The secret use of royal privileges by the Office of the First Minister
and Deputy First Minister is to be investigated by an Assembly committee
after it emerged it has been used on three occasions since 2008.
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McGuinness facing investigation over use of royal powers
The secret use of royal privileges by the Office of the First Minister
and Deputy First Minister is to be investigated by an Assembly committee
after it emerged it has been used on three occasions since 2008.
Published October 1, 2016
New republican party may contest elections
The launch of a new republican party ‘Saoradh’ last weekend could bring
disaffected nationalist voters back to the polls in the north of
Ireland.
Published October 1, 2016
Killers ‘boasted they would never face trial’
A former newspaper editor has said the loyalist murderers of fellow
journalist Martin O’Hagan have never been brought to justice because
they were paid police informers.
Published October 1, 2016
Unionists seek to turn back tide on Irish language
A row over the name of a fisheries protection boat has highlighted
efforts to undermine the Irish language within unionist-controlled
departments at Stormont.
Published October 1, 2016
Dublin becomes the capital of homelessness
The housing crisis in Dublin continues to escalate, with the latest
figures by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) revealing that
998 families are now in emergency accommodation in the capital, an
increase of 64pc on last year.
Published October 1, 2016
Soldiers reveals spying, shoot-to-kill bid
A former British army soldier has admitted he planted listening devices
in the homes of senior politicians in the north of Ireland, years after
the 1994 ceasefires and some still thought to be in use today.
Published September 24, 2016
Families walk away from humiliation meetings
Families of victims of state killings have announced that they will be
suing the British government, DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Fein’s
Martin McGuinness as the London and Belfast regimes again stonewalled
their demands for legacy inquests.
Published September 24, 2016
Orange march to end Ardoyne dispute?
Orangemen are to seek permission for a march through north Belfast next
weekend, which if it goes ahead, could bring about the removal of their
three-year protest camp at a sectarian interface.
Published September 24, 2016
Sinn Fein furious over new BBC smear
A new claim broadcast by BBC Spotlight journalist Jennifer O’Leary
against Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been rejected by police and
could provoke a libel action by Mr Adams.
Published September 24, 2016
Children flee for lives after loyalist mob attack club
A Derry mother has described how her family was forced to lie on the
floor of her car as she fled through the city’s Waterside area after a
loyalist mob targeted Catholic teenagers.
Published September 24, 2016
Anti-water charges campaign remains defiant
Political tension is building in the 26 Counties ahead of the annual
budget announcements after a giant demonstration in Dublin again
demanded the abolition of water charges.
Published September 24, 2016
Adams and McGuinness reveal timescale to quit
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has announced that he will step down from
his leadership role as part of the party’s ten year plan. Mr Adams
indicated a time frame within ten years for his departure as party
president, and confirmed that it was a matter of not ‘if, but when’.
Published September 17, 2016
Inquiry announced into northern corruption scandal
The 26 County Taoiseach Enda Kenny has agreed that an inquiry should go
ahead into evidence of corrupt practices in the sale of distressed
property assets in the North of Ireland, but is refusing a broader
inquiry into the actions of NAMA, the bank set up to handle such sales.
Published September 17, 2016
Maghaberry horror leaves prisoner blind
An “extreme and shocking” case of neglect has been reported at
Maghaberry jail after prison staff watched but failed to intervene while
a mentally ill prisoner blinded and mutilated himself.
Published September 17, 2016
Stormont political dynasties face new challenges
The entry of a political party from the South and a profound redrafting
of Westminster constituencies is set to shake up the political
establishment in the North.
Published September 17, 2016
Woman interned in 1970s takes test case
A West Belfast woman interned during the conflict is pressing for full
disclosure of documents which she believes will show she was subjected
to inhumane conditions.
Published September 17, 2016
Spain fights back against surge for independence
Sinn Fein has condemned a decision by Spain’s Constitutional Court to
back a ruling that Basque separatist politician Arnaldo Otegi cannot run
as a candidate in an upcoming regional election due to a conviction
against him for links to the armed group ETA.
Published September 17, 2016
PSNI accused after CS gas death
A man from a well-known republican family died at the hands of the PSNI
on Thursday amid a new wave of police harassment and abuses in Belfast.
Published September 10, 2016
‘Profit process’ creamed hundreds of millions off property deal
An auditor’s report has found that several hundred million euro have
been lost to the 26 County exchequer in a notorious billion-pound
property transaction as a recording emerged of a central figure in the
deal apparently receiving a bag full of cash in a Belfast car park.
Published September 10, 2016
Brexit goes before the Belfast courts
The peace process is based upon membership of the European Union, the
High Court in Belfast has heard, in one of two legal challenges to be
taken against the British decision to withdraw from the EU.
Published September 10, 2016
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