Loyalists have returned to intimidate the Holy Cross Catholic girls’
school in north Belfast, almost 12 years after a previous campaign of
violence and terror made international headlines.
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Loyalists have returned to intimidate the Holy Cross Catholic girls’
school in north Belfast, almost 12 years after a previous campaign of
violence and terror made international headlines.
Published April 26, 2013
Masked loyalist paramilitaries erected more than 600 UVF flags in east
Belfast last weekend along key arterial routes, without consultation or
notification in an operation that involved cherry pickers operating in
broad daylight.
Published April 19, 2013
Celebrations follow Thatcher’s death
There were street parties in Derry and Belfast following news of the
death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher this week.
Published April 12, 2013
Thousands of republicans gathered at scores of events across Ireland
last weekend to mark the 97th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Published April 5, 2013
Ireland’s two largest conservative parties battled it out yesterday in a
by-election count which saw the left-wing vote decimated and Fine Gael
ultimately hold onto a seat thanks to a wave of sympathy for a grieving
daughter.
Published March 29, 2013
The family of a man with special needs shot dead by British soldiers in
County Armagh almost 40 years ago have said an apology from the British
government is not enough.
Published March 22, 2013
The 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32CSM) has reacted angrily after
three of its members in Derry were arrested Wednesday and charged with
“terrorist offenses” for having participated in a peaceful ceremony last
year to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising.
Published March 15, 2013
‘Infiltrated’ claims follow mortar bid
An attack apparently planned by the ‘new IRA’ against the PSNI’s Strand
Road base in Derry bore the hallmarks of a similar attack in 1991 by
the Provisional IRA on Downing Street, according to security experts in
the North.
Published March 8, 2013
Two prominent loyalists and a British right-wing extremist have been
arrested and charged in the first action so far against the alleged
ringleaders of the recent disturbances in Belfast and across the North.
Published March 1, 2013
The Protestant marching orders have said they can simply bypass the
Parades Commission in the future after loyalist flags protestors held
scores of parades last month without any approval.
Published February 22, 2013
Two senior figures have quit the Ulster Unionist Party and are set to
form a rival political organisation after a row with party leader and
former television presenter Mike Nesbitt suddenly erupted into a full
party split.
Published February 15, 2013
Public demonstrations are to be held around the 26 Counties tomorrow
(Saturday) to demand a fairer deal on the state’s banking crisis, which
will now leave taxpayers paying €60 billion for one bank alone.
Published February 8, 2013
The funeral of Dolours Price on Monday was a seminal event for Irish
republicans as they paid their last respects to an IRA heroine.
Published February 1, 2013
The passing of Dolours Price, a republican legend, has come as a deep
shock to the entire community, regardless of politics or allegiance.
Published January 25, 2013
The Short Strand, a small working class nationalist and republican enclave
of less than 3,000 men, women and children, has come under a renewed
siege in the past week by violent loyalists.
Published January 18, 2013
Garda pact with loyalist ‘idiot’
A deal between the 26 County Garda police and arch-loyalist Willie
Frazer for a secret protest in Dublin has been revealed -- just hours
after Frazer said he would not condemn an assassination attempt on the
life of Six County Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
Published January 11, 2013
Unionists and loyalists angered by the removal of the British Union Jack
flag above Belfast City Hall are increasingly turning to violence and
threats as their protests fail to deliver any progress.
Published January 4, 2013
British sought hunger strike 'capitulation'
Official records have revealed that the British government had a plan to
‘brainwash’ Long Kesh hunger strikers to end their protest individually.
Published December 28, 2012
The report of the former police ombudsman into the murder of six men in
the Loughinisland massacre has been scrapped after a court hearing on
their judicial review.
Published December 21, 2012
Most of the 500-page review of the 1989 murder of Belfast defence lawyer
Pat Finucane released this week has been heavily censored “in the
interests of state security”, the Finucane family has been told.
Published December 14, 2012
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