An overwhelming vote in favour of repealing the 8th amendment of the
Irish constitution has opened the way for the liberalisation of
Ireland’s abortion laws, with a final result of 66.4% to 33.6%.
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‘New politics’ brings historic change
An overwhelming vote in favour of repealing the 8th amendment of the
Irish constitution has opened the way for the liberalisation of
Ireland’s abortion laws, with a final result of 66.4% to 33.6%.
Published May 26, 2018
Pressure grows to move beyond DUP vetoes
The leader of the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn visited Belfast
this week to mark 20 years since the Good Friday peace agreement and
added his voice to efforts to circumvent unionist intransigence.
Published May 26, 2018
Boy hospitalised after vicious loyalist beating
A Catholic teenager has been hospitalised after being kicked in the head
in a sectarian attack in Derry’s Waterside area.
Published May 26, 2018
Part of remains of British shooting victim withheld
The British government is to be asked to explain the disappearance of
part of the body of Aidan McAnespie in 1988. The 23-year-old was shot
dead by a British soldier close to a border checkpoint at Aughnacloy in
County Tyrone as he made his way to a local Gaelic sports club.
Published May 26, 2018
Royals but no Saffrons on television
Sinn Fein has criticised the BBC’s lack of coverage of Gaelic games in a
meeting with representatives of the GAA (Gaelic Athletics Association).
Published May 26, 2018
Families reject call to abandon prosecutions
Families who lost loved ones at the hands of unionist paramilitaries
acting in collusion with the state have criticised comments made by a
former Director of Public Prosecutions for an end to conflict-related
prosecutions.
Published May 26, 2018
Exit poll predicts victory for pro-abortion campaign
Ireland looks set to legalise abortion after an exit poll showed a
referendum to remove the constitutional protection for the unborn
passing by an overwhelming 68% Yes to 32% No.
Published May 25, 2018
May runs away from border poll
Theresa May has privately ruled out a vote on Irish unity within the
north of Ireland because it could produce a majority in favour,
according to leaked reports from a secret Tory briefing.
Published May 19, 2018
Loyalist bludgeon gangs on the prowl
There is growing concern in the north of Ireland over threats and
attacks by loyalist gangs ahead of the summer marching season.
Published May 19, 2018
Last week of campaigning, but no end to abortion debate
The hugely divisive referendum campaign on the Eighth Amendment draws
to a close ahead of voting day next Friday with opinion polls showing
support for the removal of Ireland’s constitutional protection for the
unborn declining, but still likely to pass.
Published May 19, 2018
The ‘New IRA’ has responded to a call by former Sinn Fein leader Gerry
Adams for rival republican groups to “go away”, with posters signed in
the name of “The IRA” appearing in west and north Belfast.
Published May 19, 2018
Moves to bring charges against agent’s handlers
A legal intervention has forced Crown prosecutors to revise a decision
not to bring criminal charges against two former RUC Special Branch
members who are believed to have directed and shielded loyalist serial
killer Gary Haggarty.
Published May 19, 2018
Minister vows to obtain Dublin/Monaghan documents
The victims of the worst day of the recent conflict in Ireland should
be told the truth, a campaigner has said.
Published May 19, 2018
Protests across Ireland against Israeli massacre
Thousands protested in cities across the country this evening following
a horrific mass murder by Israel of some 60 unarmed Palestinians in Gaza
on Monday. It was the single deadliest day for Palestinians in several
years.
Published May 15, 2018
More than 55 dead in new Israeli atrocity
Scores of Palestinians have been shot dead in Gaza as Israel’s
declaration of independence was marked by a mass slaughter of protestors
gathered at the border.
Published May 14, 2018
British soldiers gloat over massacre
Former members of the British Crown Forces have been sharing photographs
of the assassinated IRA Volunteers of Loughgall and gloating about how
they held “parties” in the van in which three of the martyrs were
killed, it has emerged.
Published May 12, 2018
Loughgall documents point to war crime
Members of the IRA unit shot dead in a British Army ambush at Loughgall
had been under surveillance for weeks, it was confirmed this week.
Published May 12, 2018
Cancer test victim says ‘government should go’
The resignation this week of the head of the 26 County Health Service
Executive (HSE) has added to demands for full accountability in a
scandal over cut-rate cancer testing and a subsequent cover-up which has
claimed the lives of 17 women.
Published May 12, 2018
There has been a furious response to a statement by British Prime
Minister Theresa May to her own parliament which deliberately
misrepresented official figures on policing and claimed “the only
people being investigated” are members of the Crown Forces.
Published May 12, 2018
Support for Tony Taylor after parole hearing is postponed
Unionists have lashed out at the 26 County Minister for Foreign Affairs
after he raised the two-year internment of republican prisoner Tony
Taylor in the Dublin parliament.
Published May 12, 2018
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