A crowd of thousands took to the streets in this year’s annual Bloody
Sunday march in Derry, supported by a range of republican and civil
rights and justice groups.
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‘End the delays - start the prosecutions’
A crowd of thousands took to the streets in this year’s annual Bloody
Sunday march in Derry, supported by a range of republican and civil
rights and justice groups.
Published February 2, 2019
Nurses strike over pay inequality
Some 40,000 nurses have gone on strike in the 26 Counties over salary
scales that are believed to be the lowest among paid workers in Ireland
with degree status.
Published January 30, 2019
A spectacular bomb attack at Derry courthouse last weekend followed by a
series of hoaxes appears designed to deliver a message about the
continuing ability of the ‘new IRA’ to carry on its armed campaign.
Published January 26, 2019
Varadkar in u-turn on Brexit militarisation, Good Friday Agreement
The 26 County Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted that British soldiers
could return to the border through Ireland in the event of a crash
Brexit in March. He also said that in such an event, Britain would have to
reach a new deal with the 26 County state in order to honour its
obligations under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Published January 26, 2019
Dáil passes Bill to ban Israeli settlement products
A bill to outlaw trade in goods from Israeli settlements in Palestine
has been passed by the lower house of the Dublin parliament, a major
step on its journey into law.
Published January 26, 2019
Call for end to prosecution delays after massacre suspect dies
The family of one of those killed on Bloody Sunday has called for a
final decision to be made about prosecutions after one of the British
Army paratroopers who carried out the 1972 massacre died this week.
Published January 26, 2019
Prisoners fight for right to use Irish language
A republican prisoner who is appealing his conviction is also taking a
legal action against the 26 County state in defense of his right to use
the Irish language after the Special Criminal Court in Dublin refused to
provide a transcript of proceedings in the Irish language.
Published January 26, 2019
The first casualty of the Irish War of Independence on the IRA side was
Volunteer Dan McGandy, who died 100 years ago this week.
Published January 26, 2019
Car bomb explodes in Derry; no injuries reported
Derry city courthouse has been apparently targeted tonight in a car bomb
attack. The shock bombing in Bishop Street is being linked to the ‘new
IRA’, its first such attack in years.
Published January 19, 2019
British military reinforcements for Brexit
Plans are in train to send British Army Reservists to the north of
Ireland to deal with the consequences of a crash Brexit at the end of
March.
Published January 19, 2019
New movement aiming for 100 cumainn after SF split
A new republican and pro-life political party being set up by former
Sinn Fein politician Peadar Toibin is set to become a significant force
in Irish politics after founding over 20 cumainn [branches] across
Ireland, including six in the north.
Published January 19, 2019
Derry unites for justice despite hate campaign
Flags of the British Army’s infamous Parachute Regiment have once again
been erected by loyalists in County Derry in an attempt to inflame
tensions ahead of a march for justice on the anniversary of the Paras’
Bloody Sunday massacre.
Published January 19, 2019
Anti-eviction activist ‘is political prisoner’
One of the most prominent anti-eviction activists in Ireland, Ben
Gilroy, has been given a three month jail term in Mountjoy prison.
Published January 19, 2019
Symbolic renaming of former RUC stronghold
The site of the former Andersonstown RUC barracks in west Belfast has
been renamed Groves Reilly Corner, in honour of Clara Reilly and her
late friend, plastic bullet victim Emma Groves.
Published January 19, 2019
Recruitment bid subject of official complaint
A 21-year-old republican man has lodged a complaint with the Police
Ombudsman after Special Branch PSNI police tried to recruit him as an
informer during a trip to England.
Published January 19, 2019
May clings to power, seeks compromise with opposition
With the continuing support of the DUP, Theresa May has defeated a vote
of no confidence in her Tory government at Westminster by 325 votes to
306, less than 24 hours after she failed to win parliamentary approval
for her Brexit deal by a historic margin.
Published January 16, 2019
Tories faces no confidence vote after MPs reject Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May has tonight lost a motion in the
House of Commons on Britain’s deal on withdrawal from the European
Union by a large margin of 432 votes to 202.
Published January 15, 2019
British PM admits hard Brexit would accelerate Irish unity
Britain’s departure from the European Union without a deal would make a
united Ireland and the break-up of the United Kingdom more likely,
Theresa May has told MPs.
Published January 14, 2019
Judge ‘protects his paymasters’
A coroner has somehow found no evidence of collusion in the notorious
murder of a nationalist pensioner who was shot dead by loyalists as her
home was being actively surveilled by the British Army.
Published January 12, 2019
Good Friday Agreement may not survive - SF
The 1998 Good Friday peace agreement could become unsalvageable, Sinn
Fein has said, as Brexit and other unresolved issues continue to shutter
the institutions which were set up under the agreement.
Published January 12, 2019
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