Tributes have been paid to the young freelance journalist, Lyra McKee,
who lost her life during rioting in Derry on Thursday night after she
was struck by a bullet aimed at police vehicles.
![]() | |
Tributes to journalist killed in riot
Tributes have been paid to the young freelance journalist, Lyra McKee,
who lost her life during rioting in Derry on Thursday night after she
was struck by a bullet aimed at police vehicles.
Published April 20, 2019
Plastic bullet killings a ‘British national secret’
Files on the deaths of nationalist children at the hands of plastic
bullets have been closed for a further 50 years for reasons the British
government have refused to disclose.
Published April 20, 2019
US Congress members to act to defend 1998 deal
A US Congressional delegation visiting Ireland has vowed to use its
influence to stop Brexit from undermining the Good Friday Agreement.
Published April 20, 2019
British soldier ‘to face charges’ over death of Derry boy
A former British soldier will be prosecuted for the murder of
15-year-old Daniel Hegarty, according to Crown prosecutors.
Published April 20, 2019
Landmark battle on the cards for European Parliament election
The election to the European Parliament in the North of Ireland on May
23 could be a historic one if two out of three seats are won by
nationalists.
Published April 20, 2019
A journalist has been killed amid heavy rioting in the Creggan area of
Derry on Thursday night as Crown Force police raided the nationalist
area of the city ahead of republican Easter commemorative events.
Published April 19, 2019
No restriction on armed PSNI crossing border
An extraordinary incident involving Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has
forced the Dublin government to confirm that heavily armed members of the
British Crown Forces are routinely making incursions into all areas of
the 26 Counties without any checks or controls.
Published April 13, 2019
‘I was told to plant bullets on Paras’ victims’
A former British military medical assistant has told the inquest into
the Ballymurphy Massacre that a senior figure in the British Army asked
him to plant bullets on two innocent civilians he had treated. It is
thought to be one of the first incidents of British Crown Forces in
Ireland attempting to falsely portray civilians as combatants.
Published April 13, 2019
Condemnation of Bradley deepens after referendum comments
One of the pillars of the British establishment in Ireland, former
Alliance Party leader John Alderdice, has joined growing criticism of
British Direct Ruler Karen Bradley.
Published April 13, 2019
DUP boasts support of drug-dealing gangster
The DUP in north Belfast has won the competition for the most outrageous
pre-election news story after it emerged that their candidates’
nomination papers have been signed by a convicted cocaine dealer, as
well as another infamous loyalist convicted of driving at speed into a
crowd of nationalists.
Published April 13, 2019
Still no red card for soccer fat-cats
Corruption in the world of Irish sport is in the spotlight after the
former CEO of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), John Delaney,
refused to answer questions about the organisation’s finances or a
mystery six figure payment he made to the soccer body, for what he said
were legal reasons.
Published April 13, 2019
Report finds a billion euro blown on hospital ‘fiasco’
A devastating report has been published on the national children’s
hospital that identified “significant failings” in planning and
budgeting which is set to lead to a one billion euro cost overrun.
Published April 13, 2019
Brexit deadline pushed out to October 31
European Union leaders have agreed to a request by British Prime
Minister Theresa May for an extension to the Brexit date. They have
agreed to a ‘flexible’ extension to October 31, subject to certain
conditions, including one which calls for elections to the European
Parliament to take place in Britain and the north of Ireland next month.
Published April 11, 2019
Irish are ‘second class citizens’ in new GFA breach

Published April 6, 2019
Britain will honour Brexit pact on border - Varadkar
With just days to go before the April 12 deadline for Britain’s
departure from the European Union, the island of Ireland is bracing for
the reinforcement of a land frontier through the island between EU and
British jurisdictions.
Published April 6, 2019
Amnesty on the way for British soldiers - report
Plans to give former British soldiers immunity from historic prosecution
have been described as “an affront to justice and an insult to grieving
families”.
Published April 6, 2019
British military testify at Ballymurphy inquest
A former British soldier has told the Ballymurphy inquest he saw
paratroopers shooting and killing civilians.
Published April 6, 2019
Inquest ordered into first shoot-to-kill victim
The North’s Attorney General has ordered a new inquest into the British
state killing of Patsy Duffy, widely regarded to be the first example of
a shoot-to-kill operation by the British Army in the North.
Published April 6, 2019
Tensions over PSNI’s public relations efforts
Sinn Féin and Saoradh have clashed over the cancellation of a police
‘youth engagement’ event in Derry following criticism by the hardline
republican political party.
Published April 6, 2019
The people of the border communities in Ireland are today demonstrating
against the demands of the unionist far right as Britain moves closer
to a crash exit from the European Union and a remilitarisation of the
border area across Ireland from April 12.
Published March 30, 2019
By default, this search engine looks for all words in any order. To search for an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotes:
"gerry adams"
The search engine also supports AND, OR, and NOT keywords to specify boolean expressions:
sinn OR fein
sinn NOT fein
Note that only twenty search results are displayed, in chronological order.