The Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has admitted the Catholic
church in Ireland is facing a “deep crisis” despite the resignation of
the scandalised Bishop of Limerick, Donal Murray.
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The Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has admitted the Catholic
church in Ireland is facing a “deep crisis” despite the resignation of
the scandalised Bishop of Limerick, Donal Murray.
Published December 17, 2009
The North’s leaders Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness clashed in
public today as the problems at the heart of the power-sharing
government were air
Published December 14, 2009
There has been a furious response to the Dublin government’s decision
to reduce social welfare payments and cut the pay of the lowest-paid
public service workers in its annual statement of economic policy.
Published December 10, 2009
The Garda police in the 26 Counties are to hold an illegal ballot to
join state-wide strike actions following the collapse in pay talks
between the Dublin government and Ireland’s main public sector trade
unions.
Published December 7, 2009
Confusion and anger as budget looms
The Dublin government has been accused of dithering and weakness after
it backed away from a potential deal with the public service trade
unions to avert strike action.
Published December 3, 2009
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the 26-County Taoiseach,
Brian Cowen, met again in London today [Monday] for talks on the
deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers to Belfast.
Published November 30, 2009
Govt apologises over abuse, blames church
The Dublin government this afternoon apologised for “failures” by the
State in dealing with clerical child abuse and said the “deference”
shown to the church in this regard had been “misplaced”.
Published November 26, 2009
There have been warnings that armed struggle could once again begin to fill
the political vacuum following two incidents in Fermanagh and Belfast
involving the breakaway IRA groups.
Published November 23, 2009
The PSNI has ramped up a campaign of political arrests with the
detention of Marian Price, the National Secretary of the 32 County
Sovereignty Movement.
Published November 19, 2009
Maghaberry tense after ‘lock down’
A number of republican prisoners were denied food for more than 48 hours
as a ‘lock down’ and search took place at Maghaberry Prison late last
week and over the weekend.
Published November 16, 2009
A one-time leading member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party has
denied he was a top-level informer.
Published November 12, 2009
Tens of thousands of workers took to the streets across Ireland on
Friday in a mass display of discontent with the policies of the Six and
Twenty-Six County administrations.
Published November 9, 2009
Attack on Britain planned - IMC
An official state propoganda agency has claimed that Irish republicans
are committed to launching an attack in Britain “if the opportunity
emerges”.
Published November 5, 2009
The British government has been accused of conceding to unionist
blackmail after it emerged that a twenty million pound “gratuity
payment” is to be paid to former part-time members of the RUC.
Published November 2, 2009
The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has branded as “totally and
absolutely unacceptable” attempts by the DUP to attach the parades issue
as a new condition to an agreed deal on policing.
Published October 29, 2009
Clarification urged in hunger strike debate
The controversy over the 1981 hunger strike has continued with
conflicting messages from the current and former Sinn Fein leaders, and
from former prisoners who were inside Long Kesh prison at the time.
Published October 26, 2009
The 26-County state appears to be heading for strikes and industrial
unrest on a scale not seen for many years after Ireland’s major trade
unions announced protest actions ahead of the December budget.
Published October 22, 2009
The people of the 26 Counties are being prepared for an unprecedented
series of wage cuts and devastating cutbacks by the corrupt coalition
government in Dublin.
Published October 19, 2009
PSNI stretched by attack, alerts
Claims that a republican group abandoned a massive van bomb in a border
village this week proved unfounded after a dramatic controlled
explosion by the British Army revealed the van to be empty.
Published October 16, 2009
A decision by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) to formally
draw its armed campaign to a close has been welcomed by the political
parties in the North but has caused considerable surprise to its own
supporters.
Published October 13, 2009
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