The PSNI have this afternoon attacked an Easter commemoration in Lurgan,
County Armagh, injuring a woman and dramatically raising tensions ahead
of a weekend of commemorative events.
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Easter commemoration attacked by PSNI
The PSNI have this afternoon attacked an Easter commemoration in Lurgan,
County Armagh, injuring a woman and dramatically raising tensions ahead
of a weekend of commemorative events.
Published March 31, 2018
There has been an outcry in Ireland after more than sixteen Palestinians
were killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday as Israel used snipers and other
weaponry against tens of thousands of demonstrators who had gathered
along the Gaza-Israel boundary.
Published March 31, 2018
Judge calls time on internment by remand
In a positive development in the campaign against internment by remand
which has seen republicans jailed for years without charges being
brought, Luke O’Neill has been granted bail.
Published March 31, 2018
Nationalist frustration on anniversary of Good Friday Agreement
On the twentieth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, a desultory
media exercise by British Prime Minister Theresa May at a farm in County
Down has added to the belief that political atrophy in London means
there will be no revival of the Stormont powersharing institutions in
the short term.
Published March 31, 2018
Trial of British soldiers to go ahead
Two former British soldiers are to stand trial charged with murdering an
Official IRA man in Belfast 46 years ago, a judge has ordered.
Published March 31, 2018
Calls for protests as homeless numbers top five figures
The position of the 26 County Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy is
under increasing threat after a shock increase in the number of homeless
people, particularly children, which has rocketed by almost 50 per cent
in the last year.
Published March 31, 2018
Hand over inquest funds, court orders
In an emphatic ruling, a High Court judge has issued a “mandatory order”
to civil servants in Belfast and London to provide long-denied funds for
legacy inquests in the North of Ireland.
Published March 24, 2018
Mixed messages over tributes to SF leaders
Unionists have reacted with outrage following a proclamation by the
mayor of New York last weekend naming March 17, 2018 as ‘Gerry Adams
Day’.
Published March 24, 2018
IRSP concern over Tory legal dodge
The Irish Republican Socialist Party has said it believes that two of
its members were killed as part of a wider campaign against the party by
the British government and are now the target of a potential cover-up.
Published March 24, 2018
Battles over flags on St Patrick’s Day
At the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Newry, the national flag was
flown despite attempts by Newry, Mourne and Down Council to ban it.
Published March 24, 2018
Sinn Fein postpones abortion debate until after poll
Sinn Fein has suspended one of its TDs, Offaly TD Carol Nolan, after
she voted against holding a referendum to remove a constitutional ban
on abortion this week.
Published March 24, 2018
Labour appoints new shadow Direct Ruler in Brexit row
The spokesperson on Ireland for the British Labour Party, Owen Smith,
was dramatically sacked by party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Friday night in
a row over the party’s position on Britain’s departure from the European
Union.
Published March 24, 2018
Hooded men, Amnesty stunned by ECHR dismissal of torture case
A decision by the European Court of Human Rights has been described as a
bad day for justice after it refused to revise a judgement that the
‘Hooded Men’ did not suffer torture at the hands of their British
military captors in 1971.
Published March 20, 2018
Taoiseach plays the gombeen for Trump
The 26 County Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is facing calls to resign after he
bragged about how he subverted the state’s planning process on behalf of
Donald Trump’s business interests during the traditional St Patrick’s
Day lunch in Washington DC.
Published March 17, 2018
Political prisoner Gabriel Mackle has been released following a period
of internment lasting over four months, it has been confirmed. It is
believed his release was made subject to legal conditions which have
prevented him making a statement on the matter.
Published March 17, 2018
DUP negotiators can’t deliver - Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein has questioned the authority of the DUP negotiating team,
headed up by party leader Arlene Foster, after the last round of talks
to restore power-sharing in Belfast suddenly collapsed as a deal was
imminent.
Published March 17, 2018
Trump set to visit ‘interesting’ border areas in Ireland
US President Donald Trump has said he will visit Ireland and will go to
the border, according to reports from Washington DC.
Published March 17, 2018
Tory plans for Brexit include border travel ‘permit’
People crossing the British-imposed border through Ireland would have to
register in advance for permission under a deranged plan for Brexit
being considered by Tories.
Published March 17, 2018
Brother of shot escapee takes legal action
The brother of a County Tyrone man shot dead while trying to escape from
Long Kesh internment camp almost 45 years ago has launched a legal
action against the PSNI police and British Ministry of Defence.
Published March 17, 2018
Sinn Fein has warned that the DUP has “checked out” of any attempt to
restore the powersharing institutions in Belfast as the Tory government
in London introduced an effective Direct Rule budget for the North of
Ireland.
Published March 10, 2018
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