The 26 County state has finally acknowledged a multi-generational trauma
it inflicted on a community following a verdict of “unlawful killing”
for all those who died in the Stardust Ballroom fire.
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Bittersweet vindication for Stardust families
The 26 County state has finally acknowledged a multi-generational trauma
it inflicted on a community following a verdict of “unlawful killing”
for all those who died in the Stardust Ballroom fire.
Published April 25, 2024
Waffling Harris urges people to ‘get to know each other’
Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill has warned the new 26 County
Taoiseach Simon Harris that he cannot ‘hide his head’ in the sand on
Irish unification.
Published April 18, 2024
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has hit out at the new 26 County
Taoiseach Simon Harris for failing to attend parliament following his
election to the premiership of the state.
Published April 11, 2024
Uneasy peace as New IRA message delivered
The New IRA has vowed to continue its armed campaign in an Easter
message.
Published April 4, 2024
A system of injustice exposed again
A ten-year, ten million pound effort to lock up three prominent
republicans has ended in failure with Colin Duffy and Henry
Fitzsimons both found not guilty.
Published March 28, 2024
Resignation betrays crisis at heart of coalition
The Dublin government is reeling from the sudden announcement of Leo
Varadkar’s departure as Taoiseach and is under immense pressure to allow
the voters of the 26 Counties to choose his successor.
Published March 21, 2024
Kenova – a £40m whitewash for a dirty war
A seven-year police investigation into the role of the British
state’s deadliest spy within the Provisional IRA has uncovered little
new information, defended his handlers and failed to deliver a single
prosecution against those who operated the serial-killing double-agent.
Published March 14, 2024
Inquest collapsed by state cover-up
Orders by British state agencies to suppress information about their
role in the 1997 murder of Gaelic sports official Sean Brown have led a
coroner to abandon his inquest and call for a public inquiry instead.
Published March 7, 2024
Intervention sought for protest at Maghaberry
Republican prisoner Dermot Burke is currently engaged in a dirty protest
in Maghaberry jail after the prison regime there refused to transfer him
to the republican wing at Roe House.
Published February 29, 2024
New poll confirms Six County majority for unity
A clear majority of those living in the north of Ireland now support
Irish reunification, according to the results of a new opinion poll,
while most people under the age of 50 say they are ready to vote for
unity in a referendum.
Published February 22, 2024
One of Kitson’s killer unit to face prosecution
A former British soldier is to be prosecuted for one of the first
‘shoot-to-kill’ targeted murders to be carried out by the British Army
in the North.
Published February 15, 2024
No more second-class citizenship
History was made on Saturday when Michelle O’Neill became the first
nationalist First Minister for the Six Counties and banished forever the
concept of Stormont being ‘a Protestant parliament for a Protestant
people’.
Published February 8, 2024
The DUP has secured significant concessions on Brexit and “safeguards”
for the Union in return for agreeing to a return of the Stormont Assembly
and Executive.
Published February 1, 2024
Donaldson battles ‘those who point the finger’
A bid to revive power-sharing in the North of Ireland hangs in the
balance following attempts by loyalists and their supporters in the
media to sabotage a potential deal between the British government and
the DUP.
Published January 25, 2024
Ahead of a huge one-day general strike over the failure to deliver
backdated pay increases and funding for services, the North’s first
minister designate, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill, has told the Stormont
Assembly she fears the democratic institutions of the Good Friday
Agreement are in “free fall”.
Published January 18, 2024
Scandal of housing crisis brought home
The death of a homeless man of suspected hypothermia near one of
Dublin’s main tourist attractions has refocused attention on the
profound failure of the coalition government to tackle the homelessness
and housing crises.
Published January 11, 2024
‘Architect of collusion’ reported dead
One of the most senior British army officers to operate during the
conflict in Ireland and who is most identified with the deliberate
killings of Irish civilians has died aged 97, according to reports
Published January 4, 2024
See you in international court
A decision by the Dublin government to take an inter-state case against
Britain over new cover-up legislation has been widely welcomed in
Ireland but has drawn a bitter response from London who have vowed to
defend their soldiers regardless.
Published December 21, 2023
The DUP is under renewed pressure to end its boycott of power-sharing in
the North and accept a multi-billion pound British financial package which would
deliver substantial funding across the North’s public sector.
Published December 14, 2023
A huge funeral is expected for the legendary singer and proud Irish
patriot Shane MacGowan following his death aged 65. The former Pogues
frontman died last Thursday with his wife and family by his side.
Published December 7, 2023
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