There was a potentially significant development in the Brexit crisis
this week when Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness,
refused to rule out his party taking up its four seats in Westminster
ahead of a potentially critical vote on the issue in the London
parliament.
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Sinn Fein ‘faces immense challenge’ on Brexit
There was a potentially significant development in the Brexit crisis
this week when Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness,
refused to rule out his party taking up its four seats in Westminster
ahead of a potentially critical vote on the issue in the London
parliament.
Published November 5, 2016
Political interference wrecked Maghaberry prison deal
Amid fresh protests over abuses at Maghaberry Prison, a key mediator in
an agreement struck in 2010 to ease tensions at the jail has admitted
the deal collapsed as a result of unionist political pressure.
Published November 5, 2016
Jail visits blocked after assault furore
There have been protests on behalf of Derry republican internee Tony
Taylor following an assault on his wife by a Maghaberry prison warder.
Published November 5, 2016
Sinister twist for harassment victims
Some republicans facing PSNI harassment through stop-and-search abuses
may also be coming under pressure to provide information to British
military intelligence, it has emerged.
Published November 5, 2016
Secret document reveals Britain’s massacre spin
The hard-won declassification of a secret military file proves that the
British state knew the truth of the deadly attack on McGurk’s Bar in
1971, when 15 civilians were killed, but created a false narrative in
an attempt to deflect blame onto the IRA.
Published November 5, 2016
Ireland urged to take in refugee children
Several hundred people gathered outside the Dublin parliament on
Wednesday night for a candlelit vigil calling for the 26 County state
to house refugee children from the conflict in the Middle East who have
so far been refused permission to enter Britain.
Published November 5, 2016
The lonely death of an IRA informer has drawn attention to the contempt
which British agencies hold for those who have betrayed their own
communities to take the queen’s shilling.
Published October 29, 2016
North’s ‘principle of consent’ subordinate to UK powers - judge
A Belfast judge has ruled that the 1998 Good Friday Agreement can not
prevent a change in the North’s constitutional position if a process is
initiated to pull the Six Counties out of the European Union.
Published October 29, 2016
Police assaulted and threatened to shoot people in separate
incidents amid heightened tensions in west Belfast.
Published October 29, 2016
British sought to re-convict the Guildford Four
The sister of Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon has called for secret
papers on his case to be made public after a small number were released
to the BBC.
Published October 29, 2016
Wealthy loyalist says band members ‘defend north Down’
Prominent loyalist Dee Stitt has appeared to admit that a publicly
funded loyalist flute band is engaged in paramilitary activity.
Published October 29, 2016
New criminalisation effort opposed
There have been calls to strengthen efforts against the criminalisation
and isolation of republican prisoners following a debate at the Stormont
Assembly on the issue.
Published October 29, 2016
Child’s political conviction over water protest
There have been international protests after a judge in Dublin convicted
a 15-year-old boy of illegally “imprisoning” the Irish Tanaiste [Deputy
Prime Minister] by peacefully demonstrating against water charges in
front of her police-escorted car.
Published October 22, 2016
ONH ‘housekeeping’ link to shootings
It is unclear if a shooting on Thursday which left west Belfast man Joe
Reilly dead is connected to tensions within a small breakaway IRA group
which saw another man survive a ‘punishment’ shooting earlier in the
week.
Published October 22, 2016
No bar to deportation of Irish citizens after Brexit
Legal experts have warned that Britain’s exit from the EU could be used
as an excuse to bar Irish citizens from the Six Counties and Britain
from living there, and that the rights of Irish citizens to live and
work under British jurisdiction will need to be enshrined in law.
Published October 22, 2016
Manus Deery inquest makes progress
The former commanding officer of the two former British soldiers
directly involved in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Derry
has expressed his sorrow to the family of the deceased teenager, but
said he would not accept the killing had been unjustified.
Published October 22, 2016
Saoradh warns over MI5 approaches
The new republican party, Saoradh, has warned its supporters to be
vigilant when confronted by British military intelligence, who they said
are operating “outside the parameters of any legal framework”.
Published October 22, 2016
PSNI harassment seen as threatening and coervice
Republican Sinn Fein has said its members and their families are
“under attack from the colonial police of British rule” after another
series of harassment incidents.
Published October 22, 2016
Shifting lines as Brexit tempo increases
The first shot in Britain’s departure from the EU has been fired across
Irish bows after its governor in the north of Ireland, James
Brokenshire, said Ireland should form part of Britain’s new immigration
controls.
Published October 15, 2016
Budget 2017 ‘a failure of leadership’
The 26 County budget announced this week for the 2017 fiscal year was
marked by derisively meagre and delayed increases for those in
deprivation, while generous measures were implemented to benefit
bankers, developers, and landlords.
Published October 15, 2016
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