New details of a corruption scandal have undermined efforts to restore
the Stormont Assembly in Belfast, despite reports of progress in
negotiations.
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New details of a corruption scandal have undermined efforts to restore
the Stormont Assembly in Belfast, despite reports of progress in
negotiations.
Published October 14, 2017
Judge ignored ‘not guilty’ statement
A republican jailed on IRA charges has launched a bid to overturn her
conviction.
Published October 14, 2017
PSNI withhold report on Special Branch reform
The PSNI police in the north of Ireland has refused to release a report
on policing reform in the 1970s written by a British intelligence
officer with openly racist views.
Published October 14, 2017
Independence on hold for Catalonia
Members of the Catalan parliament have signed a declaration of
independence from Spain but have agreed to suspend its implementation
pending talks with the Madrid government.
Published October 14, 2017
‘Bonkers’ budget a media exercise
The Dublin government has set aside five million euro for a new public
relations department but said it has no funds to pay thousands of
pensions blocked by a rule described by the Minister for Finance
himself as ‘bonkers and unbelievable’.
Published October 14, 2017
Irish nationalists have united in solidarity with Catalonia and in
condemnation of the attempted suppression of this week’s independence
poll.
Published October 7, 2017
Sinn Fein facing potential split
Sinn Fein could be facing a damaging split over its internal party
management, according to reports. A number of rows and expulsions in
recent months has seen some members already link up in a potential new
national structure.
Published October 7, 2017
Hamilton admits UVF behind shared-space intimidation
The PSNI has been forced to admit unionist paramilitaries were behind
threats which caused four Catholic families to flee their south Belfast
homes.
Published October 7, 2017
Stormont talks approach ‘decision time’
With only weeks left until a British-imposed deadline for a deal on
power-sharing talks, Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill and the DUP leader
Arlene Foster have clashed in an unusual public event.
Published October 7, 2017
A republican protest is set to take place against the PSNI after dozens
of incidents of harassment in recent weeks.
Published October 7, 2017
Legal action over Ireland’s unwanted billions
The Dublin government is being taken to the European Court of Justice
over its refusal to collect 13 billion euro in taxes from US tech giant
Apple.
Published October 7, 2017
Independence voters attacked by Spanish riot police
Scores of polling station workers and voters alike have been injured in
Catalonia as an official referendum on independence today was violently
suppressed by the Spanish authorities in Madrid.
Published October 1, 2017
Catholics free ‘shared community’
Catholic families in a cross-community housing development in Belfast
have been ordered to leave their homes in a sectarian threat from the
unionist paramilitary UVF.
Published September 30, 2017
Adams recommits to Stormont at Ashe commemoration
Speaking at Sinn Fein’s main commemoration for hunger striker Thomas
Ashe, who died as a result of force-feeding five days into a hunger
strike in Mountjoy Jail in September 1917, Gerry Adams has said said his
party is still committed to making a deal with the DUP to return to
powersharing.
Published September 30, 2017
EU parliament to back special status for North
In a u-turn, the European Parliament is set to call for the North of
Ireland to remain part of the EU single market and customs union.
Published September 30, 2017
Documents prove military lied about killings
Fresh inquests have been sought into the deaths of two IRA Volunteers in
separate incidents in 1972 and 1973 after documents emerged which
confirmed that the men were unlawfully killed by British soldiers.
Published September 30, 2017
Judicial review takes place into Hegarty decision
Self-defence claims raised by a British soldier who shot an innocent
teenager at point-blank range in Derry 45 years ago have been stripped
of all credibility, the High Court has heard.
Published September 30, 2017
A sudden and violent attempt to suppress the Catalan independence
movement by the Madrid government has shocked those struggling for
self-determination across the world.
Published September 23, 2017
Soldiers’ impunity bid challenged by victims’ families
A demonstration in support of killer British troops was dramatically
opposed by relatives and supporters of their Irish victims.
Published September 23, 2017
Funeral of republican allowed use flags
There are hopes that a church ban on the use of Irish flags to honour
republicans will be dropped after a priest fulfilled the dying wish
of a lifelong republican and allowed his coffin to be draped in the
Irish tricolour and Starry Plough.
Published September 23, 2017
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