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.
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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
PSNI seen backing loyalist intimidation of Muslims
A Belfast charity targeted in racist attacks was told by the PSNI to
“reassure” loyalist community leaders that the organisation was not
operating a mosque.
Published December 7, 2023
Call for ‘Winkie’ Rea tapes to be released
The family of a Catholic man whose murder is believed to have involved
loyalist Winston ‘Winkie’ Rea has called for Boston College interviews
he gave to be made public.
Published December 7, 2023
A number of inflammatory incidents has brought strong criticism of an
agreement by which the huge annual ‘Lundy’ parade by the loyalist
Apprentice Boys of Derry (ABOD) organisation takes place in the
overwhelmingly nationalist city.
Published December 7, 2023
‘Immediate action’ urged to address Stormont stalemate
Sinn Féin’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill has called for “immediate
action” from the London government to address the political deadlock in
the Six Counties.
Published December 7, 2023
Clash over Roll of Honour in Tyrone
A war of words has broken out among republicans over a commemoration of
in which an IRA Volunteer was omitted by Sinn Féin from its Roll of
Honour of Tyrone martyrs.
Published December 7, 2023
The dysfunctional nature of policing in Ireland has been dramatically
exposed by some of the worst street violence seen in living memory.
Published November 30, 2023
News of the death this week of British Army Colonel Derek Wilford
prompted reflections on his role in directing the Bloody Sunday
massacre, in which 14 nationalist civilians were gunned down in January
1972, as well as calls for his military and political bosses to be
exposed.
Published November 30, 2023
Brown inquest ‘a public scandal’
It is now clear that key intelligence on the murder of Sean Brown has
been withheld from his inquest as well as previous investigations.
Published November 30, 2023
Crown Force killers handed pathway to escape justice
The British government’s new laws on dealing with the conflict
“legitimises” the killing of Irish civilians by members of the
Crown Forces, the High Court heard on Wednesday.
Published November 30, 2023
Key legal action against Legacy bill
In a legal battle set to run for at least five days, Belfast High Court
has heard that victims of the conflict in the North are being put
through a secondary trauma by new Tory legislation.
Published November 30, 2023
Sunak fluffs ‘Empire 2.0’ agenda
Items looted from Greece by the British are once again the subject of
a diplomatic crisis after a feeble attempt by British Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak to boost his support among English nationalists.
Published November 30, 2023
An official visit to Israel by the 26 County Tanaiste Micheal Martin at a
time when it is conducting a genocide of the Palestinian people has been
received with anger and disbelief in Ireland.
Published November 23, 2023
Standing up for Ireland and Palestine
Members of Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland were involved in a direct
action against a British warship in Dublin port last Sunday.
Published November 23, 2023
Police Ombudsman spikes 400 investigations
The Police Ombudsman has halted almost 400 conflict-related
investigations as a result of the move by the Tory government in London
to conceal British war crimes in the north of Ireland.
Published November 23, 2023
The family of a County Tyrone councillor who is believed to have been
murdered by British soldiers in July 1974 have said “there is no British
justice” after receiving the “devastating and shattering” news that
there will likely be no fresh inquest into his murder.
Published November 23, 2023
Church targeted in arson attack
The door of a Catholic church in County Antrim church was set alight in
a sectarian arson attack last Sunday evening.
Published November 23, 2023
Momentum builds for Irish unity
Seven key Irish-American organisations have announced an ‘Irish Unity
Summit – For a New and United Ireland’ to be held in New York on 1st
March next year as part of an international focus on Irish reunification.
Published November 23, 2023
Feud fears as UVF gang ‘stood down’
Factions of the unionist paramilitary UVF could turn on each other after
an order was issued to disband one huge gang in east Belfast which had
become notorious for serious crime and intimidation of the local
community.
Published November 16, 2023
Government sides with genocide
A motion proposing the expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador and
to refer Israel to the International Criminal Court was defeated in the
Dáil on Wednesday night. The motion fell by 85 votes to 55.
Published November 16, 2023
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