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.
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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
Events have been taking place in west Belfast to commemorate three IRA
Volunteers ambushed and executed by the British Army’s SAS in Gibraltar
30 years ago.
Published March 10, 2018
Foster’s block on inquests ‘unlawful’
A High Court judge has found that the leader of the Democratic Unionist
Party, Arlene Foster, illegally blocked funding for inquests into
killings in the north of Ireland.
Published March 10, 2018
Tony Taylor now interned for two years
Derry republican Tony Taylor has issued a statement from Maghaberry
prison appealing for public support on the second anniversary of his
internment.
Published March 10, 2018
O Caolain to stand down as public representative
Sinn Fein TD Caoimhghin O Caolain, the party’s longest-serving elected
representative in the 26 Counties, has confirmed he will not stand in
the next general election.
Published March 10, 2018
Soccer squabble over ‘Catholics’ playing for Ireland
Sinn Fein has called on the manager of the ‘Northern Ireland’ soccer
squad to withdraw comments in which he complained that “Catholic”
players from the Six Counties had been convinced to play for the Irish
national team.
Published March 10, 2018
EU issues ultimatum to London over Irish border
The President of the European Council Donald Tusk has said issues
relating to Ireland must be resolved before negotiations on Brexit can
move ahead in other matters.
Published March 8, 2018
Thousands of people have taken part in a march for victims of the recent
conflict in Belfast. They came together last weekend as they made their
way to City Hall under the banner ‘Time for Truth’.
Published March 3, 2018
EU trade plan ‘could end the United Kingdom’ - May
The British Prime Minister has claimed an EU proposal for a ‘common
regulatory area’ between the EU and the North of Ireland would “threaten
the constitutional integrity of the UK”.
Published March 3, 2018
Irish media in receipt of government payola
The Fine Gael government in Dublin has been using public money for a
marketing campaign that required Irish newspapers to make government
propaganda look like news, it has emerged.
Published March 3, 2018
Judges blast prosecutor over untried murder of Daniel Hegarty
A prosecutor’s decision not to try the British soldier who shot dead a
15-year-old child in Derry in 1972 was “irredeemably flawed”, the High
Court has ruled. Judges also ruled that the four-year delay by notorious
former Crown Prosecutor Barra McGrory was “manifestly excessive,
inexplicable, unjustified and unlawful”.
Published March 3, 2018
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