A meeting which took place between the DUP and the unionist paramilitary
UVF in the early hours of Wednesday failed to convince the loyalist
armed group to lower a giant bonfire, it has emerged.
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A meeting which took place between the DUP and the unionist paramilitary
UVF in the early hours of Wednesday failed to convince the loyalist
armed group to lower a giant bonfire, it has emerged.
Published July 14, 2018
Glasgow set to act against sectarian parades
A hate attack on a Catholic priest by supporters of an Orange Order
parade in Glasgow has caused a major backlash and a call for a blanket
ban on the openly sectarian organisation in the city.
Published July 14, 2018
Random MI5 recruitment bid lands man in hospital
A County Tyrone man has described how he was hospitalised after MI5 and
PSNI tried to recruit him as an informer.
Published July 14, 2018
Historic vote against Palestinian occupation
Irish senators on Wednesday passed a bill to ban the import of goods
from Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
Published July 14, 2018
Plastic bullets fired as Derry riots escalate
A sectarian parade through the centre of Derry provoked heavy
rioting in the city last night as youths threw petrol bombs and the PSNI
responded with potentially lethal plastic bullets.
Published July 13, 2018
Wave of bonfire violence in UVF backlash
The north of Ireland saw some of the worse violence in recent years as
unionist paramilitaries hit back at a first step by authorities against
their towering and toxic ‘Eleventh Night’ bonfires.
Published July 12, 2018
Clashes continue in the Bogside
Disturbances involving nationalist youths in the Bogside area of Derry
has seen another night of trouble as appeals from a wide spectrum of
politicians fell on deaf ears.
Published July 10, 2018
May under threat as top Tories quit over Brexit
Boris Johnson has resigned as British Foreign Secretary, following the
departure earlier today of Brexit Minister David Davis, amid a growing
crisis within the Conservative Party over London’s Brexit strategy.
Published July 9, 2018

Published July 7, 2018
Nationalists hemmed in for sectarian march
Steel barriers sealed off the nationalist Short Strand last Monday to
facilitate the passage of a sectarian parade by the anti-Catholic Orange
Order, infuriating local residents but without causing any of the
violence seen in previous years.
Published July 7, 2018
Clashes in Derry as flags intimidation escalates
There was some trouble in Derry last weekend amid tension in the city
ahead of major sectarian marches to be held on Thursday by the Orange
Order.
Published July 7, 2018
McGurk’s Bar families have inquest denied
Calls for a fresh inquest into the McGurks Bar Bombing in Belfast have
been rejected by the Six County Attorney General.
Published July 7, 2018
British Brexit spin questioned
Sinn Fein has cast doubt on claims that a newly agreed British cabinet
positon on Brexit could prevent a hardening of the border and a
diminution of the rights of the citizens in the north of Ireland.
Published July 7, 2018
Republicans have mourned the passing of veteran IRA figure Sean Scott,
of Ballyforan, near Ballinasloe in County Galway, whose funeral took
place on Wednesday.
Published July 7, 2018
Collusion monster is Garda Commissioner

Published June 30, 2018
Crown force oppression as marching tensions escalate
An elderly nationalist collapsed as he was arrested by PSNI police after
he tried to remove provocative banners in praise of an infamous loyalist
paramilitary in Moygashel, County Tyrone, on Thursday.
Published June 30, 2018
Gestures could signal Stormont turning point
A series of choreographed political gestures could be preparing the way
for a return of the Stormont Assembly as both Sinn Fein and the DUP have
said they are ready to restore the Six County political institutions.
Published June 30, 2018
Pressure grows on SCC over fast-track convictions
A conviction by the juryless ‘Special Criminal Court’ (SCC) in Dublin has
been overturned on appeal, raising new questions over a court whose main
purpose has always been to efficiently imprison Irish republicans.
Published June 30, 2018
Finucanes take justice quest to Supreme Court
The widow of murdered Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane has said she
is optimistic that the Supreme Court in London will finally rule in
favour of a full public inquiry into her husband’s death.
Published June 30, 2018
Census could be used as border poll test
Sinn Fein has said the public appetite for a border poll in the North
should be tested with a question in 2021 census.
Published June 30, 2018
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