An element of sectarianism has surfaced in the mainstream media as
extreme unionism rallied in opposition to the Irish language this week.
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Media accused of fanning anti-Gaelic hate
An element of sectarianism has surfaced in the mainstream media as
extreme unionism rallied in opposition to the Irish language this week.
Published February 17, 2018
Judge backs Hegarty internment
A community association in Derry have called for the immediate release
of republican Neil Hegarty, who was interned in Maghaberry prison in
December just one day after he had been released after five years in
prison.
Published February 17, 2018
McDonald promises new leadership, clamps down on dissent
The new Sinn Fein leader, Mary Lou McDonald, has been stamping her
authority on the party in the wake of being selected as the successor to
Gerry Adams, who quit the post last week.
Published February 17, 2018
MI5 tried to recruit Saoradh member in France
A former republican prisoner and political activist has said there was
an attempt by British military agents to recruit him at an airport in
France.
Published February 17, 2018
1916 Relatives battle developer over Moore St plans
Dublin city councillors have condemned a British property company’s
efforts to have buildings around a national monument site opened for
development.
Published February 17, 2018
Talks collapse as DUP block Irish Language Act
The current phase of political talks in Belfast has ended after unionist
hardliners in the DUP rejected measures to increase recognition for the
Irish language in the north of Ireland.
Published February 14, 2018
Mary Lou McDonald becomes new Sinn Fein President
Mary Lou McDonald today officially replaced Gerry Adams
as Uachtaran Shinn Fein [President of Sinn Fein] at a special
party conference in Dublin. The following is the full text
of her acceptance speech.
Published February 10, 2018
As he hands over the reins to Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein
president Gerry Adams has been giving interviews and facing a welter of
last-minute criticism from his political opponents.
Published February 10, 2018
EU could rescue Six Counties from hard Brexit
With no sign of a British government solution to the issue of the Irish
border, the European Union is reportedly preparing a draft of the
British withdrawal treaty with the North of Ireland effectively having
status within the EU.
Published February 10, 2018
Sharp improvement in Stormont talks outlook
The latest attempts to restore local power-sharing government in
Belfast have made progress and should conclude next week, according to
Sinn Fein.
Published February 10, 2018
Sinister agenda of prison authorities
Republican prisoners have condemned the authorities in Maghaberry prison
over a new clampdown on educational and historical materials at the
jail.
Published February 10, 2018
Gardai raid homes of republicans
In a series of early morning raids in Dublin this week, eight
republicans and their families were subjected to armed police forcing
entry to their homes.
Published February 10, 2018
The political vacuum in the North continues to be filled by unionist
anger at Sinn Fein over bizarre incidents and minor issues.
Published February 10, 2018
Haggarty to go free in brazen cover-up
There was widespread shock this week after it was confirmed that
loyalist Special Branch double agent Gary Haggarty could be freed
within weeks despite pleading guilty to five murders, five attempted
murders and hundreds of other crimes.
Published February 3, 2018
Prisoners endorse ONH suspension of armed action
A group of republican prisoners at Maghaberry jail has said the
suspension of armed actions by the breakaway IRA group known as Oglaigh
na hEireann (ONH) last week will allow a “period of consolidation,
expansion and preparation”.
Published February 3, 2018
Fight for civil rights continues
Fifty years on from the launch of the civil rights movement,
nationalists are contining to battle for equality in the face of
systematic and opportunistic discrimination.
Published February 3, 2018
Strong support urged for ‘March for Truth’
Victims of the conflict have announced plans for a mass march in Belfast
to demand action on efforts to deal with the legacy of the conflict.
Published February 3, 2018
Varadkar blunders into abortion maelstrom
The Dublin government has paved the way for a referendum on abortion
next May which has already provoked unanswered questions as to what is
actually being proposed.
Published February 3, 2018
British Army schools promotion ‘endangered children’
A former republican prisoner has accused his daughters’ Catholic school
of becoming a tool of oppression after British Army soldiers were allowed to
make a presentation.
Published February 3, 2018
The man alleged to have been the British Army’s most high-ranking agent
in the Provisional IRA has been arrested and is being questioned about
allegations that he murdered dozens of people while working undercover
in the IRA’s feared internal security unit.
Published January 30, 2018
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