare tactics and media manipulation as it faces being ousted when votes
are counted next weekend.
Published February 20, 2016
Serious questions have been raised about the handling of policing by
Fine Gael’s Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald following two
shocking gang-related killings in Dublin..
Published February 13, 2016
Inquiry demanded as alleged informer flees
A former commander of the Provisional IRA in Ardoyne has said he has
been forced to flee his home after receiving death threats over
allegations he was a state agent, which he denies.
Published February 6, 2016
British war crime on the Shankill
There has been a shocked reaction to evidence that the 1993 Shankill
Road bomb, in which nine civilians and one IRA Volunteer died in a
premature explosion, was planned by a double-agent working in concert
with the British Crown forces.
Published January 30, 2016
It’s 1984, not 2016, in the Irish Police State
The staggering amount of surveillance being undertaken by the
authorities in the 26 Counties has been revealed with more than one
thousand new spy requests on citizens initiated every month.
Published January 23, 2016
Kenny angered by DUP’s centenary snub
In an unusual development in the peace process, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has
criticised the new DUP leader Arlene Foster after she denounced
commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Published January 16, 2016
New Year’s Day brought the first official efforts of the year to revise
and sanitise the centenary of the 1916 Rising, with the rebels’ goal of
an Ireland free from British rule getting airbrushed from the official
narrative.
Published January 9, 2016
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said the use of non-jury trial in
the case of a prominent republican accused of tax evasion is “just
plain wrong”.
Published December 30, 2015
There are fears of continuing ‘dirty tricks’ by the PSNI police after it emerged that four members of its intelligence
division concealed information about an attack in which a Catholic
member of the force was injured almost six years ago.
Published December 19, 2015
‘We will not go away’ - victims
Victims of the conflict in the north of Ireland have directly accused
the British government of a “shameful failure” to address the need for
truth and justice.
Published December 12, 2015
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