Peter Robinson, the former leader of the hardline unionist DUP, has
suggested agreement on a strategy for phased reunification could allow
him to support a Six County referendum on unity.
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Robinson backs ‘fixed’ border polls
Peter Robinson, the former leader of the hardline unionist DUP, has
suggested agreement on a strategy for phased reunification could allow
him to support a Six County referendum on unity.
Published June 9, 2018
Flags and banners ‘designed to spread fear’
Loyalists have begun hoisting flags and banners and painting kerbstones
in locations across the North in advance of the summer sectarian parades
by the Protestant marching organisations.
Published June 9, 2018
British injustice pursues dying republican to the grave
One of the oldest republican prisoners in Maghaberry Prison, Sean
O’Neill, has passed away from cancer in Limerick this week while still
being actively sought by the British authorities in the North for
“breaching bail”.
Published June 9, 2018
‘Spycops’ inquiry reveals Irish political groups targeted
Sinn Fein and the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) were
infiltrated by an undercover British police unit which is currently the
focus of a major inquiry in England.
Published June 9, 2018
Coalition rumours mount as Varadkar launches Feile
A rumoured alliance between Sinn Fein and Fine Gael appears closer this
week after Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar launched the West
Belfast festival, Feile an Phobail, on Friday.
Published June 9, 2018
US-based escapee seeks to overturn conviction
A former political prisoner, who fled to the United States after being
part of the 1983 mass escape from the H-Blocks of Long Kesh 35 years
ago, is making a new attempt to clear his name.
Published June 9, 2018
The issue of women’s rights and access to abortion are now being placed
alongside calls for same-sex marriage as part of an equality agenda
being opposed by unionists.
Published June 2, 2018
Exhaustion at Britain’s scattershot border ideas
Britain’s cartwheeling approach to Brexit and the north of Ireland has
reached a critical point with a new plan to expand the Irish border into
a ten-mile demilitarised ‘buffer’ zone.
Published June 2, 2018
Momentum seen behind Sinn Fein policy shift
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she expects her party will
endorse the provision of abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy
following last Friday’s 26 County referendum to repeal the Eighth
Amendment, which gave a pregnant woman only an equal right to life as
her unborn child.
Published June 2, 2018
Bradley refuses to discuss Taylor case
The British Direct Ruler Karen Bradley has refused to meet Derry
councillors to discuss the two-year internment of a republican political
activist.
Published June 2, 2018
Hopes new inquest will answer questions
The younger brother of Derry plastic bullet victim, Stephen McConomy,
says a new inquest into his death could provide his family with the
“answers we deserve.”
Published June 2, 2018
Republicans remember George McBrearty and Charles Maguire
Dozens of republicans gathered with friends and family of the late IRA
Volunteer, George McBrearty in Derry on Sunday to commemorate the 37th
anniversary of his death at the hands of SAS alongside his comrade
Charles ‘Pop’ Maguire in 1981.
Published June 2, 2018
‘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
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