Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has expressed his surprise at remarks
made by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, during an interview with Time Magazine,
in which he says that he is ‘very much opposed’ to a referendum on Irish
reunification.
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Varadkar opposes unity referendum
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has expressed his surprise at remarks
made by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, during an interview with Time Magazine,
in which he says that he is ‘very much opposed’ to a referendum on Irish
reunification.
Published July 15, 2017
Links between local councils and loyalist paramilitary groups continue
to grow with the erection in north Down of banners carrying the motto of
infamous UDA death squads.
Published July 15, 2017
Spooks seek informers in Tyrone
Saoradh, the new republican political party, has alleged that British
military intelligence (MI5) has been targeting Irish republicans in
County Tyrone, in attempts to recruit British agents and informers.
Published July 15, 2017
Legal challenge to Tory/DUP pact
An agreement between unionists and the Conservative Party at the
Westminster parliament is set to be challenged in the courts.
Published July 15, 2017
Bonfire chaos reaches new level, says fire service
Last night saw an almost 50% increase in bonfire-related emergency
callouts since last year as state-funded loyalist ‘Eleventh Night’
blazes damaged property and threatened lives across the North.
Published July 12, 2017
Stung by criticism that it has conspired in loyalist paramilitary crime,
Belfast city councillors have now attempted to limit the size of four
‘Eleventh Night’ bonfires, despite having previously funded and
supported the infamously sectarian displays.
Published July 8, 2017
System fights back after jury’s ‘not guilty’ verdict
The outcome of the Jobstown trial is causing chaos for the political
establishment in Dublin after an attempted frame-up failed to jail a
sitting TD and other left-wing activists.
Published July 8, 2017
EU insists on Brexit border controls
There are concerns that the European Union is ready to sacrifice Ireland
in its Brexit negotiations after EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier
declared that a “frictionless” EU border across Ireland is not possible
following Britain’s withdrawal from the EU.
Published July 8, 2017
Scottish clampdown on Orange sectarianism
A complete ban on Orange Order marches is being considered in Glasgow,
Scotland after council officials examined footage showing a sectarian
and racist song being chanted at a parade last weekend.
Published July 8, 2017
Taylor takes legal action as protests are held
Interned Derry republican Tony Taylor is to sue the British government
for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.
Published July 8, 2017
The Craigavon Two - Eight years of silence
Dublin City Council this week passed a motion calling for the release of
Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton, victims of a miscarriage of
justice in March 2009. Gavin O’Reilly takes a fresh look at the case.
Published July 8, 2017
Tory/DUP pact blamed as Stormont talks end in failure
The collapse of talks to revive power-sharing has been described by Sinn
Fein’s Michelle O’Neill as a “monumental failure” by British Prime
Minister Theresa May who she said had “set back decades of work” in the
peace process.
Published July 4, 2017
DUP triumphant as peace deal is shredded
A deal between the Tories and the Democratic Unionist Party could allow
the unionist hardliners to control British policy in the north of
Ireland for the lifetime of the current Westminster parliament.
Published July 1, 2017
Landmark trial boosts left-wing activists
The 26 County political establishment suffered a devastating blow on
Thursday when a jury rejected an attempt to jail six political activists
on accusations that they had ‘kidnapped’ former Taoiseach Joan Burton
and her secretary.
Published July 1, 2017
Stormont talks slide through another deadline
Despite a sudden flurry of activity, the Stormont talks passed through
another British-imposed deadline on Thursday, the fourth this year.
Published July 1, 2017
New SF outreach initiative dismissed by DUP
The DUP has immediately rejected a renewed Sinn Fein campaign to
convince unionists of the merits of a united Ireland.
Published July 1, 2017
Ardoyne schoolkids targeted again
Loyalists have renewed sectarian intimidation at the Holy Cross Catholic
Girls School in the Ardoyne district of Belfast by painting red, white
and blue paint on kerbstones and the letters ‘LA’ at the entrance.
Published July 1, 2017
Saoradh suffers split; SF councillors feud with party
Saoradh, the Irish republican party formed last September, has
experienced a serious split with the resignation of 23 members
from its Belfast branch.
Published July 1, 2017
Jobstown accused found not guilty
Socialist Paul Murphy TD and five other men have been found not guilty
of falsely imprisoning former Tanaiste Joan Burton and her adviser
during a 2014 water charges protest.
Published June 29, 2017
DUP concludes government deal with Tories
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Conservative party have
completed a deal which will see the DUP prop up a minority Tory
government.
Published June 26, 2017
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