A notorious Irish civil servant who claims that homelessness is “normal”
and that some of those seeking shelter are trying to “game the system”
has been reappointed as head of the Dublin government’s Housing Agency.
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Housing Agency head keeps job despite outbursts against homeless
A notorious Irish civil servant who claims that homelessness is “normal”
and that some of those seeking shelter are trying to “game the system”
has been reappointed as head of the Dublin government’s Housing Agency.
Published January 6, 2018
Adams seen ready to end conflict in 1987
The Dublin government’s first intelligence on Sinn Fein’s peace
initiative of 1987 claimed that Gerry Adams disapproved of some IRA
actions and that the Sinn Fein leader saw the armed struggle as a
“political liability”.
Published December 30, 2017
Haughey handbagged by Thatcher on extradition - state papers
State papers released in Dublin have revealed how the late Taoiseach
Charlie Haughey faced an assassination threat from MI5 while he was
being brow-beaten by Margaret Thatcher into handing over wanted Irish
republicans.
Published December 30, 2017
DUP call for talks despite anger over Dublin proposal
Sinn Fein and the DUP do not agree on when a new attempt to restore
powersharing in Belfast will be made, with claims by East Derry MP
Gregory Campbell that negotiations are to resume “within the next 10
days” not shared by Sinn Fein.
Published December 30, 2017
Loughinisland ruling ignites legal tussle
Unionists are seeking to quash findings of collusion between the RUC
police and unionist paramilitaries in up to six Police Ombudsman reports
following a surprise court judgment before Christmas.
Published December 30, 2017
Painful Christmas anniversaries in Derry
The wife of a man killed in one of the worst loyalist massacres in Derry
has called for the investigation into her husband’s death to be
re-opened.
Published December 30, 2017
Tensions over new Saoradh office
Unionists have protested after republican party Saoradh opened a new
office in the centre of a County Tyrone town of Dungannon.
Published December 30, 2017
There was outrage in Ireland this week as British negotiators backed
away from commitments on the Irish border reached in a deal with the
European Union on the terms of its departure.
Published December 16, 2017
Victims see Special Branch serial killer in court
A court in Belfast has heard two days of summing up of the 13-year
murderous rampage of PSNI Special Branch agent Gary Haggarty, the names
of his victims read out, and the cold and callous way they were targeted
and killed.
Published December 16, 2017
Effort to energise ‘civic nationalism’
A letter to 26 County Taoiseach Leo Varadkar signed by more than 200
northern nationalists, urging him to protect the rights of citizens in
the Six Counties, is a new attempt to bypass the North’s stalemated
political process.
Published December 16, 2017
Megaphone injustice for Glenanne victims
Relatives of victims of the Glenanne Gang have insisted PSNI Chief
George Hamilton has a duty to abide by a court ruling ordering him to
complete an investigation into dozens of loyalist killings.
Published December 16, 2017
Betrayed Ludlow family hit with legal bill
The 26 County State is to to force the family of collusion murder victim
Seamus Ludlow to pay costs after a legal challenge mounted as part of
their justice campaign was rejected in the High Court in Dublin.
Published December 16, 2017
Joy for deaf community as signing gets official status
There were scenes of jubilation at the Dublin parliament this week when
members of the deaf community celebrated the passage of a bill that
officially recognises Irish Sign Language (ISL) as a language of the
26 County State.
Published December 16, 2017
Smokescreen hides Brexit border chasm
A tsunami of spin in regards to the Irish border has scraped the
British government into a second round of negotiations with the European
Union over its departure, but at the expense of any confidence in the
negotiations process.
Published December 9, 2017
Fennell defeats charges over Easter speech
North Belfast republican Damien ‘Dee’ Fennell has finally beaten an
attempt to jail him over a speech he gave at an Easter Rising
commemoration in County Armagh in 2015.
Published December 9, 2017
‘Vindictive’ decision to intern released prisoner
Less than 36 hours after he was released at the end of his sentence,
Derry republican Neil Hegarty has been seized by PSNI at his home in the
Creggan area and returned to the high-security Maghaberry prison in
County Antrim.
Published December 9, 2017
Homeless death toll mounts as Minister bemoans phone calls
Three homeless people have already died and more deaths are expected as
an icy winter spell grips Ireland.
Published December 9, 2017
Hamill case against alleged RUC conspirator gets go ahead
A decision to halt the prosecution of a former RUC man and two other on
charges linked to the loyalist mob killing of Catholic man Robert Hamill
is to be quashed, High Court judges has ruled.
Published December 9, 2017
Irish constitution violated by EU military move
The Dublin government has rushed legislation through parliament to join
an EU militarisation project, with the complicity of Fianna Fail, in an
apparent quid-pro-quo for the EU supporting its stance on Brexit.
Published December 9, 2017
Pro-union Brexit deal set to inflame border concerns
As a draft deal on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union was
being parsed today, unionists appeared to have won dramatic changes,
heavily eroding a previous commitment to no regulatory divergence along
the Irish border and adding clear guarantees of no regulatory barriers
between the north of Ireland and Britain.
Published December 8, 2017
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