A statement by the Bloody Sunday March Committee
in response to the judgement this week that 96
Liverpool FC supporters were unlawfully killed at Hillsborough in 1989.
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Collapse of Hillsborough cover-up felt in Ireland
A statement by the Bloody Sunday March Committee
in response to the judgement this week that 96
Liverpool FC supporters were unlawfully killed at Hillsborough in 1989.
Published April 30, 2016
A morse code message written by Irish rebel James Connolly and
transmitted by Marconi operator David Burke was broadcast 100 years ago
today. It was Ireland’s first and one of the world’s first radio
broadcasts.
Published April 25, 2016
Ard Fheis targets coalition talks
The Sinn Fein annual conference is taking place this weekend with the
party facing an election to the Belfast Assembly early next month and a
potential second general election to the Leinster House parliament in
Dublin. Over 2,500 delegates are attending the annual conference in the
Convention Centre in Dublin.
Published April 23, 2016
Martin condemns political ‘stranglehold’ at Stormont
With just weeks to go before an election in the Six Counties, the
Stormont Assembly has come under a surprise attack from Fianna Fail
leader Micheal Martin, who urged the Dublin and London governments to
directly intervene to end the “stranglehold” at Stormont.
Published April 23, 2016
Tensions high after north Belfast killing
A north Belfast priest has warned the PSNI police against making
“arrests for the sake of arrests” after the death of a local man
following a punishment shooting.
Published April 23, 2016
Protests as politicians ignore Maghaberry abuses
Republican prisoners on Roe 4 wing of Maghaberry high-security prison
have been subjected to repeated raids by a riot squad in which
educational resources have been removed, according to reports this week.
Published April 23, 2016
Infamous Crown force handed victims’ funding
Former members of the B-Specials in the north of Ireland have been
funded by a victims’ support group, even though the notoriously
sectarian paramilitary organisation was disbanded just months after the
recent conflict began.
Published April 23, 2016
Centenary Rising events commemorated
Irish President Michael D Higgins has led a day of commemorations for
republican martyr Roger Casement by describing him as a great patriot
and one of the 20th century’s great humanitarians.
Published April 23, 2016
Family walks out of inquest over delays, secrecy
The family of the Sinn Fein official turned informer, Denis Donaldson,
have walked out of the inquest process after police stalling tactics
led to his inquest being adjourned for the 19th time.
Published April 16, 2016
Industrial chaos looms while coalition clings to power
After an indeterminate election and seven weeks of fruitless talks on
government formation, the decimated outgoing coalition in Dublin are
still clinging to power and seeking support for a second term.
Published April 16, 2016
Political policing of individuals and communities
A PSNI campaign of harassment in the Newry and Mourne area has been
exposed after it was revealed that almost 4,000 stop and searches have
been carried out by the force across the area since 2009.
Published April 16, 2016
Loyalists to protest on Rising centenary day
A parade through Belfast city centre to mark the calendar anniversary
of the Easter Rising next weekend will face two separate loyalist
protests.
Published April 16, 2016
‘Cynical’ Bobby Sands electoral billboard slated
A controversy has erupted in Derry after Sinn Fein election candidate
Raymond McCartney, called on people to vote for his party while
unveiling a billboard commemorating the 35th anniversary of 1981 hunger
striker Bobby Sands’ election to parliament last weekend.
Published April 16, 2016
Tories seen ready to bring back border checks
Sinn Fein has expressed alarm after both sides of the Brexit debate in
the British government accepted that border controls will be introduced
along the Irish border in the event of a vote by Britain to leave the
European Union.
Published April 16, 2016
After weeks of shadow-boxing and pretence, a blistering row between the
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael leaderships suggests that it is unlikely that
any pact will be agreed soon to form a new government in Dublin.
Published April 9, 2016
Legal trickery in effort to jail republicans
After almost five years in solitary confinement, republican political
prisoner Gavin Coyle has been freed on bail, despite a last-minute drama
when two weeks were mysteriously added onto his sentence over an alleged
non-payment of a fine.
Published April 9, 2016
Protest at unveiling of Rising memorial listing British troops
There were clashes between protesters and police at the unveiling of a
1916 Easter Rising memorial at Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin which
includes British soldiers alongside the Irish rebels and civilians who
died.
Published April 9, 2016
Gaelic League takes Sinn Fein minister to court
Caral Ni Chuilin, Sinn Fein’s Minister for Culture in the Six Counties,
is to be sued over her administration’s failure to introduce laws to
promote the Irish language.
Published April 9, 2016
Villiers silent on British cabinet support for torture
The British Direct Ruler in the north of Ireland, Theresa Villiers, has
been accused of withholding information in the case of a group of Irish
torture victims known as the ‘Hooded Men’.
Published April 9, 2016
Political move to prevent US deportation
US Congressmen will introduce and support a Bill in the House of
Congress next week aimed at postponing the deportation of a former Irish
republican prisoner from the US.
Published April 9, 2016
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