Rioting erupted in the Creggan area of Derry this week as scores of PSNI
carried out raids in the area. Petrol bombs were thrown at a line of
police Landrovers on Monday in Creggan Heights.
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Derry riot after PSNI force evacuation
Rioting erupted in the Creggan area of Derry this week as scores of PSNI
carried out raids in the area. Petrol bombs were thrown at a line of
police Landrovers on Monday in Creggan Heights.
Published September 14, 2019
Parties consider election pacts
Sinn Féin has signalled a willingness to co-operate with other
anti-Brexit parties to challenge unionist candidates if and when a
Westminster general election is called.
Published September 14, 2019
Secret papers sought in murder of IPLO Volunteer
Lawyers for the mother of Eoin Morley, an alleged victim of an IRA informer, are
appealing a decision to deny them access to secret files in the
possession of the Police Ombudsman.
Published September 14, 2019
Soldiers resist courtroom questioning
Soldiers of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment have been accused of
putting up a “virtual wall of silence” against an inquest into the shooting
of 10 people in Belfast.
Published September 14, 2019
The chief of the PSNI police is under pressure to resign after proposing
one of the most inhumane public control strategies of any Crown Force
leader in the past 50 years, the removal and detention of innocent
nationalist children.
Published September 7, 2019
Westminster election on standby as opposition takes control
The political parties in the North have put themselves on a general
election footing as continuing manoeuvres over Brexit at Westminster
mean that a poll may not take place until the end of November.
Published September 7, 2019
A Continuity IRA spokesman has claimed responsibility for recent bomb
attacks in north Armagh and south Fermanagh, warning that more attacks
are imminent as it has “regrouped and rearmed”.
Published September 7, 2019
Contest for post of Sinn Féin Deputy Leader
Former Stormont education minister and Upper Bann Assembly
member John O’Dowd has said he is to run for the party’s deputy leader’s job. The
post is currently held by Mid-Ulster Assembly member and former Six
County Agricuture and Health Minister Michelle O’Neill.
Published September 7, 2019
Tories please DUP allies by rolling back equality measure
In a u-turn demanded by unionists, photos of the English queen have once
again been hung on the walls of government offices in the north of
Ireland, two years after being removed.
Published September 7, 2019
British 1972 memo called for poll to ‘escape’ from border
A secret memo written by a British Army general during the early years
of the current conflict refers to Britain needing to find a way to
“gradually escape” from its involvement in the north of Ireland.
Published September 7, 2019
Election looms as Tory MPs abandon Johnson
Amid continuing political turmoil at Westminster, Boris Johnson’s
control of the Brexit agenda has slipped along with his parliamentary
majority tonight.
Published September 3, 2019
Tories dispense with democracy
The far-right Brexit ‘war cabinet’ under unelected Prime
Minister Boris Johnson has edged closer to outright fascism after it
secured a royal order to shut down the Westminster parliament in London
for over a month.
Published August 30, 2019
British police to be sent into Brexit front line
English and Scottish police could be sent into conflict situations in
the north of Ireland after Brexit, it has emerged.
Published August 30, 2019
New revelations of large-scale child abuse
Two Fermanagh women have said they were abused by members of the
anti-Catholic Orange Order when they were children and that the Order
has covered it up. They say their abusers are “powerful men” and that
the Orange Order has “protected them”.
Published August 30, 2019
British soldier in court over McAnespie killing
A former British soldier accused of killing Aidan McAnespie more than 30
years ago has appeared in court.
Published August 30, 2019
PSNI and courts seen defending loyalist paramilitaries
A man who removed a loyalist hate banner which paid tribute to a
sectarian killer has been sent for trial on charges of theft.
Published August 30, 2019
No weighted advantage for unionists in poll - O’Neill
The notion that a weighted majority should be necessary to secure Irish
unity in a border poll would “turn democracy on its head”, according to
Sinn Féin’s deputy leader.
Published August 30, 2019
Border bomb is Brexit statement
A bomb which exploded less than a mile from the border on Monday has
delivered an IRA message about Britain’s plans to reinforce partition as
a result of Brexit. The blast was heard on both sides of the border.
Published August 23, 2019
PSNI attack home of grieving family
A PSNI raid on the grieving home of a former IRA Volunteer a day after
his funeral has sparked considerable anger in west Belfast.
Published August 23, 2019
Irish unification will solve Brexit problems - France
The French President Emmanuel Macron has said Irish reunification and
integration of the entire island in the EU “would solve all the
problems” of Brexit, “but it is not up to France”.
Published August 23, 2019
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