Fianna Fail is to take over the SDLP and contest elections in the Six
Counties as part of a major political realignment for both parties,
according to reports.
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Fianna Fáil and SDLP in merger talks
Fianna Fail is to take over the SDLP and contest elections in the Six
Counties as part of a major political realignment for both parties,
according to reports.
Published August 25, 2018
Setback in bid to block Harris appointment
Barring a last minute appeal, the appointment of a key collusion figure
to the role of Garda Commissioner looks set to go ahead after a High
Court judge in Dublin refused to allow a judicial review.
Published August 25, 2018
McAliskey’s anger as rights agenda is stymied
Former republican MP and civil rights leader Bernadette McAliskey has
said the Stormont Assembly has failed to protect human rights and should
be “bulldozed”.
Published August 25, 2018
Mortgage holders offered up for vulture fund evictions
A bank owned by the 26 County state has been accused of selling good
mortgages on family homes to a vulture fund which could result in mass
evictions.
Published August 25, 2018
There has been an outcry after former Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan
hinted at a police cover-up and said she was certain the PSNI (then
RUC) ‘could have prevented’ the 1998 Omagh bomb attack, in which 29
civilians died.
Published August 18, 2018
Court bid to stop collusion figure becoming Garda Commissioner
A relative of a victim of the McGurk’s Bar massacre has brought a High
Court challenge aimed at blocking the appointment of a senior PSNI
(formerly RUC) figure, Deputy Chief Drew Harris, as the next Garda
police Commissioner in the 26 Counties.
Published August 18, 2018
Nationalists oppose sectarian parades
Saoradh have raised concerns regarding a weekend of loyalist parades in
Newry as this year’s marching season draws to a close. The party’s Newry
spokesperson Stephen Murney said the centre of Newry would be “overrun
by over two thousand sectarian bigots”.
Published August 18, 2018
Foster snubs Pope as speculation surrounds visit
The DUP is not expected to send any representative to a civic reception
for Pope Francis in Dublin Castle next weekend after Arlene Foster said
she would not attend.
Published August 18, 2018
Peace vigil at Shannon Airport
Pressure is growing for the use of Shannon Airport by US military forces
to end in light of the latest bombing campaigns in the US-backed war in
Yemen.
Published August 18, 2018
Fifty years ago the Civil Rights movement in the Six Counties began with
a march from Coalisland to Dungannon, which is being re-enacted today by
Sinn Fein. Brian Dooley describes how the original marchers drew
inspiration from the campaign for civil rights in the United States.
Published August 18, 2018
Britain gears up for Brexit oppression
Published August 11, 2018
We need space for a united Ireland debate - McDonald
Sinn Fein party leader Mary Lou McDonald has insisted that she is ready
for a border poll and wants a debate on Irish reunification, including
the possibility of rejoining the British Commonwealth.
Published August 11, 2018
Direct action on evictions and homelessness
Amid a national outcry over children being forced to sleep in police
stations due to a lack of accommodation, housing activists have
occupied a vacant home in Dublin.
Published August 11, 2018
Ignominy for Paisley as historic recall effort begins
The first recall votes in British or Irish history have been cast in a
bid to force disgraced DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr from office.
Published August 11, 2018
Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Socialist Party have hailed the
absence of a nationalist bonfire in Belfast, the first August there was
none lit in the city.
Published August 11, 2018
Large anti-internment march reaches City Hall
There was a major security operation in Belfast city centre on Saturday
as well over a thousand republicans took part in a march and rally
against internment, while a small number of loyalists held a
counter-protest.
Published August 11, 2018
Sinn Fein wavers on border poll
Sinn Fein has denied media claims of internal disagreements after a
significant shift in the party’s attitude on Irish reunification was
unveiled by party leader Mary Lou McDonald on Monday but largely
recanted less than 24 hours later.
Published August 4, 2018
Homes attacked as loyalists mark out territory
A Catholic woman whose son had recently died was ordered to leave her
home by loyalist paramilitaries as she prepared to wake her son.
Published August 4, 2018
Talks process moribund - Foster still says no
DUP leader Arlene Foster has again ruled out a long-sought Irish
Language Act in any new set of negotiations aimed at restoring the Six
County Executive with Sinn Fein, and said she had no expectation that
talks efforts will begin again after the summer break.
Published August 4, 2018
‘Hooded man’ Hannaway among victims of juryless injustice
There have been calls for the non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin
to be shut down after five republicans were jailed on the basis of a
'farcical' statement by a police superintendent and surveillance
evidence which had been deemed illegal.
Published August 4, 2018
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