Republicans and former British soldiers are set to stage opposing
demonstrations in Belfast city centre on Good Friday.
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Former British troops face Belfast opposition
Republicans and former British soldiers are set to stage opposing
demonstrations in Belfast city centre on Good Friday.
Published April 7, 2017
PSNI use ‘carrot and stick’ tactic to recruit informers
Members of the PSNI Special Branch used a pair of shopping gift cards in
an attempt to turn a Fermanagh activist into an informer, as spying
activity appears to have increased ahead of next weekend’s republican
commemorations.
Published April 7, 2017
Department admits community grants discrimination
A report for Stormont’s ‘Department for Communities’ has admitted that a
scheme for funding community halls was biased in favour of the
Protestant community.
Published April 7, 2017
Brokenshire urged to step down as talks chair
The British Direct Ruler James Brokenshire has been urged to give up the
chairmanship of the talks at Stormont after the latest round of
discussions failed to make any real progress.
Published April 7, 2017
ETA leaves arms ‘in the hands of the Basque people’
The Basque armed group ETA says it will disarm on Saturday, leaving
down their weapons “so that Basques can continue taking steps to
achieve peace and freedom for our country”.
Published April 7, 2017
Hope for Ireland as Brexit gets real
Despite the Brexit process, the north of Ireland could remain in the
European Union pending a unity referendum, according to papers
published this week by a European Parliament committee.
Published April 1, 2017
The organisation known as the new IRA has said it struck a PSNI armoured
vehicle with an ‘explosively formed projectile’ (EFP) in County Tyrone
last week.
Published April 1, 2017
Prisoner taken off republican wing in Maghaberry row
A prisoner in the republican wing of Maghaberry prison has been removed
following a dispute with other prisoners in a row which has pitched two
small republican political parties against each other.
Published April 1, 2017
Stormont talks set to continue
Sinn Fein has said it will be insisting on the implementation of
previous peace deals in talks which are set to go on at Stormont
after a deadline for agreement was extended by the British government.
Published April 1, 2017
Police Commissioner and Ministers defy critics as scandals mount
The 26 County Garda police commissioner Noirin O Sullivan remains in her
post despite a barrage of shocking and incredible revelations about the
depth of fraud and corruption in the police force she heads.
Published April 1, 2017
Minister ‘issued threat’ to financial investigators
The chairman of the Dublin parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has
alleged that pressure was put on him by the Minister for Finance to
limit its investigation into the notorious cut-price sale of
state-owned properties in the Six Counties known as ‘Project Eagle’
Published April 1, 2017
Brexit triggered, negotiations to begin on Irish border
The European Union has confirmed that the Tory government in London has
triggered article 50, beginning a two-year process that will see
Britain, and possibly the north of Ireland, fall out of the European
Union.
Published March 29, 2017
Talks given extra time as Brokenshire fudges deadline
The British government has called for further talks to restore the
Stormont Executive after efforts so far fell well short of reaching
today’s ‘deadline’ for forming a power-sharing administration in the Six
Counties.
Published March 27, 2017
Sinn Fein has withdrawn from all-party talks at Stormont on restoring
the Six County Assembly after reporting no substantive progress in any
of the issues under discussion. The talks involving the Democratic
Unionist Party and the Dublin and London governments had a deadline of
tomorrow afternoon.
Published March 26, 2017
Grief turned to pride for Sinn Fein this week as tens of thousands paid
their respects to a leader who came to symbolise peace in Ireland and
the process through which the Provisional IRA gave birth to a political
powerhouse.
Published March 24, 2017
British PM faces Brexit confrontation in Belfast
British Prime Minister Theresa May will receive a very clear message
that the north of Ireland wants to stay in the European Union before she
triggers Brexit on Wednesday, Sinn Fein has said.
Published March 24, 2017
DUP MP suggests ‘poodle’ Sinn Fein could back down in talks
A senior MP for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has said there is
“virtually no chance” of a deal being struck for the restoration of the
Stormont Assembly in Belfast ahead of the looming deadline next Monday.
Sammy Wilson described Sinn Fein’s position as “unworkable” and claimed
the party are “overplaying their hand”.
Published March 24, 2017
Support for Bus Eireann workers over strike action
Drivers and other employees of Ireland’s state-run bus company have said
they feel they have “nothing to lose” as a nationwide bus strike has
focused attention on the crisis over wages in the public transport
sector.
Published March 24, 2017
Kenny accused of hypocrisy over immigration
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been urged to do more to help those coming to
Ireland to escape global conflicts following his comments on immigration
in the US last week, which received unprecedented international media
attention.
Published March 24, 2017
Bill Clinton’s eulogy for Martin McGuinness
The full text of remarks made by former US President at the Requiem Mass
for former Sinn Fein deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
Published March 24, 2017
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