Claims that a deceased unionist paramilitary may have been responsible
for the deaths of victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre have been treated
with scepticism by the relatives of those who died.
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UVF claim 1971 Ballymurphy murders
Claims that a deceased unionist paramilitary may have been responsible
for the deaths of victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre have been treated
with scepticism by the relatives of those who died.
Published May 5, 2018
Plastic bullet killing to remain classified until 2059
The mother of a teenager killed by a plastic bullet fired by the RUC
(now PSNI) police 37 years ago has hit out at British state secrecy
after it emerged that files on his murder are to remain under wraps for
another 41 years.
Published May 5, 2018
Efforts to tackle unionist internet hate
An independent unionist councillor has drawn attention to the problem
of unchecked hate speech by unionist politicians with an egregious and
ridiculous attempt to insult Irish nationalists.
Published May 5, 2018
A new chapter for the Basque struggle
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has spoken of “a historic moment”
in the Basque peace process after the ETA armed group announced a
definitive end to the organisation.
Published May 5, 2018
Sinn Fein win West Tyrone by-election
Sinn Fein has retained its Westminster seat for the West Tyrone
constituency after 26-year-old solicitor Orfhlaith Begley polled over
16,000 votes for the party in Thursday’s by-election.
Published May 4, 2018
Sinn Fein accused of ‘political oppression’
The PSNI have taken to using saws and battering rams in raids on the
homes of republican activists in Derry following appeals by Sinn Fein
for “tangible action” against armed groups in the city.
Published April 28, 2018
McDonald ends Derry name campaign with one word
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has provoked outrage among
republicans after she deliberately used the plantation name
“Londonderry” for Derry at an event in the city on Wednesday.
Published April 28, 2018
Sinn Fein helps unionist to win Senate seat
Sinn Fein has helped a unionist farmer who opposes the party’s main
Brexit policy get elected to the Dublin parliament’s upper chamber, the
Seanad.
Published April 28, 2018
Token border visit mocked as Brexit ‘solution’ could be postponed
Britain’s ‘Brexit’ Minister was secretly parachuted in and out of
Ireland for a photo-opportunity at the border this week in a humiliating
exercise for the British Crown.
Published April 28, 2018
Inquest helps brings closure to family of Marian Brown
A seventeen-year-old girl was pointlessly shot dead by a British soldier
while she hugged her boyfriend, a coroner has confirmed.
Published April 28, 2018
Church attacked as DUP reach out to West Tyrone voters
A bizarre graffiti attack at St Colmcille’s Church, Carrickmore, County
Tyrone is being linked to next Thursday’s by-election to the Westminster
parliament in the West Tyrone constituency.
Published April 28, 2018
Britain launches ‘Border Force’
A new ‘Border Force’ recruitment drive is being seen as the latest sign
that the British government is planning to impose a hard border across
Ireland after Brexit, and the manner of its implementation is in line
with the extreme right-wing policies of the British government’s Home
Office.
Published April 21, 2018
BBC show predicts Catholic majority for North by 2021
A claim that Catholics could soon outnumber Protestants in the Six
Counties has been highlighted by nationalist parties to convince those
with a unionist background to feel “at home” in a new, united Ireland.
Published April 21, 2018
Prison authorities target families
Prisoner support groups have accused the Maghaberry administration of
again targeting the families of republican political prisoners.
Published April 21, 2018
GFA prisoners still facing discrimination
Twenty years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, republicans
who were jailed for activities related to the conflict have said they
are still facing barriers to employment and travel.
Published April 21, 2018
‘McGuinness Principles’ campaign launched
A new set of “principles” to commemorate the late Six County Deputy First
Minister Martin McGuinness have been advanced by Sinn Fein with the
support of a prominent US politician.
Published April 21, 2018
The use of international air bombardments in the war in Syria has
provoked anger and protest in Ireland.
Published April 21, 2018
The headquarters of the Irish Republican Socialist Party were raided by
the PSNI police on Friday in the latest show of strength by the Crown
forces against republicans in Belfast and Derry.
Published April 14, 2018
PSNI arrest leading republican at press conference
Saoradh has vowed to resist the criminalisation of republicans
following a heavy-handed police arrest operation at offices shared by
the small political party on Monday.
Published April 14, 2018
SDLP in disarray over tribute to hunger striker
The nationalist SDLP has been condemned after it threatened to
discipline its councillors in Newry who failed to support moves to
rename a park in the town named for local hunger strike hero Raymond
McCreesh.
Published April 14, 2018
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