An attempt to silence Irish-speaking hip-hop band Kneecap at last
weekend’s Glastonbury festival instead saw another band deliver an even
stronger message of defiance and resistance.
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Times are changing as festival crowds beat censors
An attempt to silence Irish-speaking hip-hop band Kneecap at last
weekend’s Glastonbury festival instead saw another band deliver an even
stronger message of defiance and resistance.
Published July 3, 2025
Strong opposition to plan to redevelop 1916 HQ
The Dublin government’s plans to redevelop the General Post Office (GPO)
as a mixed-use “flagship” site have been met with unified criticism as
community leaders, politicians, and cultural organisations all accuse
the government of disrespecting the nation’s revolutionary heritage.
Published July 3, 2025
RUC ‘failings’ in murder of Tyrone teen
An independent review has been recommended of the RUC/PSNI police
‘investigation’ into the murder of a Catholic teenager in County Tyrone
in 1973, after it emerged that two suspects were members of the force.
Published July 3, 2025
Higgins portrait snatched away by DUP mayor
A portrait of Irish President Michael D. Higgins has been removed from a
reception room at Belfast City Hall to an unknown location by hardline
unionists.
Published July 3, 2025
New insights into family’s long pursuit of justice
A new book by Eugene Reavey—whose three brothers were gunned down in their
home—, lays bare the depth of the British state’s involvement in loyalist terrorism.
Published July 3, 2025
The annual scourge of sectarian unionist bonfires has once again emerged
in the Six Counties, with Ballybeen in east Belfast setting a shocking
precedent this year.
Published June 26, 2025
Kneecap case is thin end of new British oppression
Attempts by the British government to jail a member of Irish language
hip hop band Kneecap has further descended into absurdity with an
attempt by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to frustrate the band’s
appearance at the Glastonbury music festival in England.
Published June 26, 2025
Derry youth protest policing tactics
A number of young Republicans from across Derry gathered in a show of
unity and resistance last Saturday outside the PSNI’S Strand Road
Barracks.
Published June 26, 2025
A woman is suing MI5 over its failure to protect her from an abusive
relationship with one of its agents.
Published June 26, 2025
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he hopes the current Dublin
government takes the decision to establish a forum to lead discussions
on unity.
Published June 26, 2025
Thousands rally in Cork and Dublin for housing action
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Ireland to demand
urgent government intervention to tackle the escalating homelessness and
housing crisis.
Published June 26, 2025
A convenient cover-up of the murder of an innocent Catholic
A supposed RUC police investigation into the murder of a west Belfast
man almost 40 years ago was ‘seriously defective’, the Police Ombudsman
has admitted, and all but confirming evidence of a police cover-up to
protect a leading loyalist paramilitary.
Published June 19, 2025
Loyalist flags become markers for attacks on homes
Hypocrisy over the use of flags of illegal organisations has been
exposed by the refusal of the PSNI to remove loyalist paramilitary flags
erected close to one of its bases in east Belfast.
Published June 19, 2025
Tributes paid to Fr Patrick Ryan
A legendary priest said to have proclaimed his pride in being at
the forefront of the IRA’s armed campaign, including taking part in an
attack against British warlord Margaret Thatcher, has died.
Published June 19, 2025
Survivor scores win in MI5-Kincora scandal
A settlement in the case of a victim of abuse at the notorious Kincora
Boys’ Home has been hailed as a huge day for the survivors of an MI5-run
paedophile network.
Published June 19, 2025
Irish neutrality stands against pro-Israeli militarism
Opposition is growing to a shift by the Dublin government away from
Irish military neutrality that could see Ireland drawn into an alignment
with Israel, despite its atrocities in Palestine and its
escalating war with Iran.
Published June 19, 2025
Nationalists are being urged to remain calm and vigilant after three
days of racist loyalist violence in County Antrim.
Published June 12, 2025
Minister accused of ‘incitement’ as leisure centre burned
Unionist ‘Communities Minister’ Gordon Lyons is under pressure after he
identified the location where those who fled this week’s arson attacks
in Ballymena had been brought.
Published June 12, 2025
Call for Britain to finally admit truth in Thompson murder
The seriously ill brother of a Catholic man murdered by a pro-British
death squad has pleaded with the British government to reveal the truth
about the killing.
Published June 12, 2025
Orwellian ‘truth’ body to be handed Sean Brown case
Britain’s so-called ‘Independent Commission for Reconciliation and
Information Recovery’ (ICRIR) has been expanded to become a ‘Ministry
for Truth’, with some 26 former RUC members, British soldiers and other
Crown Force staff joining scores of civil servants to create a
pro-British version of events in controversial cases.
Published June 12, 2025
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